By Lisa Dazols
I've been calling Jenni my partner now for a year and a half. Somewhere around the time we rented our first UHaul truck, I shifted the label from "girlfriend" to "partner." The change in language went relatively unnoticed except for...
(0) Comments | Posted September 6, 2012 | 2:17 PM
When I lived in Chile back in 2001 as a volunteer social worker, I didn't know of a single out LGBT person. Certainly no one was talking about LGBT rights in the country. Now back in Chile as part of
(0) Comments | Posted August 2, 2012 | 4:08 PM
As part of our global mission to find the Supergays, we take an hour long taxi ride to the suburbs of Buenos Aires and walk up to the spacious gated home of haute couture designer, Roberto Piazza....
(1) Comments | Posted July 10, 2012 | 4:54 PM
Lisa Dazols
Ever wonder what it's like to live as the other gender? No, I am not announcing my upcoming plans to transition. But leaving San Francisco to travel through 16 countries this year on a mission to...
(6) Comments | Posted June 8, 2012 | 7:30 PM
Just how many people know of Brazilian Supergay Jean Wyllys? In 2005, 50 million Brazilians voted for him to win the popular reality TV show Gran Hermano, Brazil's version of Big Brother. That's only 13 million short of the number of Americans who voted...
(1) Comments | Posted May 10, 2012 | 6:34 PM
Argentina has led the world again in LGBT rights, this time focusing on the transgender community. Yesterday, legislation passed that allows a legal change of gender by simply filling out a form. This is a progressive step; to change one's gender, most countries require...
(12) Comments | Posted May 9, 2012 | 10:53 AM
By Jenni Chang
Last summer my partner Lisa and I embarked on a year-long trip around the world, with a mission to tell the stories of LGBT people. With our project Out & Around: Stories from a Not-So-Straight Journey, we've published...
(5) Comments | Posted April 20, 2012 | 8:39 PM
There is not one single gay bar in Nepal. Yet this small country, which ranks near the bottom of the Human Development Index, emerges as a world leader in progressive laws supporting LGBT individuals.
The man behind all of this is Sunil Pant,...
(38) Comments | Posted April 6, 2012 | 7:40 PM
In our worldwide search for Out & Around: Stories from a Not-So-Straight Journey, we travelled to Kenya to explore everyday life for gays and lesbians.
In November 2010 the Kenyan prime minister condemned homosexuality, saying, "If found, the...
(1) Comments | Posted March 22, 2012 | 3:16 PM
On our global search for the "Supergays" for our project Out & Around: Stories from a Not-So-Straight Journey, we landed in Shanghai knowing China has no openly gay politicians or celebrities. Very few speak out despite the magnitude of 1.3 billion...
(41) Comments | Posted March 7, 2012 | 9:53 PM
By Lisa Dazols
When my partner Jenni and I left San Francisco to travel around the world for one year with a mission to tell the stories of LGBTI people, we knew this would be the ultimate test of our...
(3) Comments | Posted February 27, 2012 | 6:44 PM
By Lisa Dazols
Being from San Francisco, Jenni and I lived comfortably in the "gayborhood," where one can almost live in a straight-free world. Not only do we have a world-renowned list of gay bars and gay restaurants, but we also have gay...
(75) Comments | Posted February 15, 2012 | 5:44 PM
By Lisa Dazols
After six months of travel in Asia, I've gotten used to people trying to kick me out of the women's restroom thinking that I am a man. After I explain to the startled women that there is no need to...
(6) Comments | Posted February 6, 2012 | 6:20 PM
When we first researched the idea for Out & Around: Stories of a Not-So-Straight Journey, we 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...
(16) Comments | Posted October 1, 2012 | 2:20 PM