Category: News
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 […]
TVNZ’s Vote compass reveals a massive majority of New Zealanders want an end to the dangerous practice. Just under three-quarters of Kiwis want an end to gay conversion therapy. Over 260,000 people have used TVNZ’s Vote Compass to see where they fit in on the political spectrum. On the issue of gay conversion therapy, 72% […]
Eric Trump has since confirmed that he is not a member of the LGBT+ community, following what can only be described as a bizarre moment in television history when he accidentally “come out” during a live interview. Eric Trump’s clarification came after a Fox News interview where he attempted to convince viewers that his father […]
A former trainee nurse has spoken of suffering through 12 years of electroshock therapy and a concoction of drugs, for being LGBT+. Joan Bellingham, now 68, has spoken at a Royal Commission in New Zealand about her experience during the 1970’s when she first started training as a nurse at the Burwood Hospital in Christchurch. […]
The iPrEP clinic is a New Zealand first and is modelled on a program in New York. Body Positive is now offering “immediate access” to PrEP for those who need it quickly. In a New Zealand first, the peer support organisation has started an iPrEP clinic that works in conjunction with its drop-in clinic to […]
ACT Party Leader David Seymour to Express about freedom of speech, the End of Life Choice referendum and why he hosted the Feminism 2020 event for trans-exclusionary group Speak Up For Women at parliament, despite having been a member of the cross-party Parliamentary Rainbow Network and regularly attending Pride parades. At 37 you are one […]