Day: October 7, 2014

Popular transgender actress Laverne Cox’s long awaited documentary The T Word has had its first world wide trailer released on youtube. Emmy nominated actress Laverne Cox has teamed up with  MTV’s “Look Different” campaign to create The T Word, a documentary that celebrates the life of trans people. “For many of us, the ‘T’ in LGBT means more […]

Nationwide same-sex marriage has taken a large step closer to becoming reality in the US. In a decision many legal experts had expected would be drawn out with delays, the US Supreme Court has agreed in favour of decisions made by five smaller ‘Appeals’ courts to legalise same sex marriage in their states. This decision […]

Scientist believe they have pinpointed the origins of the HIV virus. 1920’s Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is thought to be the birth place of HIV. The transmission from primates to humans, substantial urban growth, strong railway links during Belgian colonial rule, and changes to the sex trade between […]

Have you ever had to flee from your own country because of who you are?  We commonly hear of refugees and asylum seekers having to flee from their homelands due to conflict, but how often do we hear of those who flee simply because of who they are? or because they don’t fit the gender identity […]