Category: Around the World
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 […]
The Canadian who has won gold in the team figure skating at the Winter Olympics is the first ever openly gay man to do so at the Games. Eric Radford skated to Adele’s Hometown Glory at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang alongside his skating partner Meagan Duhamel and said: “I literally feel like I might […]
The Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) has announced its decision to recommend that HIV prevention pill PrEP be listed and subsidised on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). In its decision, the committee noted it was both satisfied with the power of PrEP in reducing the risk of HIV infection, and its cost-effectiveness. It also […]
A sixth victim has now been found and linked to the alleged Toronto serial killer who was first arrested mid-January for the murder of two gay men. Bruce McArthur was originally arrested for the murder of gay men Selim Esen, 43 and Andrew Kinsmen, 49. Since his arrest, he was charged with the first-degree murder […]
The UK government will not block Bermuda’s repeal of same-sex marriage, which has been said to undermine the UK’s advancement of LGBT+ rights. The British territory of Bermuda has reversed the same-sex marriage law in the country, becoming the first country in the world to pass the law and then revoke it. The same-sex marriage […]
A Canadian photographer is celebrating body positivity with a new collection of nude photos. Anthony Patrick Manieri was inspired to create the Arrested Movement project by portrait subjects who would ask for physical ‘imperfections’ to be hidden or edited from their photos, Gay Star News has reported. “Over the past 25 years, I can remember countless times […]