Category: New Zealand
RainbowYOUTH and OUTLine have announced that they will be partnering up after being contracted by the Northern Region District Health Boards (DHB) to provide peer-support services for transgender people as well as their friends and whānau in the Northland and Auckland regions. The service will take a multi-faceted approach to service delivery and will include […]
The man charged with the assault on Aziz Al-Sa’afin and his friend Fergus Fauve has appeared in court. Joden Martin said he was offended by the sight of Aziz Al-Sa’afinand his friend Fergus Fauve and so launched an unprovoked attack on the pair, which took place during this year’s Auckland Pride festival. Martin approached the […]
Gareth Watkins looks back at the events that shaped our rainbow community. 17 July 1867 Hon. John Richardson introduced the Offences Against the Person Bill in Parliament. Under the heading of Unnatural Offences, a person convicted of the “abominable crime of buggery” (e.g. sodomy) could be imprisoned for life. This related to the act being […]
The Rainbow wing of the New Zealand Labour Party has questioned the NZ Herald’s online poll on gay rights. Rainbow Labour is calling into question a series of online poll questions posted by the NZ Herald’s which ask readers if they support gay rights. The polls have been posted on the NZ Herald website and […]
Australian singer, songwriter, actor, and YouTuber, Troye Sivan has announced that he will be donating $1 from every ticket sold on his upcoming New Zealand tour to RainbowYOUTH. Speaking with express, Sivan said that giving back to organisations like RainbowYouth was important to him as growing up he didn’t have any LGBT people to look […]
Just weeks after his ‘apology’ to the LGBTQ+ community, the self-appointed Apostle Bishop has spoken out against transgender people. Brian Tamaki has taken to Twitter to denounce the concept of gender transitioning. The self-appointed Apostle Bishop was spurred to make the comments in defence of a student in the United Kingdom who was suspended from […]
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Finance Minister Grant Robertson have announced introduction of the Rainbow Wellbeing Legacy Fund. Speaking at the RainbowYOUTH 30th Birthday Gala, Robertson announced that the Government would be committing an initial One Million dollars to the new Rainbow Wellbeing Legacy fund. Express will bring you more as this story develops.
Gareth Watkins looks back at the events that shaped our rainbow community. 10 June 1868 “Harry” Holland was born in Australia. A printer by trade, Holland went on to lead the New Zealand Labour Party from 1919-1933. After his death, artist Richard Gross was commissioned to sculpt a public monument that would commemorate Holland’s work […]