Moderna and Merck’s mRNA melanoma vaccine looks like a game changer
People given the experimental vaccine with standard treatment lived longer without their cancer returning, the companies reported this week.
August 21, 2026
People given the experimental vaccine with standard treatment lived longer without their cancer returning, the companies reported this week.
I got hooked on the vibrant energy of Johannesburg’s pulsating nightlife, but bankrolling my trips to heavenly places became an obstacle.
Friends suggested finding lucrative work as a waiter or barman in Cape Town where sex appeal counted. My interviews were brief, and once my potential employer discovered that it could speak, ‘It’ got the job.
More than 2,000 people sign within 48 hours as campaign sparks a wider conversation about LGBTQ+ rights, democracy and the meaning of family.
Senegal’s crackdown on LGBTQ+ people continues, with 71 people referred to a criminal court following a mass arrest operation amid the country’s escalating criminalisation of same-sex intimacy.
Europe’s seas are warming at an ‘alarming’ rate – and climate change is largely to blame. That’s according to a new report by the World Weather Attribution, which warns that the waters surrounding Europe are heating faster than the climate as a whole.
Stephen Fry and the late Christopher Hitchens debate Catholics on this subject. Possibly one of the best debates on Catholicism in history.
A Tasmanian Government Inquiry has found LGBTQ+ students are disproportionately the targets of bullying and receive insufficient support.
For decades, raving has been written off as pure hedonism – a night of loud music and letting loose. But a growing body of neuroscience and psychology research suggests something more interesting is going on beneath the surface.
Join Alan Samons for an inspiring introduction to kintsugi — the beautiful Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics with veins of gold.
Russia has reportedly censored the late Pope Francis’ book Hope: The Autobiography to remove any mentions about his stance on LGBTQ+ issues.
Scientists call for occupational radiation protections for all aircrew members. Flight attendants and pilots face the highest risk of death from radiation-related cancer, even higher than nuclear technologists, a new analysis of over 500 occupations reveals.
Speaking on Jon Dean’s All Out podcast, Angelina Jolie’s brother recounted an Oscars luncheon where a winner followed him into the bathroom.
A date change has unexpectedly turned into a social media spat after Pretoria Pride and Jacaranda Pride moved their scheduled events in Centurion to the same day in October.
More than a celebration, WorldPride Cape Town 2028 will bring together communities, activists, artists, organisations and visitors from across the globe to celebrate progress while advancing conversations around equality, inclusion and human rights.
In an age of quick fixes and instant gratification, sewing offers something increasingly rare: a slow, deliberate, hands-on process that rewards patience.
As more people turn to GLP-1 weight-loss medications, a subculture rooted in rejecting narrow beauty standards faces its latest evolution.
Opinion: Filmmaker and HIV advocate Micheal Ighodaro explains why his new TV series centers Black and brown queer lives at a moment when hard-won progress against HIV is under threat.
Queer directors refuse “Harry Potter” work over JK Rowling’s transphobia. The queer women just said no to HBO’s new series that’ll make a fortune for its transphobic author.
My instincts were right when I arrived 15 minutes later with my little surfer A-Team Ford Escort panel van at Driftsands Drive, Humewood, 300 metres from Kings Beach, Port Elizabeth, where so much joy awaited. The sexiest silver sports car was parked in front of the garage. Admiring the car, I noticed to my surprise that it was a Mazda RX 7.
Activists in the region say politicians regard LGBTQ+ people as ‘the easiest scapegoats to maintain their power’.
“I love my girls,” says the out gay “Rush” singer in dropping the first music video for his new single, the title track from his forthcoming album She’s the Best.
The partygoers fought back & stood proud. Organizer Sal Flores says the community isn’t going into hiding.
Travelling with Framesby choir to accompany some of the most incredible orchestras and musicians all over Europe was a once in a lifetime experience. I realised afterwards how much I missed by not being there in that moment. Performing at the most majestic places and cathedrals was heaven.
Gay adult film star Christian Wilde makes a fully nude cameo in Gregg Araki’s new film I Want Your Sex.
Strictly Come Dancing star Carlos Gu is taking on a new challenge with fellow Strictly dancer Amy Down in Channel 4’s Celebrity Hunted, but the performer has previously opened up about the very different challenge of growing up gay in China.
Awe-inducing raves are linked to transformative experiences and social bonding, study finds.
If you thought menswear was destined to stay stiff, buttoned-up and unforgiving forever, 2026 has other plans. The new season is trading rigid tailoring for something altogether more relaxed — while somehow managing to look even more luxurious in the process.
Trust The Man is a Vietnam War thriller from writer-director Will Graham, and the cast list has just filled up with names our readers know well. Daniel Radcliffe and Jonathan Groff lead, with Victor Garber, Angus O’Brien, Justice Smith, Kate Mara, Finn Wittrock and Jack Ball joining the ensemble, Deadline reported on 11 August 2026.
Australia asked about gender and sexual orientation for the first time on census night, 11 August. Both questions went to people aged 16 and over. Both carry a “prefer not to answer” option. Australia was not the first country to do this, and it is not the most thorough.
Aging will change your sex life, but experts have the key to keeping your sexual health intact.
The response from family members has so far been positive, including from his father, Jon Voight.
Meet the insanely hot male stars of ‘The Shards,’ Ryan Murphy’s new gay thriller.
Heated Rivalry season 2 will be based on Rachel Reid’s The Long Game, in which Potter’s character returns.
You finish a monster session feeling absolutely enormous. Then you hit the change room, catch yourself in the mirror, and it looks like your penis has entered witness protection.
As young guys most of us believed that we were immune to injury or ever becoming frail especially while we were still so young. Ridiculous as it was, my motorcycling skills and physical contact sport experience gave mean overdose of confidence. Beating the bullies boosted my ego and gave me a reputation not to be messed with.
South Africa made a proud and unforgettable splash at the spectacular WorldPride Amsterdam 2026 Canal Parade on Saturday, offering the world a glimpse of the country’s vibrant LGBTQ+ community and signalling the beginning of the road to WorldPride Cape Town 2028.
The Victorians ARRESTED ‘Drag Queens’ Fanny and Stella – After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal.
China has finished a 582-ton magnet ready to cage its artificial sun.
The ceramic vessels, found under a toppled tree, contained the bones of pre-Columbian Indigenous people, as well as fish, frog and turtle remains.
Born John Cooper, “Princess Seraphina” was one of the first English Drag Queens.