Naomi Kaplan, Author at Star Observer /author/naomi-kaplan Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:50:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Naomi Kaplan, Author at Star Observer /author/naomi-kaplan 32 32 Hillary Clinton reiterates support for gay marriage with logo change /news/international-news-news/clinton-reiterates-support-for-gay-marriage-with-logo-change/135651 /news/international-news-news/clinton-reiterates-support-for-gay-marriage-with-logo-change/135651#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2015 08:21:50 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=135651 HILLARY Clinton’s has changed the colours of her presidential campaign logo on social media to rainbow colours, symbolising her support for marriage equality. The switch came the same day the ...

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“Gay” cardigan created by Canadian LGBT people’s hair aims to end misuse of word “gay” /news/international-news-news/gay-cardigan-created-in-canada-aims-to-end-misuse-of-word-gay/134451 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:08:29 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=134451 A CARDIGAN knit from the donated hair of more than 100 LGBT people has taken social media by storm, with the aim of raising awareness on the incorrect and offensive use ...

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Proposed bill to shoot and kill gay and lesbians being circulated in California /news/international-news-news/law-to-shoot-and-kill-gay-and-lesbians-being-circulated-in-california/134422 /news/international-news-news/law-to-shoot-and-kill-gay-and-lesbians-being-circulated-in-california/134422#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2015 06:56:26 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=134422 CALIFORNIAN lawyer Matt McLaughlin’s proposal of the Sodomite Suppression Act to legalise the killing of gay and lesbian residents must now be circulated after he paid the fee to have the bill ...

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VIDEO: Loreen and Kazaky team up for equality /features/the-beat/video-loreen-and-kazaky-team-up-for-equality/134060 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 03:51:10 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=134060 EUROVISION Song Contest’s 2012 winner Loreen recently joined forces with all-male and stiletto-wearing dance trio Kazaky for a song on Swedish TV show Melodifestivalen 2015. The group lit up the ...

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Pride WA announces dates for Perth PrideFest’s 25th anniversary /news/pride-wa-announces-dates-for-this-years-25th-anniversary/134058 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 03:00:12 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=134058 PRIDE Western Australia has announced this year’s PrideFest key dates to celebrate the contribution the state’s LGBTI community to arts and culture over the past 25 years. The festival will run for 16 ...

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GLOBE community grants applications now open /news/globe-community-grand-applications-now-open/134056 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 03:46:12 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=134056 THE Melbourne-based Gay and Lesbian Organisation for Business and Enterprise (GLOBE) has opened its 2015 applications for the Community Grants Program aimed at Victorian LGBTI community groups, individuals and students. ...

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Launceston Council criticised for not approving marriage equality support bill /news/national-news/tasmania/launceston-council-criticised-for-not-approving-marriage-equality-support-bill/133892 /news/national-news/tasmania/launceston-council-criticised-for-not-approving-marriage-equality-support-bill/133892#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2015 08:56:02 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=133892 A MOTION to have Launceston City Council become the latest local government area in Australia officially in favour of marriage equality has failed. Earlier this week, during a meeting for the ...

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Sneak peek at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade floats /news/sneak-peek-at-the-sydney-gay-and-lesbian-mardi-gras-parade-floats/133565 /news/sneak-peek-at-the-sydney-gay-and-lesbian-mardi-gras-parade-floats/133565#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2015 11:14:41 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=133565 Ahead of the annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday night, here are some floats to look out for.

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Daylesford chosen as winner of GAYTM competition /artsentertainment/scene-events/mardi-gras/daylesford-chosen-as-winner-of-gaytm-competition/133553 /artsentertainment/scene-events/mardi-gras/daylesford-chosen-as-winner-of-gaytm-competition/133553#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2015 08:40:31 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=133553 Daylesford ANZ ATM gets a slash of colour in time for both the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and ChillOut.

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Gay Jewish group Dayenu to celebrate 15th anniversary this Mardi Gras /news/gay-jewish-group-dayenu-to-celebrate-15th-anniversary-this-mardi-gras/133357 /news/gay-jewish-group-dayenu-to-celebrate-15th-anniversary-this-mardi-gras/133357#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2015 23:29:07 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=133357 THIS year’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras will see Sydney-based Jewish LGBTI support group Dayenu marching to celebrate its 15th anniversary. Dayenu social committee member Jonathan Solomon said that reaching 15 years was ...

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UK Labour Party announces plans to make LBGT-inclusive sex education compulsory /news/international-news-news/uk-labour-party-announces-plans-to-lbgt-inclusive-sex-education-compulsory/133162 /news/international-news-news/uk-labour-party-announces-plans-to-lbgt-inclusive-sex-education-compulsory/133162#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2015 07:43:06 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=133162 THE UK Labour Party recently announced it would make Sex and Relationship Education (SRE) LGBT-inclusive and compulsory in state schools across the country to combat homophobic bullying, should they win ...

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HIV-positive boy expelled from Chinese village to “protect villagers’ heath” /news/international-news-news/hiv-positive-boy-expelled-from-chinese-village-to-protect-villagers-heath/131242 /news/international-news-news/hiv-positive-boy-expelled-from-chinese-village-to-protect-villagers-heath/131242#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2014 02:21:53 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=131242 OVER 200 residents in a southwestern Chinese province have signed a petition to expel eight-year-old HIV positive boy Kunkun from his village. The petition reads: “In order to ensure the ...

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Michigan bill gives “right to discriminate” LGBT people /news/international-news-news/right-to-discriminate-bill-passed-in-michigan/131043 /news/international-news-news/right-to-discriminate-bill-passed-in-michigan/131043#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2014 06:25:02 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=131043 THE midwestern US state of Michigan has just passed a bill that allows healthcare discrimination against LGBTI people under the guise of “religious freedom”. The state’s House of Representatives passed the ...

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LGBT-friendly religious leaders join #BlackLivesMatter campaign /news/international-news-news/lgbt-friendly-religious-leaders-join-blacklivesmatter-campaign/131038 /news/international-news-news/lgbt-friendly-religious-leaders-join-blacklivesmatter-campaign/131038#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2014 06:13:36 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=131038 AFRICAN-American LGBT religious leaders are collaborating with churches across the US to wear black during Sunday mass services to fight discrimination. The initiative is part of the wide-reaching social media campaign #Blacklivesmatter, ...

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First gay pride march in Indian capital after re-criminalisation /news/international-news-news/first-gay-pride-march-in-indian-capital-after-re-criminalisation/130658 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 04:36:33 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=130658 THE capital city of India had its first gay pride march since homosexuality was re-criminalised in December last year. Almost a thousand gay and lesbian activists paraded through central New ...

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Story of growing up gay, Asian and in a small town heading to TV /news/story-of-growing-up-gay-asian-and-in-a-small-town-heading-to-tv/130534 /news/story-of-growing-up-gay-asian-and-in-a-small-town-heading-to-tv/130534#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2014 07:16:01 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=130534 SCREEN Australia recently announced a $10.7 million funding for 11 new TV series, with gay-themed stories among the crop. One of them is an adaptation of Benjamin Law’s The Family ...

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