The Australian Charities and Non-for-Profits Commission (ACNC) have revoked the charity status of It Gets Better Australia. The founder of the Australian LGBTIQ suicide prevention organisation has told OUTinPerth that the action is simply due to some paperwork being overlooked. The head of the commission, Susan Pascoe said the government agency was unapologetic about taking […]
Doritos have revealed a new range of rainbow coloured corn chips in support of the LGBT community ahead of the company’s sponsored Pride events in Dallas this weekend. Doritos Rainbows (featuring purple, blue, green, orange and red chips) can be obtained by donating at least $10USD to the It Gets Better Project via Doritos. Frito […]
Suicide Prevention charity It Gets Better Australia (IGBA) has explained a discrepancy between their public activities and their formal reports to Australia’s governing body for charities by explaining that a campaign run by the organisation’s CEO was not an official fundraising campaign. In 2013 the organisation appeared to run a fundraising campaign through the crowd […]
It Gets Better, the charity organisation that tackles youth suicide is holding an event to raise funds and shine a spotlight of Australia’s spiraling youth suicide rate. ‘It Gets Better Live’ is set to take place in Sydney on May 2nd and they’ve already announced G.R.L as their headline act. Also in the show will […]
It Gets Better Australia, an organisation that campaigns for the prevention of LGBTI youth suicide will be putting a spotlight on the issue with a two hour concert in Sydney. Highly popular pop group G.R.L. will be headlining the concert, which will include a number of other performances. G.R.L. lost member Simone Battle to suicide […]
It was announced in May that BT Financial Group would become a principle partner of It Gets Better Australia, a not for profit aiming to reduce bullying and anxiety for young LGBTIQ people. BT Financial Group (BTFG) Chief Executive Officer, Brad Cooper, said the sponsorship and ongoing programs within BTFG are about supporting LGBTI youth […]
If you like sugar-coated advice over a nice cup of tea gushing out of the mouth of your “bestie” then Dan Savage’s guidance is not for you. The Seattle-based columnist and gay rights activist is heading to the Sydney Opera House in November as part of the Festival of Dangerous Ideas to offer punters his […]
Actor and YouTube star Troye Sivan has announced that he’s gay. The actor announced his sexuality in a video on his popular channel which has over 435,000 followers. His announcement has been positively greeted on social media this morning. Three years after he came out to his family and friends Sivan shared his sexuality with […]
Val Mendeleev, the CEO of the SPI Group, the makers of Stolichnaya Vodka has asked the LGBT community around the world to continue buying the vodka despite the Russian Government’s introduction of harsh anti-gay propaganda laws. The CEO’s pleas comes as LGBT bars began removing Russian Vodka’s from their bars in protest to the new […]
IDAHO day has grown in prominence over the last few years, if you haven’t come across it before it’s the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, and it’s on May 17th. Now I didn’t automatically assume that IDAHO day was from Idaho, it is after all an acronym, but I did presume that this new […]
