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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 […]
Even though the Trump administration has been systematically stripping trans students of their rights, New York City has taken a stand and issued an guidance saying that teachers must refer to students by their preferred pronouns. By preferred pronouns, the guidance says that it goes beyond the normal binary ‘he’ or she’ and to include […]
AAMI has seized the opportunity to embrace acceptance and draw attention to its humorous campaign for roadside assistance with this delight, that also draws on an Aussie classic, Priscilla Queen of the Desert. The ad features Australian queens, Art Simone and Philmah Bocks, on their way to Broken Heel Festival, when their car breaks down […]
In a new commercial for Coca-Cola’s Taste the Feeling campaign, a young woman is shown admiring a handsome boy hired to clean their home swimming pool. Little does she know, her brother is upstairs enjoying the same view from his own window. The advert features a 50’s-style soundtrack and plays on classic Americana imagery. After the siblings longingly […]