Category: News
Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz has spoken out against the rising trend of anti-LGBTQ+ book bans across the United States. Walz, a long-time advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, directly addressed efforts to ban books like And Tango Makes Three (a children’s book based on the true story of two male penguins raising […]
Labour List MP Glen Bennett describes his love of living in provincial New Zealand, despite the additional challenges it can create for rainbow Kiwis. Living in Taranaki, I get to experience the beauty and simplicity of provincial life every day. There’s something special about being surrounded by nature, with big open skies and the brightest […]
Attendees of the 2024 Winter Pride festival in Queenstown are being advised to monitor for mpox symptoms following reports of suspected cases at the festival. Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora announced on Saturday that although no additional cases had been identified, it was aware of “a number of people across the country… who have […]
Intersex Aotearoa’s Co-Chair, Dr Rogena Sterling, reflects on the Olympic controversy around the inclusion of boxer Imane Khelif and its impact on all intersex athletes. The Olympics is an event that I look forward to every four years as someone who has participated in sports from a young age. These athletes are at the pinnacle […]
Craig Young is concerned that a flawed UK investigation into trans health care may affect the New Zealand government’s own delayed review. Recently, Associate Health Minister Matt Doocey, announced that the release of the New Zealand review of puberty blocker data had been delayed. Throughout 2023, New Zealand Ministry of Health experts wrote a report […]
In early 2021, Wellington Pride Festival cancelled an application for a stall at Out In The City for the group Lesbian Action for Visibility Aotearoa (LAVA). Now their right to refuse LAVA’s stall will be debated at a Human Rights Review Tribunal next year. Wellington Pride Co-Chairs Tasmin Prichard and Taylor Curd have to be […]
Last Thursday Tauranga Police stated they had arrested three men in relation to violent attacks of victims they had met on gay men’s hook-up apps, that had been filmed for social media. Talking to Tauranga’s Sun Live media, a representative for the vigilante group stated the group had been posing as under 16’s and targeting […]
The Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court will hear a pivotal challenge to laws that criminalise consensual same-sex conduct among officers in the police and armed forces. Human Rights Watch, which announced the challenge, argues that these laws violate the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender officers under international law, including their rights to equality, privacy, […]