Category: News

Aug 24
Pool Patrons Attack Gay Couple for Wearing Tight Swimming Trunks In Tel Aviv

Police are investigating a bizarre attack in a Tel Aviv public swimming pool where a gay couple subjected to a homophobic attack for having “too narrow swimming trunks and an earring in the ear.” According to victims that have spoken to the Israeli Our Cafe Newspaper, they were attacked by young people of Arab origin, […]

Aug 21
Baseball Broadcaster Suspended After Using Homophobic Slur Live on Air

A broadcaster for the Cincinnati Reds baseball team has apologised for using a homophobic slur on a hot mic during a game against the Kansas City Royals. Play-by-play baseball announcer Thom Brennaman could be heard saying on the Fox Sports Ohio broadcast, “One of the f*g capitals of the world,” before then resuming his on-air […]

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 […]