Category: News
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 […]
LGBTQ+ icon Leslie Jordan has reportedly passed away at the age of 67. The Comedian-actor, best known for appearing in Will & Grace and American Horror Story, reportedly passed away while driving in Hollywood. Jordan, who suffered a medical emergency, crashed his BMW into the side of a building, according to reports from local police […]
Political commentator and comedian Jon Stewart is being praised for his recent interview with the Arkansas attorney general debating her anti-trans laws. Stewart’s interview follows Arkansas’ March 2021 ban on gender-affirming care for minors – a law currently being legally challenged with the trial set to begin this month. The interview with Arkansas attorney general […]
Despite community transmission, a vaccine will not be available in New Zealand until December. The total number of confirmed monkeypox (MPX) cases in Aotearoa New Zealand has climbed to 25. Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand reported that two new cases have been confirmed this week, one in Auckland and the other in Wellington. Both […]
A trans woman living in London says she was asked to “prove” that she was female by a security guard after he followed her into a McDonald’s restroom. 57-year-old Paula Griffin says she was approached by the security guard when she entered a women’s restroom in a McDonald’s restaurant in Peckham, London, on Monday, the […]
LGBTQ+ Kiwi charities that could benefit from your GiveOUT Day donations include Dunedin Pride who are fundraising for their community hub. On Thursday 20 October, GiveOUT Day gives you the opportunity to donate to your favourite LGBTQ+ charities, and have corporate sponsors match your donation dollar for dollar. The wide-ranging list of charities your can […]