Category: News

Oct 10
Married at First Sight Couple Are Focused on Getting to Know Each Other

Married at First Sight’s first gay couple says they may have started on a low but they say they are now focused on getting to know each other. Aaron and Ben tell express that not everything that happened on the day made it to air. “It’s was pretty confronting watching it all happen as I […]

Oct 10
Brian Tamaki Thinks Protesters are Jealous of His Life

Brian Tamaki says media and those wanting to protest against him are “jealous about my life”. His comments come after his speaking engagement in Christchurch last night was moved to an undisclosed location as a protest group was organising a Queer Quake Mardi Gras. Last year the Destiny Church leader said that earthquakes were caused […]

Oct 10
Cardinal Says Gay People Should Be Kept Away From Family Gatherings With Children

He said that gay family members should be excluded from gatherings with “impressionable children”. Article by Jess Jones, StarObserver.com.au Cardinal Raymond Burke has spoken out against gay people, calling them “evil” and urging families to keep gay relatives away from gatherings with children. In an interview with right-wing website Life Site News, Burke was asked […]

Oct 09
Pope Says Accepting Trans People Will Make Straight People Intertile

Pope Francis has said that getting rid of “gender-associated behaviours” will render straight men and women infertile and condemned the idea of non-binary people. Speaking to the Vatican’s bioethics advisory board, which deals with issues like abortion, Francis rallied against people who promoted what he claimed was the “utopia of the neutral”, according to Pink News. […]

Oct 09
A Rough Start for Married at First Sight’s First Same-Sex Couple

It’s bound to be the gossip in many lunchrooms around the country today – last night’s rather awkward episode of Married at First Sight. Aaron and Ben were the first same-sex couple to appear on the New Zealand version of the popular show, but their wedding day appeared far from smooth sailing. Ben revealed at […]

Oct 05
Macklemore is Returning to Our Shores

He brought us the queer anthem Same Love and has been a vocal supporter of LGBT+ communities, now he’s coming back to our shores for two summer shows. Fresh from shaking up Australian homophobes at the NRL final in Sydney, Macklemore has announced he will be playing in Auckland and Wellington this coming February. Just […]

Oct 05
UN condemns death penalty for same-sex relations

A historic decision to condemn the death penalty for same-sex relations has been made by the United Nations Human Rights Council. With six countries around the world still implementing the death penalty for consensual same-sex relations, and five technically allowing although not invoking the penalty, 27 States voted in favour of condemning the practice, supporting […]

Oct 04
RainbowYOUTH open first drop-in centre outside of Auckland

RainbowYOUTH has opened its first drop-in centre outside of Auckland, providing a safe and accessible space for Tauranga youth. Located in the Historic Village, the new drop-in centre further solidifies the organisations work in the Bay of Plenty region. In 2014, RainbowYOUTH created a peer support group for the region ‘TaurangaPryde’, a group that has […]