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Senior sources involved in the running of Auckland Pride have confirmed to express that General Manager Linda Heavey has resigned from her position just four months out from when the festival is scheduled to be begin. Three sources close to the running of the festival, have confirmed to express that Ms Heavey has tendered her […]
The Olympic speed skater is set to host this year’s upcoming GABA charitable auction. GABA have announced Blake Skjellerup as the host of November’s GABA charitable auction. Auction organiser Julian Cook told express that he was “super excited” about Skjellerup taking up the role of MC for the GABA charitable auction scheduled to be held […]
The Australian state of Victoria is set to introduce a new law which would grant same sex couples the right to adoption. Thousands of same-sex couples with children in the Australian state of Victoria will soon have the right to be jointly recognised as parents under their state law, under new adoption laws to be […]
The Auckland Pride festival has announced two new community forums to be held in October and November. The community forums have only just been announced after calls from some members of the community to hold them in order to provide feedback into how the festival is run. The first of the forums will be held […]
Auckland Pride have announced their core production team for the 2016 festival. In a press release, the Auckland Pride Festival introduced the new and returning faces who will be running 2016’s programme of events. “We are thrilled to have such a range of skill and acumen to oversee the coming festival” says co-Chair of the […]
A transgender woman has allegedly been raped by her cellmate at the male-only Wiri Prison. The inmate says the attack took place overnight on Thursday at Auckland South Corrections Facility, resulting in dual investigations by police and the Department of Corrections. The transgender woman was assaulted by seven men, and was later raped it is […]
The Catholic Church has come under fire after dismissing a high-ranking Polish priest on the same day he revealed that he was gay. Father Krzystof Charamsa, who held a post in the Vatican’s branch for protecting Catholic dogma, urged the Catholic church to change its ‘backwards’ attitude to homosexuality. The 43-year-old revealed that he also […]
Pope Francis’ meeting with an American woman at the center of a row over gay marriage was not something he had sought and should not be seen as an endorsement according to the Vatican. Retuers reports that the Vatican have released a statement saying there was “a sense of regret” that the pope had ever […]