Category: News

Dec 08
Rainbow Lions Roar in Hong Kong

To accompany their iconic bronze lions, HSBC’s Hong Kong headquarters has placed two rainbow lions in front of their building. The choice of the rainbow colouring is an outright statement of support for the LGBT+ community, with the installation being painted by local artist Michael Lam for HSBC’s “Celebrate Pride, Celebrate Unity” campaign. We are proud […]

Dec 07
Vinyl Retro Bar to Open on K’ Road

From the folks at Family Bar and Club, a new watering hole will be opening shortly on K’ Road – 336 K’ Road to be exact. Vinyl Retro Bar will hark back to the ’70s and ’80s, with a free jukebox for punters to put on the tunes that will take you back. The interior […]

Dec 06
MP Publicly Comes Out

Paul Foster-Bell sat down with Andrea Vance for a one-on-one interview for the show Q + A last Sunday to reveal to the public that he is gay. While this may be his public ‘coming out’, it has kind of been an “open secret”, where his colleagues and family knew – he also serves as vice patron […]

Dec 06
NSW Records Lowest Number of New HIV Diagnoses in More Than Four Years

Article: Star Observer New South Wales has recorded its lowest number of new HIV diagnoses for a single quarter in more than four years, with the NSW Government declaring it is on track to end HIV by 2020. The announcement that just 70 new HIV infections had been diagnosed in NSW – a 22 per […]

Dec 05
John Key is Out, Who’ll Be Our New PM?

In an unprecedented move, John Key has resigned as Prime Minister of New Zealand. The National Party caucus will vote on 12 December to decide who the new prime minister will be – within a week, we will have a new leader. Key said that he never thought he would finish his fourth term in […]

Dec 02
LarzRanda is “Hot Like Tiger Balm”

Image: Instagram LarzRanda, or Mainard Larkin, if you really wanted to use proper names (since when have we called rappers by the actual names?) is not your average rapper: he doesn’t rap about hos, nor does he go on and on about all the bling, or life in the ghetto; sure, he does sometimes draw […]

Dec 02
Mike Pence’s New House Will Be Surrounded by Rainbows

Mike Pence, vice president-elect of the United States of America, and utter homophobe and transphobe will be moving to Washington DC temporarily before moving into the Vice Presidential Mansion. In retaliation, many residents on NW Washington Street have taken to hanging up rainbow flags as a protest to his horrendous views on LGBT+-rights, including his […]

Dec 01
HIV-Positive Man has Unprotected Sex Without Telling Status

Source: Sunday Star Times Johnny Lumsden has been arrested by Police for having unprotected sex with men without telling them his HIV-positive status. They have been contacting men who have had sexual contact with Lumsden, and getting them to be tested. Detective Senior Sergeant Scott Anderson told the Sunday Star Times that Lumsden met the men through […]