Athlete Simon Dunn has called out a homophobic meme that uses his image alongside a list of ‘undesirable’ attributes in gay men. Dunn became aware of the meme after friends started tagging him on social media. It lists ‘desirable’ qualities of gay men as “acts like a normal human being”, “has a personality” and “doesn’t […]
A picture of Russian President Vladamir Putin, depicted wearing make-up in front of the Pride flag, has been banned in Russia. A new item has been listed to the long list of banned items in the country. Recently added item 1407 lists images showing; “the supposed nonstandard sexual orientation of the president of the Russian […]
Yesterday the LGBTIQ community, friends and allies applauded Telstra’s decision to re-engage with supporting marriage equality. Naturally conservative groups and some religious organisations were disappointed that the telecommunications company had seen the light and are now back on the march for equality. The meme-generating Marriage Alliance shared their thoughts on the development saying that after […]
The Advertising Standards Board (ASB) have ruled against an online advertisement from the Marriage Alliance. In their report the ASB said the controversial advertisement from earlier this year was inappropriate, distressing and contravenes prevailing community standards on health and safety. The image of a woman sitting at a desk with a rainbow coloured noose around her […]
