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The Canadian who has won gold in the team figure skating at the Winter Olympics is the first ever openly gay man to do so at the Games. Eric Radford skated to Adele’s Hometown Glory at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang alongside his skating partner Meagan Duhamel and said: “I literally feel like I might […]
An HIV positive man who had unprotected sex with his partner, and did not inform him of his status, has had his sentence reduced by the Court of Appeals. Mikio Filitonga tested positive for HIV in 2013 and was aware of his legal obligations to disclose his status to sexual partners. In 2014 he entered […]
The Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) has announced its decision to recommend that HIV prevention pill PrEP be listed and subsidised on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). In its decision, the committee noted it was both satisfied with the power of PrEP in reducing the risk of HIV infection, and its cost-effectiveness. It also […]
Auckland’s heavy rain has put a damper on Auckland Pride Festivities and the Big Gay Out 2018 has been cancelled for the first time ever. Organisers say “We’re heartbroken to announce that, for the first time ever, the Big Gay Out has had to be cancelled due to health and safety concerns resulting from extreme […]
A sixth victim has now been found and linked to the alleged Toronto serial killer who was first arrested mid-January for the murder of two gay men. Bruce McArthur was originally arrested for the murder of gay men Selim Esen, 43 and Andrew Kinsmen, 49. Since his arrest, he was charged with the first-degree murder […]
Fisting festival KIWIFIST, programmed as part of Auckland Pride Festival, has had a boost in publicity after a ratepayers organisation sent out a press release falsely claiming that Auckland Council were sponsoring the event. KIWIFIST is “New Zealand’s biggest arse-play event… A full-on, five-hour-plus, gathering of gay and bi men into fisting and arse-play big-time!” […]
The UK government will not block Bermuda’s repeal of same-sex marriage, which has been said to undermine the UK’s advancement of LGBT+ rights. The British territory of Bermuda has reversed the same-sex marriage law in the country, becoming the first country in the world to pass the law and then revoke it. The same-sex marriage […]
A Canadian photographer is celebrating body positivity with a new collection of nude photos. Anthony Patrick Manieri was inspired to create the Arrested Movement project by portrait subjects who would ask for physical ‘imperfections’ to be hidden or edited from their photos, Gay Star News has reported. “Over the past 25 years, I can remember countless times […]