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Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is facing a revolt from his own backbench over marriage equality. The Coalition party room decided to not allow a free vote after a marathon five and a half hour meeting. Speaking after the vote, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said “there was a strong view in the party room that […]
In a US first, the state of California has agreed to pay for a transgender person’s sex reassignment surgery. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has agreed to pay for a transgender inmate’s sex reassignment surgery — a first in the nation the Los Angeles Times reports Shiloh Quine, who entered the California prison […]
NZ Olympian John Walker spoke about Caitlyn Jenner on TVNZ’s Breakfast show this morning, deliberately misgendered her. Speaking to TV One’s Peter Williams, on the 40 year anniversary of Walker’s world record setting run, where he became the first person to run a mile under 3.50, Walker said he regarded Caitlyn Jenner as Bruce, referring […]
The ‘Shira Banki bills’ include establishing civil unions and outlawing conversion therapy. Following on from the Jerusalem pride stabbings, the Zionist Union has proposed a set of GLBT equality bills named in honour of the 16 year old girl who died while showing her support for Israel’s GLBT community at the recent Jerusalem Pride parade. […]
The chances marriage equality will pass in the current Australian parliament are virtually zero. Tony Abbott’s Liberal/National coalition has dashed the hopes of same sex marriage proponents in Australia, by rejecting a free vote on the issue. Coalition MPs voted 66 to 33 not to allow a conscience vote. The party room vote was held […]
Critically acclaimed playwright Larry Kramer has hit back at those within the GLBT community boycotting Stonewall. Since the release of Stonewall’s first trailer, there has been intense criticism from some within the GLBT community who have argued that the Roland Emmerich directed film “whitewashed” the story and has diminished the contributions of racial minorities and […]
Canberra airport lights up in rainbow colours to greet arriving MPs as the campaign for marriage equality in Australia ramps up. The marriage equality campaign in Australia has ramped up, with mass rallies being held across the country over the weekend as the Australian Marriage Equality’ national campaign unveiled its new slogan, #WeCanDoThis. Meanwhile, Canberra […]
Charl Van Den Berg, Mr Gay South Africa 2009 and Mr Gay World 2010, has died. Van Den Berg died after losing his battle with lymphoma at the age of 33. Van Den Berg was a restaurant manager in Cape Town when he was crowned Mr Gay South Africa at the 2009 competition, he would […]