Category: New Zealand
Historian Gareth Watkins uncovers significant dates in NZ’s rainbow history. 2 December 1897 Social reformer and activist Rewi Alley was born in Canterbury. Much of his life was spent in China, living there from 1927 until his death in December 1987. Academic Roderic Alley believes Alley’s most significant legacy to China was “his faith in […]
Professor Michael Ross has graduated with an honorary doctorate of science from Massey University in Palmerston North. A kiwi researcher who has dedicated over five decades into research on gay men’s sexual health has been acknowledged with an honorary degree. After 50 years of active participation in Gay Male Health, the Massey University alumni was […]
The world’s first HIV positive sperm bank has launched on Wednesday 27 November, ahead of World AIDS Day 2019, on Sunday 1 December. Initiated by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation, Positive Women Inc. and Body Positive, the new sperm bank, Sperm Positive, launches with three donors from across the country who are living with HIV. Commenting on […]
Rainbow Pride Auckland have joined hands with Ponsonby Business Association to bring a ‘walking parade’ back to Ponsonby Road on Saturday 29 February. In a joint statement released to express, the two groups said: “Ponsonby Road has long been regarded as the home of parades for the Rainbow Community. A place where lesbian, gay, bisexual, […]
Dr Peter Saxton speaks with express on the dramatic increase in syphilis cases across New Zealand. Syphilis in New Zealand is on the rise. In the year to the end of March, 548 cases of the sexually transmitted disease were reported, up from just 82 in 2013. The last year had seen a doubling in […]
Christchurch’s only gay bar Cruz is facing a backlash after posting a photo of a sign outside its door which many have deemed to be transphobic and anti-lesbian. The sign read: “To avoid confusion, our staff do not have vaginas and are known as barmen” and was posted with the comment: ‘Life gets so confusing. […]
David Seymour will host the group who have labelled as a TERF (Transgender exclusionary radical feminist) organisation. After being banned from using Massey University’s Wellington campus, gender-critical group Speak Up for Women will hold their Feminism 2020 event at in the Parliamentary banquet hall. They will be hosted by ACT party leader David Seymour. The […]
Grant has resigned as a Guardian from Rainbow Pride Auckland (RPA). Rainbow Pride Auckland has suffered another setback with the resignation of Jacquie Grant as a guardian of the organisation. Grant exclusively revealed the news to express this evening, although she would not be drawn on the reasons why. When asked if there were specific […]