Category: News
A new comprehensive report has highlighted and warned that Russia’s so-called “gay propaganda” legislation is having a negative impact, and putting LGBTI youth at risk. The new report which was conducted by LGBTI Rights group, Human Rights Watch, confirmed through an extensive range of interviews of Russian LGBTI youth and health professionals, the legislation was, in fact, […]
Auckland Tourism, Events & Economic Development (ATEED) will not be funding Auckland Pride’s 2019 Parade/March as it fails to reach Auckland Pride’s agreed outcomes with the council authority. Speaking with express, Head of Major Events, Stuart Turner, confirmed that ATEED have declared there will be no ATEED council funding for the new format ‘grassroots-led’ Parade/March that […]
In a victory for LGBTI rights in the Middle East, Israel’s top court has officially ruled in favour of two gay dads, who both requested to be officially named as the parents on their adopted child’s birth certificate. Following on from a dispute with Israel’s Interior Ministry, after officials refused to include both of Dads names on the certificate […]
The United Kingdom will count LGBT people in its next census, something that New Zealand failed to do in 2018’s Census. Scheduled for the year 2021, The next United Kingdom census intends to record whether someone considers themselves straight, gay, or bisexual according to organisers. John Pullinger, who is a national statistician in the UK, and is […]
The Auckland Pride Board have announced the appointment of Joel Walsham into the newly created role of Festival Coordinator, with the aim of working alongside the community in putting together “a vibrant festival,” a reinvented Gala, and working towards a “grassroots-led Parade,” of a different “shape or form” compared to previous years. According to a press release from […]
Auckland Pride has just announced there will be no parade next year. In place of a Pride parade, there will instead be a ‘march’ which express understands will not involve the previous corporates that have participated in previous years. There will also be no opening gala or closing party in 2019. The announced was made […]
The Southern-African nation of Botswana could soon decriminalise same-sex sexual activity with a date being set in the country’s High Court to hear a case which challenges sections of the colonial error penal code. Despite the clauses being challenged not being exclusively applicable to LGBTQ+ persons, their interpretation has caused grave apprehension to full self-expression among […]
Two Auckland men have been the target of a vicious, homophobic rant from a random woman while enjoying lunch in Herne Bay. Max Tweedie told newshub that the incident occurred after he and his friend had ordered drinks and found an outdoor table at a popular Herne Bay cafe on Wednesday afternoon. Both identify as […]