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The anti LGBTQ+ incumbent lost to socialist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has made a stunning return to the Brazilians Presidency just three years after being released from jail. With 100% of precidents reporting, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has beaten incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro 50.9% to 49.1% The President […]
Same-sex marriage in Mexico has officially been legalised, with the legislation being voted into law by all of the nation’s state parliaments. Tamaulipas became the final state to vote in favour of the law following the states of Durango, Guerrero, the State of Mexico, Tabasco, Veracruz, and Yucatán moving to allow equal marriage earlier in […]
Despite further community transmission, the vaccine which has already rolled out in Australia, America and the UK will not be available in NZ until December. The total number of confirmed monkeypox (MPX) cases in Aotearoa New Zealand has climbed to 28. Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand reported a new case in Auckland, classified as […]
The Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust has raised a whopping $57,000 for Queer communities across Aotearoa with their inaugural GiveOut Day. The Trust, who brought the GiveOUT Day fundraising platform to Aotearoa, New Zealand, hosted a fabulous GiveOUT Gala last Wednesday night, which raised $12,000 by auction of a wide range of items and experiences. […]
A group of LGBTQ+ climbers have conquered Vladimir Putin Peak while planting both a rainbow flag and a Ukraine flag to protest against Putin’s anti-LGBTQ+ and pro-war regime. The recent protest by the group known as ‘Gay Climbers’ follows two other Russian climbers’ protest in response to the outbreak of war in Ukraine, where the […]
LGBTQ+ and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell was arrested in Qatar while staging a one-man protest against Qatar’s criminalisation of LGBTQ+ people – just 26 days before the start of the football World Cup. Tatchell’s protest, which was the first-ever public LGBTQ+ protest in Qatar, took place outside the National Museum of Qatar in […]
The antipodean franchise of RuPaul’s Drag Race, ‘Down Under’ has now begun casting for Season 3. Do you know a drag artiste who has what it takes to compete one RuPaul’s Drag Race and follow in the footsteps of Kiwi winners Kita Mean and Spankie Jackson? Click here to apply for RuPaul’s Drag Race Down […]
Qatar continues to face global condemnation from LGBTQ+ rights groups for their treatment of LGBTQ+ people ahead of the nation hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup. According to a new Human Rights Watch report, security police in Qatar has continued to arrest and harass individuals because of their sexuality and gender identity, with victims telling […]