Category: News
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 […]
Homosexuality has finally been legalised in the city-state Gay rights activists in Singapore are celebrating “a triumph of love over fear” as the city-state abolished a colonial-era law that made homosexuality illegal. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced the decision on national TV, backtracking on the government’s previous position to keep 377A – which bans […]
Parents with students attending a Christian school in Florida have been asked to remove their children and find another school if their children are gay, transgender or non-binary. According to NBC News, an email was sent to parents by administrator and pastor Barry McKeen telling parents, “We believe that God created mankind in His image: […]
…away! Saturday 10 September will see the biggest drag spectacular to ever grace Palmerston North, Palmy Drag Fest, take over the Regent on Broadway! Drag Race Down Under Season One’s Miss Congeniality Anita Wigl’it tells us about the “strangely arousing spectacle” she will be performing! What can we expect from your performance at Palmy Drag […]
The Isle of Man has announced plans to update its discriminatory blood donation rules after Heartstopper actor Joe Locke criticised the self-governing British Crown dependency for their “archaic” law. Locke made the comments via a video message at the island’s Isle of Pride celebrations in the capital, Douglas, saying the ban should be lifted to […]
Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) has been forced to halt all operations following a decision by Uganda’s non-government organisation regulator to shut the group down. SMUG confirmed the shutdown, saying that they had been ordered by the National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO Bureau) to discontinue their operations effective immediately. We shall be back. #stillweshallrise pic.twitter.com/gpGMbeJyWv […]