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A day in the field with Sindiswa

Challenging homophobia and improving the health and rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex  people in Cape Town Sindiswa works as a senior field worker for Bridging the Gaps partner organization Triangle Project in Cape Town, South Africa. Every day she is driven to do what she can to improve the health and rights… Read more »

South Africa: Gay man killed after going on online date in Cape Town

Reports out of South Africa say a gay man has been killed after going on a date with a person he met over the internet. The body of Graham Flax, 65, was found under a duvet in the corridor outside his flat in Cape Town last weekend. According to News24, a police spokesperson said Mr… Read more »

South Africa: Crimes against gay community highlighted

Khayelitsha – This year has brought to the fore just how much danger and hate lesbians living in the townships still face every day, says activist and Free Gender founder Funeka Soldaat. “It has been a bad year for gays and lesbians [despite] the beginning of democracy,” Soldaat said. “This year we had the worse… Read more »