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Phuti Lekoloane, SA’s 1st gay male footballer, takes on homophobia in sport: Phuti Lekoloane, South Africa's first openly gay male professional soccer player, has launched a desperately-needed new initiative to tackle homophobia in football.

Beloftebos homophobia row goes global as venue shuts down Facebook page: The furore surrounding the Beloftebos wedding venue's refusal to allow same-sex couples shows no signs of abating and is now making international headlines.

Stanford wedding venue Beloftebos still won’t host same-sex weddings: Beloftebos, in the Western Cape, continues to defy the law and constitution and has again humiliated another same-sex couple by refusing to host their wedding.

Shock as school transgender rights champion Nare Mphela murdered: Nare Mphela, who won a landmark transgender discrimination case against her Limpopo high school in 2017, has been murdered in her home.

Angry community demands justice for Simphiwe: Hundreds of people from the Tweefontein community turned out to remember 25-year-old lesbian Portia Simphiwe Mtshweni, who was recently murdered and mutilated.

Mpumalanga lesbian’s horror murder thought to be hate crime: 2019 has ended on a tragic note for the LGBTQ+ community after 25-year-old Portia Simphiwe Mtshweni was murdered and mutilated in Tweefontein, Mpumalanga, the victim of a suspected hate crime.

Shock as Jon Qwelane hate speech conviction overturned: Jon Qwelane will not face any consequences for his homophobic statements after the Supreme Court of Appeal overturned his previous hate speech conviction and found that a section of the Equality Act is unconstitutional.

Planet Fitness in locker room homophobia and racism row: A queer Johannesburg couple has accused Planet Fitness of not taking appropriate action against a group of men who made homophobic and racist comments in the gym's changeroom.

Zimbabwe transgender activist Rikki Nathanson wins landmark court case: Mugabe would be rolling in his grave, said a local news site, after transgender woman Rikki Nathanson won a historic lawsuit against the Zimbabwe government for discrimination.

Presidency silent as anger grows over Uganda “shut up” comments: Despite widespread condemnation of Deputy President David Mabuza's statement that South Africa should not interfere in the persecution of LGBTIQ+ people in Uganda, the presidency has remained silent on the matter.