Category: News
45 percent of trans and gender diverse students in Australia say they were sexually harassed in a university setting last year. The figures have been revealed in a newly released Australian Human Rights Commission national report on the subject of sexual assault and harassment at Universities across the ditch. The survey of 30,000 students across […]
Attendance at an HIV awareness event in Nigeria has led to the arrest of both gay and bisexual men. Punch magazine reported that the Vincent Hotel in Lagos State was raided by police on Saturday around 3:30pm, arresting at least 42 people. Tunji, a Nigerian local, told Punch that rumours had been circulating that the […]
Music legend and icon, Elton John, has spoken out about how he feels LGBT+ people are treated – and he’s not happy. The 70-year-old singer claims that there is too much “shame” surrounding those who are gay and comments that it needs to change. During an interview with Grazia, John argued that LGBT+ people are […]
Article written by Jess Jones. Starobserver.com Gay relationships are still criminalised in 72 countries around the world, according to a new report. The countries include 45 where sexual relationships between women are illegal, and eight where gay sex is punishable by death, with dozens more incurring a prison sentence. The figures have been released in […]
Richard Tankersley has finished up in his position as Human Rights Commissioner, after nearly ten years working for the Commission. Tankersley, affiliated with Kai Tahu, Kati Mamoe and Waitaha, was based in Christchurch and was appointed the part-time role in 2008. His appointment, like all positions at the Human Rights Commission, was fixed-term. In his […]
Article written by Jess Jones. Starobserver.com Advocacy group GetUp! has launched a new video calling on Australians to tell the government they want marriage equality now. The video, featuring campaign director and “excellent lesbian” Sally Rugg, points to the other countries that have recently legalised same-sex marriage, including Germany and Malta. Rugg says that marriage equality […]
Article written by Jess Jones. Starobserver.com British rugby player Sam Stanley has hit out at criticism of his intergenerational engagement. Stanley revealed on Instagram earlier this year that he and his partner Laurence Hicks—34 years his senior—are engaged, Pink News has reported. The engagement has attracted criticism from some, most of which Stanley says comes from within […]
Over the past seven years, fifteen prisoners have made complaints about being sexually assaulted by their cellmates. In data released to RNZ under the Official Information Act by the Department of Corrections, 15 prisoners who were subjected to double-bunking have come forward complaining of being sexually assaulted between 2010 – 2016. Stephen Mark Gotty, a […]