Category: News
The UK Labour party has unveiled a manifesto aimed specially at addressing GLBT issues and has won the backing of Sir Ian McKellen. The UK Labour party has revealed a GLBT manifesto which pledges to review gender identity law, tackle homophobic bullying and deliver ‘Turing’s Law.’ Labour’s GLBT manifesto will pledge five promises to the GLBT community to […]
The Vatican and France are still deadlocked over the appointment of an openly gay ambassador to the Vatican. Laurent Stefanini, a senior diplomat and advisor to President François Hollande, was nominated for the post on January 5. The Vatican has remained silent on the nomination ever since, and some have interpreted the stonewalling as an […]
The kingdom of Tonga is set to formally ban same sex marriage. Radio New Zealand reports that Chief executive of Internal Affairs Lopeti Senituli says the government is planning law changes to satisfy Tongan church leaders calling for a ban on same sex marriage. “Under our existing Deaths, Births and Marriages Registration Act there is […]
Kevin Hague launched a new video over the weekend detailing why he believes he is the best person to take over from Russel Norman as Green Party Co Leader. Kevin Hague is a third term Green party MP who has a long history of activism within the GLBT community, including time served as executive director […]
Auckland Pride Festival Inc is seeking expressions of interest for new board members. Pride says that those who have a passion for the wider rainbow community and have skills and experience in Human Rights, Community Relationships, Finance/Accounting, Governance, HR Management, Digital Infrastructure and Delivery, Sponsorship, PR or Marketing should appeal. Board members are appointed for a three-year term, with some expiring in alternating years, […]
Queer film festival Outtakes will not be returning this year. Popular GLBT film festival Outtakes will not be returning in 2015, the first time in twenty years the festival has not been held. There is also some doubts around the longterm future of the festival with organiser Gavin Hamilton saying that for a 2016 festival […]
US Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has reiterated her support for equal marriage rights calling same sex marriage a “constitutional right.” With the United States Supreme court set to rule on the issue of marriage equality in June, Clinton, who has become the presumptive Democratic nominee for President has released a new statement calling ssame sex marriage a “constitutional […]
An Egyptian court has ruled that GLBT foreigners can be deported or banned from entering the country. The case in question involved an allegedly gay Libyan man who the interior ministry barred from returning to Egypt in 2008. It it understood that the unnamed graduate student appealed the decision in hope of continuing his studies […]