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Laurel Hubbard will represent New Zealand in the 90kg+ female category at the Australian International later this month. A trans woman being selected for a national team is a landmark point for LGBT+ people. The International Olympic Committee’s Sex Reassignment/Hypoandrogenism Consensus Meeting in 2015 ruled “trans athletes are not [to be] excluded from the opportunity to […]
Registrations for Body Positive’s annual event for HIV-positive men to meet and socialise with other HIV-positive men are now open. The aim of the retreat is provide the opportunity to meet with other HIV positive men, provide opportunities to develop a support network, to create a safe and supportive environment for HIV positive men to […]
Popularly known as sweet and innocent, pop princess Ariana Grande has released her latest video for Everyday ft. Future, and has an important message to share with viewers. Throughout the music video, we witness multiple displays of affection happening in broad daylight – which is usually enough to make most people uncomfortable, yet she has taken […]
Most of the subjects’ faces are hidden or concealed, but it does not detract from new documentary Mr Gay Syria‘s significance in telling an LGBT+ story we do not hear enough. Focusing on two men, Hussein and Mahmoud, gay men who have fled from their homeland Syria to Turkey, Mr Gay Syria follows the establishment of the […]
Tegan and Sara have cancelled their only New Zealand show at the Bruce Mason Theatre in Auckland this Saturday 11 March. Unfortunately, Tegan has fallen ill and lost her voice at the end of the duo’s European tour. The Australian tour has also been postponed as a result. Tegan says (on behalf of the duo), […]
Because you weren’t excited enough as it was for Disney’s live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast, it has just been announced that LeFou, Gaston’s sidekick, is indeed gay – well, he is going to be for this remake at least. LeFou, who will be played by Josh Gad, “is somebody who on one day wants […]
In an editorial published on Saturday, the New Zealand Herald tried to do their part in the way of LGBT+-progression, but then went on to comment on and disseminate misinformation. The Herald took aim at comments made by newly-minted Mr Gay NZ, Charlie Tredway, who said that HIV-positive people who had undetectable viral loads were also virtually non-infectious. […]
AUT has made another forward step in being one of, if not the most, LGBT+-friendly university in New Zealand. It has set a goal that this year, all campuses will have all-gender bathrooms, so non-binary and trans students can feel comfortable going to the toilet whilst on-site. This comes off AUT’s massive float at the […]