Category: News
ANZ’s ‘GayTMs’ will return to Auckland and Wellington in 2016. ANZ’s Chief Financial Officer Antonia Watson announced the news saying “you heard it here first” at GABA’s annual charitable auction. Bank fees collected from non ANZ customers who use the GayTMs will be donated to GLBT support organisation Outline. The machines will return to downtown […]
“It’s better to have a gay parade … than Russian tanks in the center of the Ukrainian capital,” said a lawmaker urging his colleagues to vote for the bill. Ukraine has passed a bill protecting GLBT workers from discrimination. Lawmakers had previously rejected the nondiscrimination bill earlier in November, with some lawmakers saying that they feared […]
Obama will become the first sitting US President to be featured on the cover of a GLBT magazine. President Obama will be featured on the cover of Out Magazine’s “Out 100” issue as the publication’s Ally of the Year. The US President earned the distinction for his administration’s support in helping secure the legalisation of […]
A brand new pride festival for Wellington has been unveiled. Wellington Pride Festival | Tū whakahīhī e Te Whanganui-a-Tara will take place 5-13 March 2016. The traditional parade and Out in the Park Fair will take place on March 12, with the parade being held for the first time along the capital’s waterfront, which will then […]
Auckland’s new gay bar is set to open its doors on 21 November! Twist Bar, is set to open its doors 21 November following the opening of its sister establishment Secret Garden Bar on 20 November, a new open air licensed space adjacent to Family Bar and Club. Located just a few doors down from […]
Two women face up to six years in jail for holding a wedding in Costa Rica – despite a ban on same sex marriage. Laura Florez-Estrada and Jazmin Elizondo successfully registered their marriage in Costa Rica due to a clerical error that lists Ms Elizondo as male on her birth certificate. The marriage has since been […]
Two Tokyo districts have began issuing Japan’s first certificates officially recognising same sex partnerships. The certificates are only available for residents in two of Tokyo’s 23 wards — and nowhere else in Japan. Mostly symbolic, the certificates are supposed to encourage businesses to grant rights equivalent to marriage. Setagaya and Shibuya are the two districts […]
Over 10,000 marched in Hong Kong calling for GLBT equality. Demonstrators paraded through downtown Hong Kong, with many complaining that the city lags behind other major Asian hubs in terms of GLBT rights the South China Morning Post reports. Among those marching were a number of diplomats from the United States, Britain and France and other […]