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Body Positive have received an increase in funding of 50% from the Ministry of Health. In recognition of Body Positive’s hard work and dedication to serving those living with HIV/AIDS, the organisation has received a 50% funding increase from the Ministry of Health. However, this only takes the total of state funding to $150,000 with […]
Global transgender icon Calpernia Adams will be the special guest at Mardi Gras Gender Trailblazers event at the Seymour Centre, Sydney on Saturday 21 Feb 2015 and will also be involved in the festival’s parade and party. Calpernia Addams first rose to international prominence in 1999 after her lover Barry Winchell was beaten to death whilst […]
Jonathan Smith has been made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to people living with HIV/AIDS. “I’m absolutely honoured and delighted to have received the award on behalf of those living with HIV/AIDS and those who lost their lives to it,” he tells express. Smith was nominated to receive […]
One of the world’s most iconic jewellery brands, Tiffany & Co’s has featured a gay couple in it’s new advertising campaign. Tiffany & Co’s US campaign titled “Will You?” photographed by German photographer Peter Lindbergh features a gay couple about to marry. This is the first time the 178 year old company has featured a […]
New Zealander Tabby Besley, was among 60 young people who were named overnight as the inaugural winners of The Queen’s Young Leaders Award. The awards celebrate the achievements of exceptional young individuals from across the Commonwealth who have proved themselves to be inspiring leaders in their communities. Ms Besley, the only New Zealander named in […]
South Dakota has had it’s ban on same sex marriage struck down by a federal court judge. The Associated Press reports that U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier issued a summary judgment in favor of the six couples who filed a lawsuit last year in Sioux Falls against the state of South Dakota’s ban on gay […]
“Transparent” has just won the Golden Globe for best TV series, musical or comedy. Transparent, created by Amazon, has taken out the Golden Globe for best best television series in a comedy or musical at the Golden Globe awards currently being held in Los Angeles. Transparent has been a hot with critics and is a comedy on […]
The bizarre new series set to premiere on US cable television later today follows four men who admit they are attracted to other men, but choose to live as ‘heterosexuals’ because of their Mormon faith. Gay rights campaigners have called for a the show to be cancelled because of the show’s promotion of the idea that homosexuality […]