Category: New Zealand
With election day looming, it’s time to make sure your voice is heard and your vote counts. Here’s what you need to know to vote this election. How do you vote? It’s as simple as turning up to any voting place around the country and giving your full name and address – you don’t even […]
The Green Party have pledged funding LGBTI+ school support services to the tune of $5 million in its new youth mental health policy. “We need to ensure that every student is safe at school and that our schools are contributing towards breaking down stigma and discrimination against gender and sexuality,” says Green Party rainbow spokesperson […]
New Zealand is ranked number one in the world in youth suicide statistics, with sexuality, gender diverse and Māori youth among the highest at risk. Mika Haka, a long-time campaigner against youth suicide, is hosting his annual Mana Wahine Day, led by Māori and Pacific women, to give young women the opportunity to explore their […]
Damien Light was announced as the new leader of the United Future Party after Peter Dunne’s stepping down two weeks ago. Damien, who has captured attention because of his likeness to American film star Ryan Gosling is not however standing in Dunne’s old electorate of Ohariu in Wellington but Botany in Auckland where he lives […]
Johnny Lachlan Benjamin Lumsden was jailed for two years and six months when he appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Thursday 7 September. He had admitted charges of endangering the health of three men by criminal nuisance, telling the three men he was “clean” despite being HIV positive. Lumsden knew he had HIV since […]
A ten-year-old child in Central Otago has been attacked by a group of high school girls because of their androgynous appearance. The child’s mother told Fairfax that they had taken a bus after school to the high school to wait for older siblings who had netball training but decided to leave early without them. It […]
Notoriously anti-LGBT+ organisation Family First has been stripped of its charity status. In 2013 Family First was removed from the Charities Register, however, the decision was appealed in two years later in the High Court with the Board being directed to reconsider the decision. Strong advocates against marriage equality, abortion and the general rights of […]
LGBT+ support service OUTLine has seen a 50 percent increase in the number of calls received, with more than 11,000 calls received over a one year period ending 31 March. OUTLine General Manager, Trevor Easton, puts the increase down to the organisation raising its profile drastically over the past few years. “I think it’s more […]