Category: News
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 […]
The first Pride Round in New Zealand cricket history will be held next month when the Northern Districts Cricket Association host matches against Auckland highlighting the association’s commitment to ensuring cricket is “a game for all New Zealanders.” The Dream11 Super Smash matches, as yet to be formally acknowledged or supported by New Zealand Cricket, will […]
New guidelines are being drafted to allow trans women to participate in women’s sport. In light of World Rugby’s transgender guidelines which banned trans women from playing in elite women’s rugby, Sport NZ and Rugby NZ are undertaking “complex” work to draft their own guidelines which will see transgender athletes the ability to compete in […]
Ed Lang was having drinks with friends at Fat Eddie’s in Christchurch when he was told to leave – he says it was because he is gay, which the bar denies. A man claims he was kicked out of a popular Christchurch bar for kissing his male friend on the dance floor. Ed Lang says […]