Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Disgraced former rugby star Israel Folau says devil is to blame for transgender children -  The former rugby star was sacked from  Australia's  national rugby team in May after he claimed while using social media that 'hell awaits' gay people.

Georgia's first LGBT Pride kicks off despite threats from religious and far right groups -  emphasising that this opposition will not stop the event which she called a “breakthrough” and “a matter of dignity… it's time that  LGBTI  people enjoy ...

US Supreme Court sends same-sex wedding cake case back to lower court -  It is likely that the high court will face another decision on whether or not to hear another case of a business arguing religious liberties over  LGBTI  ...

Mastercard to let trans and non-binary people use chosen names on cards -  The move is part of the bank's initiative to support  LGBTI  right. It aims to combat issues trans and non-binary individuals have experienced while using ...

Stonewall Warriors will pay tribute to  LGBTI  heroes from around the world -  The show will tell the stories of those who kick-started the fight for  LGBTI  rights around the world. But it will also include lesser-known  LGBTI  figures ...

NSW church's cutting message after new Israel Folau rant -  Days after Israel Folau's latest sermon taking aim at  LGBTI  and transgender people, one Sydney church has decided enough is enough. Father Rod ...

Malaysia police investigate to authenticity of gay sex video -  On the same day that police announced the formation of the special take force, Mahathir doubled down on his opposition to  LGBTI  rights and ...

Botswana has decriminalized gay sex. But, it's still illegal in 70 countries -  The defeat of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria has removed the imminent threat of capital punishment for  LGBTI  people living in those areas.

In March 2019, 120 high school students from around Australia met in ... Indigenous Australians are still fighting for self-determination and the right to ... View article...

If she passes her final specialist exams which start next week, Westmead Hospital Registrar Dana Slape will become Australia's first Aboriginal ... View article...

An Aboriginal man has died in a Western Australian prison just days after his mother reportedly called the jail to warn that he was suicidal. The WA ... View article...

"The Aboriginal flag is a strong symbol for Aboriginal Australians and is respected by many non-Aboriginal Australians," the minister for Indigenous ... View article...

HPV vaccine coverage for young Aboriginal people is high, but course completion could be improved, an Australian analysis suggests. Guests:. View article...

"At Parliament House, we fly the Aboriginal flag with abundance during ... apology to Australia's indigenous people and the Barunga Statement from ... View article...

Dr Kong, Australia's first Aboriginal surgeon, said the Yarn For Life promotion would target indigenous people's reluctance to talk about cancer and ... View article...

A hostel for Indigenous boys that has been home to some of Australia's top NRL stars is in such high demand its waitlist could take years to get ... View article...

​Ngaei is not the only voice raising concerns about access to health care, as a survey conducted by the New Zealand Māori Council says Māori also ... View article...

As of 2018, the Independent Police Conduct Authority had zero Māori ... On the contrary, having the IPCA look to NZ Police for examples of good ... View article...

New research has suggested that, if Maori and Pacific four-year-olds ... The study, the first of its kind in New Zealand, drew on data from more than ... View article...

New Zealand Maori Council calls Hobson's Pledges claims that they would accept an invitation for a hui LIES – after the organisation declines ... View article...

A former head of the Māori Affairs community section says the controversy over Oranga Tamariki's baby uplift policies raised wider questions about the ... View article...

Almost two years after a Māori Land Court judge asked for an independent inquiry into a New Plymouth hapū trust which was the victim of a $480,000 ... View article...

The Chair of the National Maori Authority, Nga Ngaru, Matthew Tukaki (who is also the Executive Director of the New Zealand Maori Council – Nga ... View article...

"As far as we can tell, we're the first band, the first metal band to be singing all in Maori on our tracks, and be singing about New Zealand history and ... View article...