US advocates have raised concerns over changes to federally-funded homeless shelters, which would allow organisations to discriminate against transgender people seeking support. Vox have highlighted a memo released earlier this month, which proposes changes to the Equal Access Rule, currently requiring all Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funded services to be provided without discrimination based […]
US President Donald Trump has declared America is on the way to seeing the end of the AIDS epidemic, and cures for cancers – during a campaign rally in Cincinnati. “The things we’re doing in our country today, there’s never been anything like it,” Trump said at a rally in Cincinnati. “We will be ending […]
The White House has announced that it will be pushing forward with it’s plans to ban transgender people from serving in the US military and Coast Guard. President Trump announced his ban on transgender people serving in the military last year but faced opposition from military chiefs, but despite previous court rulings, and challenges from […]
Local fashion designer Neil Sheriff struck up a friendship with musician Marcella Detroit many years ago when he lived in London. He tells us that during his first meeting with Detroit, who was one half of much loved 90’s duo Shakespears Sister, he tried really hard to keep his cool, but the moment he left […]
The acclaimed theatrical production of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four opens at His Majesty’s Theatre this week. The stage version of Orwell’s dystopian novel has garnered critical acclaim on Broadway and in the West End, and it’s been selling out as it tours around Australia. Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s adaptation first premiered at the Nottingham […]
US President Donald Trump has announced that transgender people will no longer be allowed to serve in America’s military. The President made the announcement via a series of early morning Twitter posts, but did not clarify when the ban would be implemented and how it would affect thousands of transgender people currently serving in the […]
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled in favour of a young transgender student’s right to use the bathroom that aligns with their gender in a high-profile case. The court, which presides over the states of Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana, found that the Kenosha Unified School District could not prevent trans student […]
Equal Love will hold a ‘Pride Rally Against Trump and Turnbull’ on Sunday June 11th. The protest will be part of a nation-wide set of rallies that will take place across the country with marches planned in Perth, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane, in what has been described as a global day of action. Melbourne will […]
Hillary Clinton has raised her concern about how the Trump administration will protect LGBT rights saying the current US President can not be relied upon. Clinton was speaking at the New York Gay and Lesbian Center where she was presented with a ‘Trailblazer Award’. Accepting the award Clinton praised the work of LGBT support […]
As the revival season of beloved sitcom Will & Grace comes closer to release, star Debra Messing says the show is going to work hard to keep up with the times. Following the news that the upcoming season will have an extended run, Messing says it’s a whole new world from when the show began almost 20 […]
