Category: News
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 […]
New Zealand Scouts has voiced its support for the decision made by Boy Scouts of America to allow gay scout leaders. New Zealand Scouts has welcomed the news that the Boy Scouts of America will lift the four decade ban on gay adult leaders. Speaking to the NZ Herald, Scouts NZ chief executive Niamh Lawless […]
Shocking new images have emerged of an Iraqi man being brutally executed by Islamic State for being gay. Islamic State is continuing its campaign against those accused of homosexuality with new photos showing the horrific punishment inflicted on its victims the Daily Mail reports. It is unclear how the man’s sexuality was discovered but the jihadi […]