Category: New Zealand
A group called the Lesbian Rights Alliance Aotearoa have raised concerns over the new Birth, Deaths, Marriages and Relationships Registration Act, saying that it risks women’s rights. The group’s press release, which was published on Scoop and later quoted in the NZ Herald, said that the bill could ‘render the sex discrimination protections in the […]
The Anglican Diocese of Nelson has rejected the wider New Zealand church’s stance of allowing same-sex couples to be blessed in the church. The Anglican Diocese of Nelson Synod this week passed a motion to be in “impaired fellowship” with the Anglican Church of New Zealand over a recent motion to allow Bishops the right […]
Dunedin Pride has announced their first-ever Pink Youth Ball for the Otago region. The ball is for LGBTI+ high school students from ages of 13 – 18y. The ball will take place on Saturday 8 September, at the Otago Museum, with a theme of Outer Space Rainbows! Tee Bouttier-Esprit, the youth ball co-ordinator for Dunedin Pride, explains the […]
Getting tested for HIV in Queenstown isn’t always easy, which is why Ending HIV has partnered with Winter Pride – bringing free HIV testing to NZ’s favourite ski destination this September. Options are limited for free HIV testing in Queenstown throughout the year, with the Wakatipu Sexual Health Clinic open for less than 4 hours […]
Throughout August, Auckland Pride invites LGBTIQ+ individuals and Tāmaki Makaurau’s rainbow communities to join in the dialogue at their annual series of Auckland Pride Community Hui. Auckland Pride says the feedback from these meetings will directly influence the mahi of the Auckland Pride Board, as well as the Festival Director and Parade Director. Open to everyone, the dates and venues for the […]
The conservative lobby group have slammed the proposed birth certificate changes, saying it proposes “ideology” over biology. Family First have come out against the government’s proposed changes to birth certificates, labelling them “disturbing.” The government is proposing that changes to birth certificates be made with a simple statuary declaration from an individual rather than a […]
Karen O’Leary talks to Oliver Hall about drunkenly stumbling into acting and scoring roles in What We Do in the Shadows, The Breaker Uppers and TV’s top new kiwi comedy Wellington Paranormal. Karen O’Leary accidentally fell into acting! “My official day job is running a community-based early childhood centre,” she explains to express. “One of […]
Northland man Chris Swannell has made history. Chris Swannell has become New Zealand’s first openly gay Anglican Priest. Swanell, who owns a boutique lodge at Russel’s Orongo Bay with his partner of 25 years, Michael Hooper, has served the Russel Community for the past 13 years as a church deacon. The Anglican church previously expected […]