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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Following years of intense debate, America’s largest Presbyterian denomination has announced a change to its constitution that allows for a more inclusive definition of marriage. The Huffington Post reports that the US Presbyterian Church has just reached the majority it needed to approve a change in it’s constitution to include GLBT inclusive marriage. About 71 […]
Auckland Council’s Community Development and Safety Committee has voted 7 – 2 to allow the creation of a rainbow advisory board to proceed. In an impassioned plea to colleagues before the vote, chairperson Cathy Casey talked of the challenges Auckland’s GLBT community still faced and expressed her view that the advisory board was long overdue saying […]