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San Diego Pride executive director resigns amid 'financial challenges'ABC 10News (KGTV) · October 26, 2026She champions LGBTI rights for the departmentSouth African Department of Justice, Justice TodayPatrisse Cullors | Biography (Research Starters)EBSCO Research StartersSan Diego Pride faces financial troubles, warns that changes are comingABC 10News (KGTV) · October 14, 2026Kelley Robinson Calls for Stronger Coalition Between Black and LGBTQ VotersShine My Crown · October 11, 2026
Cruising: Mandy Carter episodeCruising · April 28, 2026
'Stabilization is my jam': After tough year for San Diego Pride, new leader KishaLynn Elliott has big plans to right itSan Diego Union-Tribune · March 8, 2026Legendary transgender activist Miss Major dies at 78The 19th News · October 14, 2025
Look who's on the cover of our upcoming issueDIVA · September 12, 2025
'Being a Black woman in politics is being on a constant battlefield,' says councilwoman Giorgia Prates (PT)Brasil de Fato · May 16, 2025 · Portuguese
Lesbian Visibility Week: Lawyer Jacqui Rhule-Dagher on why inclusive spaces matter now more than ever (EXCLUSIVE)Attitude · April 22, 2025
The 2024 Out100: Sen. Laphonza ButlerOut · October 17, 2024
Brenda BiyaOkayAfrica · July 10, 2024
Legally Lesbians: 25 lawyers tells us why lesbian visibility is important this #LVW24DIVA · April 24, 2024
INTERVIEW. Giorgia Prates: "There is no planning for housing in the city"Brasil de Fato · December 8, 2023 · Portuguese
#BringPaulaAndMayaHome: The Politics within Queer Activism in Namibia | African ArgumentsAfrican Arguments · November 22, 2023
Read an Exclusive Excerpt From Raquel Willis’ Powerful Debut MemoirThem · November 7, 2023
I felt isolated as a Black lesbian lawyer – but things are changingPinkNews · November 1, 2023
Central do Brasil: 'For us, lesbian and bisexual women, much is lacking in politics'Brasil de Fato · August 29, 2023 · Portuguese"I take office as an Afro-descendant, lesbian, and feminist councilwoman": Ismaria Zapata assumes her seat on the Medellín CouncilEl Colombiano · July 13, 2023 · Spanish
Mayor of London reveals five new rainbow plaquesDIVA · June 29, 2023
Sam Adams is speaking out about her healing journeyDIVA · June 29, 2023
Andrea Jenkins Is an Icon of Trans PowerThem · June 6, 2023
Legally Lesbians: 25 lawyers write about their careers and why lesbian visibility is important to themDIVA · April 26, 2023
"We need to radicalize the concept of democracy," says activist Benilda BritoBrasil de Fato · October 27, 2022 · PortugueseBarrister says she became legal expert while in Home Office immigration detentionThe Guardian · October 22, 2022
Lesbian Visibility Day: "Black lesbians' bodies are vulnerable," says activistBrasil de Fato · August 29, 2022 · Portuguese‘Surrounded by Black queer people dancing and kissing, I felt 100% myself’ – the Pride I’ll never forgetThe Guardian · July 4, 2022
A year on from the Ho 21 arrests, queer Ghanaians fear more to come | African ArgumentsAfrican Arguments · May 20, 2022
"We Black women have been influencing politics since we arrived here," says ValdecirBrasil de Fato · March 8, 2022 · PortugueseDialogue with Ochy Curiel: "Power Must Be Worked in Community" | Rosa Luxemburg FoundationRosa Luxemburg Foundation · November 19, 2021 · Spanish
Lady Phyll explains why it's vital schools teach Britain's ugly colonial historyPinkNews · October 1, 2021
UK Black Pride co-founder Lady Phyll has debuted on Just Like Us' new podcastDIVA · October 1, 2021
‘We kept getting people saying: excuse me, you don’t look gay’ – how Black people fought for a space at PrideThe Guardian · June 30, 2021
