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The Wellington Pride Festival is the capital’s annual celebration of LGBT+ (queer and transgender) identities, and the 2017 festival is going to be the biggest in 25 years! It is a key time of celebration for this diverse community – but some stories are still not being told. Takatāpui – LGBT+ Māori identity – is […]
“Tinder is about everyone and everyone deserves to meet someone special”. Well-known dating app Tinder has matched over a quarter of a million transgender people since their newest update. Sean Rad, Tinder co-founder, revealed these statistics during a presentation at SXSW (South by South West) conference, alongside Sarah Kate Ellis, president of GLAAD (Gay & […]
Article by Jess Jones, Starobserver.com.au MORE than 20 intersex activists from around Australia and New Zealand came together last week in Sydney to issue the Darlington Statement, which outlines key priorities for the intersex community. The statement prioritises legal reform to recognise bodily autonomy, effective rights-based oversight of clinical decisions, access to affirmative heath care, and peer […]
Article by Jess Jones, Starobserver.com.au KRISTEN Stewart is one of the most well-known queer actors in Hollywood, and In a recent interview with The Guardian, she opened up about her bisexuality and having become something of an LGBTI community icon. “That’s been nothing but positive,” she said in the interview. “I mean, it’s hard to talk about. I […]
InsideOUT runs national and regional hui for young people all around New Zealand to come together, connect, have fun, take part in workshops and activities and work together to contribute to making Aotearoa a safer place for all young people. Shift is the national hui (gathering) for young people who are of minority sexes, sexualities […]
The New Zealand Aids Foundation (NZAF) has been forced to restructure itself, causing the equivalent of three full-time jobs to be lost as it tries to adapt with limited public health funding, provided by the government. The NZAF is New Zealand’s leading HIV prevention organisation and is currently dealing with the highest level of newly-diagnosed […]
Georgina Beyer, the colourful former politician, has made a remarkable recovery from her heart disease, something she is calling “unbelievable” and a “miracle of miracles”. In her recent interview with Woman’s Day, the ex-Labour MP and former Carterton mayor revealed that her improbable recovery from cardiomyopathy, a chronic disease of the heart muscle, meant that she […]
A new short film created in Australia has captured the hearts and minds of the LGBT+ community and wider, going viral with its important message about equal love, brilliantly portrayed in an everyday setting. Director Armand de Saint-Salvy plays on a clever metaphor for coming out using a simple ‘very Australian’ debate – BBQ or tomato sauce? The […]