Category: News
Anti-trans activist Posie Parker has announced she will visit Wellington in September to attend a court hearing relating to her previous NZ visit and says she will hold a Let Women Speak event outside of the courts. “So looks like I have a valid ESTA for New Zealand,” Kellie Jay-Keen AKA Posie Parker announced on […]
Organised by Wellington community stalwarts Mal & Scotty (of S&M’s Bar), The Life and Times of Georgina Beyer, a tribute to the world’s first transgender MP was held at Wellington’s Embassy Theatre on Tuesday 18 July. The star-studded event included in-person speeches from Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Dame Catherine Healy, as well as video […]
UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has delivered a historic apology at the House of Commons, formally apologising to LGBTQ+ veterans who suffered abuse and mistreatment under the historical ‘gay ban’ enforced in the armed forces. The ‘gay ban,’ which was in place until 2000, prohibited LGBTQ+ individuals from openly serving in the military. Those who […]
Japan’s Supreme Court made a historic ruling on Tuesday, overturning a government agency’s decision to prohibit a transgender employee from using the women’s bathroom. This landmark decision marks the first time the country’s top court has addressed the rights of sexual minorities in the workplace, as reported by NHK, a public broadcaster in Japan. The […]
David Pressman, the openly gay US ambassador to Hungary, is making a powerful statement against homophobia by organising a grand Pride party at his official residence. Pressman revealed that the US embassy has been overwhelmed by the interest and support shown by LGBTQ+ families, who feel increasingly marginalised due to the anti-LGBTQ+ policies and rhetoric […]
Brighton, the popular UK seaside resort, experienced an extraordinary display of unity and celebration on Saturday, July 15th, as it hosted the 10th anniversary of Brighton Trans Pride, garnering the largest turnout ever seen. Despite initial concerns over extreme weather conditions, organisers originally anticipated between 5,000 and 10,000 attendees. However, the actual number surpassed expectations […]
Co-Chair of Intersex Aotearoa (IA), Dr Rogena Sterling, discusses the evolving goals of IA as the national organisation advocating for our Intersex community. For so many years, Intersex people have been invisible in society. Although they have existed since time immemorial, societies, especially Western ones based on binary, heteronormative structures, have had no room for […]
4 July 1975 The first major parliamentary attempt at homosexual law reform in New Zealand was defeated. National MP Venn Young had introduced the proposed legislation a year earlier. It aimed to decriminalise homosexual acts between consenting adults aged 21 and over. Just before the vote, Young told the House, “My amendment to the Crimes […]