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A new study out of Australia has shown that the majority of female athletes have no issue with trans women competing in women’s sports. The study, which was conducted by Monash University, highlighted that only 24% of women believed that “trans athletes have an unfair advantage when they play on a female sport team.” However, in […]
References to a gay relationship in the third instalment of the Fantastic Beasts movie have been cut in China to appease the nation’s strict censors. According to Variety, Warner Bros studios agreed to cut around six seconds of dialogue from the Chinese-release version of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – dialogue specifically relating to […]
The President of Rainbow Boxing New Zealand has taken a swing at Boxing New Zealand, describing the organisation as anti-trans and not welcoming of the LGBTQ+ community. Benjamin Thomas Watt, who is the president of the non-profit organisation Rainbow Boxing New Zealand, made the comments as he announced the closure of the organisation he had […]
Legislation that would have seen transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports banned in the state of Kansas has been stopped at the final hurdle thanks to the state’s Governor. Governor Laura Kelly vetoed Senate Bill 160 (SB 160) on Friday the 15th of April after the legislation was approved 74-39 in the state House […]
LGBTQ+ activists are praising South African courts after sentencing two men to life in prison for the hate crime rape of a 19-year-old lesbian woman in 2020. The sentence was handed down by the Atteridgeville Regional Court of Pretoria, South Africa, on Tuesday the 12th of April, with 30-year-old Getwin Moloto and 35-year-old Lebohang Makola […]
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of London to showcase their disapproval and frustration over the Government’s proposed conversion therapy ban that excludes trans people. According to organisers, over 3,000 people gathered outside the Prime Minister’s residence at Downing Street on Sunday the 10th of April. Holding placards reading “ban conversion therapy” followed […]
On the 50th anniversary of the birth of NZ’s Gay Liberation Front, Gareth Watkins highlights April dates that made a difference to Aotearoa’s LGBTQ+ community. 11 April 1972 This month marks the 50th anniversary of the first Gay Liberation Front action – a Gay Day held in Auckland. Historian Will Hansen writes “Activists led by […]
Former President of the United States, Donald Trump, has criticised transgender rights in the USA describing it as “far-left gender theories” and “child abuse”. The single term President made the comments during his “Save America” rally on Saturday the 9th of April, where he spoke about several typical Trump topics, including illegal immigration, mail-in voting, […]