Category: Around the World
A man has been arrested after reportedly swapping lubricant for acid in a popular Sydney gay club. The unnamed man, 62, was arrested on Saturday afternoon after he allegedly entered one of the rooms in Aarows, a Rydalmere ‘social club’ in Northwest Sydney and filled a lubricant dispenser with hydrochloric acid. Aarows is a popular […]
International sports apparel company Nike has broken ground by featuring it’s first trans athlete as part of it’s advertising campaign. Alongside being the first trans Duathlete to complete for the United States men’s teams at the Olympics, thirty five year-old Chris Mosier is also featuring in Nike’s Unlimited Courage campaign which aired in the US this week. […]
Jaden Smith has locked lips with a male co-star in Netflix’s newest series, The Get Down. Known for his refreshing disregard for gender norms, Jaden Smith has begun his small screen career in a role which includes him locking lips with a male co-star. The Get Down is a musical drama set in the 1970s and follows the lives of […]
The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee declared Truvada would not be cost effective for the Australian population. HIV advocates and health organisations are outraged the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) has rejected submissions to add Truvada as use for PrEP to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). They are strongly urging the pharmaceutical company who license the drug to try again […]
David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive has been a staple in every lesbian’s film collection since it’s release in 2001. Now, in a triumph for lesbian-centric cinema the world over, this surrealist masterpiece has been named the greatest film of the 21st century. In a poll by BBC Culture, 177 film critics from 36 countries voted to determine the 100 […]
Indian filmmaker and activist Sridhar Rangayan made a call for greater collaboration between India and Canada to end discrimination during the Montreal Pride Parade on Sunday 14 August. The Montreal Pride Parade was attended by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has also attended two previous parades and has made history as the first Canadian Prime Minister […]
Amr Ramadan, Egypt’s ambassador to the UNHRC, refused to participate in the selection process of the UN’s new monitor of anti-gay violence. A five member human rights committee announced that Thai law professor Vitit Muntarbhorn will become the UN’s first monitor against anti-gay violence, however this choice was made without the help of the Egyptian diplomat. Ramadan said that […]
In a recent speech to military troops at Camp Lapu-Lapu in Cebu City, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte called the US ambassador to his country a “gay son of a bitch”, prompting US diplomats to raise the issue with their Filipino counterparts in Washington. Rodrigo Détente’s frequent inflammatory comments have seen him dubbed as “the Donald […]