Taylor Swift has spoken out about her cancelled Eras Tour Vienna shows. (Getty) Taylor Swift has explained her reason for not previously speaking out over her cancelled Eras Tour shows in Vienna after a foiled terrorist plot, telling fans: “Let me be very clear.” The “Cruel Summer” hitmaker took to Instagram on 22 August (Thursday)
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Kameron Saunders appears in Taylor Swift’s ‘I Can Do It With A Broken Heart’ music video. (Getty) The beloved Eras Tour dancer Kameron Saunders is featured in Taylor Swift’s “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart” music video. The dancer is famed for his hilarious variations of saying “like ever” in the bridge of
AOC president Anna Meares has defended Rachael Gunn’s Olympic Breakdancing 2024 performance. (Getty) Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) president Anna Meares has defended breakdancer Rachael Gunn’s performance at the Olympic Breakdancing 2024 event, dubbing it “courageous”. The country’s first Olympic breakdancer, known as “Raygun”, went viral online after debuting her unconventional dance moves at the inaugural
Australian break-dancer Rachael Gunn refuses to listen to trolls. (Getty) “Raygun”, Australia’s Olympic breakdancer has returned with new dance moves after being the subject of non-stop online memes. The country’s first Olympic breakdancer Rachael Gunn went viral online after debuting her unconventional moves at the inaugural Olympic breaking competition on 9 August. The event saw
Cindy Ngamba is guaranteed a medal at the Paris Olympics. (Getty) Cameroonian refugee Cindy Ngamba has issued a heart-warming message after making history as the first Refugee Olympic Team member to secure a medal. Ngamba, who is based in the UK, beat France’s Davina Michel to reach the 75kg semi-finals on Sunday (4 August), guaranteeing
Luke Thompson has spoken out about Benedict’s season on Bridgerton. (Netflix) Bridgerton star Luke Thompson has offered an update on Benedict Bridgerton’s season in the series. After the infamous carriage scene between Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington, fans are waiting with bated breath to see what the rest of season three of the Netflix series
Controversial comedian Rob Schneider performs onstage during the ‘Comedy in Your Car’s’ drive-In concert at Ventura County Fairgrounds and Event Center on August 28, 2020 in Ventura, California.(Getty) When the Hospitals of Regina Foundation invited former Saturday Night Live star Rob Schneider to perform at their Four Seasons Ball fundraiser, they probably weren’t expecting to have to
The Bridgerton season three part two trailer is finally here. (Netflix) Dearest gentle reader, the Bridgerton season three part two trailer has arrived, and it sees Eloise Bridgerton threatening Penelope Featherington’s identity. Warning: Bridgerton season two and three spoilers ahead. Penelope Featherington’s future now hangs in the balance. (Liam Daniel/Netflix) The trailer for the long-awaited
Nymphia Wind celebrated her Drag Race win. (presidentialoffice/YouTube) RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Nymphia Wind has performed for Taiwan’s president to mark her momentous win on the series. The Taiwan-born, New York-based drag queen led a performance to celebrate pride and diversity at Taiwan’s presidential office on 15 May. Nymphia performed in front of the Taiwanese
The Eurovision Song Contest has long boasted a passionate queer fanbase, but this year many queer people have decided to boycott the event over the participation of Israel, as the Hamas-Israel war rages on. On Saturday (10 May), the 68th Eurovision Song Contest will be broadcast live from Malmö following Loreen’s 2023 win, with 37
The church leader was met with opposition from LGBTQ+ supporters. (Stock images/Getty) Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki fled his own anti-trans protest after enduring backlash from LGBTQ+ supporters. Tamaki – the self-appointed bishop of the Destiny Church in New Zealand – organised the protest on 6 May outside Te Tahi Youth Centre, Christchurch. The venue
Josh Cavallo wouldn’t go to the 2034 FIFA World Cup in Saudi Arabia over anti-gay laws. (Getty) Out gay footballer Josh Cavallo has revealed he wouldn’t go to the 2034 FIFA World Cup in Saudi Arabia if selected, because of the country’s anti-gay laws. The 24-year-old Australian footballer said football clubs should make it clear
Michelle Lesco during Nathan’s Famous 2021 July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest. (Getty) A hot dog eating content is the latest sport that could potentially have been undermined by trans inclusion, according to a ‘gender-critical’ group – even though the winner is a cisgender woman. The self-described “data analysis” group, She Won, listed the sausage-swallowing
The AFL player has accepted a ban. (Getty) Australian Football League (AFL) player Jeremy Finlayson has accepted a three-match ban for using a homophobic slur which he admitted was “hurtful and totally unacceptable”. Umpire microphones recorded the “unprompted and highly offensive” homophobic language Finlayson uttered towards an Essendon opponent at Adelaide Oval during a match
30 nation states approved of the resolution on Thursday. (Getty) The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council has adopted a landmark resolution to combat the discrimination intersex people face. The first-of-its-kind resolution, which recognises that “persons with innate variations in sex characteristics” have faced discrimination in “all areas of life”, was agreed on Thursday (4
