Positive World Media

12/26/2020

Cuomo Signs “Gender-Neutral Bathroom” Bill

Cuomo Signs “Gender-Neutral Bathroom” Bill

In an historic victory, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation on December 23 making single-stalled restrooms statewide open to people of all genders.

12/21/2020

These extraterrestrial building designs show the future of space architecture

These extraterrestrial building designs show the future of space architecture

Astronauts are heading back to the moon -- "this time to stay," according to NASA. Ambitions to colonize the moon and Mars have spurred a flurry of architectural ideas, with futuristic concepts showing what the first habitats built on extraterrestrial surfaces could look like.

12/20/2020

Where True Love Is

#truthbetold

12/20/2020

India crowns new Miss Transqueen

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/miss-transqueen-india-shaine-soni-intl-hnk/index.html

India has a new Miss Transqueen -- and she will represent India at next year's Miss International Queen, the world's biggest pageant for transgender women.

12/19/2020

Swiss parliament passes marriage equality in final vote

Swiss parliament passes marriage equality in final vote

Switzerland is the 29th country in the world to approve marriage equality.

12/06/2020

arsa.org.za - ARSA donate

Dear Facebook Family, AIDS Ride South Africa completed our December 6th ride! The cyclists shared a number of pics from the day please have a look. We cycled as an homage to 94.7 ride that would have taken place at this time if not for COVID-19. The map and route were similar to the 94.7. With help from our cycling repair pros at Cajees Cycle Corner Fatima, Mohammed, Burgh, and the rest of the gang, the bikes got updated, upgraded, and safety checked. World AIDS Day was December 1st. We agree that one day alone is not sufficient to think about HIV and AIDS, nor even the whole AIDS awareness month of December...as people with HIV and AIDS live with this reality 365 days a year. We were able to raise $1320 of our goal of $2000 for the expenses related to this ride. If you're able to help us meet our expenses please do at the link below. We realize this is no easy feat during a pandemic, when we understand many of our traditional supporters are struggling themselves, out of work and so on. At first we thought we shouldn't bother doing this during COVID. But if COVID stops everything then the world loses. If you are able to help, please donate: www.arsa.org.za/donate.php and if you can't please spread the word to friends and associates who can. We need donations for bike parts, repairs, and labor, as well as energy bars and packs, petrol for the support vehicle, and food and drinks for the cyclists. Please donate if you can, and as always, cycle on. Thank you, Bryan Urbsaitis ARSA Director, cycling since 1978, HIV+ since 2006, Director since 2010... ❤ ❤

Cycling to raise money and awareness about HIV and AIDS in South Africa and globally.

11/29/2020

Dear Facebook Family, AIDS Ride South Africa is getting ready for our December 6th ride. As an homage to 94.7 ride that would have taken place at this time if not for COVID-19, ARSA is organizing its own training day-fun day ride for AIDS awareness month. The map and route are included below. With help from our cycling repair pros at Cajees Cycle Corner Fatima, Mohammed, Burgh, and the rest of the gang, we need to refurbish our wheels which have gotten a lot of wear and tear over the last year. While the pandemic had many folks 'move into their fridges' ARSA has been cycling in the background, keeping our legs warm and ready to break out our jerseys in time for World AIDS Day on December 1st. And once again, we need your help to get there. We expect costs for this event to be about $2000 USD. Your donations make it possible for us to make the needed repairs, they oil our chains, and make the rubber of our tires meet the road, gets our gears shifting, our saddles saddling, and our feet pedaling. This is no easy feat during a pandemic, when we understand many of our traditional supporters are struggling themselves. If you are able to help, please donate: www.arsa.org.za/donate.php and if you can't please spread the word to friends and associates who can. We need donations for bike parts, repairs, and labor, as well as energy bars and packs, petrol for the support vehicle, and food and drinks for the day. Please donate if you can, and as always, cycle on.

