Category: Around the World
The study found that straight men responded to seeing porn images of men, as well as images of women. Article by Jesse Jones, StarObserver.com.au A new study suggests human sexuality is more fluid than previously thought, and even that nobody is fully heterosexual. The research by Cornell University in the US assessed sexual orientation by […]
Paris 2018 Gay Games 10 are being held from 4 – 12 August. With the motto “All Equal” these games intend to proudly show the values of respect, sharing and the end of discrimination in France and around the world. 15,000 athletes from more than 80 countries are expected to participate. 6500 have already registered. […]
LGBTI films and artists were honoured at the Oscars yesterday, with Call Me By Your Name and A Fantastic Woman taking home major prizes. Article by Laurence Barber, StarObserver.com.au A Fantastic Woman won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. That film’s star, trans actress Daniela Vega, later presented Sufjan Stevens’ performance of “Mystery of Love,” the Best Original Song […]
The health department of the Philippines has released figures which show the number of new HIV diagnoses has jumped 3147 percent over from 2007 to 2017. The number of diagnoses in 2007 was 342, ten years later in 2017, this has jumped to 11,103 new cases. Just days before the figures were released, Pink News […]
Cameron Kasky, a survivor of last week’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, has slammed Republicans for caring more about cakes at same-sex weddings than school shootings. In an interview with Anderson Cooper, Kasky referenced the Supreme Court case of a Colorado cake shop which refused to bake a cake for a gay couple, PinkNews reported. “There’s […]
US freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy has made history, being captured on television kissing his partner before competing at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The moment was screened around the world, with commentators acknowledging Matt Wilkas as Kenworthy’s boyfriend and showing supporters waving rainbow flags, Gay Star News has reported. “To be able to do that, to give him […]
Cyclone Gita has destroyed an LGBT+ centre in Tonga and with it a much needed safe space for the local community. The centre is run by the Tonga Leitis Association, who are now calling for help with the costs to repair the building and provide much-needed supplies to community members after the worst storm in […]
“The Wound is not for everyone, but there are many young South Africans from the black queer community who have every right to watch it, because it reflects something of their own experience”. Laurence Barber, StarObserver.com.au South African queer film The Wound, which is currently in release in Australia, has been effectively banned from mainstream cinemas in South […]