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A coalition of 100 Australian organisations is urging federal MPs to reject attempts to redefine “sex” in the Sex Discrimination Act, warning proposed changes could weaken protections for transgender and intersex people as well as women more broadly. The open letter brings together women’s organisations, LGBTQ+ groups, unions, disability organisations and mental-health advocates. Signatories include […]
Conservation, community and connection came together at The Hotel Britomart in Auckland for a special networking brunch exploring how collaboration can turn shared environmental values into greater impact. At the heart of Conservation in Action were husbands Jerad and Ike Haldan, the couple behind the Otago Peninsula Eco Restoration Alliance — The OPERA. Together, they […]
Police are hunting three men after a stabbing outside one of Liverpool’s best-known LGBTQ+ venues left three people injured in the early hours of Sunday morning. Merseyside Police were called to Tithebarn Street shortly after 6.30 am on 20 September, where three men were found injured following an incident believed to have started at nearby […]
A Sydney court has heard allegations that former NSW Police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon disguised himself as an Uber Eats rider before allegedly murdering TV presenter Jesse Baird and Baird’s boyfriend, Luke Davies. Lamarre-Condon, 31, is standing trial in the NSW Supreme Court on two counts of domestic violence-related murder and one count of aggravated break […]
YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall discovers that a stay at this architectural wonder is not about how it looks, but how it makes you feel and the ways that can change you About a 30-minute drive from the South Island’s picturesque volcano-rim town of Akaroa sits Annandale in Pigeon Bay (annandale.com). Annandale is a working coastal […]
Teachers staged a mass walkout during a California school board meeting as Moms for Liberty figure and board candidate Beth Bourne began another speech attacking transgender-inclusive policies and LGBTQ+ material in schools. The confrontation unfolded during the Davis Joint Unified School District Board of Education meeting on Thursday, 17 September. As Bourne approached the lectern […]
Angus McDougall shares the New Zealand Fashion Week 2026 collections that made him look twice I have always believed fashion should make you feel something. Occasionally that feeling is, “I need that immediately.” Other times it is admiration, surprise or complete confusion. All are perfectly valid. I don’t need to want every look in my […]
The Australian Government has agreed to formally apologise to LGBTQ+ Defence personnel and veterans who were harmed by historic discrimination — but advocates say acknowledgement should also be accompanied by financial redress. The commitment was confirmed as Parliament considered military justice reforms stemming from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. For decades, gay, […]