Even after Grindr removed its ethnicity filter, ABC reports that gay Australians of colour are experiencing deep racism on the popular dating app. PhD student at Monash University, Gene Lim, is researching the impact of “sexual racism” against Asian men. As a gay Asian man, he told the ABC it is something he’s experienced first-hand....
If all goes as planned, 2023 will be a big year for Australia, and the world LGBT boxing community when the first ever World Gay Boxing Championships, kicks off. The event is the idea of Martin Stark, an openly gay boxer, who saw an opportunity after learning that boxing formed part of the 2018 Gay...
Hitting our 20th anniversary and our 250th issue seems like a good time to look back. Revisiting 250 issues of DNA is fun and a bit strange. Some stories and photo shoots feel like they happened a million years ago. Others still feel recent and raw. I have to admit that reviewing our images of the...
Cher closed the show at the I Will Vote Concert, a Joe Biden campaign fundraiser that also included John Legend, P!nk, Ben Platt, the Black Eyed Peas, Billy Porter, Jennifer Hudson, Andra Day, Darren Criss, Macy Gray and others. The gay icon, sang Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe, an adaption of the 1943 song...
In a win for same-sex couples in Northern Ireland, their civil partnerships will be converted to marriage, Gay Times reports. The Northern Ireland Office made the recent announcement via Twitter. In its announcement, the Northern Ireland Office said the ability to convert civil union to marriage was open to both same-sex and opposite-sex couples and...
President Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, is in the news again but this time it’s his behaviour in a new Borat film that has caused a stir, The Advocate reports. In the film Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Giuliani is said to...
A gay penguin couple ruffled feathers this week by raiding the nest of a lesbian penguin couple at a Dutch zoo, DutchNews reports. It comes a year after the same pair stole an egg to hatch from the lesbian penguins so they could raise the chick themselves. Despite their efforts, the egg did not hatch...
At a drive-in rally in Pennsylvania, former President Obama, urged Americans to vote and warned the result of the election will matter for decades to come, The Hill reports. From outside the Lincoln Financial Field, Obama delivered a strong message to the crowd that was appropriately socially distanced. “We cannot afford four more years of...
Pope Francis has voiced his support for same-sex civil unions in a film released this week, the ABC reports. The film, Francesco, by Evgeny Afineevsky includes comments by the Pope considered his clearest support for the LGBTIQ community. “They are children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out...
Tiffany Trump, President Trump’s youngest daughter, fronted a Pride event in Florida on behalf of her father’s campaign to say, “Prior to politics he supported gays, lesbians, LGBQIA+ community.” Trump then proceeded to say anything said otherwise was untrue. “You, unfortunately, see social media and you see these fabricated lies, it saddens me,” she said....
When Paul and Craig met almost 20 years ago, they knew they’d eventually want a family of their own. Four years ago, they opened their hearts and home to adopted son Jayce and life has never been better. “Jayce has become the most important part of our family; we cannot remember what life was like...
Australia’s only openly gay state or territory leader won an historic election victory over the weekend with the Labor Party being returned for another four years of government of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Andrew Barr, who is the incumbent Chief Minister, fronted the media holding the hand of his husband, Anthony Tom, to make...
Aussie acting hunk, Hugh Sheridan, who starred in Packed To The Rafters, has opened up about his sexuality in a personal essay for Stellar Magazine, Channel 7 reports. In the essay, Sheridan reveals he had a relationship with a man after he moved to Sydney to attend NIDA. “After moving to Sydney to attend NIDA,...
Something we didn’t see coming for 2020 was the Instagram wellness trend, perineum sunning, or butthole sunning as it’s colloquially known. As it sounds, it’s the practice of letting the sunshine on your butthole as a way to get your daily dose of Vitamin D. One such influencer, Certifiedhealthnut, claims 30 seconds of butthole sunning...
DNA sat down with partner, Key Assets, as part of our Family Issue to understand the work they do in helping vulnerable children find a foster home. Times are tough across the country right now, and we know that this also means that times are even tougher for our most vulnerable children and families. Across Australia,...