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WATCH: New mums share their baby joy on ‘This Time Next Year’
New mums Kelly and Peta-Gai have shared their journey to parenthood on Channel Nine’s This Time Next Year. The couple, who are from Melbourne, have been together 11 years. They told the program’s host Karl Stefanovic they fell in love with each other at work after previous relationships. Peta-Gai said their parenting plans had been …
Jonathan Van Ness wants you to know what ‘U=U’ means
Jonathan Van Ness has explained the important HIV message U=U – undetectable equals untransmittable – in a new interview. The Queer Eye star publicly opened up about his HIV status in a recent New York Times interview. He also writes about his experience of living with HIV in his new memoir, Over the Top. Now …
Bi-conic! Here’s 10 bisexual celebrities for Bi Visibility Day.
It’s Bisexual Visibility Day today and to celebrate, QNews.com.au has put together a list of some of the most iconic bisexual celebrities of all time. On September 23 every year since 1999, Bi Visibility Day has celebrated the “B” in LGBTIQ. The aim of the day is to fight bi erasure and discrimination and to …
‘Pose’ actor Billy Porter makes history with Emmy win
Pose actor Billy Porter has made history by becoming the first openly gay black man to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama. “The category is love, yall! I am so overwhelmed,” Porter told the audience after dancing up to the stage. “I am so overjoyed to have lived long enough …
Patricia Arquette’s emotional trans equality plea at Emmy Awards
Actress Patricia Arquette has pleaded for transgender rights in her heartfelt acceptance speech at the Emmy Awards. The actress won for her supporting role as Dede Blanchard in the streaming TV series The Act at the 71st annual Primetime Emmys ceremony on Monday, Australian time. Accepting the award onstage, Arquette began: “I just have to …
WATCH: Lesbian couple gets engaged on US ‘Bachelor in Paradise’
US Bachelor in Paradise contestants Demi Burnett and Kristian Haggerty are the first same-sex couple to get engaged on the dating franchise. During the show’s finale this week, Demi dropped to one knee and popped the question. “Demi, you changed my life forever,” Kristian said as the two held hands on the beach. “I think …
Gay man ‘dropped from Married At First Sight just days before filming’
A gay man has claimed he was dropped from Married at First Sight Australia just days before filming started because producers “could not find a match” for him. On the Channel Nine show, “relationship experts” match couples, who get married the first time they meet at the altar. Over the rest of the season, the …
Brisbane’s Sellma Soul: ‘Drag is my armour and my strength’
Brisbane drag queen Sellma Soul electrified mentor Boy George and the audience four months ago with her performances on The Voice Australia. In two weeks, Sellma will take the stage at Brisbane Pride’s Fair Day. Here, the performer spoke to fellow drag queen Wanda D’Parke about growing up, getting her start in drag, and self-love. …
Netflix’s ‘Grace and Frankie’ announces final season
Netflix favourite Grace and Frankie will take a bow after its seventh and final season. The show’s official Twitter account confirmed: “You have laughed with us, cried with us and grew old with us. “Today we announce Grace & Frankie has been renewed for what will be our seventh and final season.” Stars Jane Fonda …
Politician says he wants ‘no gay people on TV before 9pm’
A Northern Ireland politician has been called a “bigoted old dinosaur” after claiming gay people should not be shown on TV before 9pm. Jim Wells (pictured) is a politician for Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and has a history of homophobic comments. He made the new claim on UK breakfast show Good Morning Britain. …