Sports and Culture

Virginia: Uncovering Colonial Williamsburg's LGBTQ history

The foundation’s efforts are part of a growing effort across the country to include LGBTQ history in educational settings. At least five states, including Maryland earlier this year, have taken steps to require public schools to teach lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history. About five years ago, the National Park Service also launched a project exploring and preserving the legacy of LGBTQ people.

Netherlands: Gay penguins at Amersfoort zoo steal egg and and try to hatch it

A gay penguin couple in Amersfoort’s DierenPark zoo have stolen an egg from another penguin family and are now trying to hatch it, the zoo said on Thursday. The two African penguins ‘acquired’ the egg at a moment when no-one was looking, the zoo said.

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Cameroon: Sacked, shunned and suicidal - the Cameroon sports stars battling anti-gay laws

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Cameroonian athlete Thierry Essamba still trains every day, even though he has little hope of reviving a career cut off when he was ousted from the national squad in a scandal over homosexuality.

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Kenyan, Christian, Queer–the Arts of Resistance in Africa (Q&A)

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Kenyan, Christian, Queer does not so much focus on conventional forms of activism, but on creative and artistic forms of LGBT visibility, such as literary writing, social media, music video, storytelling and worship practices.

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Poland’s State Media Is Government’s Biggest Booster Before Election

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After the climate change activist Greta Thunberg testified at the United Nations, urging world leaders to take action, the presenters on Polish state television said viewers needed some context.