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Bristol Hosts Afrika Eye Film Festival

Posted on 12 Nov 2025 in World

Bristol is to host the 20th Anniversary Afrika Eye Film Festival between 14th and 16th November. Annie Menter, Festival Director, said

"Welcome to our 20th Anniversary Celebration weekend! It’s 2025 and Afrika Eye is celebrating 20 years of bringing films from Africa and the diaspora to the southwest. The task of selecting eight films from the 200 or so we’ve screened in our lifetime was a huge challenge. We hope that there’ll be one or two that you won’t be able to resist .

Democrats and Progressives in US Vote Victory

Posted on 6 Nov 2025 in World

As was widely predicted, progressive candidates did well in the US local and regional elections that took place last Thursday. RTE Radio 1 reported comprehensively on the victories for a slew of left wing, progressive and radical candidates in the States, flying in the face of t

Gay Friendly Candidate Poised for NYC Win

Posted on 1 Nov 2025 in World

The left wing weekly paper Socialist Worker reports that LGBTQIA + friendly candidate Zohran Mamdani, a self-described socialist, looks likely to win the race to become mayor of New York City. New York was full of Mamdani’s blue and yellow stickers and posters during the campaign.

LGBTQIA Activists Join with No Kings Protests

Posted on 19 Oct 2025 in World

The left wing weekly Socialist Worker reports that waves of enormous protests hit the United States from coast to coast on Saturday. Millions took part in a tremendous show of defiance of Donald Trump and his attempts at crushing dissent.

Snoop Makes Bold Move to Support LGBTQIA Folk

Posted on 18 Oct 2025 in World

Acclaimed US based rapper Snoop Dogg has shown his love and support of the LGBTQIA communities, says South African based online paper Mamba Online. The American rapper teamed up with LGBTQ+ media advocacy group GLAAD to mark Spirit Day in the United States — an

Sep

Mandelson FallOut Overshadows State Visit

As reported by many LGBTQIA+ and progressive newswires, Lord Peter Mandelson was recalled to London after a brief term as UK Ambassador to the United States. Mr M

Sep

Homophobic Bolsonaro Sentenced in Brazil

If revenge is a dish best served cold, then the LGBTQIA+ community of Brazil, alongside the left, progressives, environmentalists, indigenous peoples, women and everyone else once targetted for har

Jul

Afghan Women Face Gender Persecution

Whilst Western fake feminists continue their preoccupation with transgender women, genuine feminists in Afghanistan are paid tribute by famous dissident broadcaster Radio Free Europe

Jul

Uganda's Autocratic President Seeks New Term

The BBC News Channel reports that Yoweri Museveni, the highly homophobic country's de facto dictator for the last forty years, is seeking re-election at the age of eighty. Mr Muse

Jun

Anti-Trump Protests Are a Huge Success

Irish public service network RTE reported Sunday evening that protests called in all fifty states of the USA on Donald Trump's birthday had been a resounding success. They said th