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A new weekend-long Auckland festival will celebrate and support LGBTQI+ Maori. Ahurei Matariki Takatapui is a weekend of events designed specifically by and for LGBTQI+ Mãori, their whãnau, and allies— with Takatãpui being a reclaimed term to embrace all Mãori who identify with diverse sexes, genders and sexualities. Running from July 19-21 with a weekend […]
Samoan human rights lawyer Jenny Bennet-Tuioneota has won the prestigious Commonwealth Pacific Short Story Award with Matalasi, a tale about a young transgender man preparing to be married as a female bride. According to the awards, ‘Matalasi is a story about difference, identity and the high cost of conformity. Set in a conservative Pacific Island […]
Angela Ponce has been chosen to represent Spain in the 67th annual Miss Universe pageant which will be held at the end of this year, making history for the trans community in Spain and across the world. The 27-year-old model who is officially the first transgender woman to win the Miss Universe Spain pageant since […]
Rubber bullets and pepper spray have been used by local police to shut-down and disperse defiant members of Turkey’s Rainbow community following the banning of Istanbul Pride. The pride event which was refused a permit due to local police claiming that they “could not take steps to secure their safety and did not find it […]
express stalwart Tux Hika explores the politically charged question of whether it is particularly important for LGBTQ+ Māori to sign up to the Māori roll—and finds his answer more complicated than he had ever imagined. Ko te Tau Tatauranga tenei, mehemea kaore koe i mohio ko te tau hoki ka whai waahi te iwi Maori […]
The Elton John stage musical Billy Elliot has been officially cancelled in Hungary following the release of a homophobic newspaper article accused the show of being “gay propaganda,” to turn children gay. The announcement of the show’s cancellation was made by The Hungarian State Opera last week, with the Budapest run production highlighting a collapse […]
The veteran Kiwi broadcasters are joining a growing number of people, who are raising questions over the New Zealand LGBTI Awards. Writing for stuff.co.nz, Mau says that she will not be involved in the New Zealand LGBTI Awards, turning down an offer to be a judge or host, a decision that she says was made […]
Rosemary Mitford-Taylor explores the sour topic of Instagram’s gender-discriminating censorship Gather ‘round and let me tell you a story fraught with contradictory rules, passion for freedom of expression, and, of course, Instagram. That’s right, my friends: it’s time to talk about nipples. It’s no news ash that our society is irrationally afraid of feminine nudity […]