Category: News

Nov 09
Kim Davis, Who Was Jailed in 2015 For Refusing To Issue Marriage Licences to Gay Couples, Loses Office

The Kentucky county clerk who gained international infamy in 2015 when she was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples has lost her reelection bid. Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk made famous by her refusal to sign marriage licenses for gay couples, lost Tuesday in her reelection bid for the Rowan […]

Nov 07
Mother Blames Blogger ‘Noodles and Beef’s Body Modifying ‘Cult’ for Gay Australian’s Death

28-year-old Jack Chapman (pictured, right) was ordered by his ‘master’ to have silicone injected into his scrotum. In 2010, Linda Chapman’s 20-year-old son Jack fell in love with an American Bear Blogger Dylan Ray Hafertepen (pictured, left) , who would introduce Jack to the dangerous world of body modifying. Eight years on and that introduction […]

Nov 06
“Open Season on Gay People.” Tanzania’s Largest City Launches Large Scale Anti-Gay Crackdown

Hundreds of LGBT Tanzanians are now in hiding amidst anti-gay crackdown. Hundreds of LGBT activists in Tanzania have gone into hiding after a senior official announced a task force aiming to identify and punish gay people in the nation’s largest city,  Dar es Salaam The Guardian reports. Dar es Salaam’s administrative head Paul Makonda says […]

Nov 04
Labour MP Introduces Bill to Ban Gay Conversion Therapy in New Zealand 

Labour MP Marja Lubeck has put a bill in the ballot to ban gay conversion therapy.  The Member’s Bill was spurred after a petition by campaigners asking for a ban of conversion therapy gathered about 20,000 signatures. Lubeck says the practice of gay conversion therapy a “flawed abhorrent practice that has no place in our country.” The Labour […]

Oct 28
Catholic Youth Calling For More LGBTI Inclusion From Church

A youth contingent of delegates at the Vatican has made it clear that they want the Catholic church to preach more inclusive messages for LGBTI Catholics. Despite the Roman Catholic Church long having a complicated and murky history with the LGBTI community, young Catholics are now pushing for change and leading the charge for inclusivity. The call […]

Oct 26
Trump to Leave Over One Million Trans Americans Without Discrimination Protection

The Trump Administration has announced plans to redefine “sex” so that transgender people are excluded from federal discrimination protection. First reported by the New York Times, the move is being described as the administration’s “most drastic move yet in a government-wide effort to roll back recognition and protections of transgender people under federal civil rights law.” The proposed […]

Oct 23
Kevin Baker, one half of Iconic Drag Duo Buffy and Bimbo Dies

Baker, aka Buffy, died on Labour day from a heart attack. Taking to Facebook to announce the news, Baker’s performance partner and husband Jonathan ‘Bimbo’ Smith paid tribute to Baker saying “he was caring, loving, passionate, generous and so giving of his time to me and others.” Labour weekend marked the couple’s 24 year anniversary. […]

Oct 19
Self-Lubricating Condoms May Be New Tool in Fight to End HIV

Scientists from Boston University have come up with a self-lubricating condom that can withstand “up to 1000 thrusts!” Boston University scientists have developed a compound that sticks to the latex of a condom, and that also holds a thin layer of water. The result is a condom that stays dry until it is touched with […]