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While stopping short of marriage equality, the bill will make Thailand’s one of the most LGBT-friendly places in Asia. Thailand is set to legalise same-sex civil unions, with the nation’s cabinet approving draft legalisation, set to be introduced to the nation’s parliament in coming weeks. While the bill is still pending, the biggest hurdle has […]
Mr Duda claims “LGBT ideology” is “more destructive than communist indoctrination” and promises to ban same-sex marriage. Polish President Andrzej Duda has been returned to office, winning a narrow victory over the liberal mayor of Warsaw Rafal Trzaskowski. With 99.97 per cent of results now in, Mr Duda has 51.2% of the vote to Mr […]
The “not ‘just’ a biopic” about Carmen Rupe showcases Mika’s creative vision of the illegal, bustling underground sex scene of 1970’s New Zealand. It’s been an open secret amongst Auckland’s LGBT community that Mika Haka has been entangled in something big as of late. Now the world is set to find out exactly what, with […]
Demi Cox talks to author Lil O’Brien about the inspiration behind her new book Not That I’d Kiss A Girl, The L Word and being the ‘gayest’ person. Your friends describe you as the ‘gayest person they know.’ So, what does a day in the life of Lil O’Brien (aka THE gayest person) look like? […]
All the biggest queer news from the capital brought to you by our new Wellington correspondents Richard Tait and Fraser Shaw. Introducing our new Wellington contributors Richard Tait and Fraser Shaw have been friends for nearly 20 years. They met playing together in a gay touch rugby team that went to the Gay Games in […]
More news confirming homophobia is running rampant in Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin has mocked the American embassy in Moscow for flying a rainbow flag during global pride month. Putin made the comments in response to a post on the embassy’s official Instagram account which read “today we conclude the celebration of the Month of […]
From the early stages of homosexual law reform, successful gay panic murder defences to a ground-breaking yachtsman – Gareth Watkins examines the July dates that have shaped our queer community. 16 July 1925 A report titled Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders was tabled in Parliament. According to Mr Hawkins, Inspector of Prisons, the “worst pervert […]
Labour MP Louisa Wall speaks exclusively to express on the Manurewa selection race and the role homophobia may have played in her withdrawal. The Labour MP for Manurewa isn’t going anywhere. Despite withdrawing her candidacy to recontest the Labour selection for her safe South Auckland electorate, Louisa Wall is all but guaranteed a return to […]