Category: New Zealand
Boasting over thirty diverse events including the popular Pride Parade and Out in the Park, Wellington Pride has evolved into a week long festival to recognise and celebrate all corners of the diverse queer capital landscape. “Wellington Pride Festival | Tū whakahīhī e Te Whanganui-ā-Tara is truly a festival for the community by the community,” […]
Affinity Services have announced the implementation of Silver Rainbow, an initiative to increase education for Rest Homes and other aged care services in caring for LGBTI community members. “The Silver Rainbow programme equips the aged care sector with the ideas, tools and resources to ensure that services for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex older people […]
Former partners Malcolm Pacific and Outline have reunited in a bid to increase the accessibility of face-to-face counselling services for GLBT people in New Zealand. “Malcolm Pacific have had a relationship with OUTline for a number of years,” says Outline manager Trevor Easton in an interview with express, “There was a gap, but express introduced […]
Former CEO Bruce Kilmister has confirmed that he has returned to Body Positive as Chair of the Board. For over twenty years, Bruce Kilmister headed the HIV positive support organisation which provides peer support and information for people living with HIV/AIDS. Kilmister retired from his position as CEO of Body Positive at the end of 2014, leaving the organization in good standing […]
For the second year in a row, protesters have chosen the Auckland Pride Parade as a site of protest. During the 20th February celebrations, three groups of protesters halted the parade in protest against the Police and the Department of Corrections being allowed to march in uniform. This year, the police were led by Minister of […]
Fran Wilde was a beacon of hope for queer people living in the pre-HLR era. As a MP for the Labour Party, she was at the forefront of the campaign for the decriminalisation of homosexuality. Ultimately successful, Fran remains an important person without our community and because of this will be attending the 2016 Pride […]
Corrections chief Ray Smith says that up to 130 more prison cells could be “double bunked” in response to an influx in the prison population of New Zealand. In a select committee meeting, the Corrections Department commented that double bunking is not new to New Zealand and currently sits at approximately 30% compared to the […]
Protest against the TPP at the LYC Big Gay Out has been the subject to both praise and antagonism since the Sunday celebration. While many have taken to social media to advocate for those protesting, there has been a unsurprising lack of acknowledgement from the Prime Minister, John Key. “TPP is not a gay and […]