Category: News
Russian police have arrested over a dozen GLBT rights protestors in St Petersburg. Russian police in St. Petersburg have detained several GLBT activists, who held pickets in defence of equal rights on a Russian military holiday, Airborne Forces Day. The arrests occurred after the group of GLBT protestors were assailed by veterans of Russian Airborne Forces, who […]
The future of the 2016 Asia Pacific Outgames scheduled to be held in Auckland next February looks grim – unless urgent community action is taken. Serious doubt has been cast over the likelihood that the 2016 Asia Pacific Outgames will proceed as it has emerged the organisation’s funding application to the Auckland Tourism, Events and […]
A 16 year old girl who was stabbed in an attack at Jerusalem Pride has died. Shira Banki, a 16-year-old Israeli teen who was stabbed by an Ultra Orthodox Jewish man during the Jerusalem Pride parade has died of her injuries. Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that Banki was a high-school student from Jerusalem who was studying […]
Nike’s latest collection would be given the boot from Russia if one conservative lawmaker gets his way. Conservative St. Petersburg City Duma Deputy Vitaly Milonov is campaigning to have Nike’s Summer 2015 collection banned from Russia because it features rainbow-themed merchandise. The collection features rainbow-themed merchandise and according to Nike’s website “celebrates the LGBT community and […]
Dramatic images showed the assailant reaching inside his coat and raising a knife above his head. An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man has been arrested after six people were stabbed while they marched in the Jerusalem Pride parade. The suspect, Yishai Schlisse was convicted of attempted murder after stabbing three during 2005 Gay Pride Parade and has […]
Well-known Auckland Trans Woman Mary Haddock-Staniland speaks exclusively to Levi Joule about the abuse she received from other Trans women following the publicity around the transphobic comments made about her at a Botany Farmers store. Well known Auckland personality Mary Haddock-Staniland has revealed she became the victim of bullying from fellow trans woman after it […]
The Auckland Pride board have appointed two new co chairs. Vinnie Sykes and Kirsten Sibbit have been appointed co chairs of the Auckland Pride board. Auckland Pride says the pair will bring a range of business and event strategy skills to the helm of the APFI Board. Kirsten, a UK-qualified lawyer, began life working in corporate […]
Renewed calls have been made to make the HPV vaccine available for men in New Zealand. There have been renewed calls for New Zealand to make the HPV vaccine available to men following a new study into the rates of the cancer-linked human papilloma virus (HPV) in men. The study is reigniting debate over the Government’s […]