Category: News
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 […]
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 […]