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21.1KBoxoLoco: The Perfect Gift For Every Gay Man
The holidays are here, kicking off the most extraordinary shopping season of the year. If you are looking for the best Christmas present for your gay friend, brother, son or partner, we got the perfect idea for you. BoxoLoco, owned by Kim and Adi, a gay couple, offers a large variety of gift boxes designed specifically for gay guys. All...
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12.8KCyndi Lauper Talks “Home For The Holidays” And Her Mission To End LGBTIQA Youth Homelessness
Cyndi Lauper has used an interview with Vogue to talk about her upcoming virtual concert, Home For The Holidays that will be held on 11 and 13 December. The benefit concert, which has become an annual event, raises funds to tackle LGBTIQA youth homelessness. Among the stars joining Lauper are Adam Lambert, Cher, Dolly Parton,...
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8.3KBan On Gay Conversion Therapy Opposed By Victorian Liberals
The Victorian Liberal Party has requested the state’s Labor government put a hold on its bill to ban so-called “Gay Conversion Therapy” or other attempts to change or suppress a person’s sexuality or gender identity. “This is bigoted, bigoted quackery – it’s unsafe, it’s dangerous,” said Premier Daniel Andrews of the practice. “It has been...
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12.1KNSW Police And Liberal Party To Remain In Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras voted against excluding NSW Police and the Liberal Party from future parades, the ABC reports. The motion was put forward at the organisation’s annual general meeting by Pride In Protest, a group whose goal is to return the parade to its protest roots. At the AGM, held on...
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11.2KSimon Dunn Launches 2021 Calendar
Simon Dunn – international athlete, columnist, personal trainer, activist and calendar model – will launch his 2021 calendar in Sydney on December 8. Joining Dunn on stage will be Naomi Palmer from Bingay and Charisma Bell at the Universal on Oxford St Sydney from 7.30pm. The night, will feature a Q&A where Simon talks about...
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12.0K“We’re All That Twink Who Just Wants To Dance”: A Sneak Peak at “Mirrorboy”
Behind the spotlight’s glare, the wigs, flawless make-up or the pulsing beats from the DJ, there is a person, a performer, with a story to tell. Jesse D’Vauz, a dancer and film maker from Perth, has written a series that gives a glimpse into this other world. Centred around Blair (Jacob Darby), the series shows...
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12.1KQueer Elf Replies To Gay Boy’s Santa Letter
Michael Munoz, a queer Latino from New York, has replied to a letter to Santa written by a gay boy who asked, “do you support the LGBTIQ community.” Munoz, a volunteer elf with the United States Postal Service (USPS) Operation Santa, told The Advocate he took part in the volunteer program that replies to North...
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9.6KHungarian Anti-Gay Politician Allegedly Busted At 20-Man Orgy… Resigns
Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party has condemned the behaviour of its Member Of The European Parliament (MEP) who was reportedly caught fleeing a “gay orgy” in Brussels recently, The Guardian reports. Leaders from the right-wing party said Jozsef Szajer, the MEP, did not represent the party’s conservative values. “What our representative, József Szájer, did has no...
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19.2KFrom The Editor: DNA #251, Dive In!
This month we get all hot and wet with the latest swim, gym and party wear, but we also take a look back at 2020… It’s easy to catastrophise. I started making a list of the dire world events we’ve witnessed – and then stopped. And deleted. You don’t need reminding. That’s why we’ve called...
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10.2K‘Umbrella Academy’ Star Comes Out As Transgender
Elliot Page, formerly known as Ellen, star of Umbrella Academy, Juno, and Tales Of The City has come out as transgender by tweeting an open letter, ABC reports. In the letter, Page said he is able to “finally love who I am”. “I want to share with you I am trans, my pronouns are he/they...
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13.5K‘Sequin In A Blue Room’ The Gay Thriller You Need To See
A gay teenager’s obsession with hooking up is the spark that ignites Australian LGBTIQA feature, Sequin In A Blue Room. Newcomer Conor Leach plays a 16-year-old who uses Anon, a fictional gay hook-up app, to have casual sex under the alias Sequin. Wearing a sequin top at each encounter, Sequin is invited to an...
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13.5KThomas Banks And His Quest For Love
From December 3, streaming service Stan will air an award-winning Australian documentary, Thomas Banks’ Quest For Love, featuring a gay man with a disability, QNews reports. Following Thomas Banks, a Melbourne-based writer and public speaker over six years, the documentary shows his experiences with bullying, one-night stands, gay saunas, dates gone wrong, counselling sessions and...
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18.3KChallenging The Stigmas And Stereotypes Around Living With HIV
December 1 is World AIDS Day, a day to support those living with HIV and remember those who we’ve lost. The theme for 2020 is Now More Than Ever, acknowledging it’s been a tough year but, more than ever, we need to remember the importance of World AIDS Day. In DNA #251, we meet three...
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Charlie Carver To Headline At Outfest’s Virtual Fundraiser
Charlie Carver is set to headline at the first ever virtual fundraiser of LGBTIQA arts, media and entertainment organisation, Outfest, the Advocate reports. Titled, ‘Twas The Night Before Give-mas, the variety benefit show will be hosted by journalist Mark Malkin and live-streamed on Facebook and YouTube from 6pm 30 November (Pacific Time USA). The show...
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8.5KGay Penguin Power Couple Welcome Second Chick At Sea Life Rookery
Sphen and Magic, Sydney’s latest gay power couple, have welcomed a second chick into their urban family. The chick becomes the sibling of the pair’s adopted daughter, Lara, who they successfully raised in their home at Sea Life in Sydney Aquarium Darling Harbour back in 2018. Kerrie Dixon from Sea Life said 2020 had been...
