Tag: south africa
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority has approved the use of a new form of injectable PrEP, giving a two-month HIV prevention option.
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) announced the approval of the new form of PrEP on Friday, the 2nd of December, after World Aids...
Despite warnings of a potential terror plot against the event, thousands of people turned out to defiantly celebrate in the streets of Johannesburg for the city’s Pride parade.
The event, which took place on Saturday, the 29th of October, was the first Pride parade in the city for two years...
LGBTQ+ activists are praising South African courts after sentencing two men to life in prison for the hate crime rape of a 19-year-old lesbian woman in 2020.
The sentence was handed down by the Atteridgeville Regional Court of Pretoria, South Africa, on Tuesday the 12th of April, with 30-year-old Getwin...
South Africa's Government is facing criticism from human rights groups for excluding LGBT+ refugees and asylum seekers from crucial coronavirus relief packages.
With South Africa being a common destination for people fleeing nations who persecute sexual minorities, LGBT+ refugees and asylum seekers who have historically been given little access to basic...
South Africa's President is facing questions around his public support for world leaders who enforce legislation that legalises the hanging of homosexuals.
President Cyril Ramaphosa tweeted about his warm and friendly conversations with two controversial world leaders who have been widely criticised for their anti-LGBT+ views, human rights abuses, and...
The Dutch Reformed Church has announced plans to be more inclusive of same-sex unions and apologised for past homophobic discrimination.
The church’s apologie came during a General Synod meeting where it was decided to adopt a position “in which everyone’s human dignity is respected.”
As a result of the decision, the Dutch...
A South African Pastor who was fired from the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church has decided to challenge the decision in court, claiming that he was fired for his open support for LGBTI equality.
According to reports by The Star, Teboho Klaas has taken AME and Bishop Paul Mulenga Kawimbe (who heads...
