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Historian Gareth Watkins looks back at significant September dates that impacted Aotearoa New Zealand’s rainbow communities. 28 September 1921 This year marks the centenary of the birth of Bruce Mason – one of New Zealand’s most significant playwrights. Mason wrote over thirty plays, with The Pohutukawa Tree and End of the Golden Weather being two […]
Winter Pride organiser says his ‘patron’s access’ model had detailed terms and conditions that made it ‘clear’ tickets were not refundable, even if the festival was cancelled. Winter Pride’s Director is defending his policy to refund tickets only partially for this year’s cancelled festival in the wake of confusion amongst ticket holders, some of whom […]
In a horrific attack, a group of eight used a knife to carve the homophobic slur “faggot” onto a victim’s backside in Madrid, Spain. The attack, which occurred just two months after the horrific killing of Samuel Luiz, a 24-year-old gay man, in A Coruña, Spain, a 20-year-old has found himself the victim of another hate […]
Lil Nas X says his “life has come full circle” after he returned to work for Taco Bell – but this time as the fast-food chain’s “chief impact officer.” First reported by Billboard Lil Nas X was made Taco Bell’s honorary chief impact officer will “play out with a menu of activities, collaborations, and a company-wide […]
World Number Two tennis player, Russian Daniil Medvedev, has praised the U.S Open for developing a ‘Pride Day‘ during the tournament and said if a male player did decide to come out on tour then “all the players would be happy for the guy if he does.” 25-year-old Medvedev, was speaking to the media after […]
Following meeting with US President Joe Biden, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made a promise to fight for the rights of his LGBTQ+ citizens. Ukraine, which has been slow at implementing LGBTQ+ rights leaving the nation’s rainbow community facing widespread discrimination including, no legal recognition of same-sex relationships and discrimination in the workplace with no […]
Following the government’s announcement to ban conversion therapy in New Zealand, The Justice Committee is seeking submissions from members of the public, who are invited to make their own submissions on the proposed legislation. The Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill would make it an offence to perform conversion practices on an individual under the age […]
Finland’s parliament will now consider a total ban on the dangerous practise known as ‘conversion therapy,’ following overwhelming support from the public. The proposed ban which has been put to the parliament via a citizens’ initiative, which has since gained over 50,000 signatures, would outlaw efforts to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of […]