Category: New Zealand
Georgina Beyer, the colourful former politician, has made a remarkable recovery from her heart disease, something she is calling “unbelievable” and a “miracle of miracles”. In her recent interview with Woman’s Day, the ex-Labour MP and former Carterton mayor revealed that her improbable recovery from cardiomyopathy, a chronic disease of the heart muscle, meant that she […]
AAMI has seized the opportunity to embrace acceptance and draw attention to its humorous campaign for roadside assistance with this delight, that also draws on an Aussie classic, Priscilla Queen of the Desert. The ad features Australian queens, Art Simone and Philmah Bocks, on their way to Broken Heel Festival, when their car breaks down […]
Laurel Hubbard will represent New Zealand in the 90kg+ female category at the Australian International later this month. A trans woman being selected for a national team is a landmark point for LGBT+ people. The International Olympic Committee’s Sex Reassignment/Hypoandrogenism Consensus Meeting in 2015 ruled “trans athletes are not [to be] excluded from the opportunity to […]
Registrations for Body Positive’s annual event for HIV-positive men to meet and socialise with other HIV-positive men are now open. The aim of the retreat is provide the opportunity to meet with other HIV positive men, provide opportunities to develop a support network, to create a safe and supportive environment for HIV positive men to […]
Tegan and Sara have cancelled their only New Zealand show at the Bruce Mason Theatre in Auckland this Saturday 11 March. Unfortunately, Tegan has fallen ill and lost her voice at the end of the duo’s European tour. The Australian tour has also been postponed as a result. Tegan says (on behalf of the duo), […]
In an editorial published on Saturday, the New Zealand Herald tried to do their part in the way of LGBT+-progression, but then went on to comment on and disseminate misinformation. The Herald took aim at comments made by newly-minted Mr Gay NZ, Charlie Tredway, who said that HIV-positive people who had undetectable viral loads were also virtually non-infectious. […]
AUT has made another forward step in being one of, if not the most, LGBT+-friendly university in New Zealand. It has set a goal that this year, all campuses will have all-gender bathrooms, so non-binary and trans students can feel comfortable going to the toilet whilst on-site. This comes off AUT’s massive float at the […]
Paul Foster-Bell, MP for National, has announced that he will not be standing for re-election in the general election later this year. As a list MP, he has said that he will both not contest the Wellington Central electorate as well as not standing as a list MP once again. Foster-Bell came into the pinklight, […]