Category: Around the World
Heat magazine is claiming that 68 year-old Caitlyn Jenner is planning to tie the knot with 21 year-old Sophia Hutchins, who is also transgender. Jenner has previously said she may not date women in the future. She has three previous marriages to women. The transgender celebrity has been criticised in recent months by LGBT+ activists […]
Trump and the Republican Party have announced the next US ambassador to Germany will be gay man Richard Grenell. The gay wing of the Republican Party are claiming credit for the appointment. Grenell has a history of working with Republican politicians and their campaigns and often takes to Twitter like Trump to pour criticism on […]
Swedish Pop legends ABBA have announced they have recorded two new songs together as a band for the first time in 35 years. The new songs will be used to promote their ‘avatar’ world tour – which will be performed by holograms of the band – performing their classic hits. One of the new songs, I […]
Users flooded Sina Weibo with the hashtag #IAmGay, prompting the site to reverse its LGBTI ban. Jesse Jones, StarObserver.com.au Chinese social media site Sina Weibo has reversed its decision to ban LGBTI content. The site yesterday announced it would no longer include LGBTI material in its ban of violent and pornographic content, CNET has reported. Users flooded […]
“I’m not angry because [the painkillers] made me who I am” Jesse Jones, StarObserver.com.au A British man says he was turned gay by the pain pills he was prescribed for a broken foot. Scott Purdy said he was straight until he started taking the medication Lyrica for pain following the fracture, Pink News has reported. He said […]
More than a year after the first reports of Chechnya’s ‘gay purge’, most of the men taken by authorities have still not been found and are feared to be imprisoned or dead. Article by Jesse Jones, StarObserver.com.au More than a year after the first reports of gay and bisexual men in Chechnya being tortured in […]
Grindr has said HIV status will no longer be shared with other data as of the app’s next update – whenever that may be – and defended itself, calling the app a “public forum”. Article by Laurence Barber, StarObserver.com.au Gay dating and hookup app Grindr has been sharing sensitive data that includes users’ HIV status […]
Carlos Alvarado wins the presidential election in Costa Rica on a pro–gay rights message against conservative evangelical pastor Fabricio Alvarado Munoz who campaigned against same-sex marriage. “Costa Rica once again delivered a beautiful democratic message” Alvarado, 38, told supporters. My commitment is to a government for everybody, in equality and liberty. There is much more […]