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Mark your calendars! Auckland Pride’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday 30 July at Studio One Toi Tū in Ponsonby. The meeting will include reports from the Chair and Treasurer and the elections of officers. While anyone is welcome to attend the meeting, only members can vote in these elections. To become a […]
The Government MP has called for the establishment of a Minister responsible for rainbow issues saying “I think that’s something we could absolutely do with.” Tamati Coffey made the comments during a Facebook Live interview with Newshub Nation. Elected to parliament in 2017 as the MP for Waiariki, Coffey has long been an outspoken advocate […]
RainbowYOUTH’s Annual Report for 2018 has been released to the public and is available to download from www.ry.org.nz. The report documents an important year for the charity, who work with ‘queer, gender diverse and intersex youth’ to ensure ‘all young people thrive in Aotearoa’. “RainbowYOUTH is really proud of our achievements in the last year, […]
Just seven days after future National Party leader Judith Collins apologised for ‘liking’ a tweet that labelled the Labour Party the home of ‘gays’ and ‘parasites on working and middle class’, current National Leader Simon Bridges is refusing to apologise for remarks he made in an interview on Radio Hauraki. Interviewed the day after Prime […]
The Iris Angola Association (Associação Íris Angola) has become the first civil rights organisation, advocating for LGBT+ rights to be legally registered by the Angolan government. According to the association’s director, Carlos Fernandez, the newly formed organisation is apart of a larger organisation established in 2013, the Angolan National Coordination Mechanism for Malaria, Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. “We […]
America’s Got talent judge Mel B has been brought to tears during an audition by transgender singer Brody Ray, who chose to sing a song that he felt related to his “struggles and battles.” Ray who also received a standing ovation for his performance, shared that he would be singing the song Stand in the […]
In what is being described as a world first, a Kenyan refugee camp has hosted its very own LGBTI pride parade, with over 200 attendees. Kakuma Refugee Camp, which hosted the event is believed to be the third largest of its kind in the world, housing over 180,000 refugees. Of those, approximately 200 openly identify as […]
Transgenderism will officially be removed from the International Classification of Disease by the World Health Organisation, who have reclassified trans-related issues in a new chapter entitled Conditions Related to Sexual Health. Making the progressive move forward on June 18, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is now awaiting approval from United Nations member countries, who will be discussing the […]