Day: June 30, 2015
“Legal equality needs to result in health equality for GLB New Zealanders, and that begins with census, being counted,” a leading medical researcher says. The Gay Men’s Sexual Health (GMSH) research group, which is based at the University of Auckland has repeated calls to include sexual orientation in the 2018 census and has requested those […]
Participants in Istanbul’s pride parade refused to allow heavy handed police tactics deter their celebration. CNN reports that Sunday’s pride parade was interrupted by police who fired pepper spray, tear gas and rubber pellets at thousands when they arrived to march. While the parade has been held peacefully for the past 13 years, the Istanbul […]
EXCLUSIVE: Mika is currently in talks to perform at an alternative GLBT festival in place of Auckland Pride. Following on from the news that Mika Haka has parted with Auckland Pride, express has learnt that the acclaimed performer is currently in talks to perform at an alternative GLBT festival in place of Auckland Pride. The event […]
An Auckland trans woman says she was the victim of blatant discrimination at an Auckland Farmers store in Botany this morning. Whilst shopping with best friend Mitchell Harvey at Farmers Botany today, Kiwi transgender personality Mary Haddock-Staniland says she was asked by staff in the women’s fashion department if she was a man or woman; […]
Acclaimed performer Mika Haka has dumped Auckland Pride over the removal of Treaty of Waitangi references from the festival’s deed. Mika Haka last week cut off ties with Auckland Pride after the festival removed reference to the Treaty of Waitangi in it’s deed. The singer returned from LA where he performed at the LA Pride […]
More than 26 million Facebook users have changed their Facebook picture to a rainbow flag to celebrate the US Supreme Court’s decision on Saturday to extend marriage equality to all 50 states. In the wake of a landmark Supreme Court decision that made same-sex marriage a right across the United States, an astounding 26 million […]
The US Supreme Court ruled in favour of equal marriage rights in an historic decision on Saturday, ending more than a decade of bitter legal battles. The ruling means the 14 states with bans on same-sex marriage will no longer be able to enforce them. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote that the plaintiffs asked “for equal […]
Syphilis, Gonorrhoea and HIV are all on the rise in Auckland. Syphilis, gonorrhoea and HIV have all increased in the first quarter of 2015 according to the 2015 HIV Clinical Update. Average monthly syphilis cases have increased 118% over the last 18 months and average monthly gonorrhoea cases by 171% In addition, recent data from University […]