LegaliseLove Remembrance Day – Huge Success
Legalise Love’s day of memorial last Saturday for victims of homophobia around the world, and especially the nine who lost their lives in the United States in September 2010, was a huge success, with people in Cuba Mall flocking to add their hand outlines to the group’s visual statement against homophobia. Passers-by were asked to […]
International Day of Older Persons – 1 October
Today is World Health Organisation International Day of Older Persons. WHO highlights that people over 60 are becoming a larger percentage of the population who are increasingly playing a critical role – through volunteer work, transmitting experience and knowledge, helping their families with caring responsibilities and increasing their participation in the paid labour force. For […]
Queer our Schools – 6 October
The Queer Avengers is launching its “Queer our Schools” campaign on 6 October with a march from the Ministry of Education at 45-47 Pipitea St, Thorndon, Wellington. The march will go to Midland Park on Lambton Quay for speeches and entertainment. Queer Avengers youth-focused campaign is the first of three campaigns. Queer Avengers demands shouldn’t […]
Remembrance Day – 1 October
On 1st October, LegaliseLove will pay tribute to victims of homophobia all around the world. From 11am until 4pm at Cuba Mall in Wellington, we will be asking passers-by to take time out of their day to write a short message of support against homophobia, or leave an outline of their hand, on the fabric […]
Kevin Hague Speaks Out for LGBT Youth
In this video, from the General Debate in Parliament today, Green MP Kevin Hague, who is openly gay, speaks on the subject of bullying of GLBT youth. He challenges Prime Minister John Key to do more. It’s also actually one of the few times in the current Parliament that an MP has addressed GLBT issues. […]
No Prince allowed at the ball
Father Paul Martin, St Patrick’s College’s rector, told student Malcolm Pimentel, a pupil he will not be allowed to attend the school ball this weekend if he wants to bring another boy as his date. Fr Martin was reported as saying that the school had a policy in place that did not allow ”old boys” […]
Community groups to benefit from Outgames financial surplus
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 […]
Prime Minister Endorses National Diversity Tour
(from left to right) Seb Stewart, Blake Skjellerup, John Key, Tabby Besley and Thomas Hamilton. Prime Minister, John Key is backing a nationwide diversity tour in response to more than 3,000 letters written by Kiwi youth on Pink Shirt Day, an initiative to stamp out bullying. Starting June 7th, Olympian Blake Skjellerup and Q-Youth Executive […]
Local youth worker sponsored for a year
Growing up isolated, marginalised and unhappy in rural New Zealand has shaped the way Seb Stewart has approached his life. Thanks to the 2011 World of Difference programme run by the Vodafone New Zealand Foundation Seb will have his salary and expenses paid for a year as he looks to continue the work Q-Youth has […]
Ice breaker dances – Hamilton
04 December · 20:00 – 23:30 Location: Melville Hall Hamilton For all Gay Singles, Couples, Men and Women of all ages. This is the first of many dances in Hamilton and it is promised it will a fantastic night! These dances will be happening every month – a great chance to get out, have fun, […]
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