Australia announces second openly gay athlete for Winter Olympics
Belle Brockhoff and Barbara Jezersek will represent Australia in South Korea.
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The LGBTI stories that shaped 2014
As we look ahead to 2015, the Star Observer reflects — in no particular order — on some of the highs and lows of gay and lesbian news in 2014, and what had people around Australia talking.
Brockhoff teams up with beyondblue to combat LGBTI mental health
Olympic snowboarder Belle Brockhoff, the only openly-gay Australian team member who competed in the Sochi Winter Olympics, has joined beyondblue as an ambassador for the mental health awareness organisation
Sochi Winter Olympics end with minimal rainbow protests
THE Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games came to end on Sunday night with no athlete publicly protesting Russia’s controversial ‘gay propaganda’ laws. The closing ceremony saw …
Brockhoff misses Olympic final, determined to speak out
AUSTRALIAN Olympian Belle Brockhoff has revealed she was the target of anti-gay bigotry over social media after she missed the final of the snowboard cross event …
‘Gay propaganda’ ban can’t prevent rainbows at Sochi
THE Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics have had a hue of rainbow cast over it as Russia’s ‘gay propaganda’ laws continued to gather plenty of discussion …
Star Observer Weekly News Wrap Up
This week’s top stories in Star Observer LGBTI news Ugandan president blocks homophobic bill REPORTS have emerged that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has blocked the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. …
Belle Brockhoff: gay Aussie snowboarder heading to Sochi
BELLE Brockhoff may have a reputation as one of the world’s best snowboarders, but it’s as Australia’s only openly-gay athlete for the Sochi 2014 Winter …