Category: Lifestyle
A proposed Health New Zealand scheme offering free HIV prevention consultations to Māori and Pacific people has sparked criticism from the ACT Party, despite official figures showing significant inequalities in access to PrEP. Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora is considering a pilot programme that would subsidise telehealth consultations for people accessing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), […]
Calling all fabulous fur babies and their humans! 🐾🏳️🌈 Burnett Foundation Aotearoa is bringing Pride Unleashed back this November, inviting Kiwis to get moving, have fun and raise $150,000 for vital rainbow community support services. It’s time to dust off those walking shoes, grab the lead and get ready to strut your stuff for a […]
White boxer briefs, a cheeky camera pan and one of football’s biggest heartthrobs? Calvin Klein knows exactly how to get our attention. Well, hello there, Jude Bellingham! The 23-year-old Real Madrid and England football star appears to be the latest sporting superstar slipping into his Calvins, and the first glimpses of his upcoming underwear campaign […]
Older Takatāpui and Rainbow New Zealanders experience abuse at almost twice the rate of the general older population, with new research exposing family rejection, discrimination in aged care and people being forced back into the closet. Almost one in three older Takatāpui and Rainbow New Zealanders has experienced abuse within the past year, according to […]
The WNBA has told Republican lawmakers that former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White are ineligible to play in the women’s league, after the pair launched a highly publicised challenge to its rules amid the political debate over transgender athletes. The WNBA has given its clearest answer yet to two former NBA players […]
New Zealand’s High Court has struck down Government regulations banning new puberty blocker prescriptions for young people with gender dysphoria or gender incongruence, finding the restrictions unlawfully discriminated against gender-diverse young people and were introduced following inadequate consultation. Aotearoa’s controversial restrictions on puberty blockers for transgender and gender-diverse young people have been overturned by the […]
Alex Consani has returned to the Victoria’s Secret runway for a third consecutive year, serving two dramatic looks and continuing a run that has helped reshape who gets to be seen as a mainstream fashion “Angel”. Trans supermodel Alex Consani is back on the Victoria’s Secret runway — and this time, she came with wings. […]
More than 50 Tasmanian doctors and other health practitioners have backed a proposed ban on LGBTQ+ conversion practices, telling MPs the practices are harmful, ineffective and incompatible with contemporary healthcare. More than 50 Tasmanian health professionals have signed a statement urging state MPs to support the Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026 ahead of expected parliamentary […]