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Troye Sivan Teases New Music
Troye Sivan has teased new music on his Instagram account. “And you got me round your fingertips, should be fed up w the bullshit, but everything about you i can’t resist 👽 ‘you’ April 16,” Sivan wrote accompanied with a black and white photo of himself. The new song, You, is a collaboration with DJ...
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Vladimir Putin Bans Same-Sex Marriage In Russia
Russian president Vladimir Putin has changed the country’s constitution to put a ban on same-sex marriage and transgender adoptions. The move follows a national referendum in which 77 per cent of people in Russia voted in favour of the ban in July 2020. Same-sex couples will not be able to legally get married in Russia...
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8.8KAustralian Educator Sacked, Allegedly For Being Gay
A Morling College educator has been sacked, allegedly because she is gay. Speaking with the ABC’s 7.30, Karen Pack explained that last year after telling her work colleagues that she was getting married to long-time partner Bronte Scott she lost her job. Pack alleges that an email from a member of the public urged the...
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7.4KQueer As Folk To Return!
US Streaming service Peacock, run by NBC, have announced that they are rebooting the much love hit show Queer As Folk. Originally from the UK, the American-Canadian production became a cultural icon for the LGBTIQA+ community when it first aired 20 years ago. The new version will be set in New Orleans and will centre...
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6.0KInto the Kaye Hole! The King Of Camp Comedy And Cabaret, Reuben Kaye Is Back!
After dazzling the Edinburgh Fringe (2019) and a sell-out season in Sydney this year, Reuben Kaye is now performing at the Melbourne Comedy Festival until April 18 at Max Watt’s on Swanston St. Kaye is more than just cabaret. Expect to see elaborate costumes, on-point make-up and and some eviscerating observations about modern life (gender...
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10.2KLil Nas X Tops Billboard Charts, Again!
Despite a homophobic backlash Lil Nas X has cause to celebrate as Montero (Call Me by Your Name), a song about gay sex and romance, is officially number one song on the Billboard charts. “Y’all told a 19-year-old who had just escaped the lowest point of his life that he would never have a hit...
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5.0KVirginia Bans Gay/Trans Panic Defence
Virginia has become the 12th state, and the first Southern state in the US to ban the use of the “gay/trans panic” defence. The bill passed the state House and the Senate in February and was signed by Governor Ralph Northam on Wednesday. Previously, the law allowed people accused of homicide the ability to receive...
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Anti-Gay Religious Group Promotes Death Of Homosexuals
The Family Research Council, an American fundamentalist activist group, has addressed homosexuality and gay-marriage in an open letter to its followers citing the “research” and opinion of the Council’s Director Of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview, David Closson. In the document, Closson calls LGBTIQA+ people “unnatural” and “immoral” and quotes Romans 1:18-32 as part of...
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5.7KGrindr’s ‘Gag Reflex’ Brings The Laughs With New Comedy Special
Gay dating app Grindr has launched its first-ever comedy special, featuring nine openly LGBTIQA+ comedians. Gag Reflex, is hosted by The Tonight Shows, Jay Jurden and features rising comedians Joel Kim Booster, Sydnee Washington and Jaye McBride. Speaking with The Daily News, Grindr’s executive producer, Patrick Rogers said, “Comedy is such an integral part of...
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10.4K20 Years Of Same-Sex Marriage Around The World
April 1st, 20 years ago, the Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalise and marry same-sex couples. With the mayor of Amsterdam officiating the union of four couples in City Hall. At the time, Mayor Job Cohen told the newlyweds, “There are two reasons to rejoice, you are celebrating your marriage, and...
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5.8KJoe Biden Reverses Trump’s Transgender Military Ban
The US Department Of Defence has reversed former President Donald J Trump’s ban on transgender troops from serving in the US military along with instating greater access to medical care resources to help people transition while in uniform. The policy takes effect April 30. “The revised policies prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity...
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Alan Turing Honoured On UK’s New 50-Pound Note
The Bank Of England has revealed its new look £50 note that will feature gay WWII codebreaker and computer pioneer, Alan Turing. Turning was responsible for deciphering Nazi Germany’s Enigma code during the war and played a crucial role in the development of early computing machines. After the war, in 1952, Turing was prosecuted and...
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5.4KHistoric Gay-Hate Crimes To Be Investigated By Judicial Inquiry In NSW
In Australia, the New South Wales government has received five recommendations from a bipartisan parliamentary committee that was set up to examine a string of historical gay and transgender hate crimes between 1970 and 2010. The inquiry, established in September 2018, recommends the NSW government establish a judicial inquiry into investigate numerous cold cases. Last...
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6.0KLil Nas X Speaks Out Against Homophobia And Sends A Message To His 14-Year-Old Self
Singer, Lil Nas X has responded to homophobic backlash in the wake of the release of his latest song and music video clip, Montero (Call Me By Your Name). The song, which celebrates Lil Nas’ sexuality, features the Grammy Award-winner as Adam in the Garden Of Eden and concludes with him pole-dancing down to the...
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5.1KTiger King: The Drama Continues With Joe Exotic And Dillon Passage Set To Divorce
Dillon Passage, the fifth and current husband of Joseph “Joe Exotic” Maldonado-Passage, has taken to social media to announce that he is seeking a divorce. Joe Exotic is the subject of the engrossing Netflix documentary, Tiger King. The couple married only months before Exotic was jailed for 22 years after being convicted of plotting to...
