Category: News
Popular café Marcello’s on College Hill, run by Marcello Manrique has been taken over by previous employee Himanshu Bhambani and his partner Swati. After a refurbishment, they re-opened in June as Café 28 – located at 28 College Hill Road. Himanshu and Swati are welcoming all people in the LGBT+ community and wish to make them […]
A Pakistani politician has introduced a new Bill that aims to protect the fundamental rights of transgender people. The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, acknowledges that trans people “constitute one of the most marginalised and disadvantaged communities in the country. They face problems ranging from social exclusion to discrimination, lake of protection in their […]
A UK man has been found guilty of two separate murders in which he used a dating site to stalk his victims. Posing as a police officer, and an M15 agent, Jason Marshall, 28, went to Peter Fasoli’s flat in January 2013. He “arrested” the 58-year-old for being a spy and carried out an “interrogation” […]
The largest general merchandise retailer in the country has introduced a new policy that, if implemented correctly, will help to support trans and gender diverse employees. The Warehouse Group, which includes The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, Noel Leeming, and Torpedo 7, employs over 12,000 people across the country and has announced a policy that will offer […]
A gay sauna in the UK is doing its bit to reduce the transmission rate of HIV and has installed a vending machine filled with free, self-use home testing kits. Now men at The Brighton Sauna can enter a few personal details on a touch screen before they receive a code via text message and […]
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 […]