Category: News
The mother of Marriage Equality, Louisa Wall, pays homage to Sharon Aroha Hawke (13 April 1962 to 10 April 2026) I stood beside Sharon Hawke on 23 February 2025 at Albert Park in Tāmaki Makaurau as the call went out across the city: Defying Destiny, a day of queer power. It was loud, young, and […]
Hungary’s incoming government is already facing a major first test after the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the country’s so-called “LGBT propaganda” law was not only illegal, but a breach of the European Union’s foundational values. The ruling lands just days after Viktor Orbán’s defeat and places immediate pressure on incoming […]
Silas H. Shelton, a pastor from the U.S. state of Ohio who had previously spoken out against LGBTQ+ visibility in schools, has pleaded guilty to multiple sex offences involving a minor. Court records and local reporting show Shelton entered the plea on Monday, 20 April, just before his five-day trial was due to begin. Shelton […]
Online donors have raised more than US$71,000 to help cover the legal costs of David Vulin, a gay father who was arrested and later charged with a felony after a confrontation with a right-wing media personality who suggested on camera that he and his husband were more likely to molest their newborn son. The fundraiser […]
A bold celebration of burlesque, circus, music and comedy, the Auckland Live Cabaret Festival returns to The Civic from 24 June to 5 July 2026, transforming one of Tāmaki Makaurau’s most iconic venues into a glittering playground of late-night spectacle and genre-defying performance. This year’s festival invites audiences to step into a world within a […]
A self-help book aimed at parents of transgender children is currently available in 58 public libraries across the UK, prompting concern from LGBTQ+ campaigners who say it promotes harmful and misleading ideas about trans young people. An investigation by QueerAF found that When Kids Say They’re Trans: A Guide for Thoughtful Parents, written by therapists […]
A young man has become the first person sentenced under Senegal’s newly enacted anti-LGBTQ+ law, in a case that has sparked serious concern from human rights organisations. According to the Associated Press, the 24-year-old labourer was sentenced last week by a court in the Dakar suburb of Pikine-Guédiawaye to six years in prison and fined […]
New blood donation eligibility rules have officially come into effect across Australia, allowing more gay and bisexual men and transgender people in long-term monogamous relationships to donate blood and platelets for the first time. From Monday, 20 April, all donors are being asked the same sexual activity questions in the pre-donation screening process, regardless of […]