Category: News

Aug 12
47 Arrests Made Over 113 Dating-App Attacks On Gay Men In Victoria, Australia

Victoria Police have arrested another five young people over alleged attacks on men contacted through dating and social media apps, bringing the total number of arrests linked to similar incidents across the state to 47. The latest arrests were made by detectives from the Greater Dandenong Crime Investigation Unit following 11 reported incidents in the […]

Aug 11
World’s Best LGBTQ+ Cities Revealed — and San Francisco Is Number One

San Francisco has been named the world’s best city for LGBTQ+ life in a new international ranking, although the report suggests American cities are losing ground as LGBTQ+ rights and protections come under political pressure. The finding comes from the 2026 Sexually Liberal City Index, compiled by adult entertainment platform Erobella. The annual index compared […]

Aug 11
Miss North Carolina USA stripped of crown as pageant condemns racism, homophobia and transphobia

Brittany Boltinhouse has been stripped of her Miss North Carolina USA 2026 title just over a month after being crowned, with the Miss USA Organisation declaring that racism, homophobia and transphobia have no place within the pageant. The decision was announced on Wednesday, 5 August, weeks before Boltinhouse was due to represent North Carolina at […]

Aug 11
‘Africa’s Moment’: Cape Town Becomes WorldPride’s Next Host

Cape Town has officially taken up the WorldPride mantle, marking the beginning of preparations for the first edition of the global LGBTQIA+ celebration ever to be held on African soil. A South African delegation formally received hosting duties from Amsterdam during the WorldPride 2026 closing celebrations on Saturday, 8 August. More than 25,000 people gathered […]

Aug 11
Why 141 LGBTQ+ Groups Want Macron to Pause a UN Decriminalisation Push

Civil society organisations working in countries where consensual same-sex relations remain criminalised are urging French President Emmanuel Macron to halt plans for a new United Nations Human Rights Council resolution on decriminalisation. It might initially sound counter-intuitive. The 141 organisations behind the appeal strongly support the worldwide repeal of laws criminalising LGBTQ+ people. Their concern […]

Aug 10
Tamaki Vows to Sue Police and Politicians After Losing Gun Licence

Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki says he will take legal action against “the police and politicians” he claims are responsible for the revocation of his firearms licence. Tamaki revealed on social media on Saturday that he had been informed the previous day that his licence had been revoked after authorities determined he was no longer […]

Aug 10
NSW Labor rejects broader hate-speech protections for LGBTQ+ people

The Minns Labor Government has rejected a key recommendation from its own independent review of hate-speech laws, refusing to extend NSW’s criminal offence of inciting hatred beyond race to include sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and other attributes already protected by the state’s incitement-to-violence laws. The decision follows the long-awaited release of a review led […]

Aug 09
Lesbian Mud Wrestling Steals the Show at Lollapalooza

What started as a joke about Lollapalooza’s rain-soaked grounds turned into one of the festival’s most unexpected queer celebrations, as hundreds gathered for an impromptu lesbian mud-wrestling contest. The event, gloriously named Scissor Slam 2K26, was the brainchild of 38-year-old Lindsay Perrin, an Indianapolis mother who saw an opportunity to turn the Chicago festival’s muddy […]