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Added on: 11/26/2020

New Zealand School Locked Down Over ‘Credible Threat’ To LGBT+ Student Community

11/26/2020

New Zealand’s openly gay Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson has shown his support on social media toward a school in the Nation’s Capital that has been sent…

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Added on: 11/20/2020

HIV tests to be dispensed through vending machines, in first for NZ

11/17/2020

In a first for New Zealand, at home self-administered HIV testing kits will be available for free through ‘smart’ vending machines. The machines are a new innovation…

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Added on: 11/03/2020

New Zealand’s Ardern taps LGBT, Maori MPs for trailblazing cabinet

11/02/2020

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern unveiled what she called an “incredibly diverse” cabinet Monday that includes New Zealand’s first openly gay deputy prime minister and a foreign minister…

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Added on: 11/02/2020

New Zealand’s new deputy leader first gay man to hold role

11/01/2020

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s new Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson will be the country’s first openly gay man to hold the role and is…

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Added on: 10/19/2020

NEW ZEALAND BEATS UK, ELECTS ‘GAYEST’ PARLIAMENT

10/18/2020

The big story out of the New Zealand elections is – yes, Prime Minister Jacinda Arden’s landslide win, but also that the country will get the gayest…

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Added on: 10/05/2020

Jacinda Ardern pledges gay conversion therapy ban if re-elected

10/04/2020

Jacinda Ardern’s Labour party has committed to banning gay conversion therapy if re-elected in New Zealand’s 17 October election. In an interview with Express magazine, the 40-year-old…

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Added on: 10/02/2020

Cook Islands defers decision on decriminalising gay sex

10/01/2020

As a child, Sonya Apa Temata was surrounded by unconditional love. The human rights advocate’s mother, Tuakana Apa Temata, was her number one supporter: “Her acceptance of…

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Added on: 09/02/2020

Cooks Islands rainbow community lobbies for constitutional rights

09/01/2020

The Cook Islands LGBT+ association is citing the country’s Constitution as it seeks to stop laws discriminating against gay men. Section 64 of the Constitution protected people…

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Added on: 08/27/2020

New Zealand: Young queer and trans people face growing housing barriers

08/25/2020

RainbowYOUTH homelessness support worker Therese Go says they have seen an increase in referrals from social workers, nurses and school counsellors who are concerned the young Aucklanders…

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Added on: 08/05/2020

New Zealand adds gender-neutral title for voters ahead of polls

08/04/2020

New Zealand authorities have added the gender neutral title Mx for voters who do not identify as male or female, seeking to boost LGBT+ participation in next…

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Added on: 05/31/2020

Teacher reveals high price of coming out as gay in China

05/30/2020

When he came out as gay, teacher Cui Le made local news headlines and was subject to censorship and surveillance by his university in southern China. It…

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Added on: 05/18/2020

‘Safe But Not Safe’: Life As a Gay Man Between China and New Zealand

05/17/2020

Arriving in New Zealand to start my doctorate in 2017, I immediately sensed it was a more welcoming environment for LGBT people than my home country. On…

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Added on: 02/22/2020

‘A new kind of soft power’: Jacinda Ardern appears on cover of Time magazine

02/21/2020

Jacinda Ardern has appeared on the cover of Time magazine ahead of the anniversary of the Christchurch mosque shootings, in which 51 people were killed by a…

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Added on: 02/11/2020

‘Listen to our voices’: Pasifika protest over anti-gay laws at pride march

02/10/2020

The ongoing criminalisation of homosexuality around Oceania was the focus for the Pacific community at Saturday’s 7000 strong Rainbow Pride march in New Zealand’s largest city. Now…

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Added on: 10/22/2019

Conversion therapy: PM concerned about ‘vulnerable’ LGBT youth

10/21/2019

The Prime Minister has expressed concern about “vulnerable” youth at risk of undergoing gay or trans conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is where people try to change lesbian,…

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Added on: 06/23/2019

Struggle among progress as countries restrict LGBTQ rights

06/23/2019

The world has been transformed in many ways in the 50 years since the uprising at the Stonewall Inn, with major shifts in the past decade alone…

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Added on: 05/16/2019

Māori, Pasifika, LGBT and disabled over-represented in Auckland homeless count

05/16/2019

More than 3600 people were living without shelter or in temporary accommodation on one night in Auckland last year, and nearly 40 per cent of those were…

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Added on: 03/16/2019

LGBTI groups condemn terrorist attacks at two New Zealand mosques

03/15/2019

LGBTI advocacy groups around the world have condemned Friday’s terrorist attack at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, that have left at least 49 people dead. Express,…

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Added on: 03/02/2019

30,000 sign petition against gender diversity teaching in New Zealand

02/28/2019

More than 30,000 people in New Zealand have signed a parliamentary petition against teaching gender diversity in the country’s schools. ‘I believe that endorsing gender discordance as…

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Added on: 02/09/2019

LGBT Pride and dating: How bisexual women face stigma and hostility in relationships

02/09/2019

A new study reveals many “bisexual-plus” Kiwi women feel misunderstood and invalidated when dating. Auckland University of Technology’s Tara Pond is the first New Zealand academic to analyse in-depth the lives and…

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Added on: 01/23/2019

NZ told to improve human rights of LGBTQI people

01/22/2019

For the first time ever during a universal periodic review, United Nations member states have made specific recommendations for New Zealand to improve the human rights of…

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Added on: 11/21/2018

New Zealand pride parade in chaos after ban on police sparks mass withdrawals

11/20/2018

The New Zealand police, New Zealand Defence Force and numerous major sponsors have pulled out of the country’s largest pride parade after organisers banned police and corrections staff from…