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Tribulations of a Terrified Bride-To-Be

By Jenni on Feb 21, 2012 . 8 comments

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"You're the worst bride ever," declared my exasperated significant other. Lisa's accusation wasn't without cause. We had been taking our evening walk on the beach when Lisa made a casual suggestion about putting together our childhood photos for a wedding slideshow. Excited by this idea, my loving fiance chattered on and on about how cute I must have looked as a kid and how it would be great if I could dig out some of my family's old home videos to show with hers. Meanwhile, in my mind a battle waged. Lisa's seemingly innocuous slideshow idea triggered my panic button. With my gut wrenchi
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Turning Me: A Failed Mission by an American Tourist

By Guest on February 15, 2012 · 1 comment

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Gilda Mansour, a close friend of ours from San Francisco, came with her partner Krista Gaeta to join us for a month in East Africa. Gilda has contributed to Out & Around twice before in her stories Coming In and Gilda finds the Supergay Palestinians. We’re thrilled to have her share with us her surprising [...]

Video Recap: Eat, Pray and Supergays in India

By Lisa on February 14, 2012 · 1 comment

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How many unpleasant trips to the toilet would you be willing to suffer in order to eat amazing food? This is one of the questions that I asked myself when we ate our way through India, and I had to start using baby wipes as toilet paper. Despite the stomach issues, I just couldn’t stop [...]

Guest Writer: Cheryl Dumesnil, “Where Were You When?”

By Guest on February 9, 2012 · 0 comments

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Jenni and I wish we could be in San Francisco right now to celebrate the positive step the federal appeals court panel made to strike down Proposition 8. One of our very own Supergays, writer and poet Cheryl Dumesnil contributed this article to Out & Around. We love her as our California correspondent writing about [...]

Out in Africa: Supergay Jody Cole of Wild Rainbow African Safaris

By Lisa on February 8, 2012 · 0 comments

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Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro has been on my bucket list since I was a teenager, and Jenni has always dreamed of going on a Serengeti safari. But with so many unknowns in Africa for LGBT tourists, we decided to consult with the expert on LGBT African travel – CEO of Wild Rainbow African Safaris, Jody Cole. [...]

My Beard: A Tanzanian “Love” Story

By Guest on January 31, 2012 · 2 comments

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Krista Gaeta, a close friend of ours and fellow social worker from San Francisco, came to join us on the African leg of our journey. Looking at her picture, you’d think that Lisa and Krista have got to be related (they aren’t, we swear). Now while traveling in Tanzania, even the local people refer to [...]

Indian Supergays Create a Home for Women Rejected By Their Families

By Lisa on January 25, 2012 · 0 comments

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Just how far would you go to help out your community? This is what I asked myself when I visited Betu and Maya’s home in South Delhi where they provide transitional housing for lesbian and bisexual women as well as transmen who find themselves disowned by their families or in danger after coming out. Through [...]

India’s Royal Supergay: Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil

By Lisa on January 23, 2012 · 4 comments

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When Jenni and I first researched the idea for Out & Around, I googled “Gay Around the World” and came up with a video clip of Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil speaking on Oprah in 2007 about gay life in India. We found Prince Manvendra’s story so compelling that we built our entire project around trying [...]

There is a Man in the Bathroom!

By Lisa on January 11, 2012 · 0 comments

Lisa continually gets kicked out of bathrooms

After six months of travel in Asia, I’ve gotten used to people trying to kick me out of the women’s restroom thinking that I am a man. Usually after I explain to the startled women that there is no need to be alarmed, they respond apologetically and I’m left to pee in peace. But there [...]

The Father of India’s Gay Rights Movement: Supergay Ashok Row Kavi

By Lisa on January 9, 2012 · 1 comment

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In a bursting country of billion people, it’s rare to be known as the “first” to do anything. Yet, journalist Ashok Row Kavi is well-known in India for being the first gay person to come out publicly in the country. His first coming out interview was in 1986 with Savvy Magazine, an Indian feminist magazine, [...]

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