Facebook: More Aussies coming out online than ever before
A new report from Facebook has revealed that more Australians are identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex than ever before. Facebook shared information earlier this week that revealed the number of people coming out as LGBTI+ on the social media platform had doubled by the end of 2015. Also revealed in the data […]
Facebook updates ‘real name’ policy after backlash
Social media giant Facebook have revealed changes to their ‘real name’ policy after months of public criticism from trans, queer and domestic violence groups. Facebook has a long standing policy of users being represented by their birth names, which has caused major problems for transgender people and victims of domestic violence, as well as the […]
Millions adopt rainbow profile pictures
Facebook has revealed that over 26 million users have utilised their tool that allows profile pictures to be transformed with a rainbow overlay. The social network promoted the tool which allowed users to give their Facebook profile picture a rainbow overlay just after the US Supreme Court laid down its historic decision on marriage equality. […]
Facebook overtaken by rainbows
Facebook has been filled with rainbows following the achievement of marriage equality in the USA. Following the US Supreme Court’s annoucement that it was striking down the bans on same sex marriage, social network Facebook launched a tool that allowed people to quickly change their profile pictures to rainbow tinted adaptations. With one click users […]
LaTrobe City councillor Christine Sindt faces social media furore
A Victorian local councillor for the City of LaTrobe in Victoria has sparked a social media furore by posting questionable comments about the region’s federal member of parliament Darren Chester. Following Mr Chester’s announcement that he would support marriage equality the local newspaper The LaTrobe Valley Express asked its readers if they thought Mr Chester’s […]
Facebook for Freedom
Local LGBTIQ advocate Kenny McKenzie is hoping to unite Perth’s queer community with the power of social media. McKenzie’s Facebook group, the ‘Perth Queer Community’ aims to be an inclusive online space for anyone who comes under the umbrella of ‘gender and sexuality diverse’. “My goals are to expand the queer network in Perth and […]
Facebook Apologises to LGBT Community for ‘Real Name’ Policy
Facebook has attracted controversy recently by enforcing a policy that its users must use their legal name on the social network. This excluded members of the LGBT community who prefer not to go by their legal title, including drag performers, transgender people and those who simply prefer to go by something other than what is […]
Facebook Offers New Gender Field & Expands Transgender Options
Facebook has been working with GLAAD (the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) to expand user options for genderqueer and transgender people on the social media website. Previously when selecting gender, users were only able to select “male” or “female”. There is now a “custom” option available in which users can enter the term of […]
Gay Perth Found
The older members of our rainbow community have taken to Facebook to reconnect, sharing memories and photos. Lost Gay Perth was set up by the owner of Hair Boss Salon in Northbridge, Michael Edwards, just a few weeks ago. It has since garnered the support of 1300 older LGBTIQ Facebook users, who are using the […]
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