Category: News
Heat magazine is claiming that 68 year-old Caitlyn Jenner is planning to tie the knot with 21 year-old Sophia Hutchins, who is also transgender. Jenner has previously said she may not date women in the future. She has three previous marriages to women. The transgender celebrity has been criticised in recent months by LGBT+ activists […]
Trump and the Republican Party have announced the next US ambassador to Germany will be gay man Richard Grenell. The gay wing of the Republican Party are claiming credit for the appointment. Grenell has a history of working with Republican politicians and their campaigns and often takes to Twitter like Trump to pour criticism on […]
Swedish Pop legends ABBA have announced they have recorded two new songs together as a band for the first time in 35 years. The new songs will be used to promote their ‘avatar’ world tour – which will be performed by holograms of the band – performing their classic hits. One of the new songs, I […]
It was reported in Stuff on 27 April that after a request from Family First, under the Official Information Act, the Department of Internal Affairs had declined forty seven independent marriage celebrant applications in the last two-and-a-half years because the applicants were unwilling to officiate same-sex weddings. The Department noted “independent marriage celebrants must make […]
Otago Daily Times reports that Diego Marques-Santos has been found guilty and sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment for drugging 5 men over a period of one month and then taking a total of $10,300 from their bank accounts. Brazilian Marques-Santos arrived in New Zealand in May 2017 on a 3 month visitor […]
An advocate has called the current system “a few bits and pieces here and there that aren’t talking to each other”. Article by Jesse Jones, StarObserver.com.au New Zealand’s Ministry of Health has admitted it is failing to provide adequate healthcare for trans people. An internal memo obtained by the media said that demand for trans […]
Users flooded Sina Weibo with the hashtag #IAmGay, prompting the site to reverse its LGBTI ban. Jesse Jones, StarObserver.com.au Chinese social media site Sina Weibo has reversed its decision to ban LGBTI content. The site yesterday announced it would no longer include LGBTI material in its ban of violent and pornographic content, CNET has reported. Users flooded […]
“I’m not angry because [the painkillers] made me who I am” Jesse Jones, StarObserver.com.au A British man says he was turned gay by the pain pills he was prescribed for a broken foot. Scott Purdy said he was straight until he started taking the medication Lyrica for pain following the fracture, Pink News has reported. He said […]