Day: August 8, 2016

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence take to the Nunway. (Photo: Jana Asenbrennerova / theguardian.com)

Sisters Exhibit Opens in Prague

Award-winning photojournalist Jana Ašenbrennerová’s exhibit, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, opened tonight, August 8, in Prague, Czech Republic.

The exhibit explores the order of men extravagantly dressed as nuns in habits, known as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, raising money for community organizations and educating people about issues, such as HIV/AIDS.

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Filed hockey players Kate, left, and Helen, right, Richardson-Walsh, are the first-ever wife team competing for Olympic gold in Rio. (Photo: Ady Kerry)

First-Ever Wife-Wife Teammates Compete At The Gayest Olympics Ever

Wife team Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh might have had their eyes on diamonds when they married in 2013, but now they have their eye on the gold at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

This is their fourth Olympics together, but their first as a married couple walking out onto the field to compete for the United Kingdom.

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British Field Hockey teamd celebrate. (Photo: NPR)

Breaking Records And Fierce Competition As Women Roar In Rio

This is a historic year for women competing at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, which kicked off Friday, August 5.

Zika and pollution aren’t holding these women back from going for the gold. A record number of women athletes, 45%, qualified to compete in the games in Brazil.

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