Category: Around the World
Despite the freezing sub-zero temperatures in New York City at the moment, some 40-ish people showed up in front of Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue as part of the ‘Lgbtq+ [sic] Make Out At Trump Tower’ event. Demonstrators met up at 1 pm at the intersection of 61st Street and Central Park West, then marched […]
In the latest round of cosmetics representative picks, Revlon has decided to go follow the crowd and go after influencers. One of these is Gigi Gorgeous, a lesbian trans woman who has over 2.2 million Instagram followers and almost 2.5 million subscribers on her YouTube channel. She is the first trans ambassador for Revlon, and […]
Netflix has made some major announcements: Orange is the New Black will be premiering its new season on 9 June, and they are rebooting The Magic School Bus. It will remain animated, and this time, Ms Frizzle will be voiced by lesbian comedian Kate McKinnon. McKinnon currently works on S.N.L., known for her portrayals of Justin Bieber, Hilary Clinton […]
Article: Star Observer A recently released report on the benefits and risks of chest binding has revealed that many trans men and non-binary people have experienced at least one negative health outcome from binding. The study is the first of its kind, and was conducted by The Binding Health Project at Boston University, which asked 1,800 people […]
After a policy change last week, where the Boy Scouts of America began to allow trans children to join, a troop in Maplewood, New Jersey has welcomed their first trans member. Joe Maldonado grabbed attention after being rejected from a group in nearby town Secaucus, and although the policy change applies to all groups, his mother does […]
Britain’s Next Top Model has taken 11 cycles to bring in a trans gender model. Tallulah-Eve Brown, who is the current Miss Trans Gender Birmingham, has modelled in the past, being an ambassador for Marie Claire’s Break Free campaign in 2016. The News is out!! I’ll be on your screens from March 16th for Britains Next […]
Betsy DeVos has just been confirmed by the US Senate to be the Education Secretary. Senators voted an even 50-50 and required a tiebreaker vote by Vice President Mike Pence, who voted for DeVos’s confirmation. Two Republicans joined the Democrat minority to cause the tie, but failed to get a third to flip. DeVos has […]
Article: Star Observer Australia’s peak HIV body is calling for the approval of self-testing devices to help find earlier diagnoses of the virus. The Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations has urged the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to fast-track the national approval of the devices, in light of the TGA’s plan to implement a new pathway […]