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US President Joe Biden has been urged to protect the rights of LGBTQ+ people following findings of a “deliberate effort” to “roll back human rights” in the United States. Making the comments at a UN press conference, the independent UN expert Victor Madrigal-Borloz explained that “equality is not yet within reach and in many cases […]
The United States has reported its first death of a person diagnosed with the monkeypox virus, leaving officials scrambling to investigate if the virus played any role in the death. The death was announced on Tuesday, the 30th of August, by the Texas Department of State Health Services, stating that a “severely immunocompromised” monkeypox patient […]
Scott Kennedy and Malcolm Vaughan, who have owned iconic Wellington venues including Pound nightclub and S&M’s Cocktail Bar, have received Absolutely Positively Wellingtonian Awards. In a statement, Wellington’s Mayor Andrew Foster said: “Scott Kennedy and Malcolm Vaughan have been trailblazers in Wellington’s gay scene and history since the early 1990s. Having first met at Mr […]
With EuroPride set to take place in Belgrade, Serbia, thousands of Anti-LGBTQ+ Serbians have taken to the streets to protest the inclusive event. The protesters who oppose Belgrade’s plans to host EuroPride on the 17th of September held signs with Absurd religious and homophobic statements, often picturing religious figures. The protest, led by clergy from […]
In a statement, the charity says their staff nationwide are being given a three-week break from work after suffering “significant loss and tragedy that has left us in a state of deep sadness and grief,” following the loss of a support worker and the Tauranga arson attack on their drop-in centre. The charity will return […]
This is our opportunity to get our monkeypox (MPX) response right – but we all need to be on the same waka. At the time of writing this, Aotearoa New Zealand has recorded 4 official cases of MPX. All had recently travelled from overseas and none are connected, which means no confirmed community spread. So […]
Vietnam’s rainbow community is celebrating a significant step forward in LGBTQ+ rights after the nation’s health ministry finally declared that being LGBTQ+ is “not an illness.” The move by the nation’s ministry of health was announced in an official document stating that being LGBTQ+ is “entirely not an illness” and “cannot be ‘cured’ nor need[s] […]
Members of the Australian Defence Force will now be able to participate in LGBTQ+ events again after Australia’s deputy Prime Minister revoked a ban put in place by former Minister Peter Dutton. The ban, which was put in place by then Minister of Defence Peter Dutton, saw Australian Defence staff banned from organising and celebrating […]