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Margaret Court is getting a top Australia Day Honour and people have thoughts
Tennis legend turned homophobic pastor Margaret Court is getting a top Australia Day Honour this weekend and it’s caused intense backlash. Court is set to be promoted to a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) next week. She was named an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2007 for her tennis success. …
Friend’s plea in search for missing mum Amy Schulkins
A close friend of missing Caboolture mum Amy Schulkins has pleaded for information in the search for the mum of five, three weeks after she vanished without a trace. The 36-year-old’s wife reported her missing from a John Street residence in Caboolture South on December 30, 2020. CCTV captured Amy (pictured below) in her white …
Biden’s LGBTIQ vision puts Australia’s major parties to shame
Joe Biden has a bold agenda for LGBTIQ equality. The new American president’s LGBTIQ vision highlights discrimination in the Coalition’s policies as well as Labor’s lack of commitment. In 2020 most Australians viewed the US with a mix of horror and pity. In 2021, LGBTIQ Australians and our allies will view it with envy. The …
Name the second chick of famous gay penguins Sphen and Magic
Three things are certain in life — death, taxes and gay penguins stealing eggs. Sphen and Magic went viral in 2018 when the same-sex couple ‘adopted’ an egg. SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium carers initially named the chick the pair hatched Lara. However, the public nicknamed her Sphengic after her two dads. In 2020, Sphen and …
Trans teen granted access to treatment by Queensland Supreme Court
A 13-year-old transgender girl will receive puberty blockers without her estranged father’s consent, according to an important Queensland Supreme Court ruling. The mother of the child, identified as “A” due to privacy, applied to the Court seeking access to the treatment, recommended by the girl’s specialists. A’s psychiatrist told the court from age four onwards, …
Calls for prison reform after death of transgender woman
The death of a transgender woman allegedly raped at a Tasmanian prison in 2018 has sparked a petition calling for better protection of trans inmates. Warning: Distressing content Hobart trans woman Marjorie Harwood was jailed for theft offences in 2017. She was placed in the men’s section of Risdon Prison because her birth certificate listed …
Someone has taken over Pauline Hanson’s URL to troll her
Someone has bought the rights to Senator Pauline Hanson’s namesake web domain paulinehanson.com.au and is redirecting all visitors to the Refugee Council of Australia’s website. The previous owners of the domain apparently forgot to renew their ownership. So at least one quick-thinking internet user snapped it up on Thursday night. In screenshots circulating online, an …
Bert Gerbrands, Turtle Cove’s infamous Queen B, dies
Bert Gerbrands, founding general manager of Turtle Cove Beach Resort, has died. After opening the resort in 1993, Bert retired to Thailand in 1999. However, he returned in 2009 when a Melbourne couple bought the resort with the aim of returning it to its glory days. Bert Gerbrands established himself in the Cairns hospitality industry …
CHEER Cheese: new name to replace racist COON brand name
Canadian-owned Saputo Dairy Australia today announced the company would replace the racist COON brand name. From June, the product will be rebranded as CHEER Cheese. The decision comes after decades of brand owners defending a racist slur. Various companies previously claimed the cheese took its name from brand ‘founder’, E W Coon. Destiny Rogers recently …
Amy Schulkins: Last known photo of missing Caboolture mum
Queensland Police have released the last known photo of missing Caboolture mum Amy Schulkins, almost two weeks after she disappeared. The 36-year-old’s family reported her missing from a John Street residence in Caboolture South address on December 30, 2020. CCTV captured her in her white Nissan Patrol at Caboolture, north of Brisbane, just before midnight …