Day: September 11, 2020
As the future of Ellen DeGeneres’ hit daytime talk show hangs in the balance, Levi Joule takes a look at the impact the comedienne has had on LGBT representation in pop culture. With the very real possibility of Ellen being ‘cancelled’ both figuratively and literarily, it’s easy to join the pile on, but there are […]
Some of the school’s teenagers have called for a boycott of the Pride week. Wellington’s Scott’s College Pride Week celebrating the LGBT community has been overshadowed by a number of homophobic social media posts that have now been made public. Newshub reports that one Scots College student whose back was unwittingly covered in pride stickers […]
The Executive Director of Body Positive, Mark Fisher calls the current situation “confusing.” There are concerns a black market for amyl nitrite or ‘poppers’ has been created as the current legal status of the substance remains unclear. Popular among gay men, poppers were in effect banned in New Zealand in early March, with little initial […]
A new Russian law aiming to prohibit any change of marital status for trans people could have a retroactive effect and prevent straight couples from marrying. Russia’s proposed amendments to their Family Code legislation which is claimed to “strengthen the family institution” is also an additional opportunity for the executive to make the lives of […]
The latest season of the TV series Star Trek: Discovery has recognised ‘Resistance is Futile’ by announcing the shows first non-binary and transgender characters, adding to the same-sex couple already in the franchise. Star Trek Universe creator Gene Roddenberry originally had the vision of ‘celebrating diversity and inclusion’ and the show’s producers have committed to […]
LGBT+ rights groups are crying foul as the President of the Philippines officially pardoned a U.S. Marine who was convicted of killing a transgender woman. According to The Philippine Star newspaper prosecutors’ attempts to block LCPL Joseph Pemberton’s early release from prison which prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to pardon him. Prosecuted in October 2014, Pemberton […]