Monthly Archives: August 2015
REVIEW: Stikki Nikki ice cream stockholm
REVIEW: Stikki Nikki ice cream stockholm
Stikki Nikki is a small ice-cream shop located on the picturesque square Maria on the island of Södermalm in Stockholm.
It’s organic, Italian-style ice-cream and it’s really good.
There’s not a huge range of flavors (which is a good indication that the ice-cream is freshly made) – I opted for the burnt butter flavor and it was spectacular.
Exactly what I was looking for on a sunny day in the capital of Stockholm.
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Gareth Johnson
www.gaystarnews.com/article/review-stikki-nikki-ice-cream-stockholm/
Watch What Happens When Two Guys Hold Hands on the Streets of Jerusalem: VIDEO
Watch What Happens When Two Guys Hold Hands on the Streets of Jerusalem: VIDEO
With the city of Jerusalem in the news following the anti-gay attack at a July 30 gay pride parade, two guys decided to emulate the hand-holding social experiment that recently took place in Ukraine and Russia and see how people on the streets reacted to same-sex PDA.
Sadly, a good number of the bystander comments shown in the footage were ugly and abusive.
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Kyler Geoffroy
Watch What Happens When Two Guys Hold Hands on the Streets of Jerusalem: VIDEO
Mrs. & Mrs. Claytor Wedding
Inclusive Sense8 Renewed for Second Season
Inclusive Sense8 Renewed for Second Season
Netflix orders another season of the hit sci-fi series.
Neal Broverman
www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/television/2015/08/09/inclusive-sense8-renewed-second-season
Trans woman murdered in Detroit
Trans woman murdered in Detroit
Activists and local media are reporting the murder of Amber Monroe, a Detroit transgender woman.
According to Fox 2 Detroit, the 20-year-old Wayne State University student was last seen at 6 Mile and Woodward, a well-known area to the local trans community.
‘A lot of transgendered women go out there and don’t have support systems or employment,’ transgender rights activist Julisa Abad said to Fox 2. ‘So they are forced to do whatever they can do to survive,’ Abad continued, who knew Monroe.
Police say Monroe was employed as a sex worker when her body was discovered yesterday, 8 August, morning.
‘She’s been shot 2 or 3 times,’ Abad said. ‘But this time she didn’t make it. I’ve witnessed people pushed out of cars, shot, robbed – not a good environment at all.’
Equality Michigan, an activist organization, posted the following statement on its Facebook page:
‘We have no idea yet whether this attack was fueled by transphobia, but we do know that Amber’s murder is the 12th murder of a transgender woman in the United States this year, and the 10th murder of a transgender woman of color. Transgender women, and especially transgender women of color, are disproportionately affected by violence.’
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James Withers
www.gaystarnews.com/article/trans-woman-murdered-in-detroit/
#WeCanDoThis: Australian Parliament to Introduce Marriage Equality Legislation on Tuesday
Mr. Gay World 2010 Charl van den Berg Dead at 33
Mr. Gay World 2010 Charl van den Berg Dead at 33
Charl van den Berg, who in 2010 won the Mr. Gay World competition in Oslo, Norway, has died at the age of 33 from a short battle with lymphatic cancer.
Announcing van den Berg’s death, Mr. Gay World competition organizers wrote “We have lost a member of our family, a hero and a friend. Charl van den Berg will always be an icon to many around the world.”
More from the statement:
Throughout his reign, Charl continued to uphold the ethos and message of Mr. Gay World wherever he travelled, making friends around the world. He attended Prides in Europe, representing the organisation and was sent to the Philippines to lay the foundations of the next competition in Manila, meeting with press and organisers. He was prominently featured in the media, and did many interviews for television, living up to his role as ambassador for LGBT rights and a role model for LGBT youth.
He was loved not only in the Philippines, taking part in the Red Ribbon HIV-awareness campaign in that country, but all around the world and especially in his home country of South Africa, where his win was the first positive LGBT news other than legal challenges to discriminatory laws to be featured on the front pages and lamp posts around that country.
Charl always conducted himself in a friendly, approachable and exemplary fashion, keeping his feet firmly on the ground and doing the job he was chosen for without airs and graces. His infectious laughter and warm character made him an absolute pleasure to work with. He stayed on to assist and support the organisation long after his reign, attending subsequent finals in Johannesburg and Antwerp and being involved in the local Mr. Gay South Africa competition up to 2014.
Our thoughts go out to van den Berg’s friends and family.
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Kyler Geoffroy
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Uganda Pride Revelers Celebrate Tentatively
Uganda Pride Revelers Celebrate Tentatively
Far from the capital of Kampala, a small group of Ugandans enjoy a day without prejudice.
Neal Broverman
www.advocate.com/uganda/2015/08/09/uganda-pride-revelers-celebrate-tentatively
