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Black Miami-Dade Presents: Give Them Their Flowers—An Exhibit of Black LGBTQ+ Miami History
Give Them Their Flowers is a first-of-its-kind exhibit to celebrate Miami’s Black LGBTQ+ history and comes at a critical time when Black and queer histories are under attack in Florida. This exhibit pays homage to Miami’s Black queer history by merging historical research, archival imagery, artifacts, oral histories, video and portraits of Black…
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Uganda passes Law that can now sentence LGBTQ+ people to death just for being gay!
Africa is the very worse continent when it comes to LGBTQ+ rights. Being gay is only legal in 22 of the 55 countries, and being trans is legal in just 4 of them. As other regions of the world tread slowly in improving queer rights, African countries like Uganda are hell-bent on making…
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The Trans Rights Readathon : supporting trans writers and the trans community at large
Writer and BookTok influencer Sim Kern has come up with one of the best ideas we have heard about all week. They have conceptualized a TRANS RIGHT READATHON with a goal to read as many books by trans authors and centering trans narratives as possible within one week, It is also to encourage…
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Ben Whishaw’s THIS IS GOING TO HURT TV series sweeps BAFTA TV nominations
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has released its list of nominees for their Television Awards and it very refreshingly has an excellent representation of queer programs and performers. In fact, leading the pack with the most nominations medical comedy-drama This Is Going To Hurt, starring openly gay Gilden Globe/Emmy…
