No Death Penalty Provision in Uganda Anti-Gay Bill Frank Mugisha, the director of Sexual Minorities Uganda, a gay rights group, said anti-gay sentiment in Uganda has increased since the bill’s introduction. More gays are being harassed, he said, because of media attention and because church leaders have been preaching for the bill’s passage to congregations. [...]
Our Family is a series that celebrates queer families and delves into some of the challenges they face. The goal of the series is to depict same-sex parent families in a way that’s authentic and dispels myths associated with same-sex childrearing. Know an awesome two-mommy family? Are you part of one? Email us at info@elixher.com to [...]
ELIXHER caught up with Shawn Smith from Her Saturn Returns, “an outlet to explore the rupture of self-realization in the transition to our 30th year through poetry, the written word, our stories.” ELIXHER: What is “Her Saturn Returns”? SHAWN: “Her Saturn Returns” is an anthology I’m putting together. It’s about sex, death and other people’s money. [...]
“Perhaps…I am the face of one of your fears. Because I am a woman, because I am Black, because I am a lesbian, because I am myself — a Black woman warrior poet doing my work — come to ask you, are you doing yours?” - Audre Lorde in “The Transformation of Silence into Language and [...]
InspiHERed By spotlights phenomenal women in the Black queer community—everyone from artists to activists. Each week ELIXHER features someone whose personal journey and individual craft inspire us to dream bigger, laugh harder, and love deeper. This week, Rebecca Emmanuelle, a 26-year-old Queens, NY resident and college counselor/instructor talks about her life and love for photography. ELIXHER: How would you [...]
Rapper Lil’ B (Sort of) Embraces Gay Fans to Sell Records Rapper Lil’ B made headlines at the Coachella music festival over the weekend after he announced that the title of his upcoming album will be “I’m Gay.” Now, as more mainstream artists attract attention for embracing the industry’s gay fans, Lil’ B may be [...]
Lesbian and bisexual literary icons whose words have healed and freed us… Staceyann Chin The truth is I’m afraid to draw your black lines around me. I’m not always pale in the middle. I come in too many flavors for one fucking spoon. I am never one thing or the other. At night I am [...]
Our Family is a series that celebrates queer families and delves into some of the challenges they face. The goal of the series is to depict same-sex parent families in a way that’s authentic and dispels myths associated with same-sex childrearing. Today we catch up with Tiffany, a 31-year-old small business owner, her partner Carla, [...]
Imagine being in a loving relationship for over 30 years, then having the government claim your home and belongings after your partner’s death because it does not recognize your relationship as valid. Consider what it might be like to be denied visitation privileges at the hospital when your partner has fallen ill or be forced [...]
InspiHERed By spotlights phenomenal women in the Black queer community—everyone from artists to activists. Each week ELIXHER features someone whose personal journey and individual craft inspire us to dream bigger, laugh harder, and love deeper. I had the honor of speaking with Al Janae Hamilton, a talented photographer, filmmaker, painter and costume designer. Check her [...]
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