Day: October 9, 2026

A new parliamentary petition is calling for New Zealand’s legal definition of rape to be expanded, ensuring survivors receive equal recognition regardless of their gender, anatomy or the nature of the sexual assault. A petition submitted to Parliament is challenging New Zealand’s existing definition of rape, arguing that the law should recognise all forms of […]

US public schools recorded a record 11,982 book bans over the past school year, with PEN America saying books featuring LGBTQ+ people, race and racism continue to be disproportionately targeted. Book bans in US public schools have reached their highest level since free-expression organisation PEN America began tracking them five years ago. Its latest Banned […]

One of the year’s most acclaimed queer films is heading to Aotearoa, with La Bola Negra arriving in New Zealand cinemas on 15 October. Directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi — better known collectively as Los Javis — the sweeping Spanish drama spans 85 years, moving between 1932, 1937 and 2017 as the lives […]