Day: April 17, 2023

Cook Islands’ Prime Minister Mark Brown called Friday’s decriminalisation the ‘historic day’ the Cook Islands ‘stomp out discrimination of the LGBT community.’ The Cook Islands has removed a law from its Crimes Act that made homosexuality illegal. Talking to express magazine, Pride Cook Island’s President Karla Eggelton, who has been campaigning for the decriminalisation for […]

Emma Williams first became involved in New Zealand’s surrogacy community in 2014, though it was not until 2017 that she matched with her intended parents. She carried twice for a gay couple, birthing Yavi and, a few years later, Yana. Both times, she benefitted from the expertise of not New Zealand but US IVF and […]

Saturday Night Live (SNL) has never been one to shy away from tackling important social issues, and the show’s latest episode was no different, with non-binary cast member Molly Kearney making a powerful statement in support of trans rights. Kearney made the statement during the “Weekend Update” segment on 15 April, when Kearney was introduced […]