Author of Freshwater, PET, and Death of Vivek Oji, Akwaeke Emezi, has announced their new book, Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir. “My official nonfiction debut, DEAR SENTHURAN: A BLACK SPIRIT MEMOIR, is coming out on June 8,” they wrote on Twitter recently. “Through candid, intimate correspondence with friends, lovers, and family, Emezi traces the…
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a monthly injectable medication for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection in adults. The medication is designed to replace a current antiretroviral regimen in those who are virologically suppressed on a stable antiretroviral regimen with no history of treatment failure and with no known…
Lights, Camera, Identity… Never Alone is a new comic created with LGBTQIA+ teens in mind and with the hope of supporting them and people from all walks of life as they discover and embrace their own unique identities. It features four popular RuPaul’s Drag Race personalities as a mentoring heroes; Pandora Boxx, Silky Nutmeg Ganache,…
The Department of Home Affairs in South Africa recently published a draft Official Identity Management Policy (OIMP) that seeks to update and amend the country’s identity laws, Business Tech reports. According to the report, the department said that the current Identification Act is now more than 20 years old and is not based on a…
When Jenni and Lisa first fell in love, they vowed to follow a life of adventure. The couple had no idea that their promise would lead them to leave their 9-5 jobs, pick up a video camera, and travel to fifteen countries through Asia, Africa, and South America for one year. The couple went in…
In many ways, this journey has always been about finding and naming myself. Looking back, there have been moments when my truest form of self, breaks through the clutter of heteronormativity, religious ideals, and internalized homophobia. It is in examining those moments, which are often scattered across the timeline of my life, that I find…
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