Day: April 3, 2017

Apr 03
Airbnb Launches ‘Until We All Belong’ Campaign

In collaboration with The Equality Campaign, Airbnb has just launched the powerful Until We All Belong campaign. The campaign plans to make Airbnb’s support of marriage equality well-known and requests Australians to commit to wearing a ring, with ‘Until We All Belong’ engraved on the interior, until same-sex marriage is recognised in Australia. Airbnb is involved in advocacy for […]

Apr 03
Genderless ‘Boy’ Band Breaks Barriers

Acrush is the latest ‘boy band’ making female fans swoon across the world, however this group isn’t your typical pop sensation — all five members are androgynous, assigned female at birth, but identify as genderless. The group, made up of Lu Keran, An Junxi, Peng Xichen, Min Junqian and Lin Fan, is quickly rising to fame in […]

Apr 03
Gay Men Suspected Of Being Rounded Up And Killed In Chechnya

A Russian newspaper is claiming that it has evidence proving at least three men were killed as a result of what is being called a ‘prophylactic sweep’ in Chechnya. The paper says that more than 100 people have been detained and three men killed. It claims that some of those detained include well-known local television […]

Apr 03
All Black Makes Homophobic Comment

All Black team member Lima Sopoaga is facing a formal employment process after he made what has been considered as a ‘homophobic comment’ on Instagram. This has occurred just ten months after the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) announced its launch of a diversity initiative in an attempt to eliminate discrimination both on and off […]

Apr 03
April: Ask Agony Uncle Eli

Rainbow Counsellor Elijah Luke Michel is here to help with your problems: I have a problem. My new girlfriend told me the other day that I’m too clingy. I asked her what she meant and she said I text her too often during the day and expect to see her four or five times a […]

Apr 03
Gone But Not Forgotten

Gilbert Baker, creator of the iconic rainbow flag which is now a international icon symbolising gay rights, has died at the age of 65. Baker was born in Kansas City and served in the United States Army for two years, from 1970 – 1972. He was stationed in San Francisco when he first joined the […]