Out & Around traveling through 16 different countries over one year on a trip around the world. We have a project called Out & Around: Stories of a Not-So-Straight Journey (www.outandaround.com). The project’s mission is to strengthen our LGBT community by sharing their experience of world travel as a lesbian couple while meeting queer individuals […]
In celebration of Amnesty International’s 50th anniversary, some of New Zealand’s best known street artists are uniting to support the organisation’s street art exhibition and auction this Thursday to raise awareness about freedom of expression. The exhibition, The Art of Freedom: Taking it back to the streets, will showcase pieces that have been donated by […]
A facebook campaign and petition has been launching saying Enough is enough with funding Destiny Church and its anti-LGBT agenda. Destiny Church was awarded $860,000 in government funding last year. Is it not self-evident that to fund and encourage Destiny Church is to fund and encourage religious fundamentalism, and the homophobia that these beliefs inevitably […]
During the Queer the Night march a facebook page has been launched LEGALISELOVE.ORG.NZ. This is step one in a multi step campaign that will result in New Zealand LGBT citizens having full human human rights in regards to Marriage, Adoption, and protection from discrimination in schools and the workplace. In late august they will launch […]
Another report from the Queer the Night march in Wellington – This time from The Hand Mirror blog They also had links to some videos below:
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) will host the fourth biannual Love Life Fono later this year. The Love Life4 Fono will have a strong emphasis on bringing together young people and sexual minority groups most at risk of HIV, including mahu, vakasalewalewa, palopa, fa’afafine, akava’ine, fakaleiti, and fakafifine. Participants will be invited from both […]
For the first time, gay and bisexual men are likely to be prioritised as a group most affected by HIV after a successful push from the New Zealand representative at the UN High Level Meeting that will conclude in New York today. The New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) advocated strongly for the inclusion of gay […]
Around 300 people turned up for the Queer the Night March in Wellington to protest against homophobic violence. The protest organisers included activist Kassie Hartendorp and drag queen and activist Brendan Goudswaard, 26, who was attacked in Vivian St at the end of February. More reports and details: Dominion Post Report Jordan Carter’s Just left […]
Organisers of the 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames are poised to announced a large financial surplus from the event, and LGBTI community groups will be able to apply for a share of this money. “While we still have a little way to go before we can release final figures for the event, we can say that the […]
The CTU Out@Work Council is asking the Government to support a statement recognising the importance of work in the fight against HIV/Aids, at a high level UN meeting that is taking place in New York now. “It has been 30 years since the first case of AIDS was identified and HIV/AIDS is still having a devastating social and economic impact […]