Category: News
The president of the LGBTI+ rights group, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) says that President Donald Trump is to blame for the ongoing problem of violence against transgender people. Newly appointed, Alphonso David, made the remarks during an interview with the Washington Blade prior to the first-ever National Transgender March on Washington and the 23rd annual […]
New Zealand boxer Geovana Peres (7 wins 1 lose) will be defending her WBO World Women’s Light Heavyweight title on October 4th at SkyCity Convention centre in Auckland. Brazilian born New Zealander won her world title earlier this year in March against Northland boxer Lani Daniels. Now after winning the title, her biggest test is […]
Montego Bay Pride in Jamaica has been cancelled by organisers who say that security concerns prompted the cancellation. According to reports by the Jamaica Gleaner, organisers of the pride celebration scheduled to be held in the Jamaican resort city of Montego Bay say that the city’s Mayor Homer Davis and St. James Councilor Charles Sinclair banned […]
In a bid to make homosexuality legal in their homeland of Mauritius, four young activists have approached the nation’s Supreme Court and challenge the current laws constitutional standing. Currently in Mauritius – while prosecution is rare, Section 250 criminalises homosexuality by stating: “Any person who is guilty of the crime of sodomy … shall be […]
Serbian police and far-right protesters have clashed leading up to a pride parade in the capital city of Serbia, Belgrade. It is reported that approximately 150 anti-LGBTI protesters gathered in the hours leading up to the Pride march with the intention of impeding and stopping the event. Police have since indicated that at least five […]
The portrait is part of a new exhibition celebrating a trailblazing generation of transgender women in New Zealand. Poutokomanawa: The Carmen Rupe Generation will feature portraits of Carmen Rupe, Georgina Beyer, Dana de Milo and Chrissy Witoko, as well as work by transgender artists. The New Zealand National Gallery in Wellington unveiled the collection yesterday and is open to […]
The National Council of Women have voted to implement more trans-inclusive language and will not fight for the rights of women exclusively. In a major win for trans rights activists in New Zealand, the National Council of Women has moved to adopt more inclusive language in order to serve the interests of trans and non-binary […]
The results of a new study have confirmed that individuals who undergo ‘conversion therapy’ to change one’s gender identity have a higher risk of attempting suicide. The latest research which was published in JAMA Psychiatry follows countless other studies by numerous organisations which have all come to the same conclusion that so-called ‘conversion therapy’ is dangerous and […]