Sam Kerr has pleaded not guilty in court(Matt King/Getty Images for Football Australia) Australia captain and Chelsea striker Sam Kerr has pleaded not guilty to racially aggravated harassment of a police officer in London, with a trial set for early next year. The footballer – part of the Matildas squad at the 2023 Women’s World
The Aussie football star has come out as non-binary. (Getty) Grace Wilson has come out as non-binary, becoming the first A-League footballer in Australia to do so. The Adelaide United goalkeeper has said “a huge weight has lifted” after coming out to the public and becoming their most authentic self. In a huge step for
Jesse Baird (L) and Luke Davies (R)(Instagram/@jessebairddd) Police in Sydney searching for missing couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies say they have found two bodies. New South Wales police commissioner Karen Webb told the BBC they are “very confident” that the bodies are those of Baird and Davies. The pair were last seen alive on
Participants during the 2019 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. (James D. Morgan/Getty) New South Wales (NSW) police have been asked not to march in this year’s Mardi Gras parade in Sydney after an officer was charged with the murder of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. Officers will no longer be welcome as part
Taylor Swift granted the little girl’s wish. (Natalie Oliver/Facebook/Getty) Taylor Swift helped a little girl with terminal cancer to be granted her wish when she met the singer on the opening night of The Eras Tour, Sydney. The nine-year-old girl, Scarlett, was diagnosed with brain cancer and was given a prognosis of just 12-18 months
An advert posted online for the ‘Mi Amore Fest’ event (Twitter) Federal agents have allegedly shut down a My Little Pony convention in Moscow, Russia, accusing the animated programme of promoting ‘LGBTQ+ propaganda’, reports news site The Insider. According to The Insider, the raid was conducted to break up an event called “Mi Amore Fest,”
Houthi rebels control large parts of Yemen. (AFP/Getty) A Houthi-run court in Yemen has sentenced 13 people to executed, on charges relating to homosexuality, a judicial court confirmed this week. The Houthi movement, officially known as Ansar Allah, is a Shia Islamist political and military organisation that emerged in Yemen during the 1990s. Houthi militants
Bubba Pollock took a photo with an LGBTQ+ ally and activists dad in a palliative care ward. (Credit: Facebook) A man has pleaded guilty to criminal harassment charges after taking a selfie at the hospital bedside of an LGBTQ+ activist’s dying father. Bubba Pollock, 34, was charged with criminal harassment in June 2023 after travelling
Burundi’s president Evariste Ndayishimiye said LGBTQ+ people should be ‘put in a stadium and stoned’ in a hateful speech. (Getty) Burundi’s president Evariste Ndayishimiye said that queer people in the east African nation ‘should be stoned’ amid a virulent anti-LGBTQ+ tirade. Ndayishimiye, who has led Burundi since 2020, lashed out against LGBTQ+ rights in a
Billy and Elliot (Melbourne Zoo) In absolutely adorable animal news, a gay swan couple at a zoo has been given 3D-printed eggs to raise after they built a beautiful nest together. The two male black swans – named Billy and Elliot – live at the Melbourne Zoo together after being rescued follow a dog attack.
Some of our greatest LGBTQ+ celebs, change-makers and allies died in 2023 – people such as singer Tina Turner, adult-actor Sophie Anderson, and TV legend Paul O’Grady. But they left behind fantastic legacies, filled with moving music, creativity, joyous laughter and lasting memories for the LGBTQ+ community. As another year draws to a close, we
Elon Musk claimed people in industrialised countries like Italy should have more children or risk losing their “culture”. (Getty) Elon Musk claimed people should have more babies to ensure their “culture” doesn’t “disappear” before raging about a “woke” virus at a right-wing event in Italy. The billionaire attended the Atreju festival, which was hosted by
Consensual same-sex sexual activity is punishable by imprisonment in Qatar. (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto/Getty) A gay man who was allegedly deported from Qatar – where LGBTQ+ people face persecution, imprisonment and even death – just for wearing tinted moisturiser has recalled the “humiliating” incident. Gilbert Ignatius, who was celebrating his 32nd birthday at a hotel bar in the capital
When he made the tough choice to flee Uganda, in the wake of the country’s draconian anti-LGBTQ+ law being passed, activist Henry Mukiibi thought: “What have I left behind?” Mukiibi, the executive director of LGBTQ+ group Uganda’s Children of the Sun Foundation (COSF), has been on the run and living in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi,
Jair Bolsonaro (left) and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (right) will face each other in a run-off election in 30 October. (Getty) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known more commonly as leftist politician Lula, is the new president of Brazil after a nail-biting run-off election against anti-LGBTQ+ monster Jair Bolsonaro. Brazil went to the polls earlier
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