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Four teenagers are accused of using a gay dating app to target a victim whose home they allegedly later tried to force their way into. The four male teens, aged 15 and 16, appeared in Invercargill Youth Court before Judge Russell Walker, each charged with burglary with a weapon. Lawyers for the teenagers argued that […]
‘The Untouchable Girl Who Helped Aotearoa See Itself’ For generations of New Zealanders, Dame Jools Topp has been more than an entertainer. For many rainbow Kiwis, she was one of the first openly lesbian women they ever saw welcomed into the nation’s lounge rooms. As one half of the Topp Twins, alongside her twin sister […]
Vermont lawmakers have passed a sweeping, first-of-its-kind bill expanding protections for transgender people in prison, marking one of the strongest state-level responses yet to the Trump administration’s escalating prison policies targeting trans people. The legislation, titled H.550, passed on 21 May. According to reporting from Transitics via Substack, the bill acknowledges that incarcerated trans people […]
A UK-based Christian charity is facing backlash after resurfaced sermons linked homosexuality to paedophilia and bestiality, while claiming boys “no longer rape girls” and instead “rape boys”. The remarks were made in a 2022 sermon uploaded to YouTube by the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Daniel Centre Church in Slough, Berkshire. In the video, a […]
In a significant development for transgender rights in Kenya, the High Court has ruled that the government must reasonably consider applications to amend sex or gender markers on official identity documents. In a judgment handed down on Wednesday, Justice Bahati Mwamuye found that existing registration laws do not prohibit transgender people from applying to change […]
The City of Leeds has appointed its first openly gay Lord Mayor and Lord Mayor’s Consort, marking a historic milestone for the city. Councillor Stephen Holroyd was confirmed as the 132nd Lord Mayor of Leeds on Wednesday, with his partner Simon Mapals serving as Lord Mayor’s Consort for the 2026/27 civic year. The appointment comes […]
The festival which was due to kick off in August, will now take a hiatus in 2026, with organisers saying they are now focused on delivering a strong return to Queenstown in 2027. The team behind Winter Pride has made the decision not to hold the festival this year. The current team took over Winter […]
New HIV diagnoses in Aotearoa New Zealand have continued to decline, with the latest figures showing strong progress in the country’s efforts to end local transmission — but health leaders say the gains are fragile and uneven. Data released by the University of Otago HIV Epidemiology Group shows 80 people were first diagnosed with HIV […]