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With today’s press conference suggesting sexuality and gender identity will no longer be taught in schools, Craig Young wonders if the National/ACT/New Zealand First coalition will be a single-term government? As Josie Pagani noted in a recent Stuff opinion piece globally, centre-right governments are on the retreat. The British Conservative government is doomed. Its recent […]
Craig Young questions our legal system’s response to drug and alcohol-fuelled crime and asks whether enough detox and rehab programmes are being funded. My friend Stan Waipouri (1968-2006) didn’t make it to forty. He was murdered by two polydrug users, Ashley Arnopp and Andre Gilling, who were sentenced to imprisonment for his homicide. The […]
PrideNZ.com, a long-running website dedicated to recording and making accessible Aotearoa New Zealand’s Rainbow heritage, has embarked on a project to make its almost 900 audio recordings more AI accessible. “Access to Generative Artificial Intelligence, for example ChatGPT, over the last year has blossomed” says Gareth Watkins, founder of Pride NZ. “Web users can now […]
Pandora Nox is the first AFAB (assigned female at birth) winner in Drag Race’s nearly 15-year ‘herstory’. Pandora Nox has emerged as the first cisgender woman to clinch the title in the Drag Race series, marking a milestone with her victory in the debut season of Drag Race Germany. This triumph is not only a […]
“Expect more lights, floats, glitter, love and colour!” Auckland Rainbow Parade’s Co-Chair gets us hyped for the Ponsonby Road parade’s Summer return! The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow will be positioned in Ponsonby as the Auckland Rainbow Parade returns bringing diversity, unity, respect, celebration, inclusion and loads of colour in 2024. Co-Chair Matt […]
Craig Young believes we are starting to see the legislative and judicial inclusion of people in non-monogamous relationships in New Zealand. Content warning: This article describes references to sexual assault. The Health and Disability Commission has just named a counsellor involved in an unsatisfactory and disrespectful attitude toward a woman in a polyamorous […]
A protest led by conservative Muslim groups in Jakarta, Indonesia, have called for the cancellation of British band Coldplay’s scheduled concert, citing the band’s vocal support for the LGBTQ+ community. The demonstration, which saw nearly 100 participants, took place after Friday prayers and was orchestrated by the Islamist group 212 Brotherhood Alumni. Coldplay, known for […]
Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, better known as Posie Parker, has faced another setback in her political endeavours as the UK Electoral Commission rejected her second attempt to register the Party of Women. The decision, announced on 6 November, cited the application as “incomplete,” mirroring the response to her initial attempt in September. The Electoral Commission, an independent […]