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In a statement from his company to Rolling Stone, Philip Anschutz has said that his company and personal funds are no longer supporting charities and organisations that have an anti-LGBT+ stance. As pointed out in a recent news post, Freedom for All Americans said that he supported Alliance Defending Freedom, the Family Research Council and the National […]
Hosts Billy Farnell and Russell Green are pleased to announce that their cocktail and piano bar is to reopen in February at 335 Karangahape Road, the site of the old Legends Bar. Wayne Clark says he looked at many possible venues but this one suited “really well”. It offers more space and a good dance […]
Well, well, well. Ever since North Carolina passed its Bill to make people go to the toilet that corresponds to the sex on their birth certificate, the state has lost money as well as the respect of pretty much everyone who knows that limiting rights is not the way to go. And now Texas may […]
Coachella, the music festival that inspires people to dress like hippies, where models are constantly scouted, and, as it turns out, owned by a bigot. Phil Anschutz owns a company called AEG that runs Coachella, in addition to owning sports teams and venues (these include the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Kings, the Staples Centre […]
Sometime near the end of 2016, Kim Burrells, a well-known pastor and gospel singer, was filmed giving a sermon saying that being gay is “the spirit of delusion and confusion”. In it, she said “you as a man, you open your mouth and take a man’s penis in your face, you are perverted […] you […]
In the New Year 2017 Honours list, former Wellington mayor and Labour MP Fran Wilde has been named as a member of the Dames Companion of The New Zealand Order of Merit. Recognised “for services to the State and the community”, this comes as we remember the Homosexual Law Reform’s 30th anniversary, which Wilde introduced […]
Just when you thought 2016 couldn’t throw something else into the mix, Comme des Garçons and Vetements have collaborated for three holiday sweaters – each LGBT+-themed. The ‘Gay, Lesbian and Fetish’ sweaters each take a different part of Pride history, and the flags and symbols that have been used to portray them. We launch […]
For some time, ‘Overwatch’ creators Blizzard Entertainment has been hinting that several of its characters are LGBT+, and in a holiday cartoon, it has been revealed that main character Tracer is in a committed relationship with tertiary character Emily. In the comic, Tracer is seen giving Emily a scarf for as a Christmas present, to […]