Kate Doak, Author at Star Observer /author/kate-doak Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:50:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Kate Doak, Author at Star Observer /author/kate-doak 32 32 Arcade Fire accused of trans* “blackface” by Laura Jane Grace for ‘We Exist’ music video /news/international-news-news/arcade-fire-accused-of-trans-blackface-by-laura-jane-grace-for-we-exist-music-video/123323 /news/international-news-news/arcade-fire-accused-of-trans-blackface-by-laura-jane-grace-for-we-exist-music-video/123323#comments Tue, 27 May 2014 07:38:24 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=123323 Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! accuses Arcade Fire's Winn Butler of engaging in “blackface” entertainment at the expense of trans* people during the production of music video We Exist.

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Wollongong’s gay club Industry closes down /news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/wollongongs-gay-club-industry-closes-down/123333 /news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/wollongongs-gay-club-industry-closes-down/123333#comments Tue, 27 May 2014 06:35:20 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=123333 Wollongong is again without an gay nightclub, after the recently re-opened venue Industry closed its doors earlier this month.

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Barbra Streisand refutes alleged homophobic comments on new HBO movie /news/international-news-news/barbra-streisand-refutes-alleged-homophobic-comments-on-new-hbo-movie/123245 Sat, 24 May 2014 06:50:11 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=123245 Barbra Streisand has refuted reports of her allegedly making homophobic comments about scenes in HBO's upcoming gay-themed movie The Normal Heart, which is set around the AIDS epidemic of the US in the 1980s.

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White House supports review of trans* military ban /news/international-news-news/white-house-supports-review-of-trans-military-ban/122955 Tue, 20 May 2014 06:36:46 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=122955 THE White House has backed an ongoing review into the medical regulations that prevent the US Armed Forces from recruiting and keeping trans* soldiers. When asked about the ban and ...

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Abbott and Mundine in a “boo-off” for the Golden Gloria /news/national-news/abbott-and-mundine-in-a-boo-off-for-the-golden-gloria/122769 /news/national-news/abbott-and-mundine-in-a-boo-off-for-the-golden-gloria/122769#comments Thu, 15 May 2014 07:37:23 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=122769 LAST night NSW Parliament House hosted the annual Gay and Lesbian Outrageous, Ridiculous and Ignorant comments Awards (GLORIAs), with a large bipartisan crowd of politicians from both the Coalition and ...

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ճԹ of HIV infections decrease welcomed with caution /news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/news-of-hiv-infections-decrease-welcomed-with-caution/122590 Sun, 11 May 2014 23:17:18 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=122590 THE NSW Department of Health released encouraging news about the level of HIV infection rates across the state last week, with their year-on-year indicator showing that the number of infections ...

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NFL drafts Michael Sam as its first openly gay footballer /news/sport/nfl-drafts-michael-sam-as-its-first-openly-gay-footballer/122565 Sun, 11 May 2014 11:25:37 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=122565 AFTER seven rounds and 248 other players, Michael Sam became the first openly-gay player to be selected by an NFL team during the NFL’s annual draft in the US earlier ...

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Conchita Wurst wins Eurovision, beard and all /news/international-news-news/conchita-wurst-wins-eurovision-beard-and-all/122568 Sun, 11 May 2014 07:20:52 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=122568 AUSTRIAN drag queen Conchita Wurst has won the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, with a song called Rise Like a Phoenix that significantly won over the voting public of western Europe. ...

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Leno, Ellen, Branson takes on Brunei over Beverly Hills Hotel /news/international-news-news/leno-takes-on-brunei-over-beverly-hills-hotel/122540 /news/international-news-news/leno-takes-on-brunei-over-beverly-hills-hotel/122540#comments Sat, 10 May 2014 07:07:17 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=122540 PROTESTORS have besieged the iconic Beverley Hills Hotel in LA over recent days in response to the owner of the hotel, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei, planning to implement Sharia ...

