It was as around mid-May of 2011 when a journalist from a newly launched newspaper The Star approached me. He suggested for a cup of tea and disguised as a gay man on Facebook. He met with me at a Meisner Café in a small town Bungoma and Oti Oteba was the name names he…
Chronicle, the new collaborative visual storytelling platform, has launched a video for LGBT History Month showing the story of the LGBTQ+ movement through photos contributed by the community. The video is part of an effort to raise awareness of the LGBTQ+ chronicle (currently 1938 – present), a crowdsourced, ongoing visual record of the subject. The…
A documentary about the life of late British Singer George Michael is set for release. Titled “Freedom,” the documentary explores the life of the LGBT icon and was directed by Michael alongside his longtime friend and former manager, David Austin. It touches on his coming up to his solo career and feud with Sony. In the documentary,…
Today is National Coming Out Day, and social media has been abuzz. Individuals worldwide are sharing coming out stories and reflecting on their journey to self-acceptance. However, an article in The Washington Post caught my eye. Written by Matthew H. Birkhold, the piece was titled “It’s time to end National Coming Out Day.” In the…
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, is celebrating the 29th annual National Coming Out Day (NCOD) with the release of a powerful new video highlighting the inspiring coming out stories of fifteen prominent celebrities and activists — including actress Sara Ramirez,…
All Out has started a campaign in partnership with activists from Egypt, the Middle East, and North Africa over the ongoing arrests in Egypt. From All Out: At least 43 people have been detained in Egypt just because someone waved a rainbow flag. The hunt started two weeks ago, when images of a concert in…
The Equality Hub hosted a very insightful Tweet Chat on safe sex between women and there was a lot to learn from it. Here is what you missed. [View the story “Conversation on safe sex between women” on Storify]
For a long time, I felt I had to choose. You could either be one or the other. The choice between meeting religious standards and staying true to one’s self could be a very tough one. I want to tell a story of how I came to accept who I am while trying to maintain…
On the the second episode of Out Of This World, Mykki Blanco explores fashion in Johannesburg to learn how South Africa’s queer fashion activists are subverting masculinity. He meets local designer Rich Mnisi, a fashion designer breaking outdated notions on masculinity and model Luke van der Burg in a hair salon to discuss what is…
A transgender man has won a 10 year legal battle to be change his official documents from female to male. The victory is a landmark one for minority rights in the country. Africannews reports that Justice Godfrey Nthomiwa said in his judgment that the government had violated the plaintiff’s rights to dignity, privacy, freedom of expression,…
The German Consul General in Nigeria hosted Bisi Alimi in an event tagged ‘Bisi Alimi in conversation with Gbenga Aborowa.’ The Rustin Times was present as the official media partner and brought live updates from the event that was an evening of candid discussion and networking. Check out the official pictures from the event.
Version 4.0 rebrands LGBTQ websites Unicorn Booty and Vespa as “Hornet Stories” and “Hornet Places” with all content now available natively in the Hornet app. Hornet, the world’s premier gay social network, has announced the launch of Hornet Version 4.0, which will bring native editorial content into the Hornet app, a first to market feature…
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