Category: News

Jan 19
Help Out InsideOUT by Buying Art

Over 30 artworks are being featured in LGBT+ youth charity InsideOUT’s art fundraiser. The exhibition, being run from 30 January to 5 February, will be held at Matchbox Studios, 166 Cuba Street in Wellington. Prices range from $20 to $700, and the same diversity applies to their artists: ranging from established illustrators like Pinky Fang […]

Jan 19
Will & Grace is Returning!

You may have heard the rumours that were circulating when Leslie Jordan (who played recurring character Beverly Leslie) said that our favourite gay ’90s sitcom was returning to our screens. And you may have felt your heart sink when you saw Debra Messing shoot them down on Twitter shortly after. But it turns out Jordan was […]

Jan 18
express Publishes Without 2017 Pride Festival Guide

The January issue of express is published this year without the Pride Guide being included. Kunal Sharma of express says, “we were contracted with Pride to include their tabloid newsprint guide in our January issue which we have done for the last three years, either by inserting it or actually publishing it, and were looking […]

Jan 18
Dance Your Butt Off for Mike Pence

WERK for Peace and DisruptJ20, two activism groups, are planning a dance party at the Vice President-elect’s house in Chevy Chase as a protest against his homophobic and transphobic viewpoints. WERK for Peace was created after the Pulse Nightclub shooting “using dance to promote peace” and DisruptJ20 is a group who are, according to their […]

Jan 18
Chelsea Manning to be Freed

In one of his last acts, President Obama will be commuting the rest of Chelsea Manning’s prison sentence. Instead of being released in 2045, Manning will leave the military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on 17 May. Manning had already made two suicide attempts in regards to the prison’s handling of her gender dysphoria – […]

Jan 18
Maybelline Front Man’s Father Hits Back at Haters

Social media star and make-up artist Manny Gutierrez was named Maybelline’s first ever male ambassador earlier this month. The majority of comments were positive, but anti-LGBT+ blogger and writer Matt Walsh tweeted a picture of Gutierrez with a warped comment on the concept of masculinity. Dads, this is why you need to be there to […]

Jan 17
Gay Men Can Now Give Blood in Ireland

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) has just announced that men who have sex with other men are now allowed to give blood – so long as the last time they had sexual contact was 12 months or more ago. While it may not sound like much, it is a big step forwards from the […]

Jan 17
Ninety Per Cent of LGBT+ Australians Against Religious Exemptions

Article: Star Observer A recent survey has found that ninety per cent of LGBT+ Australians are against the religious exemptions proposed in the government’s draft marriage equality bill. The proposals would allow same-sex couples to be refused service by civil celebrants, faith-owned businesses and other service providers in return for legalising same-sex marriage.  The bill […]