The Young Queer Alliance in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy hosted a whole day of performances as well as a poster exhibition in Mauritius. The ceremony for the ‘Equality for All’ poster contest at the IDAHOT celebration took place on Saturday, May 16, 2015 from 14:00 hrs to 17:00 hrs at the Rajiv Gandhi Science Centre, Bell Village. The event was open to …

Mauritius In Mauritius, local LGBTQI communities came together for a participatory art exhibition – “I Love Rainbows” – involving body painting and encouraging participants to freely express themselves, on May 17. Many also joined, together with allies, for the 9th Rainbow Parade at the start of June. The legal situation for LGBTI communities is ambiguous in Mauritius, where colonial era …

“I Love Rainbows”, Art-Expo of paintings made with couples (HLGBT) covered with paint with the act of ‘making out’ on the painting cloth.

The International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia in Mauritius was marked by the 8th anniversary of LGBT group Collectif Arc en Ciel (CAEC)

The 17th May marks the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) and this 17th May 2013, the Mauritius-based Collectif Arc en Ciel (CAEC) is celebrating its 8th Birthday of continuous struggle against the prejudices of a burgeoning society