Category: Around the World
All 12 members of the National Gay Media Association (NGMA) of the USA have officially endorsed Hillary Clinton to become the next President. The NGMA is a trade association of the USA’s longest-serving and most award-winning LGBT+ newspapers, with a combined circulation (both print and online) of over one million readers a week. What makes […]
Article and picture: Sydney Star Observer Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has confirmed the Labor party will block legislation to hold a plebiscite on marriage equality. The decision the caucus made today followed Shorten’s and Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek’s advice to not support the parliament. Plebiscite legislation is now unlikely to pass the Senate […]
11 October is International Coming Out Day! And to celebrate, we have this short film for you to watch. Trust us, it’s hilarious.
Notable DC comic character and feminist icon Wonder Woman is officially bisexual according to writer, Greg Rucka. “Are we saying Diana has been in love and had relationships with other women?” he told Comicosity. “As Nicola and I approach it, the answer is obviously yes.” The subject of debate for decades, Wonder Woman’s sexuality has […]
Article: Sydney Star Observer Australian HIV advocates are celebrating the news that scientists working on a cure for HIV infection in the UK have had a massive breakthrough in their research after a 44 year old male patient in the study showed no signs of HIV after treatment. Fifty patients are part of the trial […]
Image: Facebook After six and a half years, Akersten has left his job as editor of SameSame.com.au and moved on as digital and social media manager of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. As his former team, we at express wish him the best of luck!
Image and story: AP A cultural Massimadi festival in Haiti has been cancelled after threats were made to members of the organising foundation. Massimadi, a portmanteau of massissi and madivine (pejoratively referring to gays and lesbians in Creole), is a word used to describe the Afro-Carribean LGBT+ community. The festival itself was launched in 2009 […]
Image: The Fight Mag Sex toy manufacturers, Perfect Fit, have teamed up with trans gender porn star, Buck Angel, to create the world’s first FTM specific pleasure toy. The “Buck-Off” is the first pleasure product created specifically for female-to-male trans people. Using up-to-the-minute technology, as well as Angel’s own personal vision on how a sex toy […]