Category: New Zealand
In court, one of the pair pleaded ‘not guilty’ which sends the case to a jury trial. Two men accused of torching Tauranga’s Rainbow Youth building have appeared in court facing a joint charge of arson. Alexander James Burgess, 33, and Zechariah Vincent Phillips, 29 appeared in the Tauranga District Court today accused of deliberately […]
Start your engines Aotearoa, RuPaul’s new queens include NZ-based Spankie Jackzon and Yuri Guaii, plus NZ-born Kween Kong and Aubrey Haive. 10 queens from across Australia and New Zealand with the most charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent have been selected to compete for the glory, title, and bragging rights of being crowned the queen of […]
The investigation follows the school asking parents to deny the existence of same-sex marriage and a transgender student being told ‘God Doesn’t Make Mistakes.’ A Tauranga school is being investigated after a transgender student attempted suicide. The school refused to call the student by their preferred pronouns or name. When the student protested, they were […]
Historian Gareth Watkins highlights June dates that pushed progress forward for Aotearoa’s Rainbow communities. June 1949 Journalist and author Tom McLean was born in Greenock, Scotland. He worked for a number of Scottish newspapers before moving to NZ in 1973. In the mid-1980s, after a year of general unwellness, he took an HIV test that […]
Thankfully no one was inside at the time of the fire. Tauranga’s LGBTQ+ community has been left devastated as police investigate a suspicious fire that has destroyed the city’s Rainbow Youth building. The building is also shared by Gender Dynamix, an organisation that caters to gender-diverse people in the region. Tauranga City Council said no […]
The new funding could see an extra 5,500 New Zealanders being able to access the drugs. Pharmac will expand the availability of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for preventing HIV. A boost of $191 million to Pharmac’s budget from the Government has allowed Pharmac to expand the eligibility criteria of both drugs. While […]
Kicking off this Friday, Christchurch Pride is bigger and better than ever! To celebrate the return of the largest pride festival on the mainland, express has put together a list of our favourite not-to-miss events for the first epic weekend across the Garden City! The Wonder of Matariki: A Pride Kōrero Friday 17 – 12:30 […]
Rainbow health services are set to receive a funding boost with access to health care services becoming easier for transgender people along with additional support for intersex children and young people. The funding boost was announced by associate Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall, will include $2.2 million in additional funding from Budget 22 and […]