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RuPaul’s Drag Race makes history at the Emmys: RuPaul’s Drag Race made history at the 70th Annual Emmy Awards on Monday night, winning the Outstanding Reality Competition Program award, following RuPaul’s earlier win for Best Reality Host.

Going big! Soweto Pride 2018 to be a three day event: The Soweto Pride 2018 march will take place on 29 September, but with a weekend experience that promises to be unlike any previous Soweto Pride events.

Rafiki director sues Kenyan government over lesbian love story ban: Wanuri Kahiu, the director of the groundbreaking lesbian love story Rafiki, is suing the Kenyan government in a bid to overturn the acclaimed film's ban.

Dua Lipa “horrified” after pro-LGBTQ fans dragged out of concert: English pop star Dua Lipa says she stands by her fans who were forcibly removed from her Shanghai show because they were waving rainbow flags.

Drag queens to hike up Lion’s Head to combat bullying: In a bid to make a difference, two Capetonian drag queens will make their way up Lion's Head in full drag attire, including heels, on Saturday.

GOT’s Kit Harington calls out Marvel for lack of gay actors: Kit Harington, best known for the role of Jon Snow in Game of Thrones, has spoken out about the lack of openly gay actors in the Marvel superhero movies.

This Queer Eye star’s fierce Emmy dress is a stunner: Giving an oh-so-stylish finger to gender norms, Queer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness took to the Emmy Awards red carpet wearing a sheer black dress.

Uganda’s chief homophobe tries to ban music festival over LGBTQ panic: Uganda's crackpot homophobic Minister for Ethics and Integrity, Simon Lokodo, has attempted to ban an international music festival because it would "promote homosexuality".

“I’d been living a lie”: Voice SA winner Craig Lucas comes out in powerful letter: Craig Lucas, the winner of season two of The Voice SA, has come out in an emotional and inspiring open letter to his family, friends and fans.

DSTV launches OUTtvSA, a pop up LGBTQI+ channel, this October: For the first time, MultiChoice will broadcast an LGBTQI+ TV channel on its DStv platform - but only in South Africa and only for a month.

Boity Thulo regrets “crass and offensive” homophobic tweets: Boity Thulo has apologised after a series of nasty homophobic tweets from her past were dug up and shared on social media, but has all been forgiven?

AKA: I don’t care if you call me gay: Homophobic trolls have tried to attack South African rapping sensation AKA by calling him gay in response to a series of pictures posted on social media.

Wits defies queerphobic backlash to hold 10th annual Wits Pride march (In Pictures): Wits University recently celebrated its 10th annual LGBTQ+ Wits Pride march, with “Not On My Watch” being this year’s theme.

Sam Smith “excited” to sing in South Africa next year: Sam Smith, one of the world's biggest openly gay music stars, will be coming to perform in South Africa for the first time.

Gay musical, Kanarie, wins top Afrikaans film award: Kanarie (Canary), an Afrikaans gay coming-of-age musical drama set in apartheid South Africa, has won the top prize at the kykNET Silwerskerm Film Festival.

Viewers react with outrage to 7de Laan’s first lesbian kiss: Soap series 7de Laan continues to break new ground for the Afrikaans LGBT community with a steamy onscreen lesbian kiss but some homophobic viewers are left scandalised.

Pretoria Pride 2018 is on 6 October. Here are all the details: The annual Pretoria Pride parade and festival will take place on Saturday 6th October at the Centurion Rugby Club, in Centurion.

This Disney star just came out in the perfect low-key way: American actor Garrett Clayton has decided to come out as LGBTQ ahead of the release of his new movie, in a subtle but meaningful way.

Bianca Del Rio responds to outrage over her rape ‘joke’ at Montreal Pride: Fresh from her tour of South Africa, drag star Bianca Del Rio is under intense fire for 'joking' about a RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant's rape.

Tom Daley on being a gay dad: People wouldn’t ask a straight couple that: British Olympic diver Tom Daley believes that people's reaction to he and his husband having a baby though surrogacy instead of adoption reflects biased heteronormative views.