British trans icon April Ashley has died aged 86. The late actress and model was regarded as ‘the great trans trailblazer’ for decades.

‘I am as passionate about this campaign as I ever was about apartheid’: Archbishop Desmond Tutu was quoted as saying about LGBTQI+ rights.

Authorities in Qatar, host of next year’s football World Cup, have confiscated a line of children’s toys from stores deeming their rainbow colours “contrary to Islamic values”.

Aaron Sorkin thinks only casting gay actors as gay characters is ‘the mother of all empty gestures’ and a ‘bad idea’.

From ‘Single All The Way’ to romantic drama ‘Carol’, here are five LGBTQI+ Christmas movies to watch this festive season.

‘Real consequences for people who are LGBTQIA+’: The Triangle Project says Taariq Jaftha ‘would do well’ to critically think about his harmful homophobic remarks.

‘Thank you for bringing us back in the Miss Universe limelight’: Twitter users have applauded openly bisexual Miss Philippines, Beatrice Gomez, for her performance at the pageant.

‘Leave the poor man alone’: Producer Barbara Broccoli hinted at the possibility of a non-binary James Bond but Piers Morgan shut it down.

‘Overwhelming love’: ‘Strictly’s’ first all-male pair Johannes Radebe and John Whaite thanked their fans for their undying support.

Young CEO Tony McPherson will be campaigning for LGBTQI+ rights during Namibia Pride Week with Mr Gay World, Louw Breytenbach.

Homosexuality had been banned since 1965 in conservative Botswana, where offenders could face up to 7 years in prison, the 2019 judgement

‘Love yourself for who you are’: Maurice Ellerbeck made quite the fashion statement with his matric dance outfit inspired by Michael Urie.

British actor Eddie Redmayne says playing a transgender woman in ‘The Danish Girl’ was a ‘mistake’ and he would not accept the role now.

Bonginkosi Ndima is the country’s first black Mr Gay World South Africa. He takes over from Louw Breytenbach who won the Mr Gay World 2021 title in October.

The Queertopia event that will take place at Constitutional Hill this month features big names such as DBN Gogo on the line-up.

‘Bring me an ET!’ American pop singer Demi Lovato mentioned that she would ‘absolutely’ date an ET over a human being.

Connecting singeli, gqom, techno and more, the Kampala-based collective draws lines between music, merging sound and politics.

Taariq Jaftha’s mom Nawal has released a statement, claiming she “does not agree” with his controversial comments…

‘Incredible shame’: Watch as the late Heath Ledger slams the harsh criticism about the gay relationship in ‘Brokeback Mountain’.

‘Remove them from the public’: Taariq Jaftha went on a homophobic rant sparking responses from actor Siv Ngesi and his sister Nadia Jaftha.

Here are nine Mzansi celebs who are are out loud and proud about being part of the LGBTQI+ community!

‘It is who I am. I can’t change that and would not want to’: Meet uMngeni mayor-elect Chris Pappas who will be South Africa’s first openly gay major.

The Department of Home Affairs is looking at changing the ID format around gender to better reflect non-binary, intersex and transgender people in South Africa.

Black Shadow had already released a batch of Atraf, Israeli LGBTQ dating site user profiles over the weekend

‘Looks like we’re upsetting the right people’: Kumnail Nanijani shrugged off the negative comments about the same-sex kiss in the upcoming ‘Eternals’ movie.