Category: News
American rapper, singer, and songwriter, Lil Xan has reportedly come-out the closet as gay, with further claims being made that he is in a relationship with Jaden Smith. The 22-year-old from Redlands, California, (real name: Diego Leanos) first posted a video on Instagram, showing himself “coming out” of a closet, before reportedly doing dance moves […]
Switzerland’s National Council has passed a bill make homophobia and transphobia punishable by up to 3 years in prison. The lower house passed the bill 118 votes to 60. The bill will still need to be passed by the upper chamber, the Council of States before it can become law. Socialist council member Mathias Reynard […]
Donald Trump’s new policy will insist those couples are married —even if they’re from countries that ban same-sex marriage. The Trump administration will no longer provide visas for same-sex domestic partners of foreign diplomats and U.N. officials serving in the U.S., a policy that went into effect Oct. 1. Foreign Policy reports that the new […]
Auckland’s gay rugby team will travel to Wellington for a game against the Straight Ups Invitational XV and mark the beginning of gay rugby in New Zealand. October’s game will mark 20 years since the first match between two gay rugby teams in New Zealand and the world To mark the 20th anniversary of that […]
There are around 3500 people living with HIV in New Zealand, but estimates show that over 500 don’t know it. A 2018 survey by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation found that 1 in 4 sexually active men who have sex with men (MSM) in New Zealand have never had an HIV test. “This is extremely […]
NZ’s first two expungements against unjust convictions for historical homosexual offences have been made today under the Government’s new Criminal Records Act. In announcing the expungements, Justice Minister Andrew Little says he hopes there will be more to come. “I hope that today other men who were wrongly convicted of homosexual offences, and have lived […]
Under the new guidelines phrases such as “No fats, no femmes, no Asians” will now be banned. Grindr has launched a new initiative to combat different forms of discrimination experienced by users of its popular gay dating app, which boasts 3.8 million users globally a day. Titled “Kindr,” the new initiative will tackle issues such […]
The proposal is seen as a way to help secure an LGBTI space just off K road, which has become increasingly gentrified. Body Positive CEO Mark Fisher is among those now calling for the establishment of an Auckland Pride Centre just as a way to ensure a space in an area which has holds historical […]