Category: News
St Andrew’s on The Terrace Presbyterian Church (Wellington) says it is deeply disappointed but defiant in the face of the news that yesterday the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church has voted to ban Ministers from performing marriages between same-sex couples. “This decision is deeply disturbing and we strongly dissent from it,” says St Andrew’s […]
Supporters of murdered trans-woman Mayang Preseto took acceptation to the Courier Mails printing ‘she-male’ on its front cover. Mayang Praseto was reportedly murdered and then boiled by her chef husband Marcus Volke, some of her remains were found on the stovetop of a brisbane apartment on Saturday, when police arrived to investigate a foul smell. Volke fled […]
Nationwide same-sex marriage has taken a large step closer to becoming reality in the US. In a decision many legal experts had expected would be drawn out with delays, the US Supreme Court has agreed in favour of decisions made by five smaller ‘Appeals’ courts to legalise same sex marriage in their states. This decision […]
Scientist believe they have pinpointed the origins of the HIV virus. 1920’s Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is thought to be the birth place of HIV. The transmission from primates to humans, substantial urban growth, strong railway links during Belgian colonial rule, and changes to the sex trade between […]
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,” […]