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Over 50,000 gathered in Taipei to celebrate the 2014 Taiwan GLBT Pride Parade The Taiwan LGBT Pride Parade was held Saturday in Taipei under the theme of “Walk in Queers’ Shoes.” “Walk in Queers’ Shoes” was selected as the parade’s theme this year to call more attention to minority members such as those who are HIV positive […]
Australian Labor leader Bill Shorten says that he “cannot stand silent” when religion is used to discriminate against GLBT people. In a speech delivered to the Australian Christian Lobby national conference in Canberra, Bill Shorten has come out swinging against religious belief being used as a means to justify discrimination against GLBT Australians. “Condemning anyone, discriminating […]
The Australian state of New Wales has just passed a bill to extinguish historic gay sex convictions. The Criminal Records Amendment (Historical Homosexual Offences) Bill 2014 was passed unanimously through the NSW Parliament today. The NSW bill establishes a scheme enabling people convicted of consensual homosexual conduct, prior to decriminalisation in 1984, to have their […]
British drugs group GlaxoSmithKline is planning to create a new £15bn FTSE 100 company by spinning out a subsidiary focused on treating HIV. Viiv Healthcare is expected to attract a “significant” capitalisation due to its rapid growth according to chief executive Sir Andrew Witty. ViiV’s newest HIV medicines, Trumeq and Tivicay, have debuted in the last […]
Female Kiwi participants are urgently needed by researchers conducting the first international study on homophobia in sport. The study, called Out on the Fields, is now the largest ever done on the subject. It is open to everyone, regardless sexuality or whether they play sports. Nearly 9000 people have participated through a short online survey, […]
Oliver Hall talks to Russell Green about the resurrection of Shanghai Lil’s, the cocktail jazz bar, with a thousand stories to tell! “We looked at Ponsonby Road when we were getting out of the Bird Cage in 2009-10 but there was just no spaces available,” Shanghai Lil’s operator Russell Green tells express. “I think Ponsonby […]
Are you interested in a governance role with the Auckland Pride Festival Incorporated (APFI) as we move forward from the huge success of the 2013 and 2014 Pride Festival and Parade into the future? Expressions of interest are now being sought from individuals with experience in governance, financial management, accounting, sponsorship and marketing although other […]
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people in Jamaica face “intolerable levels of violence and cannot rely on the police” for protection, according to a new Human Rights Watch. Jamaica has long had a reputation as being of intolerance towards GLBT people, but a recent report by the New York based Human Rights Watch reveals […]