Dear Facebook Family, AIDS Ride South Africa is getting ready for our December 6th ride. As an homage to 94.7 ride that would have taken place at this time if not for COVID-19, ARSA is organizing its own training day-fun day ride for AIDS awareness month. The map and route are included below. With help from our cycling repair pros at Cajees Cycle Corner Fatima, Mohammed, Burgh, and the rest of the gang, we need to refurbish our wheels which have gotten a lot of wear and tear over the last year. While the pandemic had many folks 'move into their fridges' ARSA has been cycling in the background, keeping our legs warm and ready to break out our jerseys in time for World AIDS Day on December 1st. And once again, we need your help to get there. We expect costs for this event to be about $2000 USD. Your donations make it possible for us to make the needed repairs, they oil our chains, and make the rubber of our tires meet the road, gets our gears shifting, our saddles saddling, and our feet pedaling. This is no easy feat during a pandemic, when we understand many of our traditional supporters are struggling themselves. If you are able to help, please donate: www.arsa.org.za/donate.php and if you can't please spread the word to friends and associates who can. We need donations for bike parts, repairs, and labor, as well as energy bars and packs, petrol for the support vehicle, and food and drinks for the day. Please donate if you can, and as always, cycle on.

11/24/2020

Over-45s at greater risk of STIs, new study finds

Over-45s at greater risk of STIs, new study finds

Middle-aged adults face a greater risk of catching sexually transmitted infections than ever before -- because society is unwilling to talk about older people having sex, a new study has found.

11/21/2020

AIDS Ride South Africa

Dear Facebook Family, AIDS Ride South Africa is getting ready for our December 6th ride. As an homage to 94.7 ride that would have taken place at this time if not for COVID-19, ARSA is organizing its own training day-fun day ride for AIDS awareness month. The map and route are included below. With help from our cycling repair pros at Cajees Cycle Corner Fatima, Mohammed, Burgh, and the rest of the gang, we need to refurbish our wheels which have gotten a lot of wear and tear over the last year. While the pandemic had many folks 'move into their fridges' ARSA has been cycling in the background, keeping our legs warm and ready to break out our jerseys in time for World AIDS Day on December 1st. And once again, we need your help to get there. We expect costs for this event to be about $2000 USD. Your donations make it possible for us to make the needed repairs, they oil our chains, and make the rubber of our tires meet the road, gets our gears shifting, our saddles saddling, and our feet pedaling. This is no easy feat during a pandemic, when we understand many of our traditional supporters are struggling themselves. If you are able to help, please donate: www.arsa.org.za/donate.php and if you can't please spread the word to friends and associates who can. We need donations for bike parts, repairs, and labor, as well as energy bars and packs, petrol for the support vehicle, and food and drinks for the day. Please donate if you can, and as always, cycle on.

11/02/2020

In photos: The rodeos defying stereotypes about rural America

In photos: The rodeos defying stereotypes about rural America

Photographer Luke Gilford loved rodeos as a child, but the entrenched homophobia turned him away. His new book "National Anthem" spotlights the world of LGBTQ+ rodeos.

10/30/2020

Former Australian international becomes only the second rugby player to come out as gay

Former Australian international becomes only the second rugby player to come out as gay

Former Australian international Dan Palmer, who has become only the second male rugby union professional after Gareth Thomas to come out as gay, says he "routinely numbed" himself with a "heavy cocktail of opioids" as he struggled with his sexuality during his playing career.

10/30/2020

Taiwan same-sex couples join military wedding for first time

Taiwan same-sex couples join military wedding for first time

Two women became the first military officers to marry their same-sex civilian partners at a mass military wedding in Taiwan on Friday, marking another landmark for LGBTQ+ rights in Asia.

10/23/2020

Antwaun Sargent continues to champion Black photographers -- this time in 'Just Pictures'

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/antwaun-sargent-just-pictures/index.html

He's one of the most prominent voices in contemporary photography and his mission is to cement the legacies of emerging Black image-makers.

10/15/2020

In Poland’s ‘LGBT-free zones,’ existing is an act of defiance

In Poland’s ‘LGBT-free zones,’ existing is an act of defiance

Hundreds of regions across Poland have declared themselves “LGBT-free” — and those inside the zones fear for their safety.

09/02/2020

Meals on heels: San Francisco drag queens deliver amid pandemic

Meals on heels: San Francisco drag queens deliver amid pandemic

The Oasis nightclub is dispatching drag performers to bring food, cocktails and socially distant lip-synching to customers during the coronavirus pandemic.

08/24/2020

The new era in filmmaking

The new era in filmmaking

After being shut down during the pandemic, film and TV shoots are now starting up again. Beth Webb talks to some of those on set about how their roles are being transformed.

