A leading HIV researcher, well known celebrities and British Olympians are among the many people acknowledged in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours. Professor Amanda Fisher, the director of the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre at Imperial College in London will become a dame. Fisher’s discoveries helped pinpoint HIV as the virus that leads to AIDS. The […]
The Australian Human Rights Commission is working with the Australian Sports Commission and nation-wide Australian gay rugby competition the Bingham Cup to tackle homophobia in sports. Australia’s not for profit LGBTI employer support program has been commissioned to develop a Pride in Sport Index to help Australian sporting bodies measure themselves on inclusiveness. The Australian […]
The Australian Sports Commission, Victoria University and the Federation of Gay Games have conducted a study entitled ‘Out on the Field’, which is the largest of its kind. The study explored the prevalence of homophboia in Australian sports, and revealed that 85% of gay athletes surveyed had experienced or witnessed homophobic abuse. The study involved […]
The Court Hotel’s Jemma and Sav from Workout Savvy are still in the the top 2 positions, but there have been some distinct changes in our tally board over the past two weeks, some of our tippers moving briskly up the ladder while some others have unfortunately plummeted towards the bottom. The Table After […]
Michael Sam has been drafted to play for the Saint Louis rams, making him the first openly gay player to be drafted for the USA’s National Football League. ESPN broadcasted Sam receiving the news over the phone. The athlete was tearful at the good news, and after hanging up the phone embraced his boyfriend and […]
Tom Daley has gotten himself in the headlines yet again, this time by fairing well in a poll among young people in the United Kingdom. The National Citizen Service conducted the poll which occurred alongside a free event which was held to celebrate the acheivements of young people. At the event, the 19 year old […]
