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Historian Gareth Watkins looks back at significant October dates that have had a lasting impact on our rainbow communities. 8 October 1968 A petition calling for the decriminalisation of homosexual acts between consenting males aged 21 and over was presented in Parliament. The petition, organised by the New Zealand Homosexual Law Reform Society, was signed […]
History-making Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has been announced as the University of Otago’s sportswoman of the year. Announced at the Blues awards, the Queenstown athlete who became the first openly transgender woman to compete at the Olympics is also believed to be the first transgender winner of the title in the event’s 113-year history. Hubbard, […]
The Mayor of London says he hopes the community will be the first of many, while kiwi academic asks, “when NZ will get the same?” The United Kingdom has opened its first ‘LGBTQ-affirmative’ retirement facility. Located in the historically gay-friendly London suburb of Vauxhall, Tonic@Bankhouse looks over the River Thames with 19 apartments built and […]
Evan Bialosuknia has made history at Olympia High School in Orlando, Florida, after she became their first trans student to be elected homecoming queen. Elected overwhelmingly by her fellow students, 17-year-old Bialosuknia described the moment as historic and leaving her feeling accepted and with a sense of belonging. “It made me feel like I actually […]
A transgender woman has found herself the victim of what has been described as a premeditated hate crime on her own doorstep in Birmingham, England. The 33-year-old woman, who had previously connected and arranged to meet with the man online, was stabbed in the stomach and leg as she opened her front door. The attacker […]
Graham Norton has been confirmed as the host of a “drag Eurovision” produced by the makers of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Norton who will be presumably sipping his very own kiwi-made wine or pink gin throughout the show as contestants fight to be the “queen of the universe,” will take the helm of a Eurovision-style drag competition […]
More than 60% of Swiss voters have backed marriage equality according to exit polls. Switzerland is on the verge of legalising same-sex marriage in a nationwide referendum held over the weekend. With polls closed, polling agencyGFS Bern have projected voters are going to back same-sex marriage with the measure passing 64% to 36%. Civil unions […]
Faced with a cut in funding, the Swietokrzyskie region has dumped an anti-LGBT+ measure. The Polish region of Swietokrzyskie has dumped a motion opposing “LGBT ideology” after the European Union warned it would cut funding it remained in place. Several regional authorities in Poland have been on a collision course with the European Union over […]