Category: News
Auckland’s newest LGBT+ bar is set to open its doors on 22 September! The Tin Room, an exclusive club for our Rainbow community, is preparing to debut in Auckland at 25 Cross Street after its owner, Wayne Clark, returned from his study of the gay bar scene in London and Europe. With a new liquor […]
Anna Brown. Starobserver.com All Australians should have the same opportunities for love, commitment and happiness and Australian Parliament has the opportunity to make this a reality with a new marriage equality Bill released by five Liberal MPs yesterday. In a debate too often mired in seemingly intractable positions and wedge politics, this Bill is a […]
Ireland’s first openly gay leader, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, made a comment at Belfast’s gay pride event on Saturday 6 August, stating that it is “only a matter of time” before gay marriage is legalised in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland currently remains as the only place within the British Isles when gay marriage is still […]
Following a recent court ruling that legalised same-sex marriages in Bermuda, Carnival Corporation announced on Tuesday 1 August that it will be offering same-sex wedding deals on all Princess, P & O, and Curnard Line cruises. The marriage licences will be legally issues by the Bermudan government and the wedding ceremonies will be taken out […]
The UN has ruled that our neighbours across the ditch are breaching their Human Rights obligations by not allowing couples who have married overseas to divorce. As a result, they have been ordered pay reparations. Australian law does not recognise overseas same-sex marriages, with section 88EA of the Marriage Act 1961 stating “Certain unions are […]
Sir Peter Gluckman, Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, released a discussion paper on July 26 in regards to youth suicide. The discussion paper showed the analysis of various factors that are involved in New Zealand’s youth suicide and includes potential recommendations to reduce the numbers – believed to be some of the highest […]
Article written by Jess Jones. Starobserver.com Kesha and George Takei have joined forces with GLAAD to speak out for trans rights in the wake of Donald Trump’s tweet promising to ban trans people from the military. The celebrities each posted photos on social media wearing a shirt with the trans flag that reads “They make U.S. stronger”,SBS […]
The journalist who helped to break the news of the persecution of gay men in Chechnya is facing deportation. When Novaya Gazeta broke the news that gay men in Chechnya are being arrested and sent to camps, journalist Khudoberdi Nurmatov, working under the alias Ali Feruz, was among those working on the story. Now, Russian […]