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Fasten your seatbelts and secure your wigs—Palmy Drag Fest 2025 is cleared for departure! On Saturday, 4 October, New Zealand’s premier drag extravaganza returns to the Regent on Broadway in Palmerston North, promising an unforgettable journey into the stratosphere of drag excellence. An All-Star Lineup Awaits This year’s in-flight entertainment features a constellation of drag […]
Republican lawmakers in Florida have advanced legislation that could give public employees and state contractors broad protection to discriminate against LGBTQ+ individuals in the workplace without consequence. The bill, titled the “Freedom of Conscience in the Workplace Act” (S.B. 440), would bar public employers from requiring staff to use transgender individuals’ correct pronouns. It would […]
Greece, a nation once praised for its progressive stance on LGBTQ+ rights, may soon implement a significant restriction: banning surrogacy access for single men and same-sex male couples. Justice Minister Giorgos Floridis revealed on Tuesday that proposed changes to the civil code would limit surrogacy exclusively to women. Floridis clarified that the revised law would […]
Jacquie Grant ONZM examines the toxic protests against drag story time events and wonders if this battle is worth the fight. Drag artists are an incredibly important part of our community. They can usually be found on the frontlines, spearheading campaigns and protests. Some are often the first to give their time for free at […]
By Craig Young Once again, Winston Peters is pushing a populist button—this time proposing a private member’s bill that could weaponise binding citizens-initiated referenda. While it might sound like a nod to democratic participation, this move risks becoming a Trojan horse for fringe conservative agendas to derail hard-won social progress. Under the current Citizens Initiated […]
Green Party MP Benjamin Doyle has faced significant backlash, including death threats and abuse, following the exposure of their private Instagram account, “BibleBeltBussy.” One particular post from October 2023, prior to Doyle’s tenure as an MP, featured a photo of Doyle with a child, captioned “bussy galore.” Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has publicly questioned […]
A controversial new law restricting LGBTQ+ gatherings in Hungary has sparked mass protests across the country, with tens of thousands taking to the streets of Budapest in defiance of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government. Passed last week by Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, which holds a two-thirds parliamentary majority, the law prohibits any public event that […]
A federal judge has temporarily halted the enforcement of a controversial Iowa law that sought to remove books with LGBTQ+ themes or descriptions of sexual acts from school libraries, calling into question the law’s constitutionality and its religious bias. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Stephen Locher issued a fresh preliminary injunction against Senate File 496 […]