Category: News
The world’s largest HIV conference returns 30 years later to where the AIDS epidemic first emerged in the US. AIDS 2020 will take place on 6 – 10 July 2020 and is expected to bring together more than 15,000 participants from around the world. “San Francisco is an inseparable part of the story of HIV/AIDS” […]
The study found that straight men responded to seeing porn images of men, as well as images of women. Article by Jesse Jones, StarObserver.com.au A new study suggests human sexuality is more fluid than previously thought, and even that nobody is fully heterosexual. The research by Cornell University in the US assessed sexual orientation by […]
Q-Squared (Q²) Trust Presents Their First Dunedin Pride Festival, Hui Taurima Kahukura – Ōtepoti. Q² Trust was formed to create an inclusive and affirming environment for LGBTQIA+ communities in Dunedin and surrounding areas. Throughout the 2018 Dunedin Pride Festival, they aim to build on what is working well for LGBTQIA+ locals and to draw the […]
Paris 2018 Gay Games 10 are being held from 4 – 12 August. With the motto “All Equal” these games intend to proudly show the values of respect, sharing and the end of discrimination in France and around the world. 15,000 athletes from more than 80 countries are expected to participate. 6500 have already registered. […]
LGBTI films and artists were honoured at the Oscars yesterday, with Call Me By Your Name and A Fantastic Woman taking home major prizes. Article by Laurence Barber, StarObserver.com.au A Fantastic Woman won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. That film’s star, trans actress Daniela Vega, later presented Sufjan Stevens’ performance of “Mystery of Love,” the Best Original Song […]
Officials have thrown out calls to have her banned. Article by Jess Jones, StarObserver.com.au Trans weightlifter Laurel Hubbard’s eligibility to compete in the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games has been confirmed. Hubbard last year qualified to compete, and is set to be the first trans athlete to represent New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games. She had previously been […]
The health department of the Philippines has released figures which show the number of new HIV diagnoses has jumped 3147 percent over from 2007 to 2017. The number of diagnoses in 2007 was 342, ten years later in 2017, this has jumped to 11,103 new cases. Just days before the figures were released, Pink News […]
Auckland Pride Festival Co-Chairs have responded to the two-person protest during Saturday’s Pride Parade in Auckland and say the primary focus is safety for everyone. Cassie Roma and fellow Co-Chair Lexie Matheson say there was a brief two-person protest at the start of the parade but that “Protests are not unexpected, nor necessarily unwelcome, during […]