Category: News
Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom are calling for a public enquiry into claims of institutional homophobia within the London Metropolitan Police Service. Shocked by the Stephen Port probe, which looked into the murders and rape by Port of at least four young men, MPs from London are scrutinising the wide range of Police […]
Parliament has unanimously passed the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Bill. The minister responsible for the bill’s success tells express she’s “still on a high!” The bill will make it easier for gender-diverse people to amend their gender on their birth certificates. Trans New Zealanders will no longer have to present supporting medical documentation […]
Despite uncertainty around the upcoming presidential elections, Chile has taken a major progressive step forward and voted to legalise same-sex marriage. The historic bill, which was moved forward by Chile’s current President Sebastián Piñera after it had been stuck in Congress for the last four years, was approved by the lower house 97 to 35 […]
A 22-year-old student from Austin, Texas, has broken two United States women’s swimming records over the weekend. Lia Thomas, who competed in the Zippy Invitational in Ohio, broke two records in the 200m and 500m freestyles and followed her recent record-breaking performances in the same disciplines for the University of Pennsylvania. Announcing the new records, […]
Aucklanders are finding it difficult to access the safe sex drug following Lockdown, and Pharmac are slow to make the necessary adjustments to help. Auckland’s ongoing COVID-19 restrictions have highlighted flaws in eligibility for Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PreP). PreP reduces the risk of HIV infection by 99 per cent. The drug is fully funded for those […]
The Canadian House of Commons has unanimously voted to ban the dangerous and ineffective practice known as conversion therapy. The new legislation, which was proposed by the current Liberal government led by prime minister Justin Trudeau aims to make it illegal to have a child, or anyone who is unwilling, to undergo the disproven and […]
Amy is one of five babies that have now been conceived through Sperm Positive, the New Zealand-based world-first: an HIV positive sperm bank. ‘Amy’ is only ten months old, but already she has changed the world. She is the first baby to be born after her parents met via the world’s first HIV positive sperm […]
Emilia Schneider has become the first out transgender official to be elected to Chile’s national congress. After first gaining prominence as the president of the University of Chile Student Federation, where she led students in Chile’s ‘Estallido Social’ (social outburst) protests between 2019 and 2021, the 25-year-old activist received over 26,000 votes in the nationwide […]