Category: News
Tori Johnson, manager of the Lindt Café in Martin’s Place, Sydney is survived by his partner of 14 years Thomas Zinn. Zinn and Johnson’s family have issued the following statement: “We are so proud of our beautiful boy Tori, gone from this earth but forever in our memories as the most amazing life partner, son […]
A new one year stand down period for sexually active gay and bisexual men has now come into effect in New Zealand and means men who haven’t anal or oral sex with another man in a year can now donate blood. Previously, there was a five year probationary period. Dr Peter Saxton from the Gay Men’s […]
It has just emerged that a gay couple in Spain’s capital of Madrid were attacked by a group of Neo Nazi thugs last Friday. The Huffington Post reports that ten men and a woman approached the pair while they were sitting on a bench with a friend in the Temple of Debod district of the […]
Openly Lesbian Skier Anja Paerson has said the International Olympic Committee failed to stand up for human rights when it allowed this year’s Winter Olympics to be held in Russia. Swedish gold medallist skier Anja Paerson has responded to the recent changes made to the Olympic Committee charter to make it more GLBT inclusive. Speaking […]
The gay community in Egypt is on high alert after a series of raids on bathhouses and arrests. The bathhouse raids are the latest in a serious of crackdowns on the GLBT community in Egypt. Foreign Policy reports from Cairo on the rather bleak situation for Egypt. ‘There are now more than 100 members of […]
For Kiwis heading over to next year’s Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras after Auckland Pride, a delayed Mardi Gras schedule means there will be more time to enjoy the festival. The 2015 festival focuses on the theme of ‘PASSION’ and the festival encourages “one and all to find your passion.” Mardi Gras ’15 will […]
A new marketing campaign by “ex gay” organisation Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays has just been dealt a major blow by the model used in their new marketing campaign. Kyle Roux, a South African model who is openly gay, says that he opposes the billboard, which reads, “Identical twins. One gay. One not. We […]
The former secretary of state and soon to be 2016 Presidential candidate has been awarded an award from the gay hook up app. Grindr users in the United States has named Hillary Clinton” Straight Ally of the Year.” Clinton has been an outspoken ally of the GLBT community during her time as US Secretary of […]