Category: News
Article by Jess Jones, StarObserver.com.au A new report from the NSW Ministry of Health has shown the lowest rate of new HIV notifications since 1985. ACON, NSW’s leading HIV prevention and support organisation, has welcomed the release of the latest quarterly NSW HIV Data Report. The report showed 101 new HIV diagnoses in gay and […]
Three drag queens came to the rescue of a New Zealand man in Sydney who was caught up in a homophobic attack and feared for his life. Ivan Flinn was heading home from a night out on Oxford St and he stopped at a kebab shop on his way when a group of men started abusing […]
Notoriously anti-LGBT+ organisation Family First has been stripped of its charity status. In 2013 Family First was removed from the Charities Register, however, the decision was appealed in two years later in the High Court with the Board being directed to reconsider the decision. Strong advocates against marriage equality, abortion and the general rights of […]
Montreal has apologised to the LGBT+ community for historic Police raids and institutional discrimination. As Montreal celebrates Pride, Mayor Denis Coderre and Police Chief Philippe Pichet have issued the apology after calls from the opposition and public to do so. More than 800 people were arrested in the raids that took place from the 1970s […]
LGBT+ support service OUTLine has seen a 50 percent increase in the number of calls received, with more than 11,000 calls received over a one year period ending 31 March. OUTLine General Manager, Trevor Easton, puts the increase down to the organisation raising its profile drastically over the past few years. “I think it’s more […]
A psychologist working in Californian prisons claims she was demoted and threatened by colleagues, including being locked in a room with prisoners, after she reported the mistreatment of LGBT+ inmates. Lori Jesperson has filed a lawsuit against the state of California and has worked for the corrections department for almost ten years, eight of these […]
Two Auckland teenagers were assaulted by five men on a train last weekend. It is believed one of the pair was targeted because of his appearance, with the attacker’s motivation being homophobia. A 15-year-old girl and her straight, male friend were traveling home from Britomart to Avondale when they were confronted by five drunk men, wearing […]
A Hamilton City councillor who used the words “homos” and “fags” in a community services meeting has made an apology the day after initially saying people who were offended should get over themselves. Fairfax reports that Garry Mallett couldn’t remember making the comments at first but that most people in the LGBT+ community “couldn’t give […]