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Hutt high school students stand up to homophobic bullies
A NEW Hutt Valley group formed to support high school-age queer students already has 15 members attending fortnightly meetings. The group – Hutt School’s Out - opened a month ago and builds on...
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City will score gold from Asia/Pacific Outgames
WELLINGTON is expecting a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow when it hosts the Asia Pacific Outgames in a year’s time. The games will to involve over 2000 gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and...
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Stereotypes rule – how media misses the real news in sex work
THE media could be missing the real stories in the sex work industry because they are unable to get over the stereotypes. TESSA JOHNSTONE talks to sex workers and an academic about some of the myths:...
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‘Men with painted eyes’ cap glittering week
SPARKLING EYES: Germaine Greer reacts with surpise after being glitter bombed this week. Photos: Alastair Reith AFTER glitter-bombing Germaine Greer yesterday, transwomen today capped a week in the...
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Standing up for victims of rainbow violence in New Zealand
Sandra Dickson, Project Manager. Hohou Te Rongo’ means ‘to make peace’, and ‘Kahukura’ is the maori word for rainbow. DOMESTIC violence within the queer community is being tackled head on by a new...
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Wellington Library storytime takes kids to drag queen’s Promised Land
LaQuisha St Redfern with audience member, Nina Gibertson Drag Queen Storytime brought kids together with drag performer LaQuisha St Redfern at Wellington Central Library over the past two Saturday...
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Missing voices in the health system focus of transgender tea time
Saint Andrews Church on The Terrace is an LGBTI friendly church in Wellington city. Trans people are missing in the health system and a group of about 50 Wellingtonians used last Friday’s Trans Day of...
View ArticleGender minorities missing from follow-up survey
Gender minorities are missing out again as sexual orientation but not gender identity are included in April’s General Social Survey, a survey design to float questions missed in the 2018 census. Peter...
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WATCH: Pride Parade attracts a big crowd
Around 5000 Wellingtonians flocked to the CBD to see the city’s annual Pride Parade on Saturday. The parade started at Tennyson Street at 7pm before making its way down Wellington’s “Rainbow Mile” of...
View ArticleMistrust an issue for police and rainbow community
Cynicism and mistrust among the rainbowh community remains a problem, as the country’s Pride celebrations draw to a close. Police are seeking to improve relations with the LGBTQI community but a...
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