Category: News
Rugby Australia (RA) have confirmed that Israel Folau is no longer an employee after he decided against lodging an appeal within the 72-hour deadline against the termination of his million dollar a year contract. There is still the option for Folau to challenge the legality of the contract he originally signed with RA with […]
Taiwan has become the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage after the passing of a highly-contentious bill by the nation’s lawmakers. The historic bill which was passed by Taiwan’s parliament with a 66 to 27 majority, ultimately approves the legislation that was initially tabled by the government, in favour of watered-down rival bills […]
Auckland man Allan Lennie says he was the victim of vicious homophobia in his workplace but has turned the experience into a positive. Scottish-born Auckland construction foreman Allan Lennie who was the victim of homophobic bullying in the workplace has won an ambassadorship award at the inaugural New Zealand Rainbow Excellence Awards. Lennie says the […]
Folau’s rugby career in Australia is officially over – for now at least, with Rugby Australia announcing they have formally sacked controversial Wallabies player Israel Folau following his refusal to apologise or even remove his anti-gay Instagram post. An independent three-person panel on Friday found that his posts saying gay people would go to hell […]
The latest HIV epidemic data from the Dunedin School of Medicine’s AIDS Epidemiology Group has shown a sustained decline in new HIV diagnoses in New Zealand. New HIV diagnoses have continued to decline for a second year in a row following a concerning peak in 2016, which recorded the highest numbers in New Zealand history. […]
As the list of Nations who will allow entry to the notoriously homophobic preacher, Steven Anderson shrinks, the preacher has now become the first person to be banned from entering Ireland in over 20 years. Along with Ireland’s ban, Anderson who is also known for his anti-semitic views is now barred from entering other European […]
A disturbing new report has shown that desperate transgender people in China have been resorting to purchasing unsafe hormone treatments on the black market and performing highly dangerous surgery on themselves. The new report which was released by Amnesty International has highlighted the issue noting that members of the Chinese transgender community have been forced […]
Former Auckland Pride Board member James Bennett has pleaded guilty to tax fraud in relation to the running of his business Rainbow Pages. Former Rainbow Business director James Bennett has admitted to 10 tax fraud chargers stuff.co.nz reports. Rainbow Pages NZ Limited, which Bennett set up in September 2016, provided marketing for gay and lesbian […]