Category: News
New Zealand short-handed sailor Cory McLennan has announced the launch of Rainbow Racing — a 10-year project that will champion diversity and inclusiveness in sailing on a global scale. The Rainbow Racing project will see McLennan compete in high-profile solo and short-handed yacht races around the world over the next decade. The 23-year-old wants to demonstrate […]
On Friday, we posted about the up-coming vote to legalise same-sex marriage in Germany. It appears today that the vote was successful! Article written by Matthew Wade. Starobserver.com Days after German leader Angela Merkel dropped her opposition to a vote on same-sex marriage, a clear majority of German MPs have voted to pass marriage equality. […]
The Bill to wipe historic homosexual convictions has been introduced to Parliament and gay men with historic convictions are one step closer to having their record cleared. While it still needs to go through three readings in the House, the Criminal Records (Expungement of Convictions for Historical Homosexual Offences) Bill would mean men convicted of […]
Robbie Manson has made his single sculls debut a smashing success by setting a World Best Time and winning himself a gold medal at the World Rowing Cup II in Poznan, Poland. In a remarkable display of sustained power, Manson won the event by eight seconds – a huge amount in that race – which included last year’s Rio Olympic silver […]
Despite opposition from the Christian Democrats, Germany could vote on legalising marriage equality as soon as Friday. Ahead of their election in September, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has distanced herself from the Christian Democratic Union of Germany’s (CDU) opposition to marriage equality. Earlier this week she called that lawmakers should be free to vote on marriage […]
An increasing number of queer and gender diverse people who fear for their safety in their home country are finding refuge in New Zealand, as the number of those granted refugee status rises. At least 40 queer and gender diverse people have been granted refugee status in New Zealand according to Radio New Zealand, with […]
The Queenstown Rotary Club has elected a new transgender president. National news was made in May 2016 when Monica Mulholland was nominated as the Rotary Club’s president-elect, just two months after she came out as a woman. Queenstown’s Mountain Scene paper reported that on Tuesday 27 June when the changeover took place, she thanked her […]
express recently came away victorious at the 2016 New Zealand Community Newspaper Association Awards, receiving one win and three runner-up placings. This was the first year express entered to compete against other publications. The awards ceremony was held at the Chateau on the Park in Christchurch, Friday 16 June and celebrated the best of what […]