Shameful! Transgender wrestler booed after winning bout
Mack Beggs, an 18-year-old transgender male wrestler who’s been barred from fighting other boys, was booed by a crowd when he won a match. On Saturday, Beggs won the Texas girls 6A wrestling championship in the 110-pound weight class. It’s the second year in a row that he’s scooped the title. After he beat Chelsea […]
Blow for Trump as court rules workers can’t be fired for being gay
In defiance of the Trump administration, a federal court has affirmed that lesbian and gay American workers are indeed protected from employment discrimination. On Monday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a federal law, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, that bars employment discrimination also includes the protection of workers on the […]
Aluta Humbane is breaking down barriers with music
LGBTQ artist and activist Aluta Humbane has released a new single, Nami Ngithanda Indoda (I also love a man), affirming that we all deserve to love and be loved. Humbane, 30, began her career at the Playhouse Company in Durban as a resident vocalist for six years and went on to sing with the likes […]