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Kordia’s chair praised Bartlett for his advocacy of diversity, following his death. One of the highest-profile gay business leaders in New Zealand has died, following a battle with cancer. Scott Bartlett died earlier this week aged just 40 following a battle with cancer. “It is with deep sadness that Kordia Group announces its former CEO, […]
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Pete Buttigieg to be the United States next transportation secretary in a historic appointment. Pending confirmation from the US Senate, former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana is set to become the United States next Transportation Secretary and in doing so the country’s first-ever gay man to hold a position in […]
From Saturday nights at Family Bar to managing a gay bathhouse in Hamilton Miss Ribena talks to express about her latest venture. Miss Ribena couldn’t be happier. As she answers the phone for the express interview, she’s at home in Hamilton after returning to her place of birth a few years ago, or as she […]
Historian Gareth Watkins finds memorable quotes from notable LGBT+ community members to spur your motivation for change in 2021. “My silences have not protected me.” The words of Audre Lorde, which Jan Logie got tattooed on her leg before becoming a Member of Parliament in 2011. “Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions […]
Gay males in long term monogamous relationships will now be able to donate blood regardless of sexual activity in the UK but not in NZ. Blood donation rules for gay and bisexual men are being relaxed across the United Kingdom, hours after New Zealand changed its own. There will now be a lift on […]
The ban on blood donations from men who have sex with men will be reduced from twelve months to three and will come into effect today. The most significant changes in decades to blood donation laws in New Zealand will come into effect today in a new announcement from the NZ Blood Service (NZBS) Until […]
John Mandt Jr, a lawmaker in the US state of West Virginia, has been re-elected despite his earlier resignation this year for allegedly saying “silly faggots, and dicks are for chicks!” 57-year-old John Mandt Jr withdrew after he reportedly commented on a Facebook group chat called “The Right Stuff,” (which included conservative state lawmakers and […]
A US teen has found himself being supported by over 200,000 people after he was suspended from his Texas school for wearing nail polish. 17-year-old Trevor Wilkinson, a senior at Clyde High School in Clyde, Texas, found himself at the centre of controversy after he returned from Thanksgiving break with his nails painted. Despite the school […]