‘Youth’ Stories
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 [...]
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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. [...]
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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” [...]
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(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 [...]
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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 [...]
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A new group in Marlborough is providing a support network for gay, transgender, intersex and questioning youth reported The Marlborough Express this week. Qyouth meets once a week during school term time at the HQ youth centre. It is aimed at 12 to 19-year-olds. Marlborough Police diversity liaison officer Kirstin Norton said the meetings provided [...]
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