Pope Benedict XVI knew about priests who abused children but failed to act when he was archbishop of Munich from 1977 to 1982, an inquest found Thursday, rejecting Benedict’s long-standing denials in a damning judgment.
Netflix and Shondaland dropped the first look at eight new photos teasing what many different characters in the ton will be up to this season.
The global media environment shows that editors and academics are fanning the flames of the alleged controversy surrounding transgender people. In a culturally regressive society, transgender people remain marginalised.
The director of global infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital is predicting what was unthinkable less than a month ago: The end of the pandemic.
Christin Byrdsong has outed himself as the lucky Euphoria actor who filmed a rimming scene with Eric Dane, who plays Cal Jacobs.
Cape Town — South African-born U.S. billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa have cut the ribbon Wednesday at a new vaccine manufacturing plant. It is hoped the facility will soon start making Africa’s first locally produced COVID-19 vaccines, as well as cancer vaccines and other pharmaceuticals.
Although the highly transmissible Omicron variant of COVID-19 is ripping through the United States at record rates, some households have been affected unevenly, with some people testing positive for COVID-19 while others in the same household do not.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand is among the few remaining countries to have avoided any outbreaks of the omicron variant — but Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Thursday an outbreak was inevitable and the nation would tighten restrictions as soon as one was detected.
A new study claims to have found “clear evidence” for a theory that those with older brothers are more likely to be gay, known as the “fraternal birth order effect”.
Marine explorers have discovered a “pristine” 3km (2-mile) coral reef at depths of 30m (100ft) off the coast of Tahiti, French Polynesia.
Durban based artist, Corné Eksteen dissects the visual world through a scientific lens and presents a new body of work exploring the vibrational nature of matter through traditional genres like still life and portraiture.
After 452 days of uninterrupted operation since its last refuelling outage, Unit 2 of Koeberg Nuclear Power Station went offline on Monday. The outage is expected to last for the next five months and the unit’s extended stint offline is likely to place additional strain on SA’s electricity supply system.
There are concerns the C-band strand of the technology could cause a problem with Boeing 777 aircraft.
February means LGBT+ History Month — and London knows how to celebrate in style. We’ve selected 11 wonderful things to mark the occasion.
The fashion journalist and stylist is best known for being editor of Vogue from 1988 to 1995, and has since written three books and been a judge on America’s Next Top Model.
As they take stock of the Omicron variant, scientists say it is not enough to rely on vaccines and booster shots. They need to be combined with common sense and non-pharmaceutical interventions.
A gay cruise company has described a New York Times story which questioned whether 2,000 gays would be safe on a boat during COVID as “homophobic” and “sensationalised”.
For years he was the only Black editor in the front row at influential Fashion Week shows.
Gay fathers are no less happy on average than heterosexual fathers. Well-being is better explained by relationship quality and social context.
The record-breaking second season premiere of Euphoria comes in the wake of a provocative first season.
A book ban resurgence has sprung across the country’s public school libraries, from Pennsylvania to Wyoming, the books most in contention regard Black and LGBTQ issues, Axios reported.
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Shairat Court Monday observed that transgender community is the creation of Allah hence nobody could raise objection on his creation, adding that Islam guarantees to the community all those rights, enjoyed by others.
Celebrating Betty White and a lifetime of queer friendship.
Omicron is tearing through the country, with Covid cases quadrupling and quintupling in thirty-five states from last winter’s peak. That’s the bad news, but only sort of.
The breadth and diversity in backgrounds of queer people is unfortunately still not completely captured by characters in film & TV.
The family of a slain young woman of KwaMakhutha, Anele Bhengu, has revealed that the release on bail of the accused has instilled fear in them.
His brother former Miami mayor Manny Diaz says his ‘legacy will live on’.
2022 is just underway, but this year is already shaping up to be one for the books in terms of queer cinema excellence.
The relationship between the pre-teen and the priest was “voluntary and based on mutual benefits” the Church claims.
Chinese social networking product developer Newborn Town announced on Thursday that it would establish a fund in partnership with Spriver Tech Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiary before March 31, in order to support the privatization of LGBTQ digital networking platform BlueCity Holdings.
Professor Ehud Qimron, head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Tel Aviv University and one of the leading Israeli immunologists, has written an open letter sharply criticizing the Israeli – and indeed global – management of the coronavirus pandemic.
One of the biggest shocks of South Africa’s local elections in November was the victory by the Democratic Alliance in the 67% Zulu-speaking, previously ANC-supporting uMngeni municipality. The surprise victory – the DA’s first in KZN – owes much to the efforts of multilingual Chris Pappas who, although only 30, is already something of a veteran at the DA. Pappas, born in Mooi River and the son of KZN Midlands farmers, describes himself as pragmatic but also “a hopeless idealist”. He may well reflect a political future few South Africans believe possible. Here is his unlikely story. – Alec Hogg
The federal chairperson of the Democratic Alliance has never been a shrinking violet. But in this powerful interview, Helen Zille surpasses her own direct approach by launching a bare knuckled attack on South Africa’s ruling political party whose “cadre deployment” strategy exposes it as the true architect of State Capture. Zille believes recent expose’s contained in the Zondo Commission’s report and recommendations show ANC-instigated crimes against the country are worse than even she imagined – but looks ahead with some optimism to a change in SA’s government after the 2024 National Elections. – Alec Hogg
The past year ended on a dramatic note, with Parliament failing to pass the Bill to Amend Section 25 of the Constitution. This was a good day for the country. But it was not the final day of the saga and facing the new year should be done with a firm recognition of what is in store.
When it comes to diversity in the Bundestag, last year’s federal elections in Germany produced the most diverse parliament in the country’s history. The 2021-2025 Bundestag contains a record number (83) of parliamentarians from migrant communities – legislators who are not, or have at least one parent who is not, a German citizen. Moreover, over a third (35%) of legislators are now women, including the legislature’s two first openly transgender lawmakers.
Euphoria returned with a bang this week, as fans were once again treated to several scenes featuring full-frontal male nudity.
