Day: August 21, 2017

Adjusting to university life can be hard enough without also having to navigate issues surrounding your sexuality or gender identity. Currently studying at the University of Otago, one student keeps her sexuality a secret as homosexuality is very much frowned upon in her home country. She says “My parents and brother are also homophobic, so […]

Three drag queens came to the rescue of a New Zealand man in Sydney who was caught up in a homophobic attack and feared for his life. Ivan Flinn was heading home from a night out on Oxford St and he stopped at a kebab shop on his way when a group of men started abusing […]

Notoriously anti-LGBT+ organisation Family First has been stripped of its charity status. In 2013 Family First was removed from the Charities Register, however, the decision was appealed in two years later in the High Court with the Board being directed to reconsider the decision. Strong advocates against marriage equality, abortion and the general rights of […]