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The Australian state of Queensland has announced that they will no longer allow the dangerous and ineffective practice known as ‘conversion therapy’. Announcing the ban, Queensland Health Minister Steven Miles said that gay conversion therapy would be banned with the new Health and Other Legislation Amendments Bill (No. 2) 2019, which has been introduced to […]
A warning has been issued to LGBTI tourists planning on travelling to Malaysia following the arrest of a gay couple for “immoral activities” at a hotel. The two Vietnamese men, who are aged 22 and 29, found themselves entrapped by an undercover immigration agent while staying in their hotel in George Town on the 12th […]
The world’s first HIV positive sperm bank has launched on Wednesday 27 November, ahead of World AIDS Day 2019, on Sunday 1 December. Initiated by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation, Positive Women Inc. and Body Positive, the new sperm bank, Sperm Positive, launches with three donors from across the country who are living with HIV. Commenting on […]
Openly gay teen, Keagan Roberts, has become one of the youngest elected officials in United States history after winning a place on his local council. The 19-year-old from South Berwick, located in Maine, won the second-largest share of the votes for a seat on the South Berwick Town Council – making him the youngest city […]
Controversial former Wallabies star Israel Folau is refusing to back down over comments he made linking Australia’s current bushfire crisis to same-sex marriage. Folau’s comments which were made in a sermon at the Truth of Jesus Christ Church Sydney even sparked criticism from Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who described Folau’s comments as “appallingly insensitive” […]
Rainbow Pride Auckland have joined hands with Ponsonby Business Association to bring a ‘walking parade’ back to Ponsonby Road on Saturday 29 February. In a joint statement released to express, the two groups said: “Ponsonby Road has long been regarded as the home of parades for the Rainbow Community. A place where lesbian, gay, bisexual, […]
Four men have been viciously caned after being convicted of “an attempt at sexual intercourse against the order of nature” in an increasing crackdown on homosexual activity in Malaysia. Amnesty International has called on the Malaysian authorities to also drop charges on six other men who are due to also face trial on the same […]
Homosexual law reform in the Cook Islands hangs in the balance after a number of opposition members of the law’s reform committee did an about-turn on their original decisions. The Crimes Bill Select Committee of the small Pacific nation recently met to hear submissions on a bill to decriminalise homosexuality in the Cook Islands. The MPs […]