Category: New Zealand
Labour MP and Cabinet Minister Kiri Allan has shared a touching video of her singing while receiving chemotherapy treatment. Allan was diagnosed with diagnosed with stage three cervical cancer earlier this year. The Emergency Services Minister urged women to get tested much sooner. “Please, please, please – encourage your sisters, your mothers, your daughters, your […]
Despite progress, higher rates of stigma and discrimination, as well as mental health challenges, have been reported by New Zealand LGBTQ+ students, new analysis shows. Youth19, the latest in a series of surveys focused on young people in Aotearoa, asked 7,721 secondary school-aged students about their experiences of school, home and community. Co-investigator Dr […]
In a statement made today, Body Positive Executive Director Mark Fisher has called on the government to include People living with the HIV on the group 3 vaccine rollout aimed at people who are at risk of getting very sick from COVID-19. “We have reached out to the Ministers of Health and the COVID response […]
The emergency management and conservation minister is calling on other women to get smear tests to increase early detection. Emergency management and conservation minister Kiri Allan has revealed she has been diagnosed with stage three cervical cancer. Taking to Facebook this morning, Allan shared the news publicly for the first time. Allan is one of […]
Georgia Beyer was present for the occasion. The Transgender flag was raised at Parliament’s forecourt to Mark International Transgender Day of Visibility. The world‘a first transgender MP, Georgina Beyer was there to mark the occasion, as was Labour MP and mother of marriage equality Louisa Wall. Now in its twelfth year, transgender day of visibility […]
Prior to sentencing, Mika Haka sent out a bizarre email to supporters saying he would “not be defined” by his conviction of perverting the course of justice. express can exclusively reveal that Mika Haka sent out a bizarre email to supporters prior to his sentencing today saying he would “not be defined” by the role […]
Despite multiple delays, thanks to Covid-19, Auckland’s Rainbow Pride Parade has gone off without a hitch, attracting thousands to Ponsonby Road to celebrate Pride, inclusion, and acceptance. This years parade saw a wide range of participants taking part including Body Positive, Tower Insurance, The NZ Police, Tyre Works Grey Lynn, Saint John Ambulance, Fire and […]
Non-heterosexual and gender diverse internet users are significantly more likely to experience online harm than their straight peers, express can reveal. New research from Netsafe looks at different types of unwanted digital communications – including physical threats, seeking to embarrass, stalking, and making unwelcome sexual advances – in the rainbow community. The data shows that […]