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Express chats with organiser Sunita Torrance (aka Coco Flash) about OUTfest – Taranaki’s first LGBTQ+ festival, that will be taking over New Plymouth from Friday 8 to Sunday 10 April. Sunita Torrance is one of the founding members of OUTfest along with renowned queer artist Shannan Novak and Sunita’s drag partner in crime, Daniel Lockett (aka […]
The mother of Marriage Equality, Labour list MP and former member for Manurewa, Louisa Wall, has resigned from parliament. Wall who was responsible for the passage of marriage equality in New Zealand in 2013 was first elected as a list MP for nine months in 2008, before returning to Parliament in 2011 as the MP […]
Republican lawmakers in the U.S. state of Arizona have passed new legislation that will restrict access to gender-affirming medical care for trans youth in the state. Senate Bill 1138 (SB 1138) was approved by the state’s Republican-led House on Thursday the 24th of March, with 31 votes to 26. According to CNN, the legislation which […]
The twins have revealed they are both battling breast cancer. Iconic lesbian musical comedy duo the Topp Twins have gone public with their private health battles. The Topp Twins are widely regarded as the two most iconic lesbian entertainers in New Zealand, after decades of performing music and comedy together, with characters such as Camp […]
History has been made in Italy with the Court of Rome recognising a non-binary person’s gender identity for the first time. The court’s historic ruling followed a hearing on the 10th of February in which a lawyer insisted that the court recognise the non-binary gender identity of an individual named Alex. The ruling is now […]
Fezco, the dog who was abandoned by his owners who claimed he was “gay”, has been re-homed, finding safety with his new queer family. Fezco went viral after his heartbreaking story of being disowned and dropped off at a North Carolina shelter was shared globally. According to the shelter, Fezco’s previous owners abandoned the dogo, […]
The Biden administration is reportedly drawing up plans to fast track and assist in resettling LGBTQ+ Ukrainian refugees in the United States. According to NBC News, Biden’s plan will be unveiled as early as this week, with multiple sources explaining to NBC that the initiative will allow vulnerable Ukrainians, including members of the LGBTQ+ community, […]
A Russian LGBTQ+ rights group has fled the nation they call home after police raids, censorship and fears that Putin’s disastrous invasion of Ukraine will be blamed on the rainbow community when the invasion is inevitably defeated. Aleksandr Voronov, the CEO of the St. Petersburg-based LGBTQ+ group Coming Out, said he knows anybody that is a […]