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3 min read The Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations has warmly welcomed an announcement by the Federal Government, on World AIDS Day, that every person living in Australia with HIV will have access to life-saving antiretroviral medicine, regardless of Medicare eligibility.

2 min read New Zealand’s openly gay Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson has shown his support on social media toward a school in the Nation’s Capital that has been sent into lockdown following a “credible threat” to the LGBT+ student community.

< 1 min read Melania Trump was reportedly forbidden from lighting up the White House in rainbow colours to celebrate Pride Month due to concerns from within the Trump administration. First reported by the Washington Blade, Republican sources explained that Melania Trump was planning on repeating the famous display back in 2015 when Barack Obama was president.

2 min read Cruel and bigoted practices that seek to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity will soon be stamped out across the Australian state of Victoria, thanks to new laws that have been introduced into Parliament.

< 1 min read Legislation to remove so-called ‘panic defence’ has been unanimously approved in Washington D.C’s Judiciary and Public Safety Committee.

2 min read In a historic victory, Joe Biden has won the US presidency defeating incumbent President Donald Trump. In his victory speech, the President-elect noted the support he received from in the LGBT community.   While there are still ballots to be counted across a number of states, all major networks have called the race for former Vice President […]

6 min read As all eyes are on the United States Presidential Election at the moment, many may not have registered that New Zealand polls close soon, this Saturday in fact.

3 min read In a world-first, Australian Sports have committed to implementing rules that support a greater level of inclusion for trans and gender diverse people in their sports.

< 1 min read Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden has announced his plans to repeal the Trump administrations anti-trans policy that bans transgender troops from serving in the United States Military if he wins the Presidency in November.  The former vice president’s promise was made on the 9 year anniversary of the repeal of the  Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, […]

2 min read Doctors in Britain have taken the positive step of allowing transgender and non-binary people the right to self-identify.

2 min read Levi Davis has become the first professional Rugby player in the UK to come out as LGBT+ while still professionally active in the sport with his career ahead of him. 22-year-old Davis says he came out to his team in a “spur of the moment” WhatsApp group message to his team.

2 min read A new Russian law aims to prohibit the change of marital status for trans people which could have a retroactive effect and prevent straight couples from marrying.

2 min read The latest season of the TV series Star Trek: Discovery has recognised ‘Resistance is Futile’ by announcing the shows first non-binary and transgender characters, adding to the same-sex couple already in the franchise.

2 min read LGBT+ rights groups are crying foul as the President of the Philippines officially pardoned a U.S. Marine who was convicted of killing a transgender woman although his reduced sentence had already been served.

2 min read Beauty influencer and YouTuber, Ethan Is Supreme, has reportedly died at just 17 years old from an overdose. Ethan Is Supreme (Real name Ethan Peters), was confirmed dead by his father in a statement seen by Fox News on Sunday.

< 1 min read For the first time, Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande have performed their hit duet Rain On Me, during the first fully-virtual MTV Video Music Awards.

2 min read Taylor Swift has once again shown generosity and surprised one of her biggest fans with a letter congratulating him on finishing his PhD.

3 min read American actress, singer, and dancer Jennifer Lopez has introduced her transgender nibling (a gender-neutral term for a child of a sibling, replacing ‘niece’ or ‘nephew’) to the world in an intimate short film.

2 min read A storm is brewing on social media with homophobic Twitter users attacking openly gay South African YouTuber and reality TV star Lasizwe after he tweeted that youth need to learn about “same-sex love.” Lasizwe who is best known as the first Black South African to have his own MTV reality show, caused the Twitter backlash […]

2 min read A misunderstood genius is the way Vincent Van Gogh exists in the public imagination and now thousands of works from the Dutch post-impressionist artist are now being projected onto shipping containers in New Zealand to bring the artworks to life.

2 min read For those living in the small South Pacific nation of the Cook Islands, it is still illegal to be gay…. a new push is hoping to try and change that.

2 min read The first Pride Train staffed by an all LGBTQ+ crew has had its maiden journey today in the UK countryside. Launched by train company Avanti West Coast, who run routes across the UK, have unveiled the train just two months after the end of Pride Month.

< 1 min read Chi Chi DeVayne, the stage name of Zavion Davenport, who competed on two different seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race has died at age 34. News of the drag queen’s passing came Thursday, less than a week after DeVayne informed her Instagram followers that she was back in the hospital.

2 min read Three trans influencers were beaten, robbed, and humiliated in a brutal attack by a pack of men in LA, while onlookers simply ignored the crime.

2 min read The gay Mayor of a town in Massachusetts US has issued an apology after he was accused of abusing his position of power to initiate sexual relationships with college-aged students.

< 1 min read The BBC in the United Kingdom has found itself in hot water following a segment which gave pro conversion therapy groups a platform to promote their harmful and discredited views.  The report, which aired on Monday August 10 on BBC News at Six, featured Gareth, a survivor of conversion therapy, who opened up about the […]

< 1 min read A study by Research Behemoth Nielsen has suggested 10% of all video game players are LGBT+.

2 min read An appeal by two men in Tunisia who were sent to jail for homosexuality has been upheld by an appeals court in the north African country.

2 min read A San Salvador judge has found three police officers guilty of the January 2019 killing of Camila Díaz Córdova, a transgender woman, and sentenced each to 20 years in prison.

2 min read Kenya’s banned lesbian romance Rafiki was one of the winners in the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards, which recognises LGBTQ inclusion and representation. Rafiki, which was banned in its home country of Kenya, was honoured with the Outstanding Film – Limited Release award.

2 min read For one of the most liberal countries in the world, to think that there would be a need for a pop star to actually come out in Sweden is amazing but that’s exactly what has happened with Darin announcing he is gay.

2 min read A blogger, born in Yemen but now an undocumented immigrant in Saudi Arabia, has been convicted and sentenced to 10 months in prison after he tweeted that there should be equal rights for everyone – including the LGBTQ community.

< 1 min read The Republican Party in the US state of North Dakota has found itself being condemned by both Democrats and Republicans following the publishing of absurd and offensive remarks about the rainbow community. The remarks which were made in the party’s extended policy platform, claim that LGBT+ people “recruit children” and “prey” on women.

2 min read Five-time British trampoline champion and World Championship medallist Luke Strong has come out as bisexual. After a number of injuries in the last two years which has seen the athlete reflect on his career and life, Strong, 27, has made the announcement publicly on a BBC podcast interview.

2 min read Jamel Young a 33-Year-old Black transgender army veteran is suing the New York Police Department following the “dehumanising” treatment he received at a routine traffic stop.

2 min read The Australian diva Kylie Minogue is about to return with an album more disco than ever before and the good news is that she released her first single today. Appearing on BBC Radio 2 in London this morning, the 52-year-old singer has launched the new single Say Something.