Category: News
Richard James has been announced as the new Auckland Pride Board Member. Richard James return to the Auckland Pride Board comes after the resignation of Lexie Matheson a fortnight ago. The Pride board released a press release today saying “The board thanks Lexie for her services to Pride and her work in directing the 2014 […]
The author of ‘Silent Gays’ Jim Marjoram has spoken to express after he received an email response from Westcity Baptist Church pastor Logan Robertson telling him “I pray that you will commit suicide, you filthy child molesting fag.” Author Jim Marjoram from the Silent Gays project, which is dedicated to ‘outlining the issues faced by GLBT people […]
A West Auckland pastor has told an author “I pray that you will commit suicide, you filthy child molesting fag.” The story has been doing the rounds on popular social media site Reddit and express was alerted to the email by a number of readers. Jim Marjoram was emailing churches seeking support for his new […]
The newly sworn in Labor government in Victoria has appointed Martin Foley as Minister of equality and marks the first time an Australian government has ever had a dedicated Minister overseeing gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex issues. Daniel Andrew’s new Labor government in Victoria has gotten straight to work delivering on it’s promises to Victoria’s GLBT […]
Matthew Muir becomes New Zealand’s first openly gay high court judge. Matthew Muir was sworn by Chief Justice Sian Elias at a private ceremony in Auckland yesterday. Muir has degrees from the University of Auckland and the University of Virginia and has previously practiced commercial law in Auckland. In the swearing in, Chief Justice Elias […]
A new Auckland Pride festival director has been announced. Ta’i Paitai has been confirmed as the new director, taking over the position from Julian Cook., following Cook’s resignation just last month. The past few weeks have seen turbulent times for the Auckland Pride board, with Cook’s resignation and the departure last week of board member […]
Fears that there may not be a Mr Gay New Zealand 2015 if new sponsor is not found. The brand is strong, with two previous Mr Gay New Zealand winners, Andreas Derleth and Chris Olwage, going on to win Mr Gay World. The event has previously been run by the previous year’s winner, but Wireless Nation […]
A video of an extremist Christian pastor’s rant in the US calling for the mass extermination of gay people for an AIDS-free Christmas has gone viral. Steve Anderson delivered the sermon the day before World AIDS Day at his Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona. In his hour-long rant, Anderson claimed the Bible states that […]