Category: News
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has compared North Carolina’s HB2 law with the discriminatory Jim Crow laws of the formerly segregated Southern states. Lynch is a Greensboro native and the first African-American woman to serve as attorney general. She is a social advocate who has often played important roles in representing and fighting for minority groups. In […]
Barrister and transgender rights advocate Kelly Ellis will feature on a panel held tomorrow at Auckland University focusing on possible solutions for the current crisis taking place in New Zealand prisons. Following the show stopping Pride parade protest earlier this year by protest group No Pride in Prisons which meant to highlight the treatment of […]
Hanscom Smith has married his Chinese male partner Lyu Yingzong (Eric Lu) in a ceremony in San Francisco, California. One of the USA’s most senior diplomats and Consul General in Shanghai has married his long-term partner during his holiday leave in the US. Hanscom Smith announced the marriage on the US Consul General Weibo account, saying […]
No Pride in Prisons: A discussion around the Auckland Pride Parade is the latest move taken by No Pride in Prisons, a group advocating for the rights of trans prisoners through protest. This controversial group was criticised by some sections of the queer community after staging a protest during the 2016 Pride Parade. ” No […]
The New Zealand Government announced a $124 million increase in investment in new medicines over the next four years. “New Zealanders have been waiting for 81 medicines recommended by PHARMAC’s pharmacology technical advisory committee (PTAC) for up to twelve years and it is pleasing that the Government is addressing this” said Hon Heather Roy, Medicines […]
The Auckland Pride Festival Board has confirmed the appointment of two new board members, James Bennett and Zakk d’Larte. These two additions will be assisting in filling a gap left behind by outgoing Pride Board member Vinnie Sykes who announced his resignation ahead of this year’s Pride celebrations. Kirsten Sibbit, Co-Chair of APF Board, says” […]
The University of Auckland Career Development and Employment Services have announced a seminar targeted towards GLBT students and staff, Pride and Prejudice in the workplace. Pride and Prejudice in the workplace will focus on building career confidence within the changing GLBT community, looking to inform and enlighten students as well as debunk common misconceptions and share real-life […]
Australian Olivia Wilson eloped to New Zealand with her same sex partner to get married. Now due to divorce law restrictions, Wilson can not legally divorce her former partner, who left her for a close friend while Wilson was overseas. According to Registrar-General of New Zealand Jeff Montgomery, many couples from countries in which marriage equality […]