H&M to release LGBTQ pride collection to “celebrate diversity”
Following its racism scandal in January, global retailer H&M will be releasing a clothing collection to celebrate LGBTQ Pride. The 70s-inspired Pride clothes will be launched on 31 May and will include a range of items – such as t-shirts, shorts, jeans, caps and socks – featuring rainbow colours, prints and slogans. A photo and […]
Rowan Smith | Proudly gay former Anglican Dean of Cape Town dies
Tributes are pouring in for Rowan Smith, the groundbreaking and iconic gay former Dean of St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town. Smith passed away at the age of 74 on Wednesday after a long hospitalisation following a fall in which he broke his hip at the cathedral on Good Friday. While he appeared to be […]
UN rights chief | Myth that LGBTI equality is “Western agenda”
Ahead of Africa Day, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Andrew Gilmour, says that LGBTI equality is not about imposing an agenda but about stopping discrimination. Gilmour addressed the issue at The Economist’s Pride and Prejudice conference in London on Thursday. The event looked at the economic and human costs of discrimination against the […]