Day: March 25, 2015

Mar 25
Expedia’s New Ad Featuring Gay Couple Met With Homophobic Abuse

A new ad for online travel company Expedia which features a gay couple has been met with a storm of hatred on Twitter. Attitude.co.uk reports that online travel booking company Expedia has unleashed a Twitter storm after featuring an interracial same-sex couple in its new promotional material. The image – which the company first shared on Twitter […]

Mar 25
New Wellington Exhibition Traces Gay Lives Since Law Reform

A new exhibition by Wellington artist Mark Beehre uses photographs and oral histories to tell the stories of queer men born since gay sex was legalised in New Zealand almost 30 years ago. Mark Beehre’s exhibition, A Queer Existence, runs at Photospace Gallery in Wellington’s Courtenay Place from 10 April to 4 May. Mark says […]

Mar 25
Russia Fails To Stop UN Extending Couples Benefits to Gay Staff

Russia has failed in it’s attempt to block the UN from extending couple benefits to gay and lesbian staff. The vote which took place overnight failed to reverse the United Nation;s Secretary General’s July decision to recognize same-sex marriages of UN staff failed by 80 to 43 Haaretz reports. The decision to extend couple benefits was […]