Outrage as Turkey’s capital bans all LGBTI events
Activists and human rights groups have condemned a decision to indefinitely ban all LGBTI events in Turkey’s first city. The ban was announced on Sunday by the Ankara Governor’s Office, which claimed that the restriction is necessary to protect the public. “Starting from Nov. 18, 2017, considering public sensitivities, any events such as LGBT … cinema, […]
World mourns 325 trans people murdered in last year
As the world marks the International Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR), it’s been revealed that 325 transgender and gender-diverse people were reported murdered worldwide in the last year. Transgender Europe (TGEU) has released the annual update to its Trans Murder Monitoring (TMM) project to raise awareness about violence against trans and gender-diverse people, and to […]
Therapy Sextravaganza 21st Birthday Gallery
You can never have too much Therapy! It was yet another night to remember at the Therapy Sextravaganza 21st birthday bash on Saturday, 11 November, at Carfax in Johannesburg. Hundreds of revellers were greeted at the door by Betty Bangles before entering an edgy nightclub wonderland. Stuart Hillary, the creator of the iconic Therapy queer […]