Do rainbows make a difference?

Unless you’ve been tucked away under a rock somewhere, you likely would have seen the recent news that the US Supreme Court has ruled all 50 states in the nation must carry out and recognise marriages between people of the same sex.  This makes the US the 21st country or territory in the world to…

Rainbow hearts in shape of Olympics logo

The Furore over Rainbows in Sochi

During the lead up to the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, there was a lot of community, media and social media chatter about how overtly anti-LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans*) the Russian government is. It all began in 2013, when “President Vladimir Putin signed a law at the end of June prohibiting…