Day: May 24, 2024

Kris Finlayson shares his deeply personal story of detaching himself from others to hide his sexuality until the day he bravely embraced his authentic self. I knew I was gay at six years old when I stumbled across a straight porn magazine. It’s a cliché, I know. I couldn’t care less about the motorcycles or […]

Historian Gareth Watkins explores past May dates that have had a profound effect on Aotearoa’s rainbow communities. 17 May 1915 In Auckland, Leslie Lander pleaded guilty to committing an unnatural act (buggery) and was sentenced to life imprisonment plus 10 years imprisonment for indecent assault. The 24-year-old had earlier been the key witness in the […]

UFC featherweight Bryce Mitchell has taken to social media in a controversial rant against the LGBTQ+ community, vaccines, public schools, and even author and poet Edgar Allan Poe. Mitchell, who made the comments via Instagram, in a post holding his baby son Tucker, began by describing vaccines as “poisonous,” warning others not to vaccinate their […]

The U.S. State of South Carolina is facing widespread criticism for passing a ban on gender-affirming care for trans young people, along with imposing “extreme” restrictions on healthcare for transgender adults. On Tuesday, 21 May, South Carolina’s governor, Henry McMaster, signed bill H4624 into law. The bill prohibits all gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers, hormone […]