Category: News
Have you ever had to flee from your own country because of who you are? We commonly hear of refugees and asylum seekers having to flee from their homelands due to conflict, but how often do we hear of those who flee simply because of who they are? or because they don’t fit the gender identity […]
It feels like only yesterday we were bidding adieu to openly gay former US Ambassador David Huebner, but like a gift from the Vatican itself, spunky Italian Carmelo Barbarello has arrived for his three-year stint as Italian Ambassador to NZ. Barbarello who is married (sorry boys!) arrived in Wellington with his husband Javier Barca, and […]
The National HIV Treatment Seminar presented: positive updates on medication research, sad truths of HIV stigma and united consensus for broad ‘safe-sex, medication-access and regular testing’ combined approach to tackling the disease. On Friday 26 September, the National HIV Treatments Seminar was held at Auckland Hospital. Hosted by Body Positive, the conference’s key objectives included […]
Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has been appointed as a UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador. The pop star turned fashion designer skipped the opening of her new London store to instead talk at a press conference held at the United Nations headquarters in New York city last week. Beckham who claims to have had a, “life changing experience,” […]
In an interview with Radio New Zealand Grant Robertson has claimed he would now be Prime Minister if he had lead Labour at the last election. Since Cunliffe’s registration, which comes into affect at the end of today’s caucus meeting, Robertson has made his intensions for leadership clear. If he was successful, Robertson would be […]
The NZAF’s award-winning LYC campaign will take a change in creative direction this November as the company part ways with creative agency Interbrand. “We put the LYC creative contract out to market to ensure we were getting the best value available, while building on our highly effective HIV prevention programme,” the NZAF’s Communications & Marketing […]
New Rainbow Youth group ArtistRY debut at Artweek with exhibition: Reflections. artistRY are bringing queer and trans views to the table with their collaborative exhibition Reflections. Founder Cole Meyers came out as trans early last year after reaching what he describes as, “absolute rock bottom.” He says the creation of artistRY, helped him find strength […]
Transparent – an American web series produced by net giant Amazon has been heralded as the best new show of the season by television critics. Written and directed by Jill Soloway who is the daughter of a trans parent the series follows Mort (Arrested Development star Jeffrey Tambor) a father of three self-absorbed adult children, […]