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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 […]
The NZAF say they are hopeful HIV home testing will become available in New Zealand in the near future, but do not have a set date for when that might be. Speaking to express, NZAF executive director Shaun Robinson says he supports the introduction of HIV home testing kits. “Home testing will be a good […]
The kit’s launch comes after new data shows HIV infection rates among gay and bisexul men are at an all time high in the United Kingdom. A free HIV home-testing kit has been launched across England as new figures show that an estimated 103,700 people in the UK are now living with HIV, taking the number […]
The city where the Mormon church is headquartered has just elected an openly lesbian Mayor. The former Utah state lawmaker Jackie Biskupski has become the first openly lesbian mayor of Salt Lake City – capital of the conservative state where the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (also known as the Mormon Church) […]
Mr Gay World has stepped down from the position, citing “personal changes.” 21-year-old Klaus Bukart of Germany was named Mr. Gay World in May. He now says “personal changes” in his life have inhibited his ability to “live up to the expectations and serve the community.” resulting in his resignation. In a letter published on […]
The statement has been released just days prior to the organisation’s Special General Meeting to vote on a motion asking for Ashley Barratt’s removal as chairperson. The letter released by the board in an email states that “the Ministry of Health is pleased with the strategic direction that the organisation is taking as this has potential […]