Category: News

Apr 21
Jacquie Grant Harassment and Dead-Naming Ordeal Comes to a Close

Grant has won her legal case against two opponents who harassed her for years. She speaks to express about her ordeal. Jacquie Grant (ONZM) has spoken to express following her long running battle against two individuals who have now been found guilty of harassing her. Anti-Westland district council campaigners Anthea Keenan and Geoffrey King have been […]

Apr 20
Kiri Allan Shares Video of Her Singing in Hospital Bed During Chemotherapy Treatment

Labour MP and Cabinet Minister Kiri Allan has shared a touching video of her singing while receiving chemotherapy treatment. Allan was diagnosed with diagnosed with stage three cervical cancer earlier this year. The Emergency Services Minister urged women to get tested much sooner. “Please, please, please – encourage your sisters, your mothers, your daughters, your […]

Apr 19
Chris Crocker Sells Ownership of ‘Leave Britney Alone’ Video to help Grandma and Fund Transition

The 2007 video has been sold for $41,000 (US dollars). Chris Crocker of ‘leave Britney Alone’ fame has sold the 2007 video for $41,000 (US dollars). The video which shows Crocker crying out ‘leave Britney alone’ was one of youtube’s first viral videos. The video was sold using NFTs also known as non-fungible tokens which […]

Apr 16
NZ LGBTQ+ youth still facing stigma and stress, study finds

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 […]

Apr 15
Magda Szubanski Refuses to Apologise for Handmaid’s Tale Tweet About Aussie PM’s Wife

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 […]

Apr 12
UK Drag Race’s Baga Chipz Hounded by Trolls Following Tweet on Prince Philip’s Death

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 […]

Apr 09
Is Hollywood Homophobic? Kate Winslet Thinks So!

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 […]

Apr 08
Body Positive call for HIV Positive People to be Bumped Up Covid Priority List

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 […]