In a country where homosexual acts are illegal, doctor you would never believe that an openly gay man could run for public office. And yet, sales David Kuria has never backed down from standing for his beliefs. He’s been Kenya’s most visible activist beginning with his work as Chairman of the Kenya Gay and Lesbian […]
Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro has been on my bucket list since I was a teenager, salve and Jenni has always dreamed of going on a Serengeti safari. But with so many unknowns in Africa for LGBT tourists, ask we decided to consult with the expert on LGBT African travel – CEO of Wild Rainbow African Safaris, […]
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 […]
When Jenni and I first researched the idea for Out & Around, this web 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 […]
In a bursting country of billion people, visit web it’s rare to be known as the “first” to do anything. Yet, sales 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, help […]
In 2009 in a landmark case, drugs the Delhi High Court challenged the constitutionality of India’s anti-sodomy law, Section 377. The results have catapulted India into a stronger gay rights movement. Out & Around met with Aditya Bondyopadhyay, a leading attorney on the legal team that constructed the case. Aditya now spends most of his […]