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After two years of declining numbers of HIV cases in New Zealand, there was a slight increase in 2019, but many of these cases were first diagnosed overseas. Figures released today by the AIDS Epidemiology Group, University of Otago, show a total of 212 cases in 2019, an increase from the 185 reported in 2018 […]
One lesbian icon is backing another to remain the MP for Manurewa. Marilyn Waring has publicly come to the defence of Louisa Wall as she faces a selection battle for her safe Labour seat of Manurewa. Waring who served as a National MP from 1975 to 1984 is a prominent LGBT public policy scholar […]
Costa Rica has become the first country in Central America to legalise same-sex marriage and 28th in the world. On May 26, a court decision from the Supreme Court of Costa Rica came into force that officially legalises the marriage of same-sex couples. In August 2018, the Supreme Court had declared the ban on marriage […]
Australia’s first female Governor-General, Dame Quentin Bryce has lent her support towards the first LGBTI Domestic Violence Awareness Day which will be held on Thursday. Domestic violence doesn’t discriminate, so the inaugural day will shine a light on the staggeringly high levels of domestic violence being experienced within LGBTI relationships and seriously low levels of […]
JK Rowling is once again facing criticism after the Harry Potter Author liked anti-transgender tweets that targeted a trans woman facing online bullying. The Authors latest anti-trans controversy follows her December 2019 tweet in support of a woman who lost her job for anti-trans views and liking a tweet that described trans women and “men […]
express can reveal the date Family Bar will open its doors once more and where you can go in the meantime. Family Bar is expecting to reopen on the weekend of 26/27th June – providing the country moves to level 1 of COVID 19 restrictions on June 22. While Family was able to open under […]
A transgender man has made history in Vietnam after giving birth to his baby daughter on the 16th of May. The well-known transgender couple Minh Khang and Minh Anh welcomed their healthy 2.3kg baby daughter Thiên An into the world in Ho Chi Man City. The 24-year-old husband Khang, who was female at birth and […]
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, LGBT+ charities are warning of an “unfolding humanitarian crisis” in Commonwealth countries, particularly in South Africa. The Kaleidoscope Trust which represents LGBTI+ charities working in Commonwealth nations has said that the COVID-19 outbreak and the resulting response encouraging threats of inequality, exclusion, discrimination and poverty already pose to […]