Lady Phyll's powerful story of the 'Black lesbian warrior' who changed her lifePinkNews · June 17, 2021
Being a lesbian and Afro in Colombia | SentiidoSentiido · May 21, 2021 · Spanish
Phyll Opoku-Gyimah: “I am an activist because I feel compelled to be one”DIVA · October 1, 2020
Africa is Queer!: LGBTQI+ African Life in 2020 | OkayAfricaOkayAfrica · August 3, 2020
Respect Your Elders: Zoom With Lesbian Activist Phyllis “Seven” HarrisAutostraddle · May 5, 2020
Claire Andrews obituaryThe Guardian · October 30, 2019
'They paid a guy to kill me': health workers fight homophobia in Uganda | Global health | The GuardianThe Guardian · October 21, 2019
Lesbian activist Linda Bellos went to the Supreme Court to back Trump administration during landmark LGBT casesPinkNews · October 9, 2019
"Violence against lesbians and bisexual women happens a great deal within the family," says activistBrasil de Fato · August 29, 2019 · PortugueseWomen's Equality leader: being bisexual is part of my politicsPinkNews · July 18, 2019
Sibabalwe Gcilitshana is the First Openly Queer Woman to Enter the Miss South Africa Pageant | OkayAfricaOkayAfrica · July 11, 2019
'The Spread' Is the Sex-Positive Kenyan Podcast Offering a Safe Space for Women and LGBTQIA+ Issues | OkayAfricaOkayAfrica · June 25, 2019
Kenya to rule on gay rights as African neighbours look onThe Guardian · February 21, 2019
Marai Larasi: ‘I’m hurt that this country neglects BME women’ | David BattyThe Guardian · February 12, 2019
UK Black Pride exec Phyll Opoku-Gyimah confirms run for ParliamentPinkNews · May 9, 2018
The lesbian asylum seekers battling the UK's 'homophobic' immigration systemPinkNews · April 26, 2018
OpSec for activistsStanford Center for Internet and Society · April 20, 2018Q&A: Patrisse Khan-Cullors: ‘My favourite word? Freedom’The Guardian · March 24, 2018
Stonewall quits Pride in London over 'racism' concernsPinkNews · February 23, 2018
'We've ignited a new generation': Patrisse Khan-Cullors on the resurgence of black activism | Black Lives Matter movement | The GuardianThe Guardian · January 28, 2018
Victory party to be held in honour of Nigerian lesbian fighting VISA battle for 13 yearsPinkNews · November 16, 2017
Nigerian LGBT activist wins 13-year legal battle to be granted UK asylumPinkNews · August 12, 2017
LGBT change heroes 2017: breaking through from oppressionThe Guardian · February 27, 2017
How I Found Black Queer Love In A Heterosexual Society | OkayAfricaOkayAfrica · February 23, 2017
'The exorcism was over in 15 minutes but nothing changed' – LGBT life in Nigeria | Working in development | The GuardianThe Guardian · February 21, 2017
Fighting for the right to love – your #LGBTChange heroesThe Guardian · February 14, 2016
Black Pride founder turns down MBE over ongoing LGBT persecutionPinkNews · January 5, 2016
JamaicaThe Guardian · August 10, 2015
Jamaica to hold its first gay pride celebration in the island’s capitalThe Guardian / Associated Press · August 4, 2015
South Africa appoints first lesbian to cabinetThe Guardian · May 26, 2014
Glwadys Pallas: "I am a lesbian, and so what?"Afrik.com · January 18, 2014 · French
Ana Matronic demands justice for 24-year-old South African woman who was raped and murdered for being a lesbianThe Guardian · January 6, 2013Change.org thrust into spotlight in wake of Trayvon Martin caseThe Guardian · April 13, 2012
Vijayatara obituaryThe Guardian · April 11, 2011
London Mayor fulfilling ‘gay dream’PinkNews · June 28, 2006
Empowering black lesbiansThe Advocate · April 21, 2005
A tribute to the life of Wanda AlstonThe Advocate · March 18, 2005
