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A new bill that would make it illegal to advertise conversion therapy to youth has been introduced in Canada’s Senate. The legislation (known as Bill S-260) which was tabled by Liberal Senator Serge Joyal plans to outlaw the promotion to the youth of so-called conversion therapy which claims to change the sexual orientation of LGBTI […]
All Black George Bridge denies that he was behind an alleged homophobic assault against a gay man and his friends at a Cape Town McDonald’s over the weekend. It has been confirmed All Black George Bridge is one of the players at the centre of an alleged homophobic incident in Cape Town, South Africa.The […]
Players from the Crusaders rugby team (including All Black George Bridge) have been accused of intimidating and homophobic behaviour at a McDonald’s following their 19-19 draw in Cape Town, an accusation that Crusaders management are refuting. According to reports, the incident took place at the McDonalds restaurant in Long Street in the early hours of […]
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. […]