Category: New Zealand

Aug 25
Kiwi GLBT Leader in Germany Diagnosed with Cancer

Twenty nine year old GLBT leader Daniel Chorley was diagnosed with cancer on 2  August this year in Germany. Now he is appealing for help getting back to his family in New Zealand and support to fight this disease.   Daniel has been a key community leader in Auckland’s GLBT community for over a decade as an  an instrumental leader for […]

Aug 25
Diversity a Key Theme at Gay Ski Week QT

The theme of diversity is being put front and centre of their year’s Gay Ski Week QT with a day dedicated to celebrating all unique and varied facets of the queer community. Diversity Day, Monday 29 August, will undoubtably be the most colourful of the entire week! With patrons encouraged to dress in their most colourful […]

Aug 24
Flash Day RY Fundraiser

Two Hands Tattoo on Ponsonby Road will be holding a flash day fundraiser to help to raise funds for RainbowYouth’s I’m Local Project tomorrow! All proceeds from the flash day, taking place at the Two Hands studio today, Thursday 25 August, from 12 noon to 8pm, will be donated to RainbowYouth’s initiative. “The aim of the […]

Aug 23
GLBT Supporter Phil Goff Leads Mayoral Race

Former Labour leader and Mt Roskill MP Phil Goff has established a strong lead in the Auckland mayoral race according to a recent survey. The survey from Survey Sampling International commissioned for the Spinoff shows that the GLBT supportive Labour MP received 60.3% of votes cast, with his closest contender, former Xero executive Victoria Crone on 15.5%. The poll shows that only […]

Aug 22
Huge Growth for Canterbury Queer Youth Support

Q-topia, a Christchurch based organisation supporting queer youth in Canterbury is expanding its activities to support the growing needs of the queer community. This is the culmination of extensive work, planning and recognition of the value provided by the organisation over the last 2 years. “We’re really excited about our new activities to support the […]

Aug 19
Auckland Seminar to Demystify HIV

 Community based HIV support organisation Body Positive present the 2016 HIV Treatment Update Seminar, a one day seminar about HIV in New Zealand. Taking place on Friday 16 September and open to health professionals, support workers and people, as well as people living with HIV. Body Positive Executive Director Mark Fisher says that educating health […]

Aug 18
OUTLine Reaches Out For Community Feedback with Survey and Workshop

The new board of GLBT counselling service OUTLine are eager to hear community feedback as they put initiatives and plans in place for the coming year. OUTLine have announced a short online survey and an open discussion workshop focusing on the current services available from the organisation, with a chance to express ideas and experiences to better […]

Aug 18
Auckland Transgender Ball Postponed

The Tāhine Aotearoa Trans-Pacifica Charitable Trust has announced the postponement of the Auckland Transgender Ball until 2017 due to sluggish government services.  The event was set to take place during on Saturday 15 October 2016 but was forced into postponement following logistical issues dealing with government services. The Transgender Ball “needed to be postponed due to some logistical issues we […]