Category: News

Jun 13
Philadelphia Adds Two More Colours To Its Rainbow Flag

In celebration of Pride Month, the city of Philadelphia has revamped Gilbert Baker’s iconic Pride flag. The six colours we’ve come to associate with it remain intact, but the flag now includes two new stripes: black and brown.  The events of Pride Month seem to have extra meaning this year: among other things, it’s the […]

Jun 13
Together Converse And Miley Cyrus Celebrate Diversity, Equality And Inclusion For All

In celebration of Pride month, Converse welcomes international pop star and philanthropist, Miley Cyrus, to the brand as an ambassador of the YES TO ALL campaign to support LGBT+ youth and equality. Through her Happy Hippie Foundation, Cyrus rallies for young people to stand up against the injustices that face LGBT+ youth today. In the same […]

Jun 12
Facebook Releases Pride ‘Reaction’

Normally there are only five ‘reactions’ on Facebook besides the standard ‘Like’ — Heart, Haha, Wow, Sad, and Angry — but in honour of Pride month, Facebook’s rolling out a new one. The social media giant announced in a post on Saturday, “We believe in building a platform that supports all communities. So we’re celebrating love […]

Jun 09
Aussie Horror Monster Becomes Unlikely Queer Icon

Article written by Jess Jones, Starobserver.com The internet has decided that the titular monster from the 2014 film The Babadook is our new queer icon, just in time for Australia’s Pride Month.  As Buzzfeed has reported, the film somehow made its way into Netflix’s LGBT+ Movie section.   While the categorisation may have been in error, […]

Jun 08
Margaret Court Compares LGBT+ ‘Bullies’ To Hitler

Article written by Jess Jones. Starobserver.com   Margaret Court has made further bizarre comments about the LGBTI community, following her recent letter stating she will boycott Qantas over its support of marriage equality. In an interview with Vision Christian Radio, Court spoke about religion, sexuality, and gender.  Court claimed that trans children have been influenced by adults, […]

Jun 08
Empowering Short Film Explores the LGBTQA Alphabet

When it comes to identity, a new LGBTQA short film argues, “six letters will never be enough” and features a series of interpretive dance vignettes — each corresponding to a word associated with LGBTQA identity. To celebrate Pride Month, Equinox — a high performance lifestyle company — and ad agency Wieden+Kennedy have collaborated to produce an almost five-minute short film […]

Jun 08
Lionel Richie Prepares For New Zealand Tour

Multi-platinum-selling artist, multiple Grammy Award winner and music icon, Lionel Richie, announced today he will tour New Zealand in October on the All the Hits Tour.  Paul Dainty, President and CEO of TEG-DAINTY, said in a statement, “Lionel Richie is one of music’s greatest icons with the greatest line up of hits, his live shows […]

Jun 07
Lacey Baker’s Powerful onePULSE Print

26-year-old Lacey Baker is no stranger to making a stand for what she believes in. She is an avid skateboarder amongst a mostly male-dominated sport, and stands strong when it comes to supporting gender equality. As a well-recognised voice in the LGBT+ community, Baker is showing her love for Pride month with the help of […]