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The decision was decided by 71% of the world’s 152-member federation. Nearly all Transgender women will no longer be allowed to compete in the female competition after a historic vote at the world championships in Budapest. The world swimming governing body decided by 71% to create a new category for transgender athletes. There is one […]
A small group of Anti-LGBTQ+ protesters that attempted to hijack Glasgow’s Pride parade were met with firm resistance from parade attendees at Scotland’s largest Pride celebration. The parade, which took place on Saturday the 25th of June, saw thousands turn out to support the LGBTQ+ community. However, the first Pride parade in Glasgow in 3-years […]
President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court decision on abortion has set the US on an “extreme and dangerous path” Fears are growing in the United States for the legal status of same-sex relationships and marriage following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe V. Wade which ended the right for all American women to legally […]
In an act of defiance against terror, Norway’s LGBTQ+ community has staged a “spontaneous” Pride parade just hours after a mass shooting that took the lives of two and left a dozen injured outside an LGBTQ+ venue. The unofficial Pride parade took place despite the official Pride parade being cancelled by organisers, and just hours […]
Historian Gareth Watkins highlights June dates that pushed progress forward for Aotearoa’s Rainbow communities. June 1949 Journalist and author Tom McLean was born in Greenock, Scotland. He worked for a number of Scottish newspapers before moving to NZ in 1973. In the mid-1980s, after a year of general unwellness, he took an HIV test that […]
Thankfully no one was inside at the time of the fire. Tauranga’s LGBTQ+ community has been left devastated as police investigate a suspicious fire that has destroyed the city’s Rainbow Youth building. The building is also shared by Gender Dynamix, an organisation that caters to gender-diverse people in the region. Tauranga City Council said no […]
Saudi Arabian authorities are seizing rainbow-coloured children’s toys in a recent “crackdown” on all things LGBTQ+ in the Middle Eastern nation. Believing they will encourage homosexuality, rainbow-coloured hair clips, pencil cases, bows, pop-its, hats, and toys have been removed from shops in the nation’s capital Riyadh for “contradicting the Islamic faith and public morals.” The […]
The new funding could see an extra 5,500 New Zealanders being able to access the drugs. Pharmac will expand the availability of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for preventing HIV. A boost of $191 million to Pharmac’s budget from the Government has allowed Pharmac to expand the eligibility criteria of both drugs. While […]