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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 […]
Nepal’s new government has made history by creating a dedicated ministerial portfolio for LGBTQIA+ communities, believed to be a first for an Asian nation. The Hon. Sita Badi, from the newly ruling National Independent Party, has been appointed Nepal’s Minister for Women, Children, Gender and Sexual Minorities and Social Security. The role was created on […]
Hong Kong’s largest annual LGBTQ+ carnival, Pink Dot HK, has been cancelled for the second consecutive year after organisers were unable to secure a venue and the necessary event approvals. The 2026 event had been scheduled for 14 June at Stanley Plaza and Murray House, but organisers announced on Monday, 18 May, that the carnival […]
A bill seeking to legally define the terms “man” and “woman” has passed its first reading in Parliament. The Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill, in the name of New Zealand First MP Jenny Marcroft, passed its first reading on Wednesday and will now move to the select committee process. The bill would […]
Alan Manning Chambers, the former president of conversion-therapy-promoting ministry Exodus International, has been arrested in Orlando and charged with soliciting sex from a minor following an alleged police sting. According to Orange County court documents, Chambers was arrested by Orlando Police and charged with solicitation of a minor via computer, sending harmful material to a […]
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has signed House Bill 4756, a so-called “privacy” law that allows schools to treat outdoor porta-potties as an acceptable single-occupancy toilet option for transgender students if no indoor single-user bathroom is available. The Campaign for Southern Equality warned that the measure could make going to the toilet “difficult and even […]
A mother is suing an all-girls school in the United Kingdom after it allowed a transgender girl to attend. Joanna Donoghue says she had “no choice” but to take legal action against Beverley High School after it allegedly admitted a trans girl “secretly” and repeatedly “shut down” her questions about the student, according to The […]