Category: Around the World
Noor Salman, the widow of Pulse Nightclub shooter, Omar Mateen, has been arrested at her home in the San Francisco area. She has been charged by the federal court, filed in the Middle District of Florida for obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting Mateen’s material support to ISIS. Law enforcement officials suspect that she […]
Jennifer Holliday, best known for her role as one of the original Dreamgirls in the Broadway show, has officially pulled out of performing at Trump’s inauguration. In a letter to her fans, published on The Wrap, Holliday says that she “wanted my voice to be a healing and unifying force for hope through music to help our […]
A mural of the late George Michael has appeared on the corner of Bray Street and Concord Streets in Sydney. Down the road from the entrance of Sydney Park, the mural, painted by local artist Scott Marsh was commissioned by Stereogamous, a music production duo based in Sydney made up of DJ Seymour Butz and […]
Source: The Local Denmark Since January last year, Denmark has been allowing hormone treatment to be administered to youth from the age of 12 who feel they were born in the wrong body. Initial forecasts put 50 minors as the intended number to be treated, but this was blown apart in the first six months, […]
All state-funded and state-sponsored travel for Californian diplomats has now been banned for destinations with anti-LGBT+ laws. The four states that currently are off-limits are Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee. Assembly Bill 1887 was passed into law in September 2016 but came into effect this year. The Bill says “California must take action to […]
Article and picture: Star Observer South Australia will be rolling out a new education policy on how trans and gender diverse students should be treated in public schools across the state this year. The Education Department policy will ensure trans and gender diverse students can use their preferred names and pronouns, access toilets that match […]
Moonlight, a film about a gay black man coming of age, took out the Best Picture, Drama award yesterday at the Golden Globes. Although it did win such a whopper of an award, it had been nominated for six awards in total. La La Land‘s sweeping of the prizes does leave some wondering if Moonlight will get […]
In a statement from his company to Rolling Stone, Philip Anschutz has said that his company and personal funds are no longer supporting charities and organisations that have an anti-LGBT+ stance. As pointed out in a recent news post, Freedom for All Americans said that he supported Alliance Defending Freedom, the Family Research Council and the National […]