Category: News
Openly Lesbian Skier Anja Paerson has said the International Olympic Committee failed to stand up for human rights when it allowed this year’s Winter Olympics to be held in Russia. Swedish gold medallist skier Anja Paerson has responded to the recent changes made to the Olympic Committee charter to make it more GLBT inclusive. Speaking […]
The gay community in Egypt is on high alert after a series of raids on bathhouses and arrests. The bathhouse raids are the latest in a serious of crackdowns on the GLBT community in Egypt. Foreign Policy reports from Cairo on the rather bleak situation for Egypt. ‘There are now more than 100 members of […]
For Kiwis heading over to next year’s Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras after Auckland Pride, a delayed Mardi Gras schedule means there will be more time to enjoy the festival. The 2015 festival focuses on the theme of ‘PASSION’ and the festival encourages “one and all to find your passion.” Mardi Gras ’15 will […]
A new marketing campaign by “ex gay” organisation Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays has just been dealt a major blow by the model used in their new marketing campaign. Kyle Roux, a South African model who is openly gay, says that he opposes the billboard, which reads, “Identical twins. One gay. One not. We […]
The former secretary of state and soon to be 2016 Presidential candidate has been awarded an award from the gay hook up app. Grindr users in the United States has named Hillary Clinton” Straight Ally of the Year.” Clinton has been an outspoken ally of the GLBT community during her time as US Secretary of […]
In the second-half of his two-part interview Body Positive’s new CEO Mark Fisher talks about his work with different HIV organisations, his inspirations and calling New Zealand ‘home’. Can you expand a little more on the work you did with HIV charities in Canada? In Ontario there are 73 Organizations working with HIV with 40 […]
In the first of a two-part interview, Body Positive’s new CEO Mark Fisher talks to express about his career, what brought him to New Zealand and what he hopes to achieve in his new role. So you are an Australian who spent most of his adult life living in Canada who now lives in NZ! […]
In the second half of our two of our chat with Justice Matthew Muir, he tells Oliver Hall about his upbringing, his partner and the work that has inspired him most. Please tell me a bit about your background: where did you grow up? I grew up on a farm at Te Kohanga, a small […]