Category: News
The Rainbow wing of the New Zealand Labour Party has questioned the NZ Herald’s online poll on gay rights. Rainbow Labour is calling into question a series of online poll questions posted by the NZ Herald’s which ask readers if they support gay rights. The polls have been posted on the NZ Herald website and […]
New data released by The Kirby Institute has revealed that Australia has recorded the lowest number of new HIV infections since 2001. The study found that in 2018 835 new cases of HIV were diagnosed, a decline of 23% over five years since 2013. Speaking about the new results, Professor Rebecca Guy, who heads the […]
Following becoming the first Asian nation to allow same-sex marriage, Taiwan has seen over one thousand same-sex weddings in just one month. Announcing the success of the new legislative change, Taiwan’s Ministry of the Interior confirmed that in its first month of marriage equality, 790 female couples and 383 male couples (totalling 1,173) have since […]
More than 8,000 people were reported to have participated in the Kyiv Pride parade, with “no major incidents” being reported. The parade which is being hailed as a success, in general, was not without a few hiccups, with the Associated Press reporting that local police had to keep parade participants separate from LGBTI rights opponents who protested […]
Braving temperatures over 38 degrees in the sweltering heart of Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, the celebrities turned out to honour the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Thousands lined New York’s famous Christopher Street for midday tribute to the Stonewall riots that promised numerous surprise celebrity appearances. The most anticipated of these was Lady Gaga who’s […]
Australian singer, songwriter, actor, and YouTuber, Troye Sivan has announced that he will be donating $1 from every ticket sold on his upcoming New Zealand tour to RainbowYOUTH. Speaking with express, Sivan said that giving back to organisations like RainbowYouth was important to him as growing up he didn’t have any LGBT people to look […]
The results of a new report have once again highlighted the major issue of LGBTI youth and suicide, with 39% considering attempting suicide in the past 12 months. The findings from the Trevor Project’s first-ever report on LGBTI youth mental health were derived from data received from over 34,000 respondents, and is being described as […]
Just weeks after his ‘apology’ to the LGBTQ+ community, the self-appointed Apostle Bishop has spoken out against transgender people. Brian Tamaki has taken to Twitter to denounce the concept of gender transitioning. The self-appointed Apostle Bishop was spurred to make the comments in defence of a student in the United Kingdom who was suspended from […]