Day: April 8, 2026

A recent RNZ Pacific article reported that the number of Fijians living with HIV has risen to at least 9,000—almost one percent of the population. To put this in perspective: New Zealand, with a population five times larger than Fiji’s, has around 3,500 people estimated to be HIV-positive—less than 0.1 percent of our population. Fiji’s […]

Ignacio “Nacho” Lago is being widely celebrated across Argentina after a resurfaced interview, featuring a touching message from his boyfriend, went viral. The 23-year-old winger, who plays for Club Atlético Colón, became emotional in a clip from a July 2025 episode of Sangre y Luto, a weekly programme co-produced by AIRE de Santa Fe and […]

The Trump administration has withdrawn from an agreement designed to protect trans students in five school districts and one college. According to AP, the US Department of Education terminated the agreements on 6 April. The protections had originally been negotiated under Title IX by the Obama and Biden administrations. Title IX is a civil rights […]

A man has been arrested following an alleged shooting outside an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, last Wednesday (1 April). Thankfully, no one was injured in the incident, according to local reports. Police allege that 37-year-old Timothy James Truett opened fire outside Pulse Ultra Club, damaging a vehicle owned by the venue’s proprietor. […]

Backstreet Boys singer Brian Littrell has pushed back on claims that he used homophobic language during a tense confrontation with a beachgoer outside his Florida home, after video of the incident sparked widespread criticism online. Early reports alleged that Littrell had used a homophobic slur during a 22 March altercation with a man identified as […]