Category: New Zealand

Local response to the 2015 Out in the Fields international study on homophobia in sports has been immense. From Steve Tew pronouncing that New Zealand is ready for a gay All Black, to commitment from New Zealand Football, New Zealand Cricket, New Zealand Rugby League, Netball New Zealand and Hockey New Zealand have committed to creating necessary […]

The first of two community hui’s put on by the Auckland Pride Board took place on Saturday at Studio One on Ponsonby Road. An eclectic turn out of rainbow individuals attended the meeting which hoped to gauge response to this year’s Pride Festival and garner suggestions for the upcoming 2017 Auckland Pride Festival. Five of […]

The Chair of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation Trust Board, David Friar, announced that the Board has appointed Dr Jason Myers as the new Executive Director of NZAF.  He will replace outgoing Executive Director Shaun Robinson. “The Board is thrilled that Jason has accepted the role,” says Friar.  “We face a number of significant challenges […]

Te Puea Marae in Mangere Bridge has opened it’s doors to homeless families. Te Puea spokesperson Tuku Morgan told Newshub that “poverty has no division” and therefore “[the] marae is opening it’s gates to all race and creed.” Considering the current housing crisis in New Zealand, Te Puea’s generosity could not have come at a better time. […]

Justice has today been delivered to the family of murdered Auckland gay man Ihaia Gillman-Harris as life sentences were passed down on his two killers. Beauen Wallace-Loretz has been sentenced to a minimum of eleven years in prison by Justice Kit Toogood, while Leonard Nattrass-Bergquist is set to serve a minimum of ten years and nine months for […]

The CD4 threshold prevents some people with newly diagnosed HIV from getting treatment. The persistence of this threshold illuminates the lack of government priority given providing people diagnosed with this disease, most of which are men who have sex with men, adequate and fast treatment. And it all comes down to money. With the recent injection […]

Figures released by the University of Otago’s AIDS Epidemiology Group show that 2015 had the highest number of newly diagnosed HIV infections among gay and bisexual men ever recorded. Figures show that gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) remain most affected by HIV infection in New Zealand. 88 gay and bisexual men were […]

New research in New Zealand shows people from Rainbow communities are struggling to get the right help after sexual and partner violence. More funding for sexual violence agencies is fantastic and much needed – but will it mean takatāpui, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex survivors get the help they need? “The barriers start with […]