Category: News
In one of outgoing-president Barack Obama’s actions on his final day of office, he issued a memo to the US Citizenship and Immigration Service to alter laws regarding trans immigrants. Now, trans immigrants may have their US documentation changed if they have documents issued by foreign healthcare officials, as well as those issued by those […]
The latest in the trend of rebooting our favourite noughties shows, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is set to return to our screens. This time, on Netflix. Unfortunately, the original cast of Ted Allen, Jai Rodriguez, Carson Kressley, Thom Filicia, and Kyan Douglas will not be starring, though this means that we will get a new […]
Handmade cosmetics company, Lush, is once again featuring a same-sex couple for its Valentine’s Day campaign. Their 2015 campaign featured a lesbian couple, and this year’s features their employee Darren (who works in their Newmarket store) with his partner Joel. The global chain’s Australia and New Zealand director, Peta Granger says they “stand alongside the […]
Article: Star Observer A Family Court judge has condemned the court process trans teenagers are subjected to before accessing medical treatment for transition. The process, which exclusively occurs in Australia, requires teens to apply to the court to start hormone treatment. Since its institution in 2004, no teenager has been denied treatment. Advocates describe the […]
Although La La Land got a record-setting 14 nominations this Oscars round, the Academy gave gay film Moonlight nods in eight categories. The film, which tells the story of a black American teenager coming to grips with his life and sexuality, is the only major LGBT+ movie to garner major attention. It has been nominated for Best Picture, […]
Expert Market has deemed Norway, Finland and Belgium as the best countries to work in if you are LGBT+. Popular OE destination for New Zealanders, the United Kingdom, ranks 9th. The bottom three countries are Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia. Factors taken into account were: Anti-discrimination legislation on employment, for both sexual orientation and gender identity […]
Bollywood actor, director and filmmaker Karan Johar’s new autobiography has sparked controversy amongst LGBT+ outlets. Why? Because he kind of comes out. In his book, An Unsuitable Boy, he writes “everybody knows what my sexual orientation is, I don’t need to scream it out. If I need to spell it out, I won’t only because I […]
In a twist of events, Buttercream Bakeshop donated the profits from its Trump inauguration cake to Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Many media outlets have reported that the cake looked a lot like Barack Obama’s, and in an Instagram post, they have confirmed it. Excited to share the cake we got to make for one […]