Category: Around the World
Page has become the first transgender man to appear on the cover of TIME magazine. Elliot Page has spoken about the discomfort he felt in his body before coming out as trans, saying his decision to get top surgery was “not only life-changing but lifesaving”. Page came out as transgender in December in an emotional […]
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith says God “does not bless sin.” The Catholic Church will not be relaxing its hard-line anti stance on homosexuality, with the Vatican making clear it is a “sin.” To the dismay of gay Catholics, the Vatican has ruled that they will not bless same sex unions as God […]
From golliwog tattoos to blackface performances, racially insensitive pasts leave question marks hanging over two of RuPaul’s Australian queens. Accusations of racism have been levelled against two contestants who will compete on the inaugural season of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down under. Anthony Price, who performs as Scarlet Adams has been accused of “making a mockery” […]
The former Welsh rugby player Gareth Thomas says that after he revealed he was HIV positive, Prince Harry messaged him with his support. Openly gay former Welsh rugby player Gareth Thomas has come out in support of Prince Harry following his and the Duchess of Sussex’s Meghan Markle interview with Oprah. Thomas, who once captained […]
You can watch the trailer here. A new Kiwi series which follows a lead transgender character will be shown in the United States after streaming series Hulu picked it up. Rūrangi centres on leader character Caz Davis, a transgender activist who returns to his remote New Zealand dairy town of Rūrangi after a long […]
The pair were subsequently released after locals protested A same-sex Canadian couple were arrested by Mexican police carrying machine guns for sharing a kiss on a beach. Local police say the arrest was made at a popular Mexican beach after the pair were caught engaging in “obscene behaviour.” The incident, which was caught on […]
The group weren’t happy that the concert was taking place in the forecourt of St Mary’s Cathedral saying it made “a mockery” of Christianity. A “Christian Lives Matter” group attempted to stop a LGBT concert held in a public forecourt from going ahead in Sydney saying it made a “mockery” of their faith. The group […]
Gay male academics in China find ways of living authentically while also appearing to conform in a society often openly hostile to homosexuality, a new study has found. The research, by doctoral student Cui Le from the University of Auckland, focuses on gay male academics’ experiences of managing their sexual identity, interacting with queer students, […]