Category: News
Local ceramic artists and the chefs at Scarecrow Cafe have teamed up for a unique summer fundraising dinner in support of RainbowYOUTH. For the price of a ticket you’ll be treated to a delicious vegetarian meal, a drink, and on arrival you’ll choose a bowl to eat from, kindly donated by local ceramic and visual […]
Laurel Hubbard will become the first transgender Commonwealth Games athlete to represent New Zealand. Hubbard has been confirmed by the New Zealand Olympic Committee and Olympic Weightlifting New Zealand, as one of twelve weightlifters on the New Zealand team in the 90kg plus category. She took out the women’s 90kg-plus division at the Commonwealth and […]
The Transgender Day of Remembrance is being marked around the country this weekend and is an opportunity for communities to come together and remember those who have lost their lives. The Transgender Day of Remembrance occurs annually on 20 November and is observed around the world. It is a day set aside to mourn and […]
61.6% of people have voted YES in the Australian same-sex marriage postal survey, it has been announced this afternoon. This is compared to 38.4% of people who voted no. With over 12 million total votes posted across Australia, there was a 79.5% national turnout according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Nearly 80 percent of […]
A man has allegedly thrown an acid-like substance at six LGBT+ activists in Moscow. As the activists were leaving the Fourth LGBTIQ+ Family Conference, organised by LGBTI+ group, Resource, they were attacked by the man and Police and ambulance were called to the scene. The substance used is unclear but originally believed to be a […]
Pharmac has announced its intention to fund PrEP as early as 1 March 2018. The national drug-buying agency says that it has been closely following developments in medicines that may prevent HIV infection and when Truvada was granted registration for use for PrEP by Medsafe earlier this year it worked closely with the New Zealand […]
A man who posed as a surgeon, causing the death of a transgender woman, has been arrested in Thailand. Thanatpong Jittheerapirom, 29 is being charged of manslaughter in connection to the death of a trans women who underwent breast enhancement surgery at the Divine Clinic in Lampang reports the Bangkok Post. The clinic was operating […]
As the city experiences hazardous smog levels, hundreds of people filled the streets of New Delhi not only to celebrate their identity and communities but as a form of activism, protesting the criminalisation of homosexuality and demanding social responsibility for discrimination. Organisers of the 10th annual Queer Pride parade said in a statement “We march […]