Category: News
RainbowYOUTH has appointed its new Executive Director and welcome Frances Arns to the whānau. Arns steps into the role with a desire to broaden the education and awareness role of the organisation and to continue to prioritise ensuring accessibility for takatāpui youth. “I’m looking forward to continuing the growth of RainbowYOUTH and building on the […]
As Australia is in the process of casting their vote on marriage equality, questions regarding the security of a postal vote have been raised after voting forms were found scattered on one woman’s property. Kerry Ford says she found dozens of postal voting letters dumped on her property and she is concerned that someone is […]
Gay conversion therapy has been ruled legal by a judge in Brazil. Federal judge in Brasília, Waldemar de Carvalho, has overruled a decision by the Federal Council of Psychology made in 1999 prohibiting psychologists from offering ‘gay conversion’ therapies. The action was brought to court by an evangelical Christian psychologist Rozangela Justino, who believes homosexuality […]
Writer for Netflix series, Master of None, Lena Waithe, has made history by becoming the first black woman to win an Emmy Award for comedy writing. The Thanksgiving episode was co-written with Aziz Ansari and focuses on the backstory of Waithe’s character Denise as a black woman coming to terms with her sexuality. It is […]
The president of Canterbury University’s queer group has resigned from the position after he publicly pledged his support for the National Party. Max Farra, who held the position of president of QCanterbury for three weeks, was on the receiving end of backlash from LGBT+ community members and general public following a post on the Young […]
Auckland Pride Board Chair Lexie Matheson has taken out a bronze medal at the WGKF World Karate Championships held over the weekend. Matheson was the first transwoman to compete in the Championships, which this year was held in Bucharest, Romania. “It’s such an honour to represent New Zealand, and to get to stand on the […]
Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has qualified for the Commonwealth Games, the first openly transgender New Zealand athlete to do so. Hubbard has taken out the women’s 90kg-plus division at the Commonwealth and Oceania championships meaning she qualifies automatically for the Commonwealth Games, alongside the winners of each of the 16 divisions. Hubbard lifted 145kg in the […]
Muxes (third gender) Mexicans are playing a lead role in the aftermath of the recent devastating 8.1 magnitude earthquake. In the state of Oaxaca, in the matriarchal town of Juchitán, one of the hardest hit by the earthquake, roughly eight in ten residents are indigenous. The indigenous population of the area, the Zapotec, encompasses male, […]