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Vandalised Rainbow Arch Replaced With Stunning New ‘Unbreakable’ Version
A new “unbreakable” rainbow celebrating the LGBTIQ community has been built in Poland after the previous version was destroyed by far-right groups. The dazzling rainbow display, lit up in a busy intersection in central Warsaw, bounces rainbow lights off of a curtain of water vapour and can’t be damaged. It was unveiled ahead of Warsaw’s …
Israel Folau Is Invited To Celebrate The Sydney Convicts’ Bingham Cup Win
The Wallabies rugby team, including Israel Folau, have been invited to celebrate the Sydney Convicts’ win at the 2018 Bingham Cup. The Convicts took home the Bingham Cup and the Bingham Shield at the three-day “World Cup of gay rugby” held in Amsterdam last weekend. The trophy will be handed over to Rugby Australia at …
Brisbane Hustlers In Amsterdam As Bingham Cup 2018 Kicks Off
The Brisbane Hustlers rugby team are in Amsterdam to compete in the world championship of gay rugby, the Bingham Cup, this weekend. The Cup has been held biennially since 2002 and is dedicated to the memory of Mark Bingham, the rugby player who helped establish the gay rugby teams San Francisco Fog and the Gotham …
Antarctica Gay Pride event is first, unless the penguins…
The Antarctica gay pride event scheduled for this June will undoubtedly be the first celebration of pride on the continent. Unless, of course, some of those gay penguins already put something on. Evan Townsend and Shawn Waldron are among the group of 10 employees at United States’ Antarctic research centre McMurdo Station. They will organise …
Hilariously awful ‘Straight Pride’ flag badge pulled from Amazon
A UK seller has pulled a “straight pride” pin badge from sales on its website and from Amazon after the product drew widespread criticism and ridicule online. The “Heterosexual Pride Wavy Gold Plated Flag Pin Badge”, bearing various shades of beige, went viral late last week before being pulled by its seller, a company called …
Thousands March In City’s First Pride Parade After Officials Tried To Ban It
Thousands of people have marched in the first-ever gay pride parade in the Mississippi city of Starkville after local officials initially tried to block it. Despite widespread support, including from the city’s mayor Lynn Spruill, the Starkville Board of Aldermen voted 4-3 last month to deny parade organisers a permit to host the event. But …
Adelaide’s ‘Pride Walk’ Updated With Marriage Equality Milestone
Adelaide’s rainbow-coloured “Pride Walk” has been updated to include another major milestone for the LGBTI community: marriage equality. The painted pathway in Light Square in the CBD was installed in 2016 and includes a timeline of significant LGBTI events in the state, including the first pride march and the decriminalisation of homosexuality. On Thursday, an …
PHOTOS: 10,000 celebrate Brisbane Pride March
Indigenous LGBTI leaders led this year’s Brisbane Pride Festival march, kicked off as always by the Dykes on Bikes. The event saw Brunswick Street in Fortitude Valley filled with rainbows on Saturday. Marchers focussed on the issue of the current same-sex marriage postal survey. Before the event, some 10,000 LGBTI community members and supporters heard …
Pride In Paradise At Cairns Tropical Mardi Gras
North Queensland’s largest LGBTIQ festival, Cairns Tropical Mardi Gras, kicks off later this month, on September 29. The theme of this year’s festival is Show your love in paradise. The annual Splash Pool Party this year moves to the Cairns Hilton. It features DJ Dan Murphy and also drag superstar Vollie La Vont. Then, the …
WATCH: Young Rainbow Aussies Show Their Pride On Wear It Purple Day
Young LGBTIQ Australians have shared how proud they are to be who they are in a video created for this year’s Wear It Purple Day. Founded in 2010 by two young people, Wear it Purple is a youth-led, not-for-profit organisation that aims to support sex, sexuality and gender diverse young people, particularly in schools. Australians …