Category: News
The day after the Australian Government said yes to marriage equality, a gay man proposed to his partner during a Māori Television interview. Richard Haeata of Te Whānau-a-Apanui proposed to his partner Robert Stewart, who is Aboriginal Australian of lora nation, while being interviewed on Kawekōrero Reporters. “I can’t go down on one knee,” he […]
Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi says marriage equality is an abomination, dashing any hopes that the Pacific nation will follow New Zealand and Australia in passing marriage equality law. Radio NZ reports that the Prime Minister described marriage equality as a “Sodom and Gomorrah practice” that no true Christian nation would allow, at his […]
Russia has banned a famous charity calendar featuring naked rowers. Raising funds for Sports Allies, an organisation working to combat homophobia in sport, the calendar features naked rowers from England’s Warwick University Rowing Club and is distributed worldwide. Copies on their way to Russia however, were intercepted by customs officials and sent back to the […]
A man has allegedly been deported from Australia because PrEP and sex toys were found in his luggage at the border. The German man had left Australia to holiday in Japan for a week and was flying back into Cairns in order to extend his tourist visa when he was detained overnight and deported yesterday. […]
Police in Uganda shut down Uganda’s only LGBT+ film festival after receiving a tip about its secret location. This year’s Queer Kampala International Film Festival (QueerKIFF) was only the second time it has been held and was due to run over the course of a weekend. Organisers received a warning shortly before 2 pm on […]
A top Swiss football referee has come out as gay and says it’s worth it if it helps just one footballer or another referee. Pascal Erlachner came out in an interview with Swiss newspaper Blick and is thought to be the first openly gay man in Swiss professional football. Having refereed 73 Super League games […]
The Law Commission is currently reviewing the rules for how to divide property when a relationship breaks up and are seeking feedback from people from LGBT+ communities. The Property (Relationships) Act 1976 applies to three types of relationships: marriages, civil unions and de facto relationships, with the same rules applying for all. The Law Commission […]
Compensation for men with historic homosexuality convictions is being called for during public submissions on a proposed BIll. Three people making submissions to the Justice and Electoral Select Committee regarding a proposed Bill to expunge convictions, raised the subject of compensation. At the time of the Bill’s introduction in July, former Justice Minister Amy Adams […]