Category: News
After a policy change last week, where the Boy Scouts of America began to allow trans children to join, a troop in Maplewood, New Jersey has welcomed their first trans member. Joe Maldonado grabbed attention after being rejected from a group in nearby town Secaucus, and although the policy change applies to all groups, his mother does […]
The Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986 decriminalised consensual sex between men from the ages of 16 years and over, however, convictions for those offences have remained on record and can appear in all criminal history checks. Justice Minister Amy Adams has said that she “acknowledged the pain” that the affected New Zealanders had lived with, […]
Britain’s Next Top Model has taken 11 cycles to bring in a trans gender model. Tallulah-Eve Brown, who is the current Miss Trans Gender Birmingham, has modelled in the past, being an ambassador for Marie Claire’s Break Free campaign in 2016. The News is out!! I’ll be on your screens from March 16th for Britains Next […]
Betsy DeVos has just been confirmed by the US Senate to be the Education Secretary. Senators voted an even 50-50 and required a tiebreaker vote by Vice President Mike Pence, who voted for DeVos’s confirmation. Two Republicans joined the Democrat minority to cause the tie, but failed to get a third to flip. DeVos has […]
Article: Star Observer Australia’s peak HIV body is calling for the approval of self-testing devices to help find earlier diagnoses of the virus. The Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations has urged the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to fast-track the national approval of the devices, in light of the TGA’s plan to implement a new pathway […]
On Wednesday 8 February, express magazine was lucky enough to witness a little bit of good happening in our community. Gathered inside Countdown Ponsonby, Jason McQuiod, store manager, presented Trevor Easton, manager of OUTLineNZ with a cheque of $1,000. Upon receiving the cheque, Easton comments, “when they approached us [OUTLineNZ] to do this partnership, I […]
In a time when Planned Parenthood is being threatened with being de-funded, and where sex education in the USA is practically non-existent, Pornhub is surprisingly jumping in to fill the gap. Led by Dr Laurie Betito, a clinical psychologist with a focus on sexuality, the site plans on providing information regarding safe sex, intimacy and […]
Don’t be a drag, just be a queen! This already victorious week for Lady Gaga has just got even more exciting. Coming off her extremely successful Super Bowl performance, Gaga announced that she’d be embarking on the Joanne World Tour in 2017 along with her unexpected duet with Metallica happening at the Grammys on Sunday. And if […]