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Throughout August, Auckland Pride invites LGBTIQ+ individuals and Tāmaki Makaurau’s rainbow communities to join in the dialogue at their annual series of Auckland Pride Community Hui. Auckland Pride says the feedback from these meetings will directly influence the mahi of the Auckland Pride Board, as well as the Festival Director and Parade Director. Open to everyone, the dates and venues for the […]
The conservative lobby group have slammed the proposed birth certificate changes, saying it proposes “ideology” over biology. Family First have come out against the government’s proposed changes to birth certificates, labelling them “disturbing.” The government is proposing that changes to birth certificates be made with a simple statuary declaration from an individual rather than a […]
Karen O’Leary talks to Oliver Hall about drunkenly stumbling into acting and scoring roles in What We Do in the Shadows, The Breaker Uppers and TV’s top new kiwi comedy Wellington Paranormal. Karen O’Leary accidentally fell into acting! “My official day job is running a community-based early childhood centre,” she explains to express. “One of […]
Civil rights groups in the United States are attempting to appeal a 1992 ruling which sentenced a gay man, who was found guilty of murder to death because jurors felt he would “enjoy” spending life in prison. The six organisations including Lambda Legal who have filed an amici brief urging the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals […]
Northland man Chris Swannell has made history. Chris Swannell has become New Zealand’s first openly gay Anglican Priest. Swanell, who owns a boutique lodge at Russel’s Orongo Bay with his partner of 25 years, Michael Hooper, has served the Russel Community for the past 13 years as a church deacon. The Anglican church previously expected […]
The Kiwi soap opera has won praise for the introduction of its first intersex character. Shortland Street viewers are praising the show after the soap opera introduced its first intersex character. Harper and Drew welcomed their first child Billy during the last week with the baby later revealed to be intersex. Shortly after the new […]
The Central American country of Costa Rica could soon legalise same-sex marriage, following the nation’s Supreme Court ruling that the current ban is unconstitutional. Ruling that the ban must be reversed within 18 months, the Supreme Court’s decision is in line with a ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which in January ordered 16 countries […]
The annual Jerusalem Pride parade has been attended by tens of thousands of people, despite concerns around safety and a heavy security presence. The parade which is being hailed as a success by organisers and local authorities, had minimal public disturbances in the area during the parade, with police reporting only four arrests. Jerusalem Pride […]