Category: News
From 1874 to 1995, historian Gareth Watkins finds important October dates from Aotearoa’s rainbow history. 6 October 1874 Poet Ursula Bethell was born in England. Her parents had earlier lived in New Zealand and within a few years, the family returned and eventually settled in Rangiora, Canterbury. From her teenage years, Bethell regularly travelled and […]
The New Conservatives are blaming the hack on “the Left.” The New Conservative Party has been left red-faced after its social media pages were hacked to support the LGBT community, in contrast to its anti-gay stance. The original post, which accompanied a rainbow-coloured version of the right-wing party’s logo, which has now been deleted read: […]
Did you know yesterday’s international event has Kiwi roots? International Lesbian Day, held on October 8 acknowledged lesbian history, diversity and culture. While the day is now celebrated worldwide, it first began in New Zealand, with many LGBT historians saying it began in 1980, with the very first Lesbian Day March was held. The first […]
Transgender ex-ACT Party candidate Lucy Gray has slammed the party’s leader as “an ignorant dumb ass.” express has David Seymour’s response. A former ACT party candidate Lucy Gray has spoken out against her former party, slamming its leader David Seymour as an “ignorant dumb ass” for choosing to host feminist group Speak Up for Women […]
On Monday 21 September, our Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters granted express his first-ever LGBT+ media interview. He talks to Oliver Hall about putting the Prime Minister in office, voting against Civil Union and Marriage Equality and denies accusations that he is blocking a ban on conversion therapy. What do you think is the biggest […]
On Wednesday 16 September, the Prime Minister, connects with Oliver Hall, via Zoom, to discuss uniting our rainbow community, banning conversion therapy and how NZ politics always keeps her ego in check. “Everyone Should Be Free To Be Who They Are” – Jacinda Ardern After a few moments of technical difficulties, our Prime Minister is […]
In the lead up to the 2020 General Election, ten of NZ’s rainbow organisations have written to the government outlining some key issues that are facing rainbow communities in Aotearoa. Representing a large body of advocates for rainbow communities, the Youth Sector Rainbow Collective comprises of RainbowYOUTH, InsideOUT, OUTLine NZ, Waikato Queer Youth, QTopia, Gender […]
Homosexuality will remain illegal in the Cook Islands. LGBT+ Cook Islanders have been dealt a major blow, with the self-governing island nation deciding against legalising homosexuality. A report on a proposed bill to legalise homosexuality in the pacific nation was deferred for three months after Cook Islands’ Parliamentary select committee declined to consider the matter […]