Category: Lifestyle
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 […]
France’s players received the highest volume of homophobic abuse directed at any national team during the 2026 men’s FIFA World Cup, according to a new report documenting hundreds of thousands of abusive social-media messages sent during the tournament. France’s national football team was subjected to more homophobic abuse online than any other country during the […]
New NHS England guidance says transgender patients should ordinarily be accommodated according to their sex at birth in single-sex wards and facilities, prompting warnings from trans advocates that the policy could deter people from seeking healthcare. NHS England has introduced new guidance changing how transgender patients and staff are expected to use single-sex spaces including […]
Football trailblazer Jaiyah Saelua tells YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall what her fa’afafine upbringing can teach us about belonging in sport, and why the future of transgender athletes begins with the communities they call home The debate about transgender athletes has become one of the most contentious conversations in international sport. Questions about eligibility, competitive advantage […]