Category: News
The New Zealand Falcons, New Zealand’s only gay rugby side, is looking for an experienced coach to replace out-going coach Ray Pye upon his retirement. Falcons captain Jeremy Brankin spoke to express, admitting that team members were sad to see Ray decide “it was enough” after a stellar season in 2015. However, the Falcons retain a positive outlook and are […]
2014 Eurovision Song Contest winner and LGBTI+ superstar Conchita Wurst has been announced as a headline act at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Rainbow fans will be treated to what is sure to be a stunning performance at the Mardi Gras Party on March 5th, ahead of her appearance at the Sydney Opera House. […]
David Mundell, conservative Scottish MP and current Secretary of State, has publicly announced that he is gay. Since the announcement, Mundell, 53, has been meet with praise by both British Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon. Mundell is the first openly LGBTI+ MP to sit on the cabinet.
As one of the world’s top 5 LGBTI festivals, Melbourne’s long running Midsumma Festival features 145 social and community events running from 17 January to 7 February 2016. Over 100,000 people are expected to descend upon Alexandra Gardens to kick off proceedings with the Midsumma Carnival – a free celebration of diversity and pride.
Filed by a gay man in Changsha, the lawsuit names a civil affairs bureau in the capital of the Hunan Province, for refusing to receive his marriage registration application. The lawsuit is believed to be the first to challenge the lack of equal marriage opportunity in China. The man, who used the pseudonym Sun Wenlin, […]
Auckland Grammar’s headmaster has reassured the school’s community that work is being done to provide more support for gay, bisexual and transgender students. The secondary school released a statement on its website on Saturday in response to media coverage of blog GrammarPride, set up by former students to address what they said was a climate […]
Fiji’s Prime Minister says that same-sex marriage is “rubbish” and that GLBT people in Fiji who want to get married should move to Iceland and “stay there.” According to Radio New Zealand, Frank Bainimarama’s comments came in response to the head of the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre, Shamima Ali, asking if Fiji would be legalising same-sex […]
Body Positive have launched a new website to help inform chemsex users in New Zealand. The website’s launch comes after seven overdoses were reported in Auckland from chemsex use in just 48 hours over the holiday period, including two incidents at an Auckland brothel. The incidents have prompted a warning from police about the dangers […]