World

Sep28

Tycoon’s daughter inundated by proposals

Written by // Ron Hughes Categories // World, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, News + Politics, South Australia, Tasmania, ACT, Western Australia, Northern Territory

The daughter of a Hong Kong businessman, who has offered HK$500 million to any man who would marry her, has been inundated with proposals, despite her being in a relationship with another woman.

Sep28

Kiwi sports star calls for Aussie help

Written by // Serkan Ozturk Categories // World, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, News + Politics, South Australia, Tasmania, ACT, National, Western Australia, Northern Territory

Champion gay New Zealand speed skater Blake Skjellerup has made a last-minute appeal to his friends and supporters across the Tasman to help him win a scholarship that will allow him to continue competing at the highest level.

Sep24

Bernardi in British hot water

Written by // Lana Wilson Categories // World, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, News + Politics, South Australia, Tasmania, ACT, National, Western Australia, Northern Territory

Under fire Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi has pulled out from a speech to conservative youth groups in the UK after the British Conservative party distanced itself from the visiting South Australian senator following his comments linking bestiality to same-sex marriage.

Sep21

Paris confesses in cab most gay guys ‘probably have AIDS’

Written by // Bernie Burke Categories // World, New South Wales, Queensland, Celebrity, Victoria, News + Politics, South Australia, Tasmania, ACT, National, Western Australia, Northern Territory

Wouldn’t it be great if we all had a publicist to clean up the mess we make in taxis at drunk o’clock every weekend? Well, if you’re Paris Hilton, you do.

Sep20

Baseballer claims gay slur ‘was just a joke’

Written by // Serkan Ozturk Categories // World, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, News + Politics, South Australia, Tasmania, ACT, Western Australia, Northern Territory

As pressure continues to build on Australia’s major sporting codes to do more to tackle homophobia, controversy has erupted on the baseball fields of North America after Toronto Blue Jays player Yunel Escobar was spotted displaying an anti-gay message on his eye-black strips used to deflect sun glare.

Sep18

Gay actor claims gay parents are the 'worse'

Written by // Serkan Ozturk Categories // World, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, News + Politics, South Australia, Tasmania, ACT, National, Western Australia, Northern Territory

Out actor Rupert Everett has found himself at the centre of controversy once again after declaring he couldn’t “think of anything worse” than being the child of gay parents during an interview published over the weekend.

Sep18

Malaysian teachers try to stamp out homosexuality

Written by // Lana Wilson Categories // World, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, News + Politics, South Australia, Tasmania, ACT, Western Australia, Northern Territory

The Teacher’s Foundation of Malaysia has organised as many as ten, homophobic seminars which aim to educate parents and teachers in preventing GLBTI orientation in children.

Sep14

Bisexual no longer taboo for Google

Written by // Serkan Ozturk Categories // World, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, News + Politics, South Australia, Tasmania, ACT, National, Western Australia, Northern Territory

Locating information on the internet about bisexuality may be a little easier now with reports Google has decided to modify its auto-complete search function so it will no longer block the term ‘bisexual’.

Sep13

Church finds Clegg’s ‘bigots’ comment ‘very offensive’

Written by // Serkan Ozturk Categories // World, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, News + Politics, South Australia, Tasmania, ACT, Western Australia, Northern Territory

While some Australian Christian leaders have been busy over the past week comparing the life expectancy of the gay community to that of smokers, counterparts in the UK are said to be upset after a war of words erupted over the use of the word ‘bigot’ by the country’s Deputy PM Nick Clegg.

Sep13

Matrix director takes red pill & finds happiness as trans

Written by // Serkan Ozturk Categories // World, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, News + Politics, South Australia, Tasmania, ACT, Western Australia, Northern Territory

Matrix director Lana Wachowski has this week publicly discussed for the first time her much-talked about transition to female which she revealed was decided upon after a family dinner in Sydney a decade ago.

Sep13

Gay footballer kisses boyfriend, then booted from team for ‘lying’

Written by // Serkan Ozturk Categories // World, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, News + Politics, South Australia, Tasmania, ACT, Western Australia, Northern Territory

A young gay footballer who was forced to miss his first American college football game through concussion says he has even more pain to deal with now after he was kicked off the team for kissing his much-older boyfriend.

Aug30

New Zealand one step closer to marriage equality

Written by // Serkan Ozturk Categories // World, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, News + Politics, South Australia, Tasmania, ACT, National, Western Australia, Northern Territory

New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key has voiced his excitement about marriage equality becoming a reality in the country, after a bill to legalise same-sex marriage passed its first reading with an overwhelming majority.

Aug27

NZ marriage law set to progress

Written by // Ron Hughes Categories // World, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, News + Politics, South Australia, Tasmania, ACT, Western Australia, Northern Territory

A bill to legalise same-sex marriage in New Zealand would get through its first stage according to a poll run by that country's Herald newspaper.

Aug21

Madonna sued in Russia

Written by // Alex Dunkin Categories // World, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, News + Politics, South Australia, Tasmania, ACT, Western Australia, Northern Territory

Pop star Madonna is being sued by conservative Russian activists after she called on the crowd to support LGBT rights during the St Petersburg concert on August 9.

Aug17

Anonymous hack Ugandan government site

Written by // Andrew Shaw Categories // World, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, News + Politics, South Australia, Tasmania, ACT, National, Western Australia, Northern Territory

The self-described “collective super conscious” called Anonymous, a hacktivist collective that brings government and corporate internet sites to their knees to attract worldwide media attention to particular issues, has hacked into websites of Ugandan government officials to protest that country’s anti-LGBT policies.