Day: November 5, 2015

Houston voters have rejected a ordinance which would have outlawed anti GLBT discrimination. The measure failed by a vote of 61 percent to 39 percent. Conservative opponents of the law allege that it would allow men dressed as women, including sexual predators, to enter women’s restrooms Proponents of the measure, including the city’s lesbian Mayor […]

France will remove the lifetime ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood.  “Giving blood is an act of generosity, of civic responsibility, and the donor’s sexual orientation cannot be a condition,” Health Minister Marisol Touraine said in Paris. Lifting of the ban, introduced in 1983 to halt the spread of AIDS, amounted to “lifting […]

The GABA executive is seeking to change the organisation’s name to ‘Rainbow Auckland’. GABA is looking at changing its name again – this time to ‘Rainbow Auckland’. The move was announced at the November mixer, with the case being made by the executive that a change to ‘Rainbow Auckland’ would be “more inclusive and a […]

GABA’s November mixer was held at the reopened Tom Tom restaurant and bar at Victoria Park Market, with many of the guests saying they hope the venue stays a permanent fixture for the summer months. President Heather Carnegie announced a number of luxury items donated for GABA’s charitable auction scheduled to be held at the Hilton on Sunday […]

The International AIDS Society  have announced the dates and theme for the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) The conference will take place next year between 18-22 July 2016 in Durban, South Africa, the second time Durban has hosted the conference. The theme of 2016’s conference is “Access Equity Rights Now. Organisers say the theme is […]