Category: News
New Zealand’s Transgender Day of Remembrance service will be held at 7 pm on Monday 21 November at St Matthew’s in the City in Auckland. The service will include the traditional reading of names of transpeople who have died in the past year. Transgender Day of Remembrance was started back in 1999 by Gwendolyn Ann […]
Article: Star Observer Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will not be invited to attend Mardi Gras as an official guest after a motion moved at Saturday’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras AGM was passed. The motion was brought forward by Patrick Wright and Cat Rose of the activist group Community Action Against Homophobia, and it […]
In a major surprise for Body Positive, the passing of Philip Gipson has left them a decent amount of funds. Gipson was heavily involved with Body Positive in a social capacity, and made many friendships. Mark Fisher, CEO of Body Positive, says that they are “really appreciative of it”. Bequests are unusual for Body Positive, […]
It’s called the Sexual and Reproductive Health Action Plan (SRHAP). At first, it looks like a dyslexic spelling of ‘sharp’, but hidden in the mysteries of governmental policy blurb, there’s plenty of important themes for LGBT+ people, not to mention at least one example of a major flaw in approaching human rights issues. What is […]
In these dark times, it’s nice to know that some hunks are stripping off their kits for our viewing pleasure. ‘Unleash the Untamed’ male revue will include performances by former Mr Gay World, Chris Olwage, as well as Carmen Kilss and MJ. Taking place at 8 pm at Privé club (25 Cross Street), the night […]
Picture note: we chose to put a rainbow flag as the picture as we didn’t think Trump deserved anymore outright publicity. We’re sure you were part of the masses who were staring at their phones in disbelief last night as state by state turned a dark red, indicating it had been called for (now) President-elect […]
Brent Thomson has been part of the LGBT+ community for yonks, still able to recollect when the gay club was still on Anzac Ave, and the campaign for the Homosexual Law Reform when he was the leader of UniQ’s predecessor. It’s because of this personal involvement with New Zealand’s history of queer rights that has […]
NZAF Life Membership Presentation Saturday 5 November Saint Columba Centre, 40 Vermont Street, Ponsonby Photos: Aatir Zaidi Five new people were honoured by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation on Saturday night for their contributions to the community: Jane Bruning, Nigel Dickson, Bruce Kilmister, Anna Reed and Geoff Rua’ine.