Category: News
Facial recognition algorithm which can identify gay men and women has worrying ethical and potentially dangerous applications. A new study from Stanford University, first published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and first reported in the Economist found that a computer algorithm could correctly distinguish between gay and straight men 81% of the […]
Johnny Lachlan Benjamin Lumsden was jailed for two years and six months when he appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Thursday 7 September. He had admitted charges of endangering the health of three men by criminal nuisance, telling the three men he was “clean” despite being HIV positive. Lumsden knew he had HIV since […]
LGBT+ rights were dealt a blow in Israel this week when its high court ruled that same-sex couples do not have an innate legal right to marry. On Thursday morning, justices unanimously ruled against a petition from the Israeli Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Association to recognize marriage equality under the country’s Basic Law: Human […]
Article by Jess Jones, StarObserver.com.au Social media reactions have been polarised, with some considering Bergdorf’s comments ‘anti-white’ racism and others shocked by L’Oréal’s short-lived gesture towards diversity. JUST days after the announcement that L’Oréal UK was featuring its first trans model, the makeup giant has fired Munroe Bergdorf for speaking out about white supremacy in response to […]
Article by Jess Jones, StarObserver.com.au The bill must now be debated in congress, a process that is likely to take some time and continue into the next presidential term. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has signed a bill to allow same-sex marriage and adoption. The bill must now be debated in congress, a process that is likely […]
A ten-year-old child in Central Otago has been attacked by a group of high school girls because of their androgynous appearance. The child’s mother told Fairfax that they had taken a bus after school to the high school to wait for older siblings who had netball training but decided to leave early without them. It […]
Article by Jess Jones, StarObserver.com.au A new report from the NSW Ministry of Health has shown the lowest rate of new HIV notifications since 1985. ACON, NSW’s leading HIV prevention and support organisation, has welcomed the release of the latest quarterly NSW HIV Data Report. The report showed 101 new HIV diagnoses in gay and […]
Three drag queens came to the rescue of a New Zealand man in Sydney who was caught up in a homophobic attack and feared for his life. Ivan Flinn was heading home from a night out on Oxford St and he stopped at a kebab shop on his way when a group of men started abusing […]