Category: News
For the special anniversary year the festival will focus on the theme “40 Years of Evolution”. Article by Jess Jones, StarObserver.com.au The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has announced its festival program for the coming year. Highlights of the festival will include queer favourites Trevor Ashley, Casey Donovan, and Courtney Act, among many others. Next year […]
The new year isn’t far away and with it comes the season of Pride in the Southern Hemisphere. The Wellington Pride Festival | Tū Whakahīhī e Te Whanganui-ā-Tara has released its dates, so its the perfect time for all of you who are out of town to book flights or organise a road trip. Kicking […]
“There is absolutely no support for the claim that the ongoing service of transgender people would have any negative effective on the military at all” Article by Jess Jones, StarObserver.com.au A US federal judge on Monday blocked President Donald Trump’s ban on trans people serving in the military. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the Federal District […]
Allegations of sexual harassment towards a minor have been made against Kevin Spacey and in response, the actor decided it was an appropriate time to come out. It was not. What usually would be a celebration of an accomplished actor coming out as gay after years of rumours is anything but. Instead, the news has […]
English singer Sam Smith has opened up about his gender, revealing that he doesn’t consider himself cis. Article by Jess Jones, StarObserver.com.au Smith discussed his gender in a recent interview, saying he feels as male as he does female, SBS News has reported. The 25-year-old singer-songwriter talked about being bullied in school for dressing in a feminine […]
A Scottish man who was sentenced to three years imprisonment for brushing the hip of another man in a bar has been cleared of the charges after intervention from the UAE’s prime minister. Jamie Harron, who was arrested for public indecency, has now been given his passport back and is free to return to the […]
The Auckland Pride Festival Board has announced the dates of some of its major events, with the festival running from 2 to 18 February 2018. Opening with the Auckland Pride Gala on Friday 2, the Ending HIV Big Gay Out will be held on Sunday 11, and the festival with finish with the Auckland Pride […]
The new Far North District Council chief executive is being investigated for his alleged comments about his councillors referring to “one homosexual”. The Herald reports that the comments were allegedly made in community meetings and that it is believed a complaint to the Human Rights Commission was made by the only openly gay councillor, Dave […]