Day: September 27, 2023

Sep 27
Transgender Homecoming Queen Triumphs Over Online Backlash

Tristan Young, a 17-year-old transgender student, was crowned homecoming queen at Oak Park High School in Kansas. Garnering the support of 1,500 fellow students, Young’s win was both a personal achievement and a statement against discrimination. While the moment was filled with joy, Young shared with The Kansas City Star the brief shadow cast upon […]

Sep 27
Printing Firm Discontinues Anti-Trans Posie Parker Merchandise

A renowned printing firm, HelloPrint, has expressed regret over unknowingly supporting anti-trans themes by printing merchandise for activist Posie Parker. After producing “adult human female” stickers and other items for Parker for half a decade, the company came under scrutiny, with one notable t-shirt denouncing Nicola Sturgeon as a “destroyer of women’s rights”, later flaunted […]

Sep 27
From Wall Street to Politics: Stefanos Kasselakis’ Bid to Become Greece’s First Openly LGBTQ+ Prime Minister

Stefanos Kasselakis, a Greek-American entrepreneur and former Goldman Sachs trader, has taken the reins of Syriza, Greece’s opposition left-wing party, with aspirations to become Greece’s pioneering LGBTQ+ prime minister. The 35-year-old, who previously held an executive position in the shipping industry, was an unexpected choice for the party leadership. Just last month, Kasselakis threw his […]

Sep 27
From Barbra to Miley: Bernadette Robinson’s Favourite DIVAS

Tauranga Arts Festival Artistic Director Shane Bosher discusses DIVAS with Australian theatre legend Bernadette Robinson. Bernadette Robinson is bringing her remarkable talent to the Auckland stage this October for a limited concert series. In DIVAS, which is directed by the multi-award-winner Simon Phillips (Priscilla, Queen of The Desert, Muriel’s Wedding, The Musical), Bernadette will take […]