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The Stonewall Riots: From New York City to Sydney

The teachers sipped sugar-laden coffee in their first-floor common room. It had the best vantage point of the school assembly yard and yet their cold indifference to the fights that took place in the quad was disturbing; for Glen was openly gay and was the constant target of the school kids wolf-pack brutality. Many a […]

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HIV researcher, music and sporting stars in New Year’s honours

HIV researcher, music and sporting stars in New Year’s honours

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 […]

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Richard Hammond under fire for suggesting ice cream is gay

Richard Hammond under fire for suggesting ice cream is gay

Motoring journalist Richard Hammond has been criticised for suggesting that eating ice-cream makes a grown man look gay. Hammond was discussing the interior decor of a Rolls Royce alongside regular pals Jeremy Clarkson and James May on the trio’s new TV series The Grand Tour which is available exclusively through Amazon. In front of a studio […]

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Religious leader opposes Stonewall monument

Religious leader opposes Stonewall monument

US religious leader Franklin Graham has labeled the proposal to formally recognise New York’s Stonewall Inn as a place of historic significance as creating a “monument to sin”. Last week President Obama suggested that the historic venue which is recognised as the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement should be protected.  The President suggest […]

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What would Olly Alexander said if his band won a BRIT Award?

What would Olly Alexander said if his band won a BRIT Award?

  Olly Alexander’s band Years & Years walked away empty handed at the Brit Awards earlier this week but the if they had of won lead singer Olly Alexander would have given a shout out to older LGBTI people. The singer posted a message to the band’s Instagram page saying that if they had won […]

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New York to host WorldPride on 50th anniversary of Stonewall

New York to host WorldPride on 50th anniversary of Stonewall

  It has been revealed that New York City will host the 2019 WorldPride event to commemorate 50 years since the revolutionary Stonewall riots. The global event, which debuted in Rome back in 2000, was founded by Paul Stenson of InterPride to celebrate LGBT Pride, awareness and visibility on an international scale. The event has […]

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‘Stonewall’ director responds to white-washing criticisms

‘Stonewall’ director responds to white-washing criticisms

Roland Emmerich has responded to calls from the LGBT community to boycott his film, following accusations that the film glazes over the vital role that people of colour and the transgender individuals played in the 1969 riots that the film aims to depict. The outrage stems from the release of the first trailer for ‘Stonewall’, […]

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WATCH: First trailer for Stonewall movie

WATCH: First trailer for Stonewall movie

The first trailer has arrived for Roland Emmerich’s ‘Stonewall’ which depicts the events of the revolutionary 1969 Stonewall Riots. The riots are remembered as a violent, bloody encounter which ignited the LGBT rights movement in New York City. Emmerich, known for such films as ‘Independence Day’ and ‘Universal Soldier’ is a vocal member advocate of […]

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Glasgow Pride event bans drag; say it may offend

Glasgow Pride event bans drag; say it may offend

A Pride organisation in Glasgow, Scotland, have banned drag queens from performing at this year’s celebrations due to internal concerns that they may be ‘offensive’ the trans community. The organisation known as Free Pride Glasgow consider themselves an ‘anti-commercialist’ alternative to the major Pride event in the city. “It was felt by the group within […]

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Remembering Stonewall

Remembering Stonewall

OPINION On this day in 1969 the Stonewall Riots began in New York City. In the early hours of the morning patrons at the now famous tavern resisted arrest during a police raid and kicked the GLBTI rights movement into overdrive. I think it’s important to remember that the patrons at the Inn that night […]

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