For the past 2 years, K Bailey Obazee has been nurturing her passion for storytelling and Black literature to build a platform for her community. It all started with monthly book club link ups which allowed Black queer people to breathe, share, connect and be inspired by words and more importantly each other. After much…
President of the United States, Joe Biden, has quickly launched a campaign to support LGBTIQ people abroad, putting their rights higher on the US foreign policy agenda than ever before, AFP reports. In his first foreign policy speech on Thursday, Joe Biden announced that he was ordering all US government agencies active abroad to promote…
To kick off the new year, African Queer Youth Initiative, an organisation with the mission to equip and support African Youth with tools and resources to advocate for their rights, recently released a report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on LGBT+ youths in Africa. Since its founding in 2015, the African Queer Youth…
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…
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…
Megan Rapinoe, Billie Jean King, and 174 other female athletes signed a brief to support transgender girls and women playing sports as their gender identity, LGBTQNation reports. “Embedded in our nation’s shared love of athletics is the fundamental principle that anyone can participate in sports, no matter their race, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, or…
Popular social networking and online dating application for gay, bi, trans, and queer people, Grindr, has released their end of the year report, a Snapshot of Sex & Dating on the app in 2020. “We’re giving our users a little something extra to open this holiday season with Grindr Unwrapped, an informal stats report that…
Brand and storytelling strategist, Kehinde Bademosi (popularly known as Kenny Brandmuse) who came out in 2015 after a harrowing divorce experience from a 5-year marriage has announced plans to launch HappinessHis. HappinessHis is a webcast solely devoted to the love stories of men who love men with the goal of inspiring others in their pursuit…
On Monday, 14th December 2020, The British Government announced that it would be letting go of its ban on blood donation by gay and bisexual men. Prior to this, gay and bisexual men have been considered too risky to donate and have not been allowed to donate blood unless they’ve abstained from sex for three…
The President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, has announced that he has no definitive stance on same-sex marriage and will allow the citizens to determine whether the country should legalise it or not. The Presidential press secretary Brian Banda made this announcement to the media during the Weekly Brief at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre on Monday….
Oscar-nominated star of 2007 American coming-of-age comedy-drama, Juno and star of American superhero television series, The Umbrella Academy, Elliot page, has come out as trans. Yesterday, December 1, Elliot Page posted a coming-out note posted on Twitter and Instagram. “Hi friends, I want to share with you that I am trans, my pronouns are he/they and my…
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