Day: December 14, 2016

Dec 14
General Manager Operations of NZAF Leaves

The New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) is sad to see Nick Laing, its General Manager Operations, resign after five years of service. He joined in 2012, but already had experience with the organisation through his time at the Auckland Sexual Health Service. Laing says that “it is with sadness and excitement that I have decided […]

Dec 14
South Australia Celebrates While Victoria Disappoints on Trans Laws

Article: Star Observer The South Australian Government is making good on its promise to amend discriminatory laws against LGBT+ people by passing five landmark bills in the past 48 hours. In 2015, Jay Weatherill’s  government commissioned the South Australian Law Reform Institute (SALRI) to investigate discriminatory legislation in the state’s law in regards to sexual orientation, gender, gender identity […]

Dec 14
New PM Revises Same-Sex Marriage Position

In a somewhat-unprecedented move, Bill English has come out, as it were, in a press conference to say that he is in support of same-sex marriage now. Telling reporters, he said “I’d probably vote differently now on the gay marriage issue, I don’t think that gay marriage is a threat to anyone else’s marriage”. This […]