Category: News
Auckland is set to get a brand new gay sauna, opening in early December. Splash Sauna and Bathhouse will be located at 25 Cross Street, a one minute walk from the top of K road. The new venture is being headed by Twist bar manager Grady Elliot. Splash Sauna and Bathhouse will be a fully […]
Cyprus has passed a landmark law that would create civil partnerships for same-sex couples. The country’s parliament voted in favour of the Civil Partnership Bill, with a large majority voting in favour of the law – which proponents say offers much of the same benefits of marriage – with 39 MPs voting in favour and 12 […]
Police are hunting for the two men who assaulted the Box Gay/Bi Cruise Club manager The attack occurred after the two men broke into the club in the early hours of 26 November. stuff.co.nz reports that the club manager and a friend were in an upstairs flat in Manning Pl, Woolston, when they heard noises […]
Canada will include gay men as part of a refugee plan that puts the focus on accepting women, children and families from Syria. The Ottowa Citizen reports: “The government is aware that gays could be persecuted, and therefore plans to include them in the selection process aimed at rescuing some of the region’s most vulnerable refugees.” […]
The persecution of millions of people in Commonwealth countries where homosexuality is a illegal is worsening the HIV crisis according a new report. The report commissioned for UK Prime Minister David Cameron describes the anti- gay laws as a British colonial legacy. Forty out of fifty three Commonwealth countries criminalise same-sex relationships. The Commonwealth accounts […]
Auckland Pride Parade Pride returns to Ponsonby Road on Saturday 20 February with a new twist – a change in direction. 2016’s parade will be going from Three Lamps, making its way to the end point in Western Park. Parade organisers say that heading North to South gives float participants a designated place to gather […]
Pro GLBT politician Phil Goff has announced he will be standing for the Auckland Mayoralty. The MP for Mt Roskill announced his candidacy to a room of around 200 supporters at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in Westhaven Marina Goff voted in favour of Fran Wilde’s homosexual law reform bill in 1986, the Human Rights Act […]
Body Positive’s chairperson and board have been rolled at a closed Special General Meeting (SGM) in Auckland. The SGM was triggered when a group of the organisation’s members signed a petition asking for the resignation of board chairperson Ashley Barratt. With no resignation forthcoming, the petitioners triggered the SGM which removed Barratt and his board […]