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Polls will soon open in Ireland, where voters will take part in a referendum on legalising same-sex marriage. Meanwhile, one long time campaigner for equality has predicted that the yes vote will win, thanks to the support of the Irish working class. The people of Ireland are about to head to their local polling booths […]
Members of Parliament have used this year’s Pink Shirt Day to launch a cross-party GLBT working group. The group has been established to provide education, leadership and legislative progress on GLBT rights. It was initiated by Green Party MP Jan Logie and includes 12 members from Labour, National, Greens, NZ First and Act. “We are hoping […]
Kris Jenner has revealed her true feelings on ex husband Bruce Jenner’s transition. Kris Jenner has spoken for the first time since the news broke that her ex husband would transition to living life as a woman. On a recent episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians: All About Bruce. Kris says “I just miss Bruce,” […]
The Michigan pastor says on Grindr that he is a top who “loves to cuddle” Reverend Matthew Makelay resigned as pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church and School in Midland, Michigan after he was caught sending messages seeking sex from other men on the popular gay hook up Grindr. Queerty.com reports that Makelay was caught […]
Two judges in Argentina reduced a convicted child abuser’s sentence almost by half, ruling his six-year-old victim had already been traumatised through earlier abuse. The judges ruled that Mario Tolosa would have his six year sentence cut to just 38 months saying the man’s actions should not, in legal terms, be considered “gravely outrageous” because the boy […]
Labour MP for Manurewa Louisa Wall is vowing to continue the fight to ensure that gender identity is included in the Human Rights Act, despite today’s setback. The government today rejected Wall’s request to have gender identity included specifically in the Human Rights Act. Wall sought to introduce the change by having it included in the […]
A 45 year old man and his wife have appeared in the Auckland district court on charges of child abuse, relating in part to the prolonged abuse of a teenage daughter the father believed was lesbian. The couple this morning plead guilty to a total of 16 counts of abuse, including hitting and slapping his […]
A picture book featuring gay penguins in bondage gear with whips somehow found its way into the collection of Kaiapoi preschool, upsetting some. Gus and Waldo’s Book of Love features a pair of same sex male penguins in bondage gear with whips and the line “they love each other with a dash of spice.” The book written […]