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A Tasmanian couple will have to marry in New Zealand in order to fulfil the dying wish of a woman who has only weeks to live. Sandra Yates and Lee Bransden first met about 30 years ago, when Sandra volunteered to pick apples in an orchard Lee managed. But Sandra was married with children at the […]
22 year old Mr Gay Germany Klaus Burkart has beaten 20 other men to take home the Mr Gay World title. The 1.83m tall milk technician from Wangen im Allgäu was presented with the Mr Gay World sash and trophy by 2014 winner Stuart Hatton in Cape Town, South Africa on Saturday night. Burkart says […]
A US politician in the state of North Dakota who only recently voted against a gay rights bill has been caught out sending nude pictures of himself on popular gay dating app Grindr. Randy Boehning, a Republican representative from Fargo, North Dakota, was outed by Fargo newspaper ‘The Forum’. In an interview the next day, […]
The Auckland University Students’ Association will be holding it;s second annual Pride Week next week. Hosted by the AUSA Queer Rights Officer, Pride Week, now in its second year, is a week of fun events for students, staff and alumni, and is focused around LGBT young people and their stories. “It will be a great […]
The motion to create a Auckland council rainbow panel has passed. Auckland council’s governing body has just voted in favour of the creation of a new rainbow panel.The irst 18 months of funding for the new panel will come out of the Mayoral budget. The panel will provide a local government platform from which to address […]
The Auckland council’s governing body will decide on whether or not it will proceed with the proposed rainbow panel this afternoon. The governing body has just taken a break for lunch, with the decision on the rainbow panel to be made shortly after the meeting reconvenes. If formally approved, the panel will provide a local government platform […]
Hillary Clinton changed the colours of her presidential campaign logo on social media to the rainbow colours symbolising the GLBT rights movement, shortly before the Supreme Court heard arguments on same sex marriage. Clinton’s logo changed on her Facebook and Twitter pages Tuesday morning US time. Facebook pages for individual state branches of the Clinton campaign also […]
Kiwis and South Sydney Rabbitohs player Issac Luke has been fined $10,000 for using a homophobic slur on Instagram. Luke has had $5000 of the fine suspended but will be required to undergo an education program after making a homophobic slur on social media. The slur was made on Good Friday after Luke made a post attempting […]