Category: New Zealand
express can now confirm the date for the Body Positive SGM called to replace the organisation’s chairperson. Body Positive CEO Mark Fisher has confirmed to express that the Special General Meeting (SGM) will be held on November 21st at 10am. It will take place at Pitt St Methodist – Auckland Central Parish which is located at 78 […]
Registrations for the inaugural Proud to Play tournament have opened. The tournament replaces the Asia Pacific Outgames which was scheduled to be held in Auckland in February 2016, but was cancelled shortly after the Outgames board resigned en masse. Proud to Play will take place in Auckland over 13-20 February 2016. The sports programme includes: badminton, […]
Those wishing to enter a float into 2016’s Auckland Pride Parade are being welcomed to register their interest. Prospective Parade participants are being told to submit their expressions of interest to Float Registrations Co-ordinator Baz Bloomfield on baz@aucklandpridefestival.org.nz. Bloomfield tells express that “the majority of 2015 Pride Parade participants indicate they are coming back for […]
American GLBT rights activist Dan Savage will deliver the keynote speech at the Science Teller Festival in Dunedin. 2015’s festival, run by the University of Otago has a ‘Sex and Science’ theme and will be headlined by controversial GLBT rights activist Dan Savage who the festival describe as the “world’s most popular sex advice columnist”. […]
New research shows only half of those engaging in unprotected sex in New Zealand are getting tested for HIV, promoting calls for the funding of more rapid testing services. Only half (52.1%) of gay and bisexual men (GBM) engaging in condomless anal intercourse with casual partners had tested for HIV in the past year, according […]
The date for the SGM called to remove the chairperson of Body Positive has yet to be confirmed. A petition signed by 48 members of Body Positive triggered the Special General Meeting (SGM) with the signatories calling for the removal of chairperson Ashley Barratt as a result of what they perceive to be problems with […]
One of New Zealand’s leading HIV researchers has called on the New Zealand government to “remove red tape” so new HIV prevention initiatives can be rolled out. New Zealand delegates have returned from the World STI Congress and Australasian HIV Conference in Brisbane excited by the possibility of reversing new HIV infections in gay and […]
Body Positive have planned a range of events to mark 2015 World AIDS day. The marking of World AIDS day 2015 will not just be limited to a street collection. Body Positive in conjunction with other community groups have put together a six day programme of events to support those living with HIV/AIDS and to […]