(New York) Facebook on Thursday added civil unions and domestic partnerships to the list of relationships that its users can pick from to best describe their romantic status. The world’s largest online social network also gives its users the option to list themselves as single, married, in an open relationship or “it’s complicated,” among others. [...]
Australian politicians will ask voters whether gay marriage should be legalised after the Green Party won a motion on the issue. The party won the motion by 73 votes to 72. It was deadlocked at 72-72 and Speaker Harry Jenkins was forced to use his casting vote. A poll carried out for gay rights groups [...]
Lawmakers in the Australian state of Tasmania have approved a bill that recognizes the marriages and civil unions of gay and lesbian couples formed outside its borders. The state’s Legislative Council approved the amendment to the Relationships Act with little opposition, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported. While gay couples cannot legally marry anywhere in [...]
The Scavenger reports that, in an Australian first, non-gender specific birth certificates are now being issued in New South Wales. Sydney resident norrie mAy-Welby was reportedly issued a ‘Sex Not Specified’ Recognised Details Certificate by the New South Wales government following a campaign by the group Sex and Gender Education (SAGE). Spokesperson for SAGE, Tracie [...]
Mr Gay South Africa, restaurant owner Charl Van den Berg from Cape Town, beat 30 international contestants to take out has the top Worldwide Mr Gay title. Coming in second was an excited 25 year old Mr Gay Australia Byron Adu, followed by Mr Gay Hong Kong, 33 year old Rick Dean Twombley. Take a [...]
The rumours are true – Dannii Minogue is pregnant. The songstress and X Factor judge announced the news on her Twitter page, saying: “Woo hoo I’m gonna be a mummy!” The baby is due in July, and the father is Dannii’s boyfriend Kris Smith, 31, a former rugby league player. Last year in a television [...]
Lily Allen hits Australia next month for Big Day Out 2010, and she assures us that there won’t be any miming, unlike Britney Spears’ recent tour, which attracted a great deal of criticism. “I have never ever, ever lip-synced in my life,” Allen told UK publication The Sun. “I think I would be even worse [...]
At 4PM when the whistle blows everybody kiss! Why must we wait for Mardi Gras or to be on Oxford Street to kiss our lover in the street? Why does our first love kiss not occur freely in a restaurant or on a public bench like straight people? Are you fed up with walking with [...]
Why November 28? Groups around the country are busy gearing up for large demonstrations on November 28 to launch the Year of Action for Same-Sex Marriage. The Australian Senate is due to release a landmark report on same-sex marriage two days earlier, and we intend sending a clear message to the Government that the time [...]
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