Category: News
Auckland Pride have been denied funding for their Creative Director role by Creative New Zealand, effective next month. Director of Pride Max Tweedie talks to express. “On Friday 30 September, Auckland Pride received news that our funding for the role of Creative Director had been declined by Creative New Zealand – who first enabled the role […]
Slovakia’s LGBTQ+ community are mourning the loss of two people following a shooting outside an LGBTQ+ venue in what is believed to be a hate crime. Fatally killing two and injuring another, the suspected hate crime occurred in front of Tepláreň, a popular LGBTQ+ bar in Slovakia’s capital city, Bratislava. According to the Associated Press, […]
Files released by the FBI about the Jeffrey Dahmer case have shown how widespread homophobia enabled the serial killer to commit more crimes and also paint his victims in a bad light. Dahmer, who was convicted of murdering 17 males between 1978 and 1991, was finally arrested when Tracy Edwards managed to escape Dahmer’s apartment […]
After a near 30 year battle, the Supreme Court has cleared Peter Ellis. While he may not have been alive to see it, the Supreme Court has today quashed Peter Ellis’ child abusive convictions. The court found the convictions were a, “substantial miscarriage of justice.” Ellis was working as a childcare worker at the Christchurch Civic Creche […]
Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand) has announced two cases of community transmission of Monkeypox in New Zealand. The cases are now self-isolating and contact tracing has begun, a Te What Ora spokesperson said. According to Burnett Foundation Aotearoa, three key points to remember are: 1 | MONKEYPOX CAN AFFECT ANYONE – BUT GAY AND […]
Associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall talks to express about the Government’s new plan to end HIV transmissions in NZ by 2032. Associate Health Minister Ayesha Verrall is ambitious. Despite the commentary by pundits on her quick political ascent (the newly elected Verrall went straight into Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s cabinet after the 2020 election) […]
Social media giant TikTok has been fined in Russia after refusing to delete what sensors describe as “LGBT propaganda.” Russian authorities issued the fine on Tuesday, the 4th of October, for violating Russia’s ‘gay propaganda laws’ prohibiting the promotion of LGBTQ+ content to under-18s. TikTok’s parent company ByteDance was accused of “promoting non-traditional values, LGBT, […]
Kim Petras’ collaboration with Sam Smith – Unholy – has also gone to Number 1 in the UK, Ireland, Greece, Canada, Australia and New Zealand! German-born, America-based popstar Kim Petras has made ‘herstory’, thanks to her latest collaboration with Sam Smith ‘Unholy’. The two popstars co-wrote the track that’s lyrics revolve around a man having […]