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Australia Expands Rights for Gay and Lesbian Couples
By Jonas Oliver
The Australian senate has passed legislation giving same-sex couples the same rights as straight heterosexual couples. The legislation which redefines the definition of a ‘de facto’ relationship to include gay and lesbian couples, extends equal rights in nearly 100 areas including tax, social security, health, aged care, employment and superannuation entitlements, thereby giving same-sex couples the exact same rights as opposite-sex couples living together in common-law relationships.
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Transsexual Gene Found, Researchers Claim
By Jonas Oliver
The nature side of the nature vs. nurture argument as it relates to gender identity got a significant boost of support today. According to a BBC report, a team of Australian researchers have identified what they are describing as a significant link between a gene involved in testosterone action and male-to-female transexualism.
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Jerry Lewis’ Latest Anti-Gay Slur
By Jonas Oliver
Last year during his annual telethon on behalf of the Muscular Dystrophy association, legendary comedian and philanthropist Jerry Lewis called his cameraman an ‘illiterate fag’ on live television. Lewis immediately apologized for making the comment and all seemed to have been forgotten. That is until during a press conference in Sydney last week, Lewis used nearly the same slur to describe one of Australia’s most popular sports.
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Olympic Gay Diver Matthew Mitcham Lands aussieBum Sponsorship
By Mark Umbach
In the weeks that have followed the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, sports fans through the LGBT community wondered whether or not gay Australian gold medalist Matthew Mitcham could land any national sponsors. Now Mitcham, the only openly gay male of the Beijing Games, may soon become the latest model for aussieBum, an underwear and swimsuit company founded by Sean Ashby of Sydney back in 2001.
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HIV Cases Up Fifty Percent in Australia
By Jonas Oliver
A new study conducted by the National Center of HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia has found that the number of HIV cases in Australia has risen by almost fifty percent in the last eight years. The findings of the study suggest that rate of HIV infection in Australia is currently at the highest level since 1993.
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Give Matthew Mitcham a Lick
By Mark Umbach
Although he’s not exactly raking in the hefty sponsorships yet, he will soon be coming to a mailbox Down Under. Out Olympic gold medalist and all-around fan favorite Matthew Mitcham will soon have his own postage stamp. The Australia Post will produce a sheet of stamps to celebrate the accomplishments of all of the country’s gold medalists from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Mitcham became a stand out at the recent games when he became the only non-Chinese athlete to win a gold medal in the diving events.
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HIV Infection from Gay Blood Donation Likely 'Once Every 5769 Years'
The Tribunal hearing a case against the Australian Red Cross gay blood ban has been told that if the current bar on gay blood donation is lifted, a single HIV-positive blood donation from a gay man will slip through clinical screening in Tasmania once every 197 years. If only gay men who have safe sex are allowed to donate, as sought by the man who initiated the current gay blood ban challenge, Michael Cain, that figure decreases to once every 5769 years.
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Smuggling Ring Busted for Disguising Illegal Steroids as Gay Sex Lube
By Ann Turner
A smuggling ring in Australia has been busted for importing illegal steroids into the country disguised as gay sex lubricant. Customs officials seized more than 150 bottles of the face 'gay lube oil' across Australia. The seized product contained testosterone and Deca Durabolin (an injectable steroid), among other ingredients. As the 2008 Beijing Olympics draw near, customs officials in Australia say they have seen a sharp rise in the smuggling of steroids into the country.
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Ian Thorpe Ends Gay Rumors, Says He's Dating a Girl
By Mark Umbach
For years, probably since his appearance at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, many have been speculating, and most gay men have been hoping, that the Thorpedo—gold medal winner Ian Thorpe—was indeed a homo. Well, don’t count on it.
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Former Senior Judge Calls on Australian Government to Broaden Gay Reform Proposal
By UK Gay News
One of Australia’s most senior former judges has written to the Federal Government urging it to allow same-sex couples access to the federal Family Court, and to recognise state civil union registries in federal law. Professor Alastair Nicholson, former Chief Justice of the Family Court, has appealed to the Government on the eve of the introduction of reforms which will give equal financial and workplace entitlements to same-sex de facto partners.
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