Deadline has confirmed that Colman Domingo would be playing Bayard Rustin in a new biopic focused on the life of the gay civil rights leader. Titled Rustin, the film is the first feature from Higher Ground, a production company by Michelle and Barack Obama. Bayard Rustin was an active voice in the civil rights movement…
White House official; Mick Mulvaney, a former Republican lawmaker who is Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Trump administration, talked about Africa’s anti-gay laws and how the administration has no interest in the matter at the State Department’s ‘Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom Conference‘ in Washington, DC. In his speech, Mick Mulvaney lashed…
The 44th President of the United States of America; Barack Obama has rebuked Kenya and other African countries that have criminalized homosexuality and ignored the need for gay rights. To mark 100 years since the birth of Nelson Mandela, who died in 2013 aged 95, Obama gave a speech to mark Mandela Day in Johannesburg,…
Former US President, Barack Obama shared a message of hope with Akkai Padmashali, a transgender activist. Padmashali attended a town hall meeting held by the Obama Foundation in New Delhi, India. She used the opportunity to ask him about how to find acceptance following years of discrimination. Watch below
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