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Outrage after US trans women beaten and robbed in the street
Warning: distressing content Three trans women in Los Angeles were attacked, robbed and verbally harassed by a group of men, in a horrifying ordeal captured on video. Instagram and YouTube star Eden the Doll was with friends Jaslene White Rose and Joslyn Flawless when the women were attacked on Hollywood Boulevard in the early morning. …
Design chosen for Sydney memorial honouring gay hate victims
ACON has unveiled the final design for Sydney’s planned Bondi memorial for victims of historical gay and transgender hate crimes. Urban Art Projects’ (UAP) design titled “Rise” (pictured) has won out of the six shortlisted designs, unveiled earlier this year. The installation honours the victims and survivors targeted in the homophobic and transphobic violence in …
Testicle cut off in castration fantasy act – man hospitalised
A Sydney man ended up hospitalised on the weekend after travelling to Brisbane for a castration fantasy act. A Brisbane man cut off one of his testicles, with his consent, after searching the internet to learn how to perform the operation. The Courier-Mail reports that the Sydney man met the 27-year-old Brisbane electrician online. The …
Adelaide’s tribute to slain gay man who sparked historic reform
Adelaide’s Lord Mayor has honoured the memory of Dr George Duncan, whose tragic 1972 death precipitated South Australia’s nation-leading decriminalisation of homosexuality. Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor on Monday unveiled a new sign sharing Dr Duncan’s story, next to his permanent memorial near the Adelaide University footbridge on Victoria Drive. July 20 would have been the …
Sydney man traumatised after Brazilian ex sold sex video on OnlyFans
A Sydney man whose Brazilian ex-boyfriend secretly filmed sex with him and sold it on OnlyFans has said the crime has left him traumatised. Police charged Fabricio Da Silva Claudino (pictured) after he filmed the consensual sex with the ex-partner at home in Marrickville last year. The Instagram star then uploaded the four-minute sex video …
Grandfather blackmailed with public outing by Grindr hookup
A 25-year-old man has received a suspended prison sentence after blackmailing a closeted grandfather he met on Grindr. A judge handed UK man Kieran Thurling the 20-month jail term, suspended for two years, after threatening to out the older man to his ex-wife, children and grandchildren unless he paid him. The victim was exploring his …
Community vigil for gay men killed in horrific UK stabbing attack
The LGBTIQ community in the UK town of Reading have paid tribute to the three gay men killed in a mass stabbing attack in a park. James Furlong, Joe Ritchie-Bennett and David Wails (all pictured, left to right) were killed in the attack in Reading in southern England on Saturday evening, UK time. Witnesses said …
Gay man reveals shocking police reaction to 1980s bashing
Warning: distressing content A gay man bashed in a horrific 1980s Sydney hate crime has alleged a police report at the time said he “deserved” the attack. After murder charges in the 1988 death of Scott Johnson, Sydney man Martin Parker recalled his memories of his own vicious assault in northern Sydney with The Australian. Parker …
Brisbane lesbian couple jailed for ‘heinous’ abuse of toddler
A Brisbane mother and her girlfriend have received jail after a string of “vile and abhorrent” assaults on their three-year-old son. Police found the injured boy with severe bruises to most of his body, as well as abrasions and cuts, the Courier-Mail reported. The women’s abuse and neglect of the three-year-old only came to light …
Gay Brazilian Instagram star pleads guilty in Sydney ‘revenge porn’ case
A Brazilian tourist will plead guilty to “revenge porn” offences after secretly recording sex with his Sydney lover and posting it on OnlyFans without consent. Police charged Fabricio Da Silva Claudino after he filmed the consensual sex with his Sydney boyfriend at their Marrickville home last July. The former Emirates flight attendant also uploaded several …