Category: News

Mar 03
Egypt Arrests Seven Men For Gay Sex

The seven men have been detained and labelled ‘perverts’ in the latest crackdown on homosexuality in Egypt Egypt have arrested seven more men in it’s latest crackdown on homosexuality. While homosexuality is not explicitly illegal in Egypt, it is not condoned and there have been a number of crackdowns in recent months on gay men […]

Mar 02
Auckland Pride Festival a Stand Out

2015’s Pride Festival was the best yet writes Levi Joule. Auckland Pride Festival, you were fabulous. Over the course of three weeks, the very best of our community was on display. Heading into the festival, there were doubts about a number of key events and the preparations made for them, however the worries proved unnecessary. […]

Feb 27
Mardi Gras Harbour Party Returns Tomorrow

A new and improved harbour party will return tomorrow as part of this year’s Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras. CEO of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, Michael Rolik, says that “This year’s Harbour Party is shaping up to be the best yet! What better way to celebrate our diverse city than dancing the […]

Feb 27
Civil Unions to Return in Queensland

With the election of a new government, civil unions are set to return to Queensland.  Civil unions, introduced by Labor, were rolled back by the LNP government following its landslide victory in the 2012 state election. However, following last month’s election which saw Labor returned to office, civil unions are set to be reinstated. The […]

Feb 26
Bullying Victim of Pride Protest Group: “I was close to suicide”

Transgender rights activist Eva Allan talks to News Editor Levi Joule about being bullied to the point of suicide by the same group behind Saturday’s Pride Parade protest. Transgender rights activist Eva Allan has spoken to express about the bullying she has suffered by the ‘No Pride in Prisons’  group behind Saturday’s Pride parade protest. Eva tells […]

Feb 26
United States Announce Special Envoy for GLBT Human Rights

The United States State Department has announced a special envoy for global GLBT rights. Randy Berry has been named the first ever ‘Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Persons.’ .Secretary of State John Kerry announced the appointment saying “Defending and promoting the human rights of LGBT persons is at the core of our commitment […]

Feb 26
Rotorua Chamber of Pride Wins Best Pride Parade Float

The Rotorua Chamber of Pride has won best 2015 Pride Parade float. Richard Taki says that “this year it was an extremely hard decision so has taken a few extra days to finalise. Tamati Coffey’s entry showed a true community spirit by bringing together GLBTIQ people of different ages from Rotorua. They brought us the […]

Feb 25
Two Dads Able to Make a Baby? It May Now be Possible

A medical breakthrough means that creating embryos using DNA from two men or two women may now be possible. The SundayTimes reports that Researchers from Cambridge University and Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science say they have shown for the first time that human egg and sperm cells can be made from stem cells in the skin […]