Category: News
Historian Gareth Watkins highlights August dates that are significant for Aotearoa’s LGBTQ+ communities. 24 August 1976 The NZ Truth tabloid newspaper began a 6-week campaign to publicly out National MP Marilyn Waring. Its first front-page headline read, “MP’s Odd Love Affair.” The story reported that Waring’s lover was a “mother of three who left her husband […]
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to allow President Joe Biden’s administration to enforce a significant part of a new rule aimed at protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination based on gender identity in 10 Republican-led states that had challenged the measure. The justices rejected the administration’s request to partially lift lower court injunctions, which had blocked […]
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith has appointed Dr Stephen Rainbow as head of the anti-discrimination Human Rights Commission. Craig Young assesses what the appointment of a centre-right gay man, means for the commission. At sixty-three, Rainbow has had a broad spectrum of political affiliations, starting with Labour in the eighties and the Greens in the nineties, […]
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has signed into law an amendment that bans the “promotion” of LGBTQ+ topics in schools, despite calls for a veto from intellectuals and a protest by rights groups on August 15. The newly enacted law prohibits the “propaganda, promotion, or incitement” of ideas related to nontraditional sexual orientations and gender identities […]
A woman involved in a groundbreaking LGBTQ+ custody case in China has been given a glimmer of hope for the future after being granted the right to visit her daughter monthly. Didi, 42, who resides in Shanghai, travelled to Beijing last month to see her seven-year-old daughter for the first time in four years. The […]
Grammy Award-winning rock ensemble Greta Van Fleet is set to make a dynamic return to New Zealand as part of their Starcatcher World Tour. The band will grace Auckland’s Spark Arena on 30 August, marking their first performance in the country since 2019. Originating from Frankenmuth, Michigan, the group comprises brothers Josh Kiszka (vocals), Jake […]
Boston Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran has received a two-game unpaid suspension following the use of a homophobic slur directed at a heckler during Sunday’s game at Fenway Park. The Red Sox, in consultation with Major League Baseball, announced the suspension on Monday, which took effect starting with that evening’s game against the Texas Rangers. […]
This August, Rialto Channel celebrates 25 years as New Zealand’s leading platform for independent, award-winning, and critically acclaimed films. Since its inception, Rialto Channel has carved out a unique space in the cinematic landscape, not only as a curator of world-class cinema but also as a vital supporter of diverse storytelling, with a particular emphasis […]