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Saturday’s Pride Parade featured the Priscilla shoe from the iconic 1994 movie musical among other glamorous and exotic sights. Perth’s Pride festival drew to a close on Saturday night with a parade now in it’s 25th year. The nine days of festivities culminated in the Pride Parade through the streets of Northbridge, with many attendees […]
42% of New Zealander’s would be uncomfortable having a flatmate who is HIV positive is just one of a number of alarming statistics from the NZ AIDS foundation. Ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1st, the NZAF are running a campaign to raise awareness of the stigma those living with HIV/AIDS face. In September, […]
Former executive director of ‘Love In Action’ group set up to ‘cure’ homosexuality has just married his partner in Oklahoma. John Smid who was the executive director of ‘Love In Action’ between 1990 and 2008 has been openly gay since leaving the group and has been in a relationship with his partner Larry McQueen for about […]
With just one week left to go before the Victoria state election, the Victoria Labor party has pledged a number of significant reforms for the Victorian GLBT community including the introduction of a gender and sexuality commissioner in an effort to tackle discrimination and homophobia if it wins next Saturday’s poll. A Daniel Andrews Labor Government […]
Rainbow Youth celebrated their 25th birthday in style last night at a function held at Auckland’s Foating Pavilion in the viaduct harbour. One of the keynote speakers was Labour MP Louisa Wall who gifted a painting of Tamati Coffey to Rainbow Youth and spoke of the need for organisations such as Rainbow Youth to ensure “everybody […]
Benjy, the Irish bull was facing slaughter after a vet decided that his sexual orientation was the reason he wouldn’t breed. However, Sam Simon has now stepped in, teaming up with animal rights activist groups PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and ARAN (Animal Rights Action Network) to stop the killing. £5,000 to buy Benjy […]
Less than half of gay and bisexual men have tested for HIV recently The proportion of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBM) reporting an HIV test is the highest ever recorded, according to findings from the 2014 Gay Auckland Periodic Sex Survey (GAPSS) and Gay men’s Online Sex Survey (GOSS) […]
Following sold out performances on Broadway and a highly acclaimed American and Australian tour, The Vaudevillians will descend on Christchurch, New Zealand this summer as part of the 2015 SCIRT World Buskers Festival. Top drag performer, Ms Jinkx Monsoon (Season 5 winner of the American reality television show “Rupaul’s Drag Race,”), and Mr Major Scales, […]