Orlando Nightclub Massacre remembered with calls for gun control
It’s been two years since the single biggest known massacre of LGBTQ people in modern history, in Orlando, Florida. On June 12, 2016, while patrons were celebrating Latin Night at the Pulse nightclub, 29-year-old Omar Mateen burst into the venue and opened fire on the crowd. A total of 49 LGBTQ people and their friends […]
Nigeria | Police arrest dozens of party-goers “accused” of homosexuality
It’s been reported that between 50 and 100 men and women were arrested while partying at a hotel in Asaba, in the Delta State of Nigeria, on allegations of homosexuality. According to Nigeria’s LGBTQ news website, NoStringsNG, police raided the hotel at around 2 a.m. on Sunday, arresting scores of party-goers on charges that they were […]
The 2018 KU33R$ Event (In Pictures)
Kitcheners Bar, in Braamfontein Johannesburg, hosted a Ku33R$ (pronounced “queers”) event on Thursday, June 7, for womxn, queer, gender-queer and transgender bodies to exist comfortably. Young queer people came out to support the inaugural event by arts creative Khanya Kemami, in the spirit of celebrating International Pride Month. Kemami said the event was aimed at […]