Category: Lifestyle
An AFL player is once again under investigation over alleged homophobic language, in a fresh incident that comes during the same week former player Leigh Ryswyk made history by publicly coming out as gay. St Kilda forward Lance Collard is being investigated over comments allegedly made during a VFL match against Frankston on Friday night. […]
Kiwi’s travelling to Sydney, beware: NSW Health has issued an urgent drug alert after six people were hospitalised with opioid overdoses after reportedly using substances they believed to be cocaine. The incidents, recorded across Sydney and Western NSW in March, have raised serious concerns about contaminated drug supplies. Of the six cases, one person required […]
Former AFL player Leigh Ryswyk has publicly come out as gay, becoming the first male AFL player — past or present — to do so. Ryswyk shared the news during an interview on GayFL, the JOY 94.9 football radio show, explaining that while he has been out privately for several years, he felt ready to […]
The number of transgender women who have competed at the Olympics is far smaller than the culture-war debate around the issue might suggest. That conversation has intensified again after the International Olympic Committee confirmed a new policy that will bar transgender women from women’s events from the Los Angeles 2028 Games onward, with eligibility tied […]
A controversial online trend known as “looksmaxxing” is gaining traction across social media, with young men sharing extreme — and often dangerous — methods aimed at improving their appearance. From videos discussing leg-lengthening procedures to claims of “bone smashing” — a practice where individuals hit their facial bones in an attempt to reshape them — […]
Non-binary runner Nikki Hiltz has spoken out against the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) newly announced ban on trans women competing in women’s events at the Olympic Games. The IOC revealed the policy on 26 March, saying that eligibility for female categories will now be decided through one-time gene-screening sex tests. According to the committee, the […]
The International Olympic Committee has announced that transgender women and athletes with differences in sex development will be barred from competing in the female category at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and future Games. The IOC said the change is intended to protect fairness and athlete safety in elite women’s sport. IOC president Kirsty Coventry […]
A transgender golfer has launched legal action challenging changes to eligibility rules in women’s professional golf after being denied entry to a US Women’s Open qualifier. Hailey Davidson filed the lawsuit on Thursday (19 March) in New Jersey, naming the United States Golf Association (USGA), the LPGA, three LPGA officials and a golf club that […]