Category: News
Jay Bennie announced on 10 April that the GayNZ.com website will switch off at the end of May, after 16 years, citing “the operation we have built and sustained, with a few changes on the way, may not be the best one for the future.” The Gay Guide has also ceased publication. Jay and Neil, […]
Straight men across the Netherlands held hands this week to show solidarity with a gay couple who were brutally beaten in Arnhem — an attack that shook a nation that has long-prided itself on its tolerance. The outpouring of support came after the married couple, Jasper Vernes-Sewratan, 35, and Ronnie Sewratan-Vernes, 31, were attacked by […]
Tasmanian Senator Eric Abetz has said he believes there is evidence that LGBT+ people can ‘become’ heterosexual. Senator Abetz, who campaigned against the Safe Schools bullying program, says he believes that the media needs to be more balanced on reporting of sexuality issues and slammed business leaders over their campaign for same-sex marriage. During a recent […]
A gay Brazilian banker has been fired from his job after posting photos of his engagement online. The unnamed worker, who was commended as an above-average employee, told Brazilian paper that he was wrongfully terminated from his position at Banco Itaú because he came out as gay on social media. The man worked at the […]
Legendary singer Barry Manilow has spoken publicly for the first time about being gay, and broken his silence on his nearly 40-year relationship with manager Garry Kief. For decades Barry Manilow gave the world timeless hits, while keeping his own life a total secret. Now at 73 years old, and after one of the longest and […]
A work-in-progress edit of the documentary PRIDE? screened at the BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival in March to great reception, but in order to get it finished and reach a wider audience, a crowdfunding campaign has been launched. The UK film is an exploration of what Pride means in a world of increased visibility and acceptance […]
Scarlett Johansson’s live-action film version of Ghost in the Shell is facing allegations of queer-baiting and straight-washing. When fans first learned that American actress Scarlett Johansson would play the role of Japanese anti-terrorism investigator Major Motoko Kusanagi in the film version, many objected to the white-washing of an Asian story. But now film writer David Opie has pointed […]
Facebook have just made it harder for your disgruntled ex to share your naked photos. Victims of such non-consensual posts, often referred to as ‘revenge porn’, now have some help in preventing their spread. The social media platform has announced new artificial intelligence tools designed to keep such content, once flagged, off its site for […]