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Kickstarting on Friday 25 August through to Sunday 3 September, Winter Pride will be painting Queenstown rainbow! Organiser Martin King tells YOUR EX what we can expect from the 2023 festival. This is the first Winter Pride in a few years to not be affected by Covid restrictions – what has that meant for you […]
Historian Gareth Watkins explores August dates that had a significant impact on Aotearoa’s LGBTQ+ communities. 4 August 1908 The Crimes Act 1908 was enacted. The legislation consolidated various laws, including one from 1893, which outlawed any form of sexual contact between males. Even if the sexual activity was consensual between adults, the State saw it […]
Long Beach, California, was awash with vibrant colours and joyful spirits as the city hosted its much-anticipated annual Pride Parade on Sunday. Now in its 40th year, the event celebrated not only the LGBTQ+ community but also the enduring strength of the nonprofit organisation that initiated the celebration from a small grass routes operation to […]
Pope Francis has firmly reiterated his stance that the Catholic Church is open to everyone, including LGBTQ+ individuals and all other marginalised communities. “The Lord is clear: The sick, the elderly, the young, old, ugly, beautiful, good and bad,” he stated during an in-flight press conference as he returned from his five-day trip to Portugal […]
“That is not in the public interest, I can assure you!” The Finance Minister insisted to National’s Deputy Leader. Has there ever been a more awkward parliamentary moment? As National’s Deputy Leader Nicola Willis and the Labour Government’s Finance Minister traded barbs about perceived fiscal ‘holes’ in each other’s financial plans, Willis lept to her […]
A leading Louisiana pediatric heart specialist is parting ways with the state, a decision driven by recent laws aiming to curtail rights for LGBTQ+ individuals. Dr Jake Kleinmahon, the medical director of pediatric heart transplant, heart failure, and ventricular assist device programs at the Ochsner Hospital for Children in New Orleans, is one of the […]
A newly installed rainbow crosswalk at Palmer Secondary in Vancouver, Canada, has fallen victim to repeated acts of homophobic vandalism. This comes when Pride Week is being celebrated across the city. Images provided to the Richmond News reveal extensive defacement at every corner of the vibrant crosswalk on Wednesday. A reporter who visited the site […]
Adriaan Beddie, a performer and stalwart of Christchurch’s Rainbow community and Pride events, has passed away. In a statement posted to social media Christchurch Pride said: “We are all so saddened and heartbroken like many of our community right now at the passing of the gorgeous Adriaan Beddie. Adriaan was a fierce performer […]