Category: Around the World

Jun 29
Lady Gaga, Whoopi Goldberg, Alicia Keys And More Celebrate Stonewall Day

Braving temperatures over 38 degrees in the sweltering heart of Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, the celebrities turned out to honour the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Thousands lined New York’s famous Christopher Street for midday tribute to the Stonewall riots that promised numerous surprise celebrity appearances. The most anticipated of these was Lady Gaga who’s […]

Jun 27
U.S. Study Shows 39% Of LGBTI Youth Considered Suicide In Past 12 Months

The results of a new report have once again highlighted the major issue of LGBTI youth and suicide, with 39% considering attempting suicide in the past 12 months. The findings from the Trevor Project’s first-ever report on LGBTI youth mental health were derived from data received from over 34,000 respondents, and is being described as […]

Jun 25
Self-Proclaimed ‘Prophet’ Says Equality Act Will Lead To Civil War In United States

Conservative commentator, Christian author, and self-proclaimed Prophet, (United States version of Brian Tamaki), Cindy Jacobs has claimed that Christians will “rise up” and likely declare a “civil war” should the Equality Act be passed in the United States. Jacobs bizarre comments were made during a recent appearance on The Jim Bakker Show in a segment called: What […]

Jun 25
Israel Folau Feels Discriminated Against After GoFundMe Shutdown

Disgruntled former Wallabies star, Israel Folau has commented on the shutdown of his GoFundMe page, saying he’s “disappointed” by the decision, and ironically says he has been discriminated against. Folau’s GoFundMe page was set up last week to raise money for his legal battle against Rugby Australia, who terminated his $4 million dollar contract for […]

Jun 24
GoFundMe Shuts Down Folau Campaign

Israel Folau’s GoFundMe page has been officially shut down with the fundraising site confirming the page violates the terms of service of GoFundMe. Folau’s fundraising page aimed to raise $3 million dollars to assist with his legal fight against Rugby Australia after his contract was torn up for refusing to remove his homophobic posts on […]

Jun 24
Political Tension Forces Postponement Of Georgia’s Inaugural Pride Parade

Organisers of Georgia’s first ever Pride parade have announced that the event that was scheduled to take place on the 22nd of June 2019 will be postponed.  The Pride parade which was to be held in the nation’s capital of Tbilisi has been affected by protests against Russian MP Sergei Gavrilov, who recently spoke at […]

Jun 24
Homophobia In Sport: Homophobic Slurs Used By 60% Of Australian Ice Hockey Players

With more and more reports of homophobia in sport surfacing across the globe, a new survey has shown that 60% of players from the Australian Ice Hockey League admit to using homophobic slurs in the rink. The study which is the first of its kind in the world was led by Erik Denison from Monash […]

Jun 21
Israel Folau Sets up GoFundMe for Legal Case Against Rugby Australia

Sacked Wallaby Israel Folau is now asking the public to pay for his legal case against Rugby Australia following the termination of his contract. The former star fullback had his multi-million dollar contract torn up after a number of homophobic posts on social media posts which he refused to take down. Folau says he requires […]