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Returning in 2017 after a hugely successful debut last year, the Pacific Dance Festival will launch an all new programme, running 15–24 June at Mangere Arts Centre in Auckland. Born out of the Pacific Dance Choreographic Laboratory (since 2009), the festival provides an opportunity for Pacific choreographers to create, develop, and perform original dance works […]
Maxi Shield, one of Sydney’s beloved drag queens and community leaders, is the star of a new video convincing gay men to get tested for HIV, and other STIs, more often. LGBT+ health organization ACON created the video to coincide with the New South Wales’ HIV Testing Week. The video follows Shield’s highly-camp journey through a sexual […]
Instagram is celebrating LGBT+ Pride Month with features including new stickers for Stories, created by LGBT+ artists from the Instagram community, and a rainbow brush editing tool. The stickers were created by artists Carra Sykes, Andy Simmonds, Cute Brute, José Antonio Roda, and Josh McKenna and contain an eye with the iris transformed into the […]
Article written by Jess Jones. Starobserver.com Real exchanges from Grindr are at the centre of a powerful new campaign to increase awareness of HIV stigma and its effects on the LGBTI community. An initiative of the HIV Foundation Queensland in partnership with Queensland Positive People (QPP), the Real Conversations of Grindr campaign started as […]
HIV transmission has reached a new record high of 244 cases in New Zealand in 2016. This follows a consistent upward trend that has been happening since 2011. Most of the cases 159 or 65% were amongst men who have sex with men with the majority 98 or 61.6% of these infections taking place within […]
The suggestion has been made to end the era of ‘male’ and ‘female’ uniforms in a bid to make all students feel comfortable and welcome, regardless of what gender they identify with, or their sexuality. According to the secondary teacher’s union, one in thirty pupils throughout school can identify with being part of the LGBT+ […]
Family Bar & Club is set to GO OFF on Queen’s Birthday weekend, with Auckland Vogue Scene hosting the first Vogue Ball produced independently by the emerging Vogue Community on Saturday 3 June, and the Oceania Pride Aotearoa Fundraiser on Sunday 4. Those of you that attended this year’s Auckland Pride Parade will remember the […]
Article written by Jess Jones, Starobserver.com The UK-based escort and performer Kayden Gray made the inspiring video to come out about his status. A gay porn star has opened up about being HIV-positive in a YouTube video. UK-based escort and performer Kayden Gray made the inspiring video to come out about his status, Pink News has […]