The government of Uganda has finally approved the importation and distribution of water-based sex lubricants. The Aids Support Organisation (TASO) handled the importation with support from the Global Fund as officials from the Ministry of Health, Uganda, decided not to import it, claiming lubricants were a tool for promoting homosexuality. Ministry of Health officials last…
Authorities of the East African Country, Tanzania, have reportedly stepped up their restrictions on LGBT health and human rights organizations ahead of the country’s general elections slated for Oct. 28,The African Human Rights Media Network reports. Although, Anti-LGBT crackdowns in Tanzania are not new, reports suggest that they have intensified. According to Human Rights Watch,…
Simon Lokodo has had an enormous influence on laws and the practice of laws in Uganda. In 2012, Simon worked with the police to raid and shut down a gay activism seminar. “I have closed this conference because it’s illegal. We do not accept homosexuality in Uganda.,” he had said. In a 2014 interview with…
In March, Banzii Mavuso, the founder of the Black Queer initiative, released a music video for her “electronic/ancestral” song, Cosmic Fire, Mamba Online reports. According to Banzii, the purpose of the music video is to “encourage people to tap into their full potential—fire!” “For years I wondered why I am masculine but at this point,…
Star Trek: Discovery, the American web television series created by Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman in 2017 is finally taking a new direction. On Wednesday, CBS All Access announced that the third season of ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ will feature non-binary and transgender characters, the first in the franchise’s history. “‘Star Trek’ has always made a…
The title of the documentary is ‘In the Eyes of a Pandemic’. The entitled pandemic is the current coronavirus pandemic. The documentary was organised by EAVA [East African Visual Artists], an organization that uses art and film to highlight the predicament and advocate for the equality of key populations. The premise of the documentary is…
Award-winning actor, Sara Ramirez, popularly known as Dr. Callie Torres for her role in the recently concluded Greys Anatomy, just came out as non-binary. They came out in a post on Instagram on Thursday. The caption for the post read: “In me is the capacity to be Girlish boy Boyish girl Boyish boy Girlish girl…
For a long time, the sexuality of the English playwright, William Shakespeare, has been a topic of conjectures, speculations, and recurring debate. Although he was married to Anne Hathaway, it is often opined that some of his sonnets were addressed to men. Shakespearean scholars, Professor Sir Stanley Wells and Dr Paul Edmondson might have a…
HBO Max, the major streaming app for HBO has announced plans to launch a new LGBTQ docuseries titled EQUAL. Equal is a four-part series that — according to Instinct Magazine — explore the lives and contributions of iconic LGBTQ activists. According to The Advocate, the series will cover historic events and organizations including the Mattachine…
A study by an American management consulting firm, Boston Consulting Group revealed that companies with LGBT+ inclusive work policies tend to attract and retain top talent. According to Human Rights Director, there was no negative impact on the revenue growth of companies that openly supported the inclusion of the LGBT+ community. Along with Boston Consulting…
More than one hundred thousand persons have signed an ongoing petition demanding justice for three trans women who were victims of a hate crime. The trans women, Joslyn, Jaslene, and Eden, were “physically assaulted and robbed” in the early hours of August 17th, 2020 in Hollywood, California. According to Them.Us, “Eden The Doll, Jaslene WhiteRose,…
The Mawjoudin Queer Film Festival is an image of what it means to flourish in the middle of homophobia. The Mawjoudin Queer Film Festival is an annual film festival in Tunisia, which kicked off in 2018 to celebrate Tunisia’s LGBT communities. The festival, the first queer film festival in the country and all of North…
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