Day: June 13, 2014

New community group with a trans* focus. A new Facebook group has been established and whilst it is a closed group it will accept membership from anyone who would like to ask questions in a respectful manner about the transgender community. This may be for news or media articles, professional development, research purposes, or to […]

Alexia is the co-author of popular blog www.cheapeats.co.nz the Auckland guide to eating great food without going bankrupt. The lovely editor, Olly, and I headed out to check out one of Ponsonby’s latest additions – Farina. We loved the options of small plated Italian street food, bigger full meals or Toto’s pizza by the metre. […]

The digital global media organisation Vocativ has developed a Queer Index to rank Rainbow friendly cities in America. The index incorporates data from open databases, public sites and social networks. 16 “key lifestyle metrics” were measured and “specific factors” included the size of cities LGBT communities, number of “out” singles, openly gay and lesbian politicians, […]

The United Nations General Assembly has elected Ugandan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sam Kutesa as its next President. The virulently anti-gay Minister will start his one year term in September. LGBT Ugandans have been subjected to a harsh anti-gay Law that came into effect last February. Kutesa was a vociferous supporter of the new Law, […]