Category: News
There has been a major breakthrough in the 32-year cold case, originally thought to be suicide. A man has been charged with the alleged gay hate murder of American Scott Johnson in Sydney’s northern beaches more than 30 years ago. Scott Phillip White was arrested at his home in Lane Cove and charged with Johnson’s […]
Petition organisers say current blood donations policy treats gay men’s blood as “dirty.” Two LGBT+ rights activists are calling on the Minister of Health David Clark to ease restrictions on gay and bisexual men donating blood in New Zealand. Troy Mihaka, co-founder of Integrity New Zealand; and Luke Redward a queer rights advocate, have launched […]
Owner Leo Molloy says Headquarters should not face Level 2 restrictions as they’re not “a subterranean gay bar on K Road… where people swap DNA in the middle of the night.” Leo Molloy, who owns Headquarters, made the comments on air during an interview with Heather Du Plessis Allan on NewsTalk ZB discussing new COVID-19 […]
Homophobia is on the rise in South Korea thanks to COVID 19. Backlash in South Korea against the country’s gay community is prompting fears LGBT people will stop being tested for COVID 19 out of fear of being outed. The backlash began after a number of cases were linked to Seoul’s gay district. The Guardian […]
Despite a poor record in progress for LGBT+ equality rights, Hungary has lifted all bans on blood donation for men who have sex with men (MSM), ahead of more progressive nations. Bans on blood donation for MSM are a relic from the HIV/AIDS crisis-era with most countries requiring the donors to not have sex for […]
Public Health England has published instructions on how to fight COVID-19 with an old t-shirt transformed into both a crop-top and a face-mask. The Department of Health and Social Care’s instructional information guide follows the British government’s announcement this week that citizens should aim to wear face coverings in some shops and public transport. However, […]
After 25 years of service, a former police lieutenant believes that he was fired for being gay and HIV positive. Steven Prendergast who has now filed a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles first walked the streets as a police officer back in 1995. Prendergast who had been promoted regularly throughout his employment soon […]
One of Israel’s leading rabbi believes that gay teens should be forced to conduct conversion therapy sessions in a bid to “help people be straight again.” Yigal Levinstein, a co-head of a Zionist pre-military Academy, made the claims about the dangerous and ineffective practice during a Zoom class. “It’s possible to help people be straight […]