Posts under ‘NEWS’

The story of Israel as a bastion of sexual tolerance has been very well-reported: Tel Aviv is the homo-HQ of the Middle East, with an air of openness and tolerance that rivals Chelsea or the Castro. But as is often the case in the Gaystream, Israel’s tale of Queer acceptance has typically focused on Gay [...]

A rather unlikely idea roaming the internet has finally found some serious mass-media exposure: A theory that the USA is responsible for the massive recent earthquakes in Haiti and Chile. Indeed, according to a column today from today’s Monocle magazine — a large number of Chileans are convinced the 8.8 quake on February 27th was [...]

Like other nations with huge expat populations, our neighbor to the south is looking to El Norte to help fill its 2012 Olympic Team. Indeed, later this month the Mexican government will begin hosting a week-long sports fest for Mexicanos in the USA to audition potential Olympic stars who want to play for their homeland. [...]

We at Transracial were admittedly a bit late to Dwell — the indie shelter mag that celebrates all things homey and modern. But a cheap subscription offer got us on to sign up last year and we’ve been enjoying the magazine ever since. Dwell’s new April issue arrived in our mail box yesterday — festooned [...]

It’s gonna be hot on the sales floor at Phllips de Pury’s London outpost on Friday when the posh auctioneer launches its latest endeavor — the eagerly-awaited SEX-themed sale. The sale is anchored around the not too original concept that sex sells — and sales is what Phillips is certainly hoping for. There are dozens [...]

Transracial was just in the Holy Land for a week or so — and now we’re back.  Not only are we armed with olive oil and groovy Israeli fashions, we come with this little newsy tidbit. You know the photographer Spencer Tunick — the dude who likes to shoot thousands of naked people in ultra-urban [...]

A new autobiography has just been released by John Browne, the legendary former leader of British Petroleum who help turn the once ho-hum company into a major global economic powerhouse before resigning amidst scandal in 2007. For those of you who don’t recall, Browne — who lived in the closet during his entire 41 year [...]

As Africa gears up to host its first World Cup this summer, the continent’s sartorial skills were front and center Saturday night for the third Arise Magazine Africa Collective in New York. A trio of top regional talents — South Africa’s Black Coffee, Loin Cloth & Ashes from Tanzania and Nigeria’s Deola Sagoe — presented [...]

There is an interesting case brewing in Israel right now.  A local couple — Itay Pinkus and his partner Yoav Arad Pinkus — are petitioning Israel’s High Court to allow them to become parents via a surrogate mother. At the moment, Israel only allows mixed-gender couples to become parents via surrogacy; same-sex couples who want [...]

New York’s Parsons School of Design is — like London’s Central St. Martin’s — one of the top fashion school on the planet. It’s churned out a stellar crowd of industry alums — including one of its most appreciative, Donna Karan. Now Karan is giving back — sponsoring a new MFA program in Fashion Design [...]