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Smith College responds to protests of trans women discrimination /news/international-news-news/smith-college-responds-to-protests-of-trans-women-discrimination/122391 Tue, 06 May 2014 00:32:42 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=122391 MASSACHUSETTS’ prominent women-only academic institution Smith College has recently been surrounded with controversy after a group of students protested against the college’s admission policies in relation to young trans women. ...

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Voting still open for the GLORIAs /news/national-news/voting-still-open-for-the-glorias/122323 Mon, 05 May 2014 02:20:38 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=122323 THE GLORIAs are back with a bang this year, with NSW upper house Labor MP Penny Sharpe saying it will be a night to remember for everyone who attends the ...

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Trans* goal umpire joins the AFL’s ranks /news/sport/trans-goal-umpire-joins-the-afls-ranks/122220 Thu, 01 May 2014 02:56:44 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=122220 AUSSIE Rules football has taken another step towards full equality within its ranks, with news of Melbournian trans woman and goal umpire Michelle Diamond officiating her first Victorian Amateur Football ...

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Alaska’s Supreme Court rules in favor of elderly LGBTI couples /news/international-news-news/alaskas-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-elderly-lgbti-couples/122061 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 00:50:25 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=122061 ALASKA’S Supreme Court ruled in favour of elderly LGBTI families last Friday, striking down bans preventing committed LGBTI couples in the US state from accessing various property tax exemptions reserved ...

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California’s gay conversion therapy ban heads to Supreme Court /news/international-news-news/californias-gay-conversion-therapy-ban-heads-to-supreme-court/122059 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 03:58:04 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=122059 THE United States Supreme Court has been asked by the Pacific Justice Institute in the past week to review a law banning the use of conversion therapy on LGBTI youth ...

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Sydney Uni students evade LGBTI-targeted raid on sister Uganda university /news/international-news-news/sydney-uni-students-evade-lgbti-targeted-raid-on-sister-uganda-university/122057 /news/international-news-news/sydney-uni-students-evade-lgbti-targeted-raid-on-sister-uganda-university/122057#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2014 03:51:05 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=122057 THE University of Sydney has confirmed that none of their exchange students were caught up in a series of anti-LGBTI raids that took place at Makerere University in Uganda in ...

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Baird: “I chose my words poorly when I referred to a lifestyle choice” /news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/baird-i-chose-my-words-poorly-when-i-referred-to-a-lifestyle-choice/121871 /news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/baird-i-chose-my-words-poorly-when-i-referred-to-a-lifestyle-choice/121871#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2014 07:46:19 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=121871 THE new Premier of NSW has expressed his regret at previous comments he made to the media about homosexuality being a “lifestyle choice”. During an interview with Fairfax Media in ...

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Expected new NSW Premier’s past “homosexual lifestyle” comments resurface /news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/expected-new-nsw-premiers-past-homosexual-lifestyle-comments-resurface/121731 /news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/expected-new-nsw-premiers-past-homosexual-lifestyle-comments-resurface/121731#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2014 04:24:49 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=121731 NSW Treasurer Mike Baird is poised to become the state’s next premier, after the sudden resignation of Premier Barry O’Farrell yesterday. During a meeting with transport minister Gladys Berejiklian this ...

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Minnesota leads the way on anti LGBTI bullying, Australia lags behind /news/international-news-news/minnesota-leads-the-way-on-anti-lgbti-bullying-australia-lags-behind/121575 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 00:26:44 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=121575 THE Governor of the US state of Minnesota recently signed into law an anti-bullying bill that specifically included provisions for LGBTI students across the public and private school systems. The far-reaching ...

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Australia’s oldest uni moves in modern direction /news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/university-of-sydney-blackboard-article/121562 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 11:40:10 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=121562 THE University of Sydney’s Student Representative Council unanimously passed a motion late last week that urged the university to allow students to utilise their preferred names on the online learning ...

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Another basketball star publicly comes out /news/sport/another-basketball-star-publicly-comes-out/121570 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 03:21:11 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=121570 DERRICK Gordon has come out as the first openly-gay player in a Division 1 men’s college basketball team in the US over the past few days.  According to reports from ...

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