On the March

Philippines: Metro Manila’s LGBT gathering breaks attendance records, highlights ubiquity of LGBT people if not causes

Ang punto: Ang laban ng LGBT ay laban ng mamamayan; ang laban ng mamamayan ay laban ng LGBT (The gist: The fight of LGBT people is the fight for people’s rights; and the fight for people’s rights is also the fight of LGBT people).” -Det Neri – chairperson of Bahaghari-Metro Manila 

Ethiopia’s former Mr Gay World contestant on being an LGBTIQ asylum seeker

Without any formal backing from his country, Hailu that year became one of the first two black African men to take part in the competition, alongside Wendelinus Hamutenya from Namibia. A third delegate from Zimbabwe had to withdraw due to fears for his safety.