Category: Around the World
Troye Sivan has just released his new music video: HEAVEN. From his Blue Neighbourhood album, HEAVEN’s video is entirely in black-in-white, interspersing shots of Sivan, in a denim jacket and jeans, nuzzling against a faceless guy, in the rain, and various pieces of historic LGBT+ footage. The footage includes early Pride parades, mainly from the […]
Following last year’s Pride parade in Toronto, voters at the annual general meeting chose to go with the demands made by Black Lives Matter Toronto. Black Lives Matter Toronto interrupted the parade last July with a half-hour sit-in and then only moved after Pride Toronto agreed to their list of nine demands. Apparently to some, […]
You may have heard the rumours that were circulating when Leslie Jordan (who played recurring character Beverly Leslie) said that our favourite gay ’90s sitcom was returning to our screens. And you may have felt your heart sink when you saw Debra Messing shoot them down on Twitter shortly after. But it turns out Jordan was […]
WERK for Peace and DisruptJ20, two activism groups, are planning a dance party at the Vice President-elect’s house in Chevy Chase as a protest against his homophobic and transphobic viewpoints. WERK for Peace was created after the Pulse Nightclub shooting “using dance to promote peace” and DisruptJ20 is a group who are, according to their […]
In one of his last acts, President Obama will be commuting the rest of Chelsea Manning’s prison sentence. Instead of being released in 2045, Manning will leave the military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on 17 May. Manning had already made two suicide attempts in regards to the prison’s handling of her gender dysphoria – […]
Social media star and make-up artist Manny Gutierrez was named Maybelline’s first ever male ambassador earlier this month. The majority of comments were positive, but anti-LGBT+ blogger and writer Matt Walsh tweeted a picture of Gutierrez with a warped comment on the concept of masculinity. Dads, this is why you need to be there to […]
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) has just announced that men who have sex with other men are now allowed to give blood – so long as the last time they had sexual contact was 12 months or more ago. While it may not sound like much, it is a big step forwards from the […]
Article: Star Observer A recent survey has found that ninety per cent of LGBT+ Australians are against the religious exemptions proposed in the government’s draft marriage equality bill. The proposals would allow same-sex couples to be refused service by civil celebrants, faith-owned businesses and other service providers in return for legalising same-sex marriage. The bill […]