Category: News
This year’s Mr Gay New Zealand title has been won by Charlie Tredway, an incredible man who works with the New Zealand AIDS Foundation as a Community Engagement Officer and has devoted his life to HIV advocacy and community awareness. Tredway, 33, was announced as the winner onstage at the Ending HIV Big Gay Out yesterday after […]
Netflix has made some major announcements: Orange is the New Black will be premiering its new season on 9 June, and they are rebooting The Magic School Bus. It will remain animated, and this time, Ms Frizzle will be voiced by lesbian comedian Kate McKinnon. McKinnon currently works on S.N.L., known for her portrayals of Justin Bieber, Hilary Clinton […]
Article: Star Observer A recently released report on the benefits and risks of chest binding has revealed that many trans men and non-binary people have experienced at least one negative health outcome from binding. The study is the first of its kind, and was conducted by The Binding Health Project at Boston University, which asked 1,800 people […]
ANZ have commissioned research exploring the simple act of holding hands in public and how it effects our community. The research was launched today following the lead-up to the Auckland and Wellington Pride Festivals. The research shows New Zealand’s LGBT+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) community is more than twice as likely (39%) than […]
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 […]