Category: News

Aug 20
Homophobic Couple Who Pointed Guns At BLM Protesters To Speak At GOP Convention

A Missouri couple, best known for pointing firearms at Black Lives Matter protesters outside their home have been confirmed as speakers at the upcoming Republican Party convention. The duo who are both personal injury lawyers, Mark and Patricia McCloskey made headlines around the world following an incident in which they were filmed pointing guns at […]

Aug 19
Robbed, Beaten And Left For Dead : Trans Women Attacked As Onlookers Do Nothing in USA

Three trans women were beaten, robbed, and humiliated in a brutal attack by a pack of men in LA, while onlookers simply ignored the crime. Jaslene White Rose, Eden the Doll, and Joslyn Flawless who are at victims at the centre of the incident found themselves attacked on the busy Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles.  […]

Aug 18
AUCKLAND SHORTLISTED FOR 2026 GAY GAMES

Auckland has been shortlisted to become the host of the 2026 Gay Games along with seven other cities. The Federation of Gay Games (FGG) recently announced the shortlist with bidding cities expected to formally submit bid documents in November this year with a decision to be made on the host city in February 2022. The Gay Games […]

Aug 18
End of the Shanghai Rainbow – Chinese Pressure Forces Pride Shut Down

In a sign of the Chinese Government’s increasing clampdown on civil society and the LGBT community, China’s longest-running and most well-known Pride events have been unexpectantly shut down. Organisers announced that Shanghai Pride would be suspending its work after 11 years without giving a reason via their Facebook page last week. Titled “the end of […]

Aug 17
90 Year Grandfather Comes Out as Gay, Searches for Long Lost Love

“I’m out, I’m gay and I’m free.” At the age of 90, Kenneth Felts decided it was time to reveal a secret. The Colorado grandfather has decided to reveal his true self and come out as gay. “I had been keeping this secret most of my life, and I had planned to take it to […]

Aug 17
Drag Queen Children’s Events Postponed in Timaru, Amidst Conservative Christian Backlash

While COVID-19 has forced the postponement, the event has also been fiercely opposed by some conservative residents hoping to cancel it for good.   Two drag queen hosted events due to be held at Timaru Library this Thursday will now take place in 2021 as a result of the current level 2 COVID-19 restrictions. Rainbow […]

Aug 16
United Kingdom on Verge of Legalising Poppers

The move comes after Medsafe has told suppliers of poppers in New Zealand to “destroy all remaining stock.”  Boris Johnson’s government is looking to legalise poppers in the United Kingdom. Alkyl nitrite preparations, widely known as poppers, have been in a legal grey area since 2016 when they were granted a last-minute reprieve from being […]

Aug 16
Queensland Becomes First Australian State to Ban Gay Conversion Therapy

The growing number of jurisdictions to ban gay conversion therapy gets closer to home.  Queensland has outlawed the practice of gay conversion therapy, becoming the first state in Australia to do so. Those attempting to perform the dangerous practice could now face up to 18 months in jail for attempting to change or suppress a […]