Category: News
Reigning Mr Bear NZ, Tia Bear, has won the title of Mr Australasia Bear at the annual competition this weekend, marking another milestone in representing his communities. Tia is the first Māori to win Mr Bear New Zealand. He is also the first Mr Bear New Zealand to win the Australasian title in seven years. […]
Family First has launched another subsidiary website. This one targets corporate social responsibility and inclusive businesses. Craig Young questions why Family First has launched ‘Woke Up’. To some extent, I suspect Family First has started ‘Woke Up’ to anger people. Family First lost its charitable status several years ago and is annoyed that LGBTQ+ organisations […]
Anderson Lee Aldrich, the Colorado Springs mass shooter, pleaded guilty to over 50 federal hate crimes on Tuesday and was sentenced to 55 life sentences in prison for attacking an LGBTQ+ club. Aldrich, already serving life sentences after pleading guilty to state charges, killed five people and injured 19 others at Club Q in November […]
Thailand has become the first nation in South-East Asia to legalise same-sex marriage, with the country’s Senate approving the landmark bill. The legislation’s approval was anticipated after it passed the House of Representatives with a near-unanimous vote in March. Despite Thailand’s vibrant LGBTQ+ scene featuring bustling gay bars and a prominent transgender community, local same-sex […]
A former New South Wales Police officer has been charged with allegedly raping a colleague and allegedly touching two other colleagues over a two-year period. Appearing in Manly local court on Monday, Matthew Cameron, 31, faced charges of one count of sexual intercourse without consent and seven counts of sexual touching without consent. Openly gay […]
A federal judge in the state of Louisiana has blocked the enforcement of a new rule from President Joe Biden’s administration that protects LGBTQ+ students from discrimination based on their gender identity in schools and colleges across four states. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty issued a preliminary injunction preventing the U.S. Department of Education from […]
Despite pouring rain, an ongoing war, and the need for heavy police protection, hundreds gathered under the protection of police in Kyiv for the Ukrainian capital’s first Pride march since the Russian invasion. Soon after the brief rally, which took place behind a police cordon, nationalist militants began a counter-demonstration through the streets of Kyiv, […]
Organisers InsideOUT Kōaro say Schools’ Pride Week Aotearoa is more important than ever pointing to research that shows that over one-third (37%) of rainbow secondary schools students have experienced bulling at school, including 46% of trans students. Now in its fifth year, Schools’ Pride Week Aotearoa is a nationwide rainbow pride campaign in schools, running […]