Day: October 28, 2015

Nigel Owens, who is openly gay will make history refereeing the Rugby World Cup final between the All Blacks and Wallabies. The Rugby World Cup decider won’t be the first time Owens has refereed a game between New Zealand and Australia, the Welsh ref was recently in Auckland to referee the Bledisloe Cup decider at Eden Park. […]

American GLBT rights activist Dan Savage will deliver the keynote speech at the Science Teller Festival in Dunedin. 2015’s festival, run by the University of Otago has a ‘Sex and Science’ theme and will be headlined by controversial GLBT rights activist Dan Savage who the festival describe as  the “world’s most popular sex advice columnist”. […]

New research shows only half of those engaging in unprotected sex in New Zealand are getting tested for HIV, promoting calls for the funding of more rapid testing services. Only half (52.1%) of gay and bisexual men (GBM) engaging in condomless anal intercourse with casual partners had tested for HIV in the past year, according […]

Shocking new images have emerged of Islamic State brutally executing two men they accuse of being gay. Islamic State (ISIS) militants and their supporters stoned to death two men accused of being gay in Aleppo, Syria. The graphic images published on terrormonitor.org show a crowd, including children, throwing rocks at two bound and blindfolded men […]