Protesters outside Parliament during the End Queer and Trans Hate Campaign in Cape Town, South Africa (Brenton Geach/Gallo/Getty) South Africa’s LGBT+ community are demanding justice for a lesbian whose alleged murderer gloated about removing a “curse” from her family. Sisanda Gumede, 28, was stabbed in the Umbumbulu area, south of Durban, on Sunday evening (26
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Members of the LGBT+ community march in the Pride parade in Durban, South Africa, in 2018. (AFP via Getty/ RAJESH JANTILAL) A suspect has been arrested in connection to a gay man who was left bruised and battered after being stabbed with a bottle in Sasolburg, South Africa. Segakweng Kimora Magoma was allegedly attacked at
Gay man Sphamandla Khoza was found brutally murdered a short distance from his home (Screenshot/eNCA) A community in South Africa is demanding justice for the brutal murder of a gay man who was stabbed to death and dumped in a ditch near a school. Sphamandla Khoza, 34, was stabbed, beaten and had his throat slit
Gay imam Muhsin Hendricks. (Facebook/ Muhsin Hendricks) A pioneering gay imam is teaching South African Muslims about sexuality and gender identity in Islam during the coronavirus pandemic. Imam Muhsin Hendricks, 53, was one of the first imams in the world to publicly come out as gay in 1998, according to Reuters, and he has made
LGBT+ South Africans wave Pride flags at Durban Pride Festival. (RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP/Getty Images) Lawmakers in the upper house of South Africa’s parliament passed a bill Wednesday (July 1) that bars marriage officers from objecting to marrying same-sex couples. South Africa remains an outlier in the patchwork of policies and laws in Africa wired to erase
A South African soap opera actress has been forced to publicly come out as a lesbian after a local newspaper outed her. Letoya Makhene confirmed that she is a lesbian on Twitter after South Africa’s Sunday World newspaper publicly outed her. The newspaper ran a headline that read: “Letoya lesbian lover revealed”. Makhene shared an
South African soccer player Phuti Lekoloane has revealed that coming out as gay in 2015 almost put an end to his career. The 28-year-old said gay players in South Africa face significant challenges when working at a professional level in soccer. “I risked everything to live my truth, but I wouldn’t advise anyone to come