Out & Around: Stories of a Not-So-Straight Journey
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 […]
Famous Kiwi street artists auction for Amnesty
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 […]
Enough is Enough Campaign Launched
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 […]
Legalise Love Facebook page launched
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 […]
Queer The Night Report – The Hand Mirror
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:
Queer the Night March a Success
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 […]
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 […]
Queer the Night – Wellington 9 June
On Thursday 9th June a march will be held through Wellington city to stop homophobia and transphobia on our streets. Queer the Night was inspired by the Reclaim the Night philosophy and initiated in response to a couple of recent incidents where members of the queer community were assaulted in central Wellington. To many, these […]
John Key Regrets Cat Walk
John Key regrets walking down the catwalk at the Rugby World Cup uniform launch. He told TV One Breakfast “I responded to the crowd last week, I was having a bit of fun, but I shouldn’t have done that in my view, that was probably a bit stupid.” “But unfortunately I get put in a […]
Twins on the way for Anika Moa
The Herald on Sunday has reported that Anika Moa and her Australian wife Angela Fyfe are “thrilled because Fyfe is pregnant with twins.” Read the full Herald story here. Anika Moa is part of the line up at the Big Gay Out on 13th February in Auckland.
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