Category: New Zealand
There will now be no cap to the number of gender reassignments surgeries performed in New Zealand. The Government plans to dramatically increase the number of genital affirmation surgeries for transgender patients. Newsroom.co.nz reports that the Government will remove the current cap which is currently set at three male to female surgeries and one female to […]
The Nominees for prestigious NZ Comedy Awards the 2019 Billy T’s were released yesterday. The majority of nominees come from the queer community with James Mustapic, Ray Shipley and Tom Sainsbury all nominated, alongside Kura Forrester and Donna Brookbanks. James Mustapic (best known for his web series’ Shorty Street Scandal and Repressed Memories) has a […]
Auckland Museum is the first Museum in New Zealand to have been awarded the Rainbow Tick, an external audit and quality improvement programme designed to help an organisation to be a safe, welcoming and inclusive place for people of diverse gender identity and sexual orientation. “The Museum encourages diversity in the workplace and sees real value in embracing people from a […]
Brazilian born Lesbian Boxer Geovana Peres has become the number one ranked boxer in one of the Major boxing bodies, the World Boxing Association. Peres who got her New Zealand Citizenship in July 2018, started boxing in 2015 as an amateur. After three amateur bouts, Geovana turned pro in 2017. Since then she won two […]
Mika says LGBT icon Carmen Rupe had sexual relations with a number of high profile All Blacks. Mika made the claims while on Maori TV’s Native Affairs program, promoting his new book I Have Loved Me A Man. The entertainer says Carmen Rupe was a mentor of his and says he knows the name of […]
Donald Trump’s new policy will insist those couples are married —even if they’re from countries that ban same-sex marriage. The Trump administration will no longer provide visas for same-sex domestic partners of foreign diplomats and U.N. officials serving in the U.S., a policy that went into effect Oct. 1. Foreign Policy reports that the new […]
Auckland’s gay rugby team will travel to Wellington for a game against the Straight Ups Invitational XV and mark the beginning of gay rugby in New Zealand. October’s game will mark 20 years since the first match between two gay rugby teams in New Zealand and the world To mark the 20th anniversary of that […]
There are around 3500 people living with HIV in New Zealand, but estimates show that over 500 don’t know it. A 2018 survey by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation found that 1 in 4 sexually active men who have sex with men (MSM) in New Zealand have never had an HIV test. “This is extremely […]