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To Russia With Love, produced by Sundance Productions, which opens in the United States today, highlights the anti-gay controversy at this year’s Winter Olympics in Russia. Skjellerup has a strong presence in the film, which also features former tennis star Billie Jean King, diver Greg Louginis and figure skater Johnny Weir, who drives the documentary through […]
Those on the waiting list for sex changes will have to have them done overseas following the retirement of the country’s only gender reassignment surgeon. Peter Walker, a registered medical specialist in plastic and reconstructive surgery based in Christchurch, who has been performing sex change operations since 1992, announced his intention to retire earlier this […]
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 […]