Day: May 5, 2020

Historian Gareth Watkins revisits significant dates in Aotearoa’s queer history. 26 May 1917 Dr Hjelmar von Dannevill was imprisoned for suspicious activity on Matiu Somes Island in Wellington Harbour. Dannevill had arrived in New Zealand in 1911 with little documentation.  With the onset of World War I, Dannevill came to the attention of the authorities. […]

In a time of physical distancing, Body Positive’s Mark Fisher asks what is the future for casual sex, sex on-site premises and people engaged in sex work? Physical isolation is the new normal as restrictions due to COVID continue. Walking outside or sharing a bench are considered dangerous and hugging or kissing as a form […]

The Police Force in the United Kingdom has been hit with a scathing review by a former openly gay police officer. Kevin Maxwell, who has recently written a book titled Forced Out on his experience in the police force, has slammed the culture of the organisation and said that unfortunately, the attitudes are “too ingrained” […]

With NZ still in Level 3 Lockdown, Rainbow Auckland has moved their May monthly mixer, featuring Labour Party MPs Louisa Wall and Tamati Coffey to an online Chat on both Facebook and Zoom. The virtual mixer featuring the Labour MPs will give members of Rainbow Auckland to hear directly from Wall and Coffey, with the […]

During a protest against government ‘negligence’ throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, a transgender woman has set herself on fire in the Capital City of Georgia, Tbilisi. The incident occurred as several Georgia transgender women gathered in front of Tbilisi City Hall to protest a lack of support from the government during the coronavirus outbreak. During the […]