Day: September 7, 2016

National LGBTI youth organisation InsideOUT have released a Schools Network resourcing programme to help schools and students create positive change. Staff and students signing up to the network will receive monthly newsletters and individual support, as well as a package of resources developed by InsideOUT and other relevant organisations. This pack will include the newly revised edition of […]

Auckland trans hairdresser Dakota Hemmingson is still waiting to be paid the $15,000 worth of compensation she was awarded following her unfair dismissal suit against Barker’s Groom Room employer Matt Swann. It was ruled that Hemmingson was forced out of her job when she came out as transgender and announced her transition in April 2015. The […]

Outgoing Gay MP Kevin Hague will speak at the Launch of Hamilton Pride Week this Friday 9 September at The Meteor, Hamilton.  Hague, who yesterday announced that he would be stepping down from his parliamentary role to pursue a role with Forest and Bird, has been staunch advocate for the rainbow community since long before he […]

In an interview with the UK’s Evening Standard, Ian McKellen got thinking about masculinity and declared that gay men are more masculine than straight men. “I think gay men are more masculine than straight men,” McKellen said. “Because, guess what? They love other men!” “So when bully boys say: “Faggot!” you say, ‘That’s right, I’m with […]