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“I got you something.” If you ever feel like you need proof that celebrities are just like us, take Ricky Martin’s engagement to now fiancé, Jwan Yosef. After dating for over a year, Martin proposed in the most awkwardly-adorable way possible. Martin and Yosef were first introduced into each others’ lives when Martin was looking […]
Image: Facebook We here at express want to apologise to ‘Bishop’ Brian Tamaki and his followers at Destiny Church, on behalf of LGBT+ people, for all the sin that we have caused with our homosexual and transgender ways. We are sorry that our immoral ways and secret agenda of bringing in a “radical gay” to try […]
Picture: Twitter In a move that furthers Canada as being one of the most progressive countries in the world, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Randy Boissonnault as the LGBTQ2 Special Advisor. Deeply honoured to accept the appointment of Special Advisor to PM @JustinTrudeau on #LGBTQ2 issues. Offering a strong voice & an open ear. — […]
Elly Crispin has been appointed as the part-time regional coordinator for RainbowYOUTH’s Bay of Plenty region. Her role encompasses establishing peer-support groups in addition to Tauranga’s own TaurangaPryde, as well as arranging training huis for peer-support group facilitators, and helping distribute LGBT+ resources to schools and other community organisations. Crispin already holds certificates in Health […]
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 […]