Category: News
In 2011 King’s College honoured Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei, by gifting him an Honorary Degree in Law. In April of this year the Sultan signed a new penal code into law, which amongst other punishments, decrees death by stoning for consensual same-sex sexual activity. Several organisations and celebrities have already announced boycotts […]
Have Your Say In Liquor Laws Auckland City is calling for submissions on it’s Draft Local Alcohol Policy 2014. By following the link below you can read the Draft Policy in full and make a submission online. Suffice to say, the Council is calling for even more of a reduction in trading hours. This is […]
We may not yet have had the pleasure of an “out” All Black, but one of the top referees in the World is in Aotearoa at the moment. He’s from Wales, his name is Nigel Owens and he’s openly gay. He refereed the first test against England on their current tour and will be an […]
Yesterday was Father’s Day in the Northern hemisphere and US President, Barack Obama released a statement in recognition of all Dads. In the statement yesterday, the President wrote: “With encouragement and unconditional love, fathers guide their children and help them envision brighter futures. They are teachers and coaches, friends and role models. “They instill values […]
Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey has introduced a Bill in the US Senate, which if passed would create a new International envoy, whose job would be to promote, protect and defend LGBT rights.globally. “For he United States to hold true to our commitment to defending the Human Rights of all people around he world, we must […]
New community group with a trans* focus. A new Facebook group has been established and whilst it is a closed group it will accept membership from anyone who would like to ask questions in a respectful manner about the transgender community. This may be for news or media articles, professional development, research purposes, or to […]
The digital global media organisation Vocativ has developed a Queer Index to rank Rainbow friendly cities in America. The index incorporates data from open databases, public sites and social networks. 16 “key lifestyle metrics” were measured and “specific factors” included the size of cities LGBT communities, number of “out” singles, openly gay and lesbian politicians, […]
The United Nations General Assembly has elected Ugandan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sam Kutesa as its next President. The virulently anti-gay Minister will start his one year term in September. LGBT Ugandans have been subjected to a harsh anti-gay Law that came into effect last February. Kutesa was a vociferous supporter of the new Law, […]