Category: New Zealand
Following a six month audit process, central city law firm Russell Mcveigh has been awarded the Rainbow Tick certification. The Rainbow Tick programme is a continual quality improvement programme designed to help an organisation ensure it is a safe and welcoming workplace for employees of diverse gender identity and sexual orientation and demonstrates a business is an inclusive […]
Former NZ Idol runner-up Nikki Lee Carlson (formally Nik Carlson) has this week revealed to Women’s Weekly that she “had a good life as a guy” but always thought there was something missing. Sharing her gender reassignment journey with the New Zealand magazine, Nikki says that she has had four surgeries in the Thai city of Phuket […]
Amy Jane Bedwell talks to James (Jim) Peters, Homosexual Law Reform forerunner and author of the only dedicated personal history of the HLR Era, Fire and Brimstone. Gay Task Force member James Peters was one of the pioneering faces of queer rights in New Zealand. Alongside other forerunners like Bruce Kilmister, Bill Logan, and Fran […]
Amy Jane Bedwell considers the experiences of rural queer youth in New Zealand and asks: where do current support systems and initiatives leave this invisible community? “I grew up thinking queer people were perverts and paedophiles” says Toni Duder, Communications and Operations Manager at Rainbow Youth and creator of the I’m Local Project. She is […]
Rainbow Youth have officially opened their new premises on Edinburgh Street in Auckland Central with a ceremony led by Matua Pierre and attended by many community members. The opening was emotional and charged with energy including performances by key members and a powhiri to welcome visitors into the exciting new space. The AGM followed in […]
The Vodafone New Zealand Foundation (VZNF) have announced the recipients of the World of Difference Fellowship awards: Stace Robertson and Deirdre Otene. Stace and Deirdre will receive $90,000 each towards their work to help some of New Zealand’s most vulnerable young people. Robertson will be spending his fellowship year working with The Intersex Trust of Aotearoa NZ to support young […]
Valentino Wichman, a New Zealand GLBT young leader will be recognised by the Queen at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace tomorrow. Wichman will be awarded the Queen’s Young Leaders Award which recognises her contribution to changing the lives of her community. She is a supporter of GLBT rights in the Cook Islands and the Secretary of Te Tiara Association, the Cook […]
Planning and preparation are underway for the Saturday 9 July Gala hosted by Rainbow Auckland (formally GABA). Sources have confirmed that a star-studded line up awaits all guests including the iconic Topp Twins! Mika Haka will open the night with a powerful pōwhiri and the guest of honor and driving force behind the Homosexual Law […]