Category: News
A local LGBTI group from Zimbabwe say that they are far more optimistic of the nation’s direction following the latest elections, compared to past years which have seen a strong focus on LGBTI rhetoric. Despite controversy around the result, rioting, and deaths, Chester Samba, who is the Director of LGBTI group, GALZ, told Daily News that the […]
The world’s first transgender MP and Mayor needs help so she can get to the Oxford Union to share her story. Speaking to stuff.co.nz earlier, Beyer said the invitation to speak on such a global platform was both privilege and a matter of national pride. At the time, Beyer said she was busy “putting in a few […]
Maxim Neverov, a teenager who found himself becoming the first minor to be charged under Russia’s homophobic ‘gay propaganda’ legislation, is fighting back against the government and his conviction. The Sixteen-year-old schoolboy who was found guilty of violating Russia’s anti-LGBTI law on August 7 after posting images of “partly nude” men on social media, was fined 50 000 […]
Progress has been made in Germany with the nation’s cabinet officially approving the addition of a third gender option for intersex people on government documentation. The cabinet’s decision which aims to allow intersex Germans who do not identify as either male or female to instead apply to be categorised as ‘divers,’ which translates to ‘miscellaneous’ […]
The mother of marriage equality has condemned the Lesbian Rights Alliance Aotearoa for their opposition to the proposed changes to the new Birth, Deaths, Marriages and Relationships Registration Act. Louisa Wall has come out publicly against the Lesbian Alliance Aotearoa’s opposition to the government’s proposed changes to the new Birth, Deaths, Marriages and Relationships Registration. […]
A group called the Lesbian Rights Alliance Aotearoa have raised concerns over the new Birth, Deaths, Marriages and Relationships Registration Act, saying that it risks women’s rights. The group’s press release, which was published on Scoop and later quoted in the NZ Herald, said that the bill could ‘render the sex discrimination protections in the […]
A South African transgender student has spoken out about her experiences at school, after being told by a teacher that she was “not a female” and lacked “female body parts.” The 16-year-old student from Johannesburg who goes by the name Khwezi (to protect her identity) explained how she was left “crushed” by the teacher’s words. “I was […]
The Anglican Diocese of Nelson has rejected the wider New Zealand church’s stance of allowing same-sex couples to be blessed in the church. The Anglican Diocese of Nelson Synod this week passed a motion to be in “impaired fellowship” with the Anglican Church of New Zealand over a recent motion to allow Bishops the right […]