Category: News

Article | Jess Jones, StarObserver.com.au Olympic diver Tom Daley has opened up about his marriage to filmmaker Dustin Lance Black and their age difference. Daley, 23, and Black, 43, married earlier this year in a stunning ceremony in the UK. Daley recently spoke to the Belfast Telegraph about his career, his marriage and their 20-year age gap. “Over the last […]

Article written by Jess Jones. Starobserver.com Marriage equality has been a longstanding hot topic in Australia, but renewed pressures within and outside of parliament have suggested that it could be passed as soon as this month. Here’s the rundown on how that could happen. When the Liberal Party returns to parliament next week the issue of marriage […]

New HIV infection rates in the Philippines are expected to skyrocket 140% in the next five years and the country now has the fastest growing epidemic in the Asia Pacific region, according to the United Nations. The number of new infections doubled in a six year period, from 4300 people in 2010 to 10,500 people […]

45 percent of trans and gender diverse students in Australia say they were sexually harassed in a university setting last year. The figures have been revealed in a newly released Australian Human Rights Commission national report on the subject of sexual assault and harassment at Universities across the ditch. The survey of 30,000 students across […]

Attendance at an HIV awareness event in Nigeria has led to the arrest of both gay and bisexual men. Punch magazine reported that the Vincent Hotel in Lagos State was raided by police on Saturday around 3:30pm, arresting at least 42 people. Tunji, a Nigerian local, told Punch that rumours had been circulating that the […]

Music legend and icon, Elton John, has spoken out about how he feels LGBT+ people are treated – and he’s not happy. The 70-year-old singer claims that there is too much “shame” surrounding those who are gay and comments that it needs to change. During an interview with Grazia, John argued that LGBT+ people are […]

Article written by Jess Jones. Starobserver.com Gay relationships are still criminalised in 72 countries around the world, according to a new report. The countries include 45 where sexual relationships between women are illegal, and eight where gay sex is punishable by death, with dozens more incurring a prison sentence. The figures have been released in […]

Richard Tankersley has finished up in his position as Human Rights Commissioner, after nearly ten years working for the Commission. Tankersley, affiliated with Kai Tahu, Kati Mamoe and Waitaha, was based in Christchurch and was appointed the part-time role in 2008. His appointment, like all positions at the Human Rights Commission, was fixed-term. In his […]