Men on Men
The Project X course ‘Men on Men’ is starting soon. It’s a six week course for men who are same sex attracted to learn more about relationships, sexual health, coming out and a whole bunch of things....
View ArticleVatican Makes Progress on Acceptance of Gay Parishioners
The Roman Catholic Church appears to have adopted a more conciliatory tone towards homosexual people in a document revealed at the Pope’s synod this week. A synod is a meeting of the church called to...
View ArticleGough Whitlam Has Died Aged 98
Gough Whitlam, Prime Minister of Australia from 1972 to 1975, died this morning at the age of 98. Whitlam is remembered for making a number of significant reforms during his three year reign as Prime...
View ArticleJames Clarke Wins WA Young Person of the Year
Last night James Clarke was awarded WA Young Person of the Year in a ceremony presented by the Youth Affairs Council of WA and the Department of Local Government and Communities with support from...
View ArticleThe Pink Triangle Remembered
The taxi’s exhaust spewed out litres of oil and left its mark on the powder white snow as it headed back down the granite mountain. My sneakers struggled to hold a footing as I lumbered clumsily...
View ArticleLandmark Indian Ad Features Lesbian Couple
Indian clothing label Anouk Ethnic has released a television commercial featuring a lesbian couple preparing to meet one another’s parents. Within 10 days of its initial screening, the short film...
View ArticleLong-time closeted character to come out on ‘The Simpsons’
A much-loved character is due to come out after 27 years on Fox’s ‘The Simpsons’, growing the LGBT community in fictional Springfield. One of the longest-running gags in the decades long series is...
View ArticleThe power of a 10 minute conversation
A study has shown that a ten minutes conversation can effectively change one in ten people’s views on transgender political issues. The technique was developed at the Los Angeles LGBT Center while they...
View ArticleQueensland MP restates his opposition to gay relationships
On Thursday night the Queensland parliament passed a new law that equalised the age of consent for anal intercourse. Previously the age of consent for men was higher that the age of consent for sexual...
View ArticlePolls show Australians don’t want a plebiscite
The chances of the Labor party offering the coalition’s plebiscite plan a last minute life line seem increasingly unlikely as a new poll shows there is little public support. The Canberra Times has...
View ArticleAfrican states move to suspend UN LGBT expert
A group of African Nations is hoping to overturn a decision by the United Nations to appoint a special investigator to look into abuses of LGBTI people across the globe. Vitit Muntarbhorn, a respected...
View ArticleFirst taste of Dan Gillespie-Sells’ new musical
Singer-songwriter Dan Gillespie-Sells has a new musical that’s about to open in the UK and the first tune released from the project features the wonderful Betty Boo! The British singer songwriter is...
View ArticleHead Scratch: The things people say
Every now and then, all to often, we stumble across stories that just leaving us scratching our heads in amazement. Here some recent stories that have left us asking “Are you serious!” Marriage...
View Article‘The Pass’ and ‘Moonlight’ score BAFTA nominations
Queer themed films ‘The Pass’ and ‘Moonlight’ have both scored nominations at the BAFTAs. The British Academy of Film and Television Awards are seen as an indicator of which films might fare well at...
View ArticleLeo Varadkar will be the next Prime Minister of Ireland
Leo Varadkar is set to become the next Prime Minister of Ireland after his party Fine Gael elected him to be the successor to Edna Kenny. Varadkar will be Ireland’s first Prime Minister who is gay, and...
View ArticleMass arrests in Nigeria for ‘homosexual acts’
Nigerian media have reported that over 40 men have been arrested for participating in homosexual activity. The arrests were made over the weekend. A hotel in the Lagos state was cordoned off while...
View ArticleBob Katter wants gay people to stop calling themselves gay
Independent MP Bob Katter wants gay people to stop using the word gay. Appearing on Sky News last night Katter accused the LGBTI+ community of stealing “the most beautiful word in the English language”...
View ArticleGay men in Queensland can now have historical convictions removed
Gay men who were convicted of homosexual offences in Queensland, prior to the laws being changed in the 1990’s, will be able to have their convictions removed under new legislation passed by the...
View ArticleTchaikovsky’s romantic gay love letters revealed
A new volume of letters written by famous Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky includes letters that reveal his homosexuality. Previous volumes of his letters had excluded correspondence that...
View ArticleOn This Gay Day: In 2012 local activist Isabelle Lake passed away
Remembering Isabelle Lake Isabelle Lake is remembered for her passionate advocacy for the rights of transgender people in Western Australia. Following her death at the age of just 21 she became the...
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