To celebrate International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) the Freedom Centre this morning staged a spontaneous flash mob in the middle of the Perth CBD. Placed in the middle of Forrest Place, volunteers danced around to ‘Respect’ by Aretha Franklin, waving around rainbow flags whilst wearing shirts to promote IDAHOT. Originally known as IDAHO, [...]
A pioneer in LGBTIQ rights is hitting Australian shores to campaign for same-sex marriage in conjunction with religion. Visiting the St Stephen’s Uniting Church on May 22, former Bishop Gene Robinson will join forces with Paddington Uniting Church and NSW’s Parliament’s cross party to discuss marriage equality. Robinson stands as the first openly gay man [...]
NSW Roads Minister Duncan Gay has been awarded the Golden GLORIA for tearing up Sydney’s rainbow crossing at Taylor Square. The annual GLORIA awards aim to highlight outrageous, ignorant and ridiculous comments made about GLBTI people. The awards are organised by NSW state politician Penny Sharpe. Admirably Mr Gay actually turned up to receive his [...]
A thought provoking marriage equality video has been released by marriage equality advocates in the lead up to Mother’s Day this Sunday. The video, which shows a heterosexual couple receiving a pregnancy scan, takes an interesting turn when the midwife asks “would you like to not what you’re having?” Rather than discovering the sex of [...]
An alleged increase in trans-phobic attacks in the Northbridge Cultural Centre and surrounding areas have left much of the trans* community scared to walk around the area alone. Ann, a committee member for trans* support group, the Chameleons, explained how she wouldn’t recommend travelling in groups of less than three. “We reinforced it when a [...]
Politicians in the Tasmanian parliament could lose their seats for not supporting state marriage equality; the Upper House elections on Saturday showed the majority of voters were not tolerant of MPs that opposed the motion. 51.40% of voters voted for candidates that were pro marriage equality, whilst 48.60% of voters elected candidate that were in [...]
The number of HIV notifications amongst men having sex with men has jumped by 38% compared to statistics from the previous 12 months in WA. Although this statistic looks worrying, the Chief Executive Officer for the WA AIDS Council, Andrew Burry, explains that this increase comes with new and improved testing strategies. Burry attributed the [...]
Madrid’s Annual Lesbian Day of Visibility has prompted Spain’s only out lesbian politician to send a message to her fellow closeted MPs. Ángeles Álvarez, a member of Spain’s ruling Socialist Party, has asked for other MPs to come out. Standing with other Spanish women in Puerto Del Sol, Álvarez stated “I am Ángeles Álvarez, a [...]
A fifteen year old boy in South Africa has died in a case that has been deemed to have underlying tones of gay reparative therapy. The young boy, Raymond Buys, was allegedly chained to his bed, beaten with planks and sticks, forced to eat his own faeces and electrocuted. Sent to Alex de Koker’s Echo [...]
In the US a transgender actress has been chosen to play a transgender character in an upcoming rom-com ‘Boy Meets Girl’. After years of non-transgender actors receiving high-acclaim for their roles as a transgender character, filmmaker Eric Schaeffer has cast a trans* woman, Michelle Hendley, who he believes was the best fit during nationwide auditions. [...]
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