For a long time, art and literature have been powerful vehicles for social change, for marginalized voices to be listened and recognized. For LGBTQ+ people, imagination provides not just a…
Redazione26 July 2024
"The House in the Cerulean Sea" is a fantasy novel written by T.J. Klune. Published in 2020, the book has received acclaim for its heartwarming narrative and for its themes…
Redazione18 March 2024
The approval in Russia of a new, much more restrictive law against LGBTQIA+ people (or, applying the official phrasing, “against propaganda of non-traditional relationships”) might lead to emulation in the…
Alessandro Garzi27 September 2023
It may happen in Cameroon, in Egypt, in Kenya, in Lebanon, in Turkmenistan, in Uganda and in Zambia. And, also, in Tunisia. The police will take you to a doctor,…
Pier Cesare Notaro24 September 2023
On Thursday 29 December, the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament) passed the vote of confidence in the new Israeli government: now in office, it is the most right-wing government in the history…
Il Grande Colibrì29 August 2023
Last year, a month after the Russian institutions approved the new law “against propaganda of non-traditional relationships”, other countries of the former Soviet Union announced that they would put similar…
Alessandro Garzi17 July 2023
Joining a new group, introducing yourself and trying to put fear aside is not easy for LGBTQIA+ asylum seekers. Whenever new people arrive at our Nido meetings, or if there…
Redazione15 July 2023
Osake can now celebrate his first Italian ID card. His story sounds pretty incredible, yet we were given proof, thus it definitely is the truth. After fleeing Nigeria, where he…
Il Grande Colibrì11 July 2023
I have a Danish gay friend with two grown kids. He did not have them with the much debated and vilified surrogate pregnancy, but with the woman he married when…
Michele Benini18 May 2023
The sun shines bright in the sky, while hormones bubble up on earth. Thanks to the warm season, clothes get shorter, inhibitions melt (especially if holidays are spent far from…
Pier Cesare Notaro17 May 2023
Some time ago I accompanied Buba to pick up some test results and to book a visit to the medical examiner. Simon, Carl and Damian turned up to say hello,…
Redazione16 May 2023
