Category: News

Jan 26
NFL’s “A Night of Pride” Continues Despite Homophobic Protest

The NFL is gearing up for its third annual “A Night of Pride” event as part of the Super Bowl LVIII week in Las Vegas. The event, presented by Smirnoff, aims to celebrate LGBTQ+ inclusion in sports and will feature a special performance by singer-songwriter VINCINT. Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD, emphasised […]

Jan 25
Bear NZ Week: DJ Galleon on Blindness, Bears and Conquering The World

Mitch Medcalf, aka DJ Galleon, is the current Mr Bear Queensland and Australia’s only professional DJ who is blind. Determined not to let his disability hold him back, Medcalf, as a producer, has found himself entering the Aria Club Charts and is now using the position his success has given him to improve life for […]

Jan 22
Opinion: Don’t Mess With The Human Rights Commission

Craig Young says The ACT Party needs to abandon its current ruminations about the abolition of the Human Rights Commission. Even if it isn’t abolished, nor should its neutrality be compromised. When it came to the Commission, established in 1977 under the Muldoon administration, its abilities and scope were circumscribed. It took sixteen years to […]

Jan 19
Pics | All The Crazy Antics From Autumn Farm’s Summer Camp

Located in Golden Bay at the top of the South Island, queer accommodation Autumn Farm offers an annual Summer Camp of festive fun and crazy antics! Autumn Farm, 37 Central Takaka Road, Tākaka.

Jan 19
UFC Champion Sean Strickland Sparks Outrage After Spouting Anti-LGBTQ+ Comments

UFC Middleweight Champion Sean Strickland has sparked controversy with his recent homophobic remarks during an interview in Toronto ahead of UFC 297. The incident occurred when MMA journalist Alex Lee from MMA Fighting, a sister site of Outsports, questioned Strickland about his previous comments regarding his hypothetical reaction to having a gay son. Strickland, known […]

Jan 19
U.S. Army Pulls LGBTQ+ Recruitment Ad from YouTube

Despite ongoing struggles with recruiting shortfalls, the U.S. Army has quietly delisted its 2021 recruitment campaign video “The Calling”, featuring a soldier with two lesbian mothers. Aimed at increasing diversity in U.S Army recruitment, the now-delisted video was part of a series to attract a broader range of recruits under President Joe Biden’s administration and […]

Jan 18
Federal Hate Crime Charges Filed Against Colorado Club Q Shooter

Anderson Lee Aldrich, the perpetrator of the 2022 mass shooting at Club Q, an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, has been indicted on federal hate crime charges, according to recent court filings. The 23-year-old had already pleaded guilty to state charges of five counts of murder and 46 counts of attempted murder, along with two […]

Jan 18
Gender-Neutral Bathrooms Forcing Expat Russians To Return Home, Says Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that expatriates returning to Russia are doing so thanks to their discomfort with Western cultural norms, particularly the prevalence of unisex bathrooms. While the exact number of Russians who have left the country since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine is uncertain, the UK Ministry of Defence estimated around 1.3 […]