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There is a growing backlash from Auckland’s LGBTQ+ community over Pride’s decision to ban police from marching in uniform at next year’s parade with some calling for a boycott of the entire festival. There are growing numbers of LGBTQ+ community members now calling for a complete boycott of Auckland Pride 2019. The calls are being […]
Auckland Pride Board Treasurer Matty Jackson stands down over the decision, as other community members take to social media to voice their displeasure. In a statement on Facebook, Auckland Pride Board Member Matty Jackson has announced his decision to step down following the board’s majority vote to ban NZ Police from marching in the parade […]
The Board of Auckland Pride would like to confirm their position that the New Zealand Police will not be marching in uniform in the 2019 Auckland Pride Parade. This decision has been made following a series of community feedback sessions, including the 2018 AGM and Community Hui series held in venues across Auckland. These discussions […]
Police will not be taking part in the Pride Parade in February after being told by festival organisers they were not welcome to march while wearing their uniform. Police were told they were not welcome while wearing uniform and instead were told that they must wear t-shirts if they wished to march in the parade. […]
The Kentucky county clerk who gained international infamy in 2015 when she was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples has lost her reelection bid. Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk made famous by her refusal to sign marriage licenses for gay couples, lost Tuesday in her reelection bid for the Rowan […]
28-year-old Jack Chapman (pictured, right) was ordered by his ‘master’ to have silicone injected into his scrotum. In 2010, Linda Chapman’s 20-year-old son Jack fell in love with an American Bear Blogger Dylan Ray Hafertepen (pictured, left) , who would introduce Jack to the dangerous world of body modifying. Eight years on and that introduction […]
Hundreds of LGBT Tanzanians are now in hiding amidst anti-gay crackdown. Hundreds of LGBT activists in Tanzania have gone into hiding after a senior official announced a task force aiming to identify and punish gay people in the nation’s largest city, Dar es Salaam The Guardian reports. Dar es Salaam’s administrative head Paul Makonda says […]
Labour MP Marja Lubeck has put a bill in the ballot to ban gay conversion therapy. The Member’s Bill was spurred after a petition by campaigners asking for a ban of conversion therapy gathered about 20,000 signatures. Lubeck says the practice of gay conversion therapy a “flawed abhorrent practice that has no place in our country.” The Labour […]