Dozens of activists supporting immigrants and queer people of color descended on the Texas Capitol Friday morning in an effort to disrupt an ongoing special session of the state legislature.
The upcoming Victorian Pride Centre in Melbourne, Australia added black and brown stripes to its rainbow logo in support of indigenous Australians and Australians of color. The bold political move was inspired by activists halfway around the world in Philadelphia who included similar stripes on a pride flag at this year’s Philly Pride to highlight LGBT people of color within the fight for queer rights.
One Iowa, the state’s leading lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) advocacy organization, will host its 3rd Annual LGBTQ Senior Summit on Saturday, Aug. 5 at the Grand View University Student Center. The summit runs from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
GARETH THOMAS is a Wales rugby legend who was capped 100 times for the national union side. He came out as gay in 2009, making hm the first openly gay professional rugby union player.
On a hot Sunday afternoon in June, the team at Grace’s, the UK’s first LGBT cricket club, played a squad from Merton, Wimbledon. Asad comes click-clacking up the narrow wooden staircase in his spikes and pulls on a helmet that turns out not to be his – he can’t get the chin strap done up. “Do I really need a helmet out there?” he asks, nodding towards the field, framed by the dormer window in a hot and airless changing room. Team-mate Stuart’s response is immediate and firm: “Definitely.”
Kayakers from across the country will be in Ottawa this weekend for the Whitewater National Championships, but one long-time competitor is racing for what feels like the first time. Transgender paddler Katalina Murrie has competed in the men’s category of paddling competitions for years, but this time she’ll be competing with the women.
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