Category: News
Sir Elton joins Olivia Newtown John in receiving a New Year honour. Sir Elton John has received the highest acknowledgement in 2019’s new year honours list. The Tiny Dancer singer was awarded the Companion of Honour for a career spanning more than five decades which includes selling more than 300 million records. Sir Elton John already holds […]
The event was held as pressure mounts on the Cook Islands to stop criminalising homosexuality. Louisa Wall travelled to the Cook Islands to take part in an event for Cook Islands Pride which took place on 19 December. The event was hosted by the Te Tiare Association with Wall as the main guest speaker. […]
Former Siler Fern, Maria Folau is standing by husband after a legal battle with Rugby Australia over homophobic social media posts. Maria Folau’s coach has lifted the lid on the star netballer’s shock retirement. Noeline Taurua says the former Silver Fern wishes to focus on her marriage to controversial former Wallaby Israel Folau. Speaking to […]
Hallmark continue to use adverts featuring heterosexual couples getting married. An advertisement featuring two brides kissing at the altar has been taken off US network Hallmark. The removal was a result of a campaign led by conservative group One Million Moms, which is part of the American Family Association. The group had lobbied the CEO […]
Openly gay Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe has joined several other public figures appearing in a video criticising the Australian Government’s current Religious Discrimination Bill. The financed political group that has morphed from pushing marriage equality during that debate to one that inserts themselves into any equality debate, Equality Australia, has released the video across social […]
Two men from Dallas, Texas, have pleaded guilty to a hate crime and other charges for using Grindr to target gay men and commit violence robberies. The men who were accused of forcing victims at gunpoint to withdraw money at ATMs pleaded guilty to one count of committing a hate crime under the Matthew Shepard […]
Rainbow Pride Auckland (RPA) have opened registrations for their walking parade down Ponsonby road. The walking parade promises to bring a “carnival-style atmosphere” to Ponsonby Road on February 29th. Themed ‘Colour & Celebration,’ 2020’s parade will take place on the early evening on February 29th, and is scheduled to begin at 5.30 pm, and is expected […]
The news comes as Merriam Webster declares the pronoun ‘they’ to be 2019’s word of the year. In a win for gender diverse New Zealanders, MSD will allow a 3rd gender option on forms. Work and Income and Studylink have updated their systems to allow for a third gender option to be chosen by those […]