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June 5, 2013
Protesters disrupt anti-gay lecture by Oxford professor in Perth, Australia

A lecture in Perth, Western Australia against same-sex marriage by University College Oxford law professor John Finnis was disrupted by protesters who drowned out most of his speech

Dozens of LGBT rights supporters disrupted a lecture by University College Oxford law professor John Finnis last night, drowning out most of his speech.

Finnis had been at the conservative Catholic Notre Dame University in Perth to deliver the lecture ‘Opposing death with dignity and same sex marriage: faith or reason?’ but a group of protesters organized by Equal Love WA (Western Australia) managed to render most of his speech unintelligible by banging on walls and chanting outside the lecture theater.

June 4, 2013
West Australian students to picket anti-gay Oxford professor’s speech

Students and supporters of LGBT rights in Perth, Western Australia will picket a speech by controversial University College Oxford law professor and LGBT rights opponent John Finnis

A lecture by a controversial anti-gay scholar will be picketed by students and supporters of LGBT rights tonight in Perth, Australia.

University College Oxford law professor John Finnis has written a series of articles opposing LGBT rights and same-sex marriage throughout his academic career and was scheduled to speak at the Perth Notre Dame University tonight.

Finnis will present a lecture entitled, ‘Opposing death with dignity and same sex marriage: faith or reason?’

February 2, 2013
Qatari man jailed over gay love triangle murder in Australia

A Qatari national has been sentenced to at least 15 years in jail in Perth, Australia, after being found guilty of murdering his partner’s lover

A 39 year old Qatari man has been jailed in Perth, Australia, after he murdered the long term partner of a man he was in a love triangle with.

Mohammed Ahmed Almansouri was convicted of murdering Kenny Horack in August of 2011 after tensions surrounding their shared lover Ben Campbell resulted in Almansouri stabbing Horack 14 times in a home the three men shared on and off.

December 18, 2012
A beach Christmas in Australia

GSN recalls the ghosts of Christmas past

For me Christmas always feels like an intrinsically Northern European tradition - the stories of St Nicholas and Good King Wenceslas seem more relevant when the nights are dark and the snow is actually deep and crisp and even. Christmas markets where you huddle around drinking glühwein and hot chocolate seem a lot more fun when you’re rugged up in hats and scarves, watching your friends skate madly around the temporary rink that has taken over the town square.

September 5, 2012
Australian PM hides from marriage equality campaigners

Australia’s Prime Minister has had to use a back entrance to avoid protesters in favor of marriage equality, while all federal Australian politicians have been sent a video dispelling myths around the issue

The Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has had to use a back entrance to avoid facing protesters in favor of same-sex marriage at Perth, Western Australia’s Curtin University.

Gillard used a back way into the university’s new Health Innovation Research Institute which she was officially opening.

The protesters began shouting ‘Shame Gillard, shame!’ when they learned she had slipped by them.

July 12, 2012
Dangerous AIDS denialists group sets up in Malaysia

Facebook group Movement Against the HIV-AIDS Theory set up in Malaysia

A dangerous theory that denies the connection between HIV and AIDS is being spread in Malaysia.

A Facebook group called Gerakan Bantah Teori HIV-AIDS Malaysia (meaning Movement Against the HIV-AIDS Theory Malaysia) was started two months ago and has 146 members.

Malaysian human rights activist Pang Khee Teik was alerted to the group when he was asked to be a member.

June 18, 2012
Opposition to gay marriage is like racism, says Aboriginal newsreader

Lesbian newsreader Narelda Jacobs has likened opposition to gay marriage to opposition to interracial marriages a generation ago

Mixed-race lesbian Australian news reader has likened opposition to gay marriage to opposition to interracial marriages a generation ago.

The face of Channel 10 news in Perth, Narelda Jacobs, whose mother is English-Irish and father is Aboriginal, said that at the time of her parents’ wedding ‘it was a major issue to have an interracial marriage’.

Jacobs said, as reported by Perth Now:

April 24, 2012
Clash planned at anti-gay marriage rally tonight

An anti-gay marriage rally in Perth is set to be gate-crashed by LGBT rights campaigners tonight

An anti-gay marriage rally planned by the Australia Family Association in Perth tonight is set to be challenged by up to 100 students standing up for gay rights.

The organiser of the counter-rally Sam Cavallaro told The West Australian:

April 2, 2012
Personal trainers: A luxury or a necessity?

Just how essential is a personal trainer for the modern gay fitness fanatic facing austerity measures?

With the global economic remaining relatively uncertain, I’ve been reviewing my outgoings to see where I might be able to make some savings.

My twice-weekly workout with my personal trainer is one of those items of expenditure that, on the face of it, would be one of the first things to go if times got hard. The thought terrifies me.

If you’ve never had a personal trainer, then it’s difficult to understand the deep bond and dependency that quickly forms.

January 23, 2012
Margaret Court shows up at Australian Open amid backlash

She's concerned by 'amount of hatred' directed at her due to anti-gay views

Margaret Court vowed she wouldn't stay away.

The 11-time Australian Open singles champion arrived in Melbourne Monday (23 January) night despite backlash against her over her outspoken comments against gay marriage.

'I love [gay people], I even work with them,' Court tells the Herald Sun. 'But what concerns me so much is the amount of hatred that has been directed at me.'

December 9, 2011
Tennis legends at odds over gay marriage

Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King slam Margaret Court for her efforts to block same-sex marriage in Australia

Tennis greats Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King both faced Margaret Court on the opposite side of the net during their playing days and now find themselves opposing the Australian again - this time on the issue of gay marriage.

Court, winner of three Wimbledons and a record 24 grand slam singles titles overall, is senior pastor in Perth’s Victory Life Church and is speaking out against efforts in Australia to legalize same-sex marriage.