The Police in Egypt have arrested seven individuals for raising the rainbow flag at a Mashrou’ Leila concert in Cairo. The lead singer of the band is gay. According to the BBC, security sources say that they were detained for “promoting sexual deviancy”, but have not yet been formally charged. They added that an investigation started…
Global program supports development of future leaders in LGBTQ travel The IGLTA Foundation is offering scholarships to attend the 35th Annual Global Convention of the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association in Toronto, 9-12 May 2018. Now in its sixth year, the Building Bridges Scholarship Program was created to support the next generation of lesbian,…
Lee Daniels was a guest on The Breakfast Club alongside Empire star Bryshere Gray and while on the morning show, he opened up on a new film project on the life of civil rights icon, Bayard Rustin. When he was asked how he responds to people critical of the gay storyline in his projects, he emphasised its…
Goethe-Institut Johannesburg is hosting an exhibition on the 8th of November by Ghanaian photographer Eric Gyamfi titled “Just Like Us: Constellations.” This exhibition marks a progressive and self-reflective expansion of the “Just Like Us” series, both in medium and subject matter. Here at the Goethe Institut in Johannesburg, Gyamfi explores more deeply the contextual and material…
Award winning South African musician and actor (and our very own Cover Star) Nakhane has released the music video to his single, ‘Clairvoyant.’ The song is very emotional and is an unapologetic expression of Black Queer love; something rarely seen in music videos from Africa. Watch it below.
GLSEN, the leading education organization creating safe and inclusive schools for LGBTQ youth, will honor DC Entertainment with the Visionary Award at the 2017 GLSEN Respect Awards. Diane Nelson, President of DC Entertainment and President of Warner Bros. Consumer Products, will accept the award at the gala on Friday, October 20th at the Beverly Wilshire…
The Centre for Human Rights and Pan Africa ILGA have released a joint statement as twenty were arrested at a training workshop in Zanzibar, Tanzania for alleged homosexuality. Read it below. The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, and Pan Africa International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex Association (Pan Africa ILGA) strongly condemn…
AfriQueer is set to embark on a tour of Africa and Europe. The project is a ritual performance created by Warren Nebe in collaboration with top emerging African artists from several African countries. Currently showing in Johannesburg, it will show in Amsterdam from 29th of September to October 9. Rotterdam will see them perform from…
The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau (GFLCVB) held its inaugural Global LGBTQ Think Tank on Sept. 17-18 at The Riverside Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Fourteen leaders from corporate and leisure travel companies came together for the first time to discuss the next steps to improve the LGBTQ travel experience. “We’re really excited…
A cell police has been set up at the Kumasi Central Prison in Ghana to stop inmates from engaging in ‘homosexual’ activity and maintain law and order. Africanews is reporting that this comes after Superintendent Cephas Nuwordu, the officer in-charge of the prison confirmed news that homosexual suspects in the prison suffer serious physical abuses…
We cannot talk about LGBT heroes without mentioning Marsha P. Johnson. She was one of the icons of the gay rights movement in the 1960s, the self-described “street queen” of NY’s gay ghetto, and founded the Transvestites Action Revolutionaries with fellow luminary Sylvia Rivera. When Johnson’s body was found in the Hudson River in 1992, police…
13 Reasons Why star Brandon Flynn has come out as part of the LGBT community while making a case for marraige equality in Australia. His message comes after ‘Vote No’ appeared in the sky over Sydney in sky writing. ‘Vote No’ appears in the sky over Sydney https://t.co/TAVc1nQD0P pic.twitter.com/k4wAIykII7 — Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) September…
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