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A Pride With A Vibe: Check Out This Black and Queer Playlist

The beauty of music is that it has no gender or sexual preference. Its magic transcends everything, prejudices notwithstanding. Although many LGBTQ+ people in many African communities continue to face daily harassment, anti-LGBT legislation, and societal erasure for being who they are, there are myriad queer artists who are bravely proving that they won’t be silenced. In celebration of the pride…

Avoid These Movies At All Costs: 10 Queer Films That Were Done So Wrong

It’s 2021, and the queer community‘s portrayal across the media is considerably getting better. That establishment, howbeit, does not mean we will outrightly whitewash history and gloss over all the awful past representation of the rainbow community that came before. It is of the utmost and urgent essence for society to remind ourselves what not to do when writing stories about people who exist…

A worldwide federation that campaigns for the rights of gender, sexual and romantic minorities have shot down in flames circulating claims that implied the entity was advocating to lower or eliminate the age of consent. In a statement published on their website, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World) – a federacy of more than 1,600 organisations from…

BINARY IS A LIE | Michael Chiunda’s Big Interview On Queer Activism, Critiquing Own Work, 2020 Biggest Cultural Influences & Zimhiphop Awards

There is something in Michael Chiunda’s work and artistic practice that disrupts tidy and traditional notions of creative expression, more so in the actual conceptual, articulation and in the human craft. Multi-disciplined in his approach, his practice takes shape in the forms of poetry, rap music, colour and illustrations. From artistic meditations and outspoken human contemplations on his…

We Can’t Pretend Like We Didn’t Hear How Michael Chiunda Fantasises Over Tamy Moyo

Now, let the record reflect that #Enthuse-iasts are not ones to gossip, so, you didn’t hear this from us. But word on the proverbial streets is that hip-hop artist and poet Michael Chiunda nee’ Meyniak served us with some tea on his new song, “Pungwe Music” which features Rymez and Soko Matemai.

In fact, we’ve been hearing increasing buzz about some of the juicier bits of the wordsmith’s…