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US President Barack Obama delivered a wide ranging speech at the University of Queensland yesterday with his brief mention of gay and lesbians sparking emphatic applause from the Brisbane crowd. “We’ll advice human dignity by standing up for the rights of minorities,” he told around 1,000 students during the G20 summit of world leaders in […]
As Cuba emerges from decades under the repressive regime of Fidel Castro, the nation’s embrace of diversity is beutifully captured in photographer Mariette Pathy Allen’s new book, TransCuba. Mariette Pathy Allen’s TransCuba is both an intimate peek into the everyday lives of Cuba’s trans female population as it is a visual record of the country’s […]
The Board of Body Positive is pleased to announce that Mark Fisher has been appointed to the role of Executive Director to replace current CEO Bruce Kilmister who is retiring. Mark is a highly regarded and hugely capable leader with significant experience internationally in the HIV sector. Before moving to New Zealand in 2013 Mark […]
Attitudes among many gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBM) in New Zealand appear to be conducive to the control of HIV spread here. Only one in five said they wouldn’t bother using condoms if their partner didn’t want to, according to a report released today on the 2014 Gay Auckland […]
MIT Creative Arts students Pati Tyrell and Moe Laga present two events which are breaking down gay and transgender stereotypes, with both events curated and organised by well‐known Pacific visual artist Tanu Gago as part of the 2014 Urbanesa‐ South Side Arts Festival. Tanu Gago, the curator of Poly‐Typical says the exhibition unpacks the visual […]
A global conference on GLBT rights is set to begin in Washington DC, hosted by the United States state department. The U.S. Department of State and USAID will host the third Conference to Advance the Human Rights of and Promote Inclusive Development for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Persons on November 12-14, in Washington, […]
GenderBridge is hosting a Transgender Day of Remembrance service at Auckland’s St Mathew-in-the-city on Thursday 20 November at 7pm. St Matthew’s in the city will be holding a Transgender Day of Rememberence next Thursday, hosted by GenderBridge next Thursday to mourn the deaths of 226 transgender victims of violence from around the world in the […]
The new legislation, the Prohibition of Unnatural Sexual Practices Bill of 2014, is harsher and even more extensive than the recently nullified Anti-Homosexuality Act. The Anti Homosexual Act (AHA) was passed by parliament last year and signed into law by Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni but was later declared null and void by the nation’s constitutional court due […]