Category: Around the World
New documents have emerged in the United State suggesting that The Salvation Army’s pro GLBT PR campaign has been nothing more than an exercise in spin. US based website Queerty.com has obtained secret documents from The Salvation Army highlighting the PR Spin campaign being run by the Christian organisation int trying to attract GLBT support. […]
The US state of Florida is to join the growing list of states to allow same sex marriages. The Supreme Court handed down the decision yesterday, denying a request by the state of Florida to put same-sex marriages on hold pending the outcome of appeal to the Eleventh Circuit. According to the order, Justices Scalia […]
Thomas Zinn, the partner of Tori Johnson, the Sydney siege hero has spoken to media about his loss for the first time since Tuesday’s tragedy. Zinn spoke to Channel Nine’s Today show and talked about going to Martin Place for the first time to visit the makeshift memorial of flowers. “When I was down there […]
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has responded to questions on GLBT characters in the novel. Rowling was asked a question by a Twitter fan who asked if there were any gay students at the school. . A fan tweeted Rowling and asked ‘do you think there are a lot of LGBT students in modern age […]
In a statement released this afternoon, Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras said: “We must ensure that everyone is made to feel welcome in our beautiful city and that this tragic event doesn’t change our openness, acceptance and embrace of people from all communities.” The festival has said that while many might be scared by […]
Tori Johnson, manager of the Lindt Café in Martin’s Place, Sydney is survived by his partner of 14 years Thomas Zinn. Zinn and Johnson’s family have issued the following statement: “We are so proud of our beautiful boy Tori, gone from this earth but forever in our memories as the most amazing life partner, son […]
It has just emerged that a gay couple in Spain’s capital of Madrid were attacked by a group of Neo Nazi thugs last Friday. The Huffington Post reports that ten men and a woman approached the pair while they were sitting on a bench with a friend in the Temple of Debod district of the […]
Openly Lesbian Skier Anja Paerson has said the International Olympic Committee failed to stand up for human rights when it allowed this year’s Winter Olympics to be held in Russia. Swedish gold medallist skier Anja Paerson has responded to the recent changes made to the Olympic Committee charter to make it more GLBT inclusive. Speaking […]