Category: New Zealand
Today marks 10 years since civil unions was passed into law by the then Labour government in 2004. The anniversary has been noted by the NZ Labour party on the Labour Party Facebook page who say: “In light of the highly publicised comments of Logan Robertson, it’s important to remember the great progressive gains that […]
Scruff, one of the world’s largest Gay social networking apps, has announced the launch of Benevolads in NZ to help the New Zealand AIDS Foundation increase awareness of a surge in syphilis cases. Benevolads is Scruff’s in-app advertising platform that allows non-profit organisations ro advertise free on the app. Scruff have announced that 80% of […]
Speaking to express from Bali, Indonesia, the new Auckland Pride board member Richard James says he wants to see the festival “permanently ensconced in both the GLBT community and Auckland’s summer event calendar.” Richard James return to the Auckland Pride Board comes after the resignation of Lexie Matheson a fortnight ago. James tells us that he “is pleased […]
Auckland Pride Festival Incorporated has officially announced the appointment of Teokotai (Ta’i) Paitai as Festival Director and Everall Deans as Festival Coordinator. “We are very pleased to have people of Ta’i and Everall’s calibre on board for 2015 and we invite everyone to join us in welcoming them in their new roles.” Co-chair of the […]
Jim Marjoram’s Silent Gays is being launched tonight at 6pm at Marcellos cafe on College Hill. Jim Marjoram has made national headlines this week after emailing churches seeking support for his new book the ‘Silent Gays project’ when he received a hate filled email rant from Westcity Baptist church pastor Logan Robertson who then told Marjoram “I pray […]
The West Auckland pastor who emailed an author saying “I pray that you will commit suicide, you filthy child molesting fag.” has told Fairfax Media that he stands by his statements. Robertson told stuff.co.nz that he “didn’t want anything in the papers” but admitted he had read a couple of the outraged comments on the […]
Richard James has been announced as the new Auckland Pride Board Member. Richard James return to the Auckland Pride Board comes after the resignation of Lexie Matheson a fortnight ago. The Pride board released a press release today saying “The board thanks Lexie for her services to Pride and her work in directing the 2014 […]
The author of ‘Silent Gays’ Jim Marjoram has spoken to express after he received an email response from Westcity Baptist Church pastor Logan Robertson telling him “I pray that you will commit suicide, you filthy child molesting fag.” Author Jim Marjoram from the Silent Gays project, which is dedicated to ‘outlining the issues faced by GLBT people […]