08/23/2020

Antiracist Education Now

08/23/2020

Mamlambo: A day in the life a lesbian taxi driver in South Africa

Mamlambo: A day in the life a lesbian taxi driver in South Africa

In a country as violent as South Africa, discrimination because of her gender and sexuality is a reality that 28-year-old Mamlambo faces every day.

08/23/2020

08/20/2020

Guillaume Cizeron: Why It Was Imperative for Me to Come Out Publicly

Guillaume Cizeron: Why It Was Imperative for Me to Come Out Publicly

The world champion and Olympian writes about bullying and the lasting impact it can have on queer people.

07/31/2020

EU blocks funding for six towns that declared themselves 'LGBT-Free Zones'

EU blocks funding for six towns that declared themselves 'LGBT-Free Zones'

The European Union has denied funding to six Polish towns that declared themselves to be "LGBT-Free Zones."

07/31/2020

A Nollywood film about two women in love faces an uphill battle in a country where homophobia is rampant

A Nollywood film about two women in love faces an uphill battle in a country where homophobia is rampant

Two Nigerian filmmakers are set to release "Ife," a love story about two women but they face a battle with Nigeria's strict censors and in a country where being gay is illegal.

07/24/2020

Rap duo 4 Wheel City and the power of disabled rap

https://www.bbc.com/news/disability-53070196

Namel and Ricardo were paralysed in shootings, now as rap duo 4 Wheel City they talk about the 'double drama' of being black and disabled.

07/24/2020

How anger can be put to good use

How anger can be put to good use

We are taught that anger is born from aggression, and destructive. But can it – in moderation, and directed the right way – also be good for us?

07/23/2020

This organization is creating access to virtual classrooms for children in slums

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/22/africa/slum2school-online-learning-nigeria/index.html

Slum2school is providing access to online learning for underprivileged students in Lagos, Nigeria

07/19/2020

Feminist News

These cops got so confused they actually left... What sorcery is this? 🔥

Naked Athena in Portland...

07/17/2020

AIDS Ride South Africa

07/15/2020

It's Confirmed: Velma From "Scooby-Doo" Is A Lesbian

It's Confirmed: Velma From "Scooby-Doo" Is A Lesbian

"The studio kept watering it down."

07/14/2020

This Greek college student biked 48 days to make it back home to his family when flights were canceled

This Greek college student biked 48 days to make it back home to his family when flights were canceled

Even after hundreds of miles into his two-wheel journey, Kleon Papadimitriou says he still wasn't sure he'd make it home.

07/13/2020

New Yorkers for Culture & Arts

Because Brooklyn always does it right. This amazing devastatingly powerful mural created by Shah ZE Man and other artists and volunteers, made possible by Billie Holiday Theatre, Inc. , Council Member Robert E. Cornegy, Jr. , Sarissa Phillips Singletary. and the people of the largest African American community in the US: Central Brooklyn. (Fulton St between Brooklyn and Marcy avenues)

07/12/2020

Universiteto LGBT+ grupė

Liepos 11 dieną dalyvavome pirmose Vilnius Pride 2020 eitynės! Labai džiaugiamės susirinkusių žmonių gausa bei didelis ačiū Be etikečių, kurie kartu su mumis žygiavo už lygias teises LGBT+ bendruomenei. 🌈

Mes esame, mes buvome ir visada būsime, taigi nepasiduokime heteronormatyviai, diskriminuojančiai visuomenės daliai. 🏳️‍🌈💕

Už nuotraukas dėkojame Kiprui Rutkauskui.

07/10/2020

New York City paints Black Lives Matter mural outside Trump Tower in Manhattan

New York City paints Black Lives Matter mural outside Trump Tower in Manhattan

New York City is painting a Black Lives Matter mural on the street directly outside of Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan.

07/08/2020

Gay History: - Bisexual Mexican Artist Frida Kahlo Born (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954)

Gay History: - Bisexual Mexican Artist Frida Kahlo Born (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954)

Bisexual Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has become not only an international icon for the power and intensity of her art, but also for the extraordinary suffering that she endured in life..

07/07/2020

BBC Earth

BBC Earth

The life of a Russian hamster is all about running!

07/06/2020

Millennials Are Not Children

Don't let societal expectations force you into anything. We all do things at our own pace, and that standard mold broke with the Baby Boomers