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Despite not securing ATEED funding for a full-scale parade; Rainbow Pride Auckland tell express they will still put on a ‘range of rainbow celebrations’ from 16-29 February 2020, which will run directly after Auckland Pride’s festival (1-16 February), giving us a full month of Pride events. In a statement Rainbow Pride Auckland tells us: “Rainbow […]
ATEED will not be funding Rainbow Pride Auckland’s proposed parade next year. Auckland Tourism, Events & Economic Development (ATEED) will not be funding Rainbow Pride Auckland’s proposed pride parade next year. ATEED has confirmed to express that due to the inability to find a suitable parade route, the council organisation would not be providing parade funding […]
Dozens of transgender activists have been arrested by local police after taking part in a training workshop in Uganda. According to reports local media, 33 participants of mainly Rwandan descent were arrested along with a few individuals who are Congolese and Ugandans. The activists who were taking part in a workshop at Sangalo Beach in […]
The city of London has become the first place in the United Kingdom to install a permanent rainbow crossing for pedestrians on its streets. Aiming to show solidarity with the LGBTI+ community the crossing has been installed in the south London borough of Lambeth in Herne Hill, on two crossings outside the entrance to Brockwell […]
One of America’s most notorious homophobic murderers, Gary Ray Bowles who brutally murdered six gay men in the space of just eight months is set to be executed by the state of Florida tomorrow. Gary Ray Bowles was convicted on six separate counts of first-degree murder after embarking on a killing spree, deliberately targeting gay […]
Openly gay Guardian Journalist, Owen Jones has spoken out about being the victim of what he believes was a targeted assault by the far-right over the weekend. Jones was celebrating his birthday with friends at a pub in north London when a group of men made a “direct beeline” for him as he left the venue. The […]
An American adult film star is facing backlash with many claiming he is perpetuating HIV stigma after he refused to film gay scenes with HIV positive men. Donte Thick, who has been exclusively contracted to Next Door Studios for the past two years, infuriated sexual health advocates with a recent tweet where he was responding […]
The Australian police force in the state of Victoria has made a formal apology to the rainbow community for its historical enforcement of former anti-gay laws that had outlawed consensual sex between adult males in the state. The apology which was made by Police Chief Commissioner, Graham Ashton, was given during an event that marked […]