Composer Benjamin Britten was born on this day in 1913 English composer Benjamin Britten was born on this day in 1913. A central figure in music in the 20th century he composed well known operas, orchestral and vocal music. He is best known for the opera Peter Grimes, War Requiem and The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. Born […]
In the lead up to the Wimbledon tennis finals last week Margaret Court’s name began to trend on Twitter. People shared their outrage that the sporting star, turned evangelical preacher, was travelling to the United Kingdom to watch the tennis. Questions were asked, did the politically connected pastor pull some strings to get permission to […]
Tennis great Billie Jean King says she’s prepared to stop calling for Margaret Court’s name to be removed from the Melbourne Tennis Centre arena if Court learns to be “more loving” towards the LGBTIQ+ community. Speaking to the New York Daily News, King reflected on her disagreements with the Perth based former Tennis champion turned […]
Margaret Court has sat down for an interview with one of the world’s most watched sports program to defend her beliefs about gay people and marriage, claiming that she’s been the victim of unfair bulling from the LGBTIQ+ community. Veteran sportscaster Mary Carillo recently spent several days in Perth with the former Tennis champion turned religious […]
Little Miss Sunshine directors Valarie Faris and Jonathan Dayton’s latest film Battle of the Sexes (★★★★★) is about a misogynistic egotistical man who performs for the public challenging an intelligent, capable woman who wants a better deal for her gender. No … it is not a film about the 2017 American presidential election, but about […]
Tennis legend Billie Jean King has said that she’d like to have a chat with former Wimbledon champ, turned religious leader Margaret Court. King was at the Toronto Film Festival for the new movie Battle of the Sexes which focuses on the famous 1973 tennis match between King and former men’s champ Bobby Riggs. In the […]
Springsteen cancels North Carolina show in protest over state’s anti-LGBT laws Rock star Bruce Springsteen has cancelled his show in North Carolina as a protest against the state’s new anti-LGBTIQ laws. On his website ‘The Boss’ posted a notice stating that the cancellation of Sunday night’s show was due to the state’s new laws. “As […]
US President Barack Obama has appointed tennis legend Billie Jean King to the USA’s official delegation to the Sochi Olympics. The inclusion of a high profile lesbian athlete has been seen as a direct response to Russia’s controversial anti-gay laws. On her Twitter account King posted, “Honored to represent USA in Sochi and I hope […]
