Today is May 17th and around the world, the LGBTIQ community and their allies commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. The purpose is to draw attention to the many injustices the global LGBTIQ community experience and also celebrate the resilience of the community in the face of opposition. Alongside the global theme…
The Funders Concerned About Aids Annual Summit back in late 2019 fulfilled my curiosity on how organizing, community work and care can play a role in fighting the HIV epidemic in the United States. I was surprised at how real and unapologetic community activists, grantee partners were and how lived experiences were centred in most…
In celebration of his birthday, South African singer Shade has released the music video to his single, One Night. The music video that was filmed on location at Johannesburg Pride, Mams Pride, and Boys in Heels, showcases the beauty and diversity of African queerness. It was directed by @SiboneloNgubane of Overdue Concepts. Watch the music…
In my quest to understand philanthropy, I have questioned the possibility of activism and stressed being intentional in 2020. This journey is a result of having learned in the worst of ways, how challenging and destabilizing has taught me to be a lot more conscious of the implications of what I say to someone who…
On the 10th of March, a video surfaced on social media, of two men confessing to the murder of another man in Nanka, Anambra State. The 28-year-old Angus Chukwuebuka Nwankwo had connected with the now-deceased man on Facebook. Messages were exchanged and the man told Angus Chukwuebuka he was gay and asked him if he…
Attorneys and leaders for OUTBermuda have confirmed that the long-awaited, final stage of appeal for Bermuda’s historic marriage equality decision will take place in London on December 7 and 8, 2020. This final judicial appeal will be heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (“Privy Council”). When the UK Supreme Court sits as…
The Pan Africa ILGA (PAI), the African region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association has announced that they will postpone their 5th regional conference due to Coronavirus concerns. In a statement the organisation put out, they said: “In support of World Health Organisation’s efforts to inform and help communities slow the…
Early this year, Nelson C.J, a young Nigerian writer, wrote a New York Times piece about being a queer Nigerian, and the nagging vicissitudes of getting an inclusive church community. Apparently, most of the churches he’s tried have only used the ‘inclusive’ tagline as a lure, but never really practice what it means to be…
Popular UK television presenter Phillip Schofield has sparked a conversation online, at least on Nigerian twitter, about marriage between homosexuals and heterosexuals, in this case, a gay man and a straight woman and what it means for both parties. For context: Phillip Schofield got married to a woman by the name Stephanie Lowe in 1993,…
Recently, Kenyans on Twitter went on attack mode when a photo of the rainbow flag was hoisted, together with the Kenyan flag, on top of Mt Kenya. The hoisting, part of the #ClimbforJustice campaign by the Defenders Coalition of Kenya, aimed to raise funds for much-needed support for human rights defenders in Kenya, including LGBTIQ…
The curtain has come down on one of the pioneers of the African LGBTQI+ movement. Emmanuel Kamau or Aunty Ivy as they were popularly known to the community both in Kenya and across Africa, was one of the founder members of the oldest gay group in Kenya ISHTAR MSM, which was founded in 1999. Aunty…
Tate Modern will present the first major UK survey of South African visual activist Zanele Muholi. Muholi (b.1972) came to prominence in the early 2000s with photographs that told the stories of black lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and intersex lives in South Africa. 260 photographs will be brought together to present the full breadth…
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