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Added on: 11/02/2020

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

Star Herald
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

Star Observer
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

SBS
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

Stuff NZ
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

Radio New Zealand
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

RNZ
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

Reuters
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

South China Morning Post
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

Sixth Tone
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

The Guardian
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

TVNZ
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

Stuff NZ
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

New York Times
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

New Zealand Herald
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

Washington Blade
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

Gay Star News
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

Stuff.co
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

Radio NZ
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

The Guardian
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…
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