Day: October 23, 2017

The new Far North District Council chief executive is being investigated for his alleged comments about his councillors referring to “one homosexual”. The Herald reports that the comments were allegedly made in community meetings and that it is believed a complaint to the Human Rights Commission was made by the only openly gay councillor, Dave […]

A British man has been given a jail sentence in Dubai for touching another man’s hip in a bar, something he says he did to avoid spilling his drink. Jamie Harron, 27, will be jailed for three months after spending time stuck in the country since the incident on July 15. Legal advocates, Detained in […]

The World Health Organisation Director-General has backtracked on his appointment of Robert Mugabe as a ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ after international pressure. “I have listened carefully to all who have expressed their concerns, and heard the different issues that they have raised,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “It is my aim to build a worldwide movement for […]

Model Ines Rau has become the first ever transgender Playboy Playmate. Rau, who has graced the pages of Vogue Italia, is featured as the November Playmate centrefold, three years after first celebrating her coming out with a nude photo in the magazine. Speaking to Playboy, she says while doing the shoot she was thinking about […]