Category: News
Despite progress, higher rates of stigma and discrimination, as well as mental health challenges, have been reported by New Zealand LGBTQ+ students, new analysis shows. Youth19, the latest in a series of surveys focused on young people in Aotearoa, asked 7,721 secondary school-aged students about their experiences of school, home and community. Co-investigator Dr […]
The lesbian star of Kath and Kim refuses to back down in the face of conservative backlash. Magda Szubanski has refused to apologise for tweeting a photo of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s and his wife comparing it to a scene from the Handmaid’s Tale. The Handmaid’s Tale is a book and television series set […]
The drag queen says her mental health has suffered as a result. RuPaul Drag Race UK contestant Baga Chipz says she is once again in need of her anti-depression medication following online abuse for tweeting condolences to Queen Elizabeth II on the passing of her husband the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip who died Friday […]
Kate Winslet says she knows of a number of actors who are scared of coming out for fears doing so would end their careers. Kate Winslet says a culture of homophobia is preventing a number of stars to stay closeted out of fears over their careers. Speaking to The Sunday Times, Winslet says she knows […]
In a statement made today, Body Positive Executive Director Mark Fisher has called on the government to include People living with the HIV on the group 3 vaccine rollout aimed at people who are at risk of getting very sick from COVID-19. “We have reached out to the Ministers of Health and the COVID response […]
The emergency management and conservation minister is calling on other women to get smear tests to increase early detection. Emergency management and conservation minister Kiri Allan has revealed she has been diagnosed with stage three cervical cancer. Taking to Facebook this morning, Allan shared the news publicly for the first time. Allan is one of […]
The founder of the World Gay Boxing Championship (WGBC) Martin Stark has spoken out about the International Boxing Federation decline in a request to provide a statement of support to the World Gay Boxing Championships. For those people who don’t know much about world boxing, here is a small break down. There are four professional […]
The Pentagon has marked the International Transgender Day of Visibility by officially repealing former President, Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people openly serving in the United States military. The United States Defence Department made the announcement of the new policy allowing transgender people to openly serve on March 31 2021 (Local time) – essentially reinstating […]