Category: Around the World
A US politician in the state of North Dakota who only recently voted against a gay rights bill  has been caught out sending nude pictures of himself on popular gay dating app Grindr. Randy Boehning, a Republican representative from Fargo, North Dakota, was outed by Fargo newspaper ‘The Forum’. In an interview the next day, […]
Hillary Clinton changed the colours of her presidential campaign logo  on social media to the rainbow colours symbolising the GLBT rights movement, shortly before the Supreme Court heard arguments on same sex marriage. Clinton’s logo changed on her Facebook and Twitter pages Tuesday morning US time. Facebook pages for individual state branches of the Clinton campaign also […]
The Sinn Fein proposal to allow same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland was narrowly defeated in the Northern Ireland Assembly by 49 votes to 47. The motion to introduce marriage equality to Northern Ireland was introduced by the left wing Irish Republican party Sinn Fein. Democratic Unionist Party Assembly member Peter Weir said his party opposed […]
Kim Kardashian has spoken publicly for the first time since Bruce Jenner’s interview to Diane Sawyer in which he declared he was transitioning into a woman. Speaking on The Today Show, Kardashian says that:  “Bruce is the most honest…he has the biggest heart, and I’m really happy for him that he is living his life […]
Around 2000 people marched through the Shibuya district of Tokyo to celebrate GLBT pride. In a Japanese first, Shibuya passed ordinance allowing partnership registration for same-sex couples this year. It’s part of a slow growth of awareness of GLBT issues in a largely socially conservative country. Parade organise Fumino Sugiyama said this was noticeable in the public’s […]
The US Supreme Court is set to hear arguments tonight NZ time on whether or not same sex marriage will become legal across the United States, The Wall Street Journal reports that the US Supreme Court will begin to hear arguments tonight (NZ time) in what is considered to be a potential watershed moment for America’s […]
Kiwi conservation expert Peter Fraser tells us why he left his glamorous life behind to help the world’s wildlife and explains what we can all do to help the cause. Peter Fraser was your typical high-flying world-travelling gorgeous kiwi gay man. Until a self-professed ‘midlife crisis’ led to a career jump that found him up […]
Benjamin Riley spoke to one member of Australia’s fast-growing furry fandom about misconceptions, community, and how dressing up as an anthropomorphic cartoon animal can be the most liberating thing in the world. Over a couple of drinks after work in a beer garden in Melbourne’s Collingwood neighbourhood, Matt Sim explained the origins of his character, […]