Category: News

Mar 24
Waratahs Player Fined $20,000 For Homophobic Slur

The $20,000 fine handed out to Waratahs player Jacques Potgieter has been applauded by the Sydney’s gay rugby team the Sydney Convicts, who have welcomed Potgieter to join them for some training sessions. NSW Waratahs player Jacques Potgieter has been given a $20,000 fine for using homophobic language during Sunday’s game against the Brumbies.  Potgieter’s […]

Mar 23
UKIP Leader Nigel Farage Brands GLBT Activists ‘Filth’ and ‘Scum’

The UKIP leader labelled a group of GLBT activists ‘filth’ and ‘scum’ after he accuses them of scaring away his children when they invaded his local pub. The Independent reports that campaigners claiming to represent “those who have been targeted by Ukip” planned to stage a demonstration of around 100 people at Mr Farage’s local pun in […]

Mar 23
David Pocock Calls Out Homophobic Slurs Used in Super Rugby

Former Wallabies captain and current Brumbies player David Pocock has denounced the homophobic slurs allegedly used yesterday during the Brumbies game against the Waratahs.  An agitated Pocock made referee Craig Joubert address alleged homophobic slurs from a Waratahs forward as NSW clinched a 28-13 win in a fiery Australian contest at Allianz Stadium The Sydney […]

Mar 22
California Proposition Calling For Executions of Gays and Lesbians May Be Given Chance to be on Ballot

California State Attorney Kamala Harris looks likely to be forced to let petitioners decide if gay people should be executed. SFGate reports that Matt McLaughlin, a lawyer from Huntington Beach in Orange County, California paid his $200 filing fee Feb. 26 to submit the “Sodomite Suppression Act” to the voters. Declaring it is “better that offenders […]

Mar 20
Tamati Coffey’s ‘Ponsonby Rd’ Bar Opens in Rotorua

Tamati Coffey and his partner Tim Smith opened their new lounge bar ‘Ponsonby Rd’ in Rotorua last night.  Mr Coffey and his partner, Tim Smith, told the Rotorua Daily Post they were committed to living and working in Rotorua after Mr Coffey missed out on winning the Rotorua electorate seat in September’s general election. “We […]

Mar 19
69 Percent of Americans Want to Make GLBT Discrimination Illegal

69% of American voters want to make GLBT discrimination illegal according to a new survey commissioned by GLBT advocacy organisation Human Rights Campaign.  Rolling Stone magazine reports that the survey, conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research asked 1,000 likely voters for the 2016 general election to share their opinions on a proposed federal bill that […]

Mar 19
Marriage Equality Bill to be Debated in Australian Senate Next Week

Australian marriage equality advocates have welcomed today’s announcement by Senator David Leyonhjelm that he will bring forward his Freedom to Marry Bill for debate in the Senate. Deputy director of Australian Marriage Equality, Ivan Hinton-Teoh, said, “We welcome Senator Leyonhjelm’s initiative because Australia can’t wait any longer for marriage equality.” “The smart thing for Tony Abbott […]

Mar 19
Dolce & Gabbana Magazine Director Resigns

The fallout from Doice & Gabbana’s controversial remarks on same sex adoption and IVF continues with the resignation of the director of D&G owned magazine Swide.  The creative director of the Dolce & Gabbana-owned online magazine Swide, Giuliano Federico has quit in protest over comments the two designers made in regards to same sex adoption and […]