Category: News
Openly gay Guardian Journalist, Owen Jones has spoken out about being the victim of what he believes was a targeted assault by the far-right over the weekend. Jones was celebrating his birthday with friends at a pub in north London when a group of men made a “direct beeline” for him as he left the venue. The […]
An American adult film star is facing backlash with many claiming he is perpetuating HIV stigma after he refused to film gay scenes with HIV positive men. Donte Thick, who has been exclusively contracted to Next Door Studios for the past two years, infuriated sexual health advocates with a recent tweet where he was responding […]
The Australian police force in the state of Victoria has made a formal apology to the rainbow community for its historical enforcement of former anti-gay laws that had outlawed consensual sex between adult males in the state. The apology which was made by Police Chief Commissioner, Graham Ashton, was given during an event that marked […]
The Snapchat comedian’s alter ego says she made the decision to run while drunk. Local comedian Tom Sainsbury has declared he or rather his alter ego ‘Fiona’ will be running for Mayor of Auckland against current incumbent Mayor Phil Goff and his primary challenger John Tamihere. ‘Fiona’ is just one of Sainsbury’s many alter egos. […]
The United States Custom and Border Patrol (CBP) has revealed that they have been advised to separate HIV positive parents from their children, under the Trump Administration’s controversial family separation policy. Trump’s family separation policy, which has since been established as contradictory to established federal immigration policies and US Centres for Disease Control guidelines, has seen […]
In a historic and groundbreaking move, the US District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia has ruled in favour of a sex discrimination lawsuit fighting for equal access to schools bathrooms. The lawsuit which was filed by ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) and the ACLU of Virginia on behalf of Gavin Grimm who was […]
NZ Police say they are changing the way they provide support to their LGBTI+ staff and won’t be refilling the Diversity Liaison Officer Coordinator position. Inspector Tracy Phillips [pictured, right] has left the New Zealand police to take up a new role with the SPCA. Phillips had served as the very first Diversity Liaison Officer […]
An Archbishop from the Catholic Church in Poland has warned of an imminent “rainbow plague” adding to an increase of intolerance in the nation. The Archbishop of Krakow, Marek Jedraszewski, made the comments during the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw uprising against the Nazis in World War 2 saying that Poland “is no longer affected […]