Category: News
The brand new web series Quite Frankly is a coming-of-age gay story unlike anything we’ve ever seen before and might just be the world’s first gay stoner comedy. Centred around the life of Frank Hankins, an early twenty-something millennial who moves to Sydney from New Zealand and starts coming to terms with his sexuality, Quite Frankly […]
The gay New Zealand man who defrauded his employer and the Queensland taxpayer for almost 17 million dollars still owes the government 8.5 million under a court order to recover proceeds of crime. All of his lavish possessions were sold at a fraction of their value in an attempt to recorder this money, which included the […]
A board meeting which took place on Saturday 9 April has consolidated Body Positive’s 2016 representatives and put in place some exciting additions to the organisation’s community support focus. Bruce Kilmister will be returning to his role as board chair after a short run on the interim board this year. Formerly the CEO of Body […]
According to the UK’s Department for Culture, Media & Sport access to pornography is encouraging young people to experiment with anal intercourse. Consultation documents from the Department report that over exposure to pornography can have a number of detrimental effects on young people, most surprising of all being that it encourages young people to have anal sex before they […]
Colombia’s constitutional court has ruled in favour of marriage equality overnight after its national parliament first rejected it in 2013. The favourable ruling came about after five delays since the case was brought to the Constitutional Court in August last year, making Colombia the fourth Latin American country to embrace marriage equality. Interior Minister Juan Fernand Cristo confirmed in May […]
Members of the NZAF Māori Advisory group, Te Ropu Ki a Tau o Te Waka, announced that they are stepping down from their respective roles to allow new Māori leadership to take the NZAF forward. Trevor Wilson, Kevin Haunui, Shannon White and Richard Tankersley have stepped down to make way for newly elected board member James […]
The Wellington Binder Exchange will be launched this Wednesday 13 April in support of Transgender youth in Wellington, New Zealand. The Exchange aims to provide binders to youth who would otherwise have no access to the products, filling “a service gap for transmasculine youth in Wellington.” Binders are chest compression vests designed to compress breasts and create […]
Q-topia, Canterbury’s largest GLBT youth support organisation is seeking a dynamic new governance board. Applicants are encouraged to have a desire for the advocation of youth within the rainbow community and are ideally looking for people with skills and experience in finance, strategic planning, youth development knowledge and a strong understanding of the wider Canterbury rainbow community. […]