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Rights of 286 LGBT Nigerians violated in 2018, report says

Rights of 286 LGBT Nigerians violated in 2018, report says - Without any protection against anti-gay discrimination in Nigerian law, LGBTI Nigerians continue to suffer human rights violations based on their real ...

Scientist creates hundreds of LGBTI and women's science pages on Wikipedia

Scientist creates hundreds of LGBTI and women's science pages on Wikipedia - To counteract Wikipedia being dominated by white, male scientists only, Wade wanted to create pages to highlight women, POC and LGBTI scientists.

Kirriemuir kids join with Papuan pals in marine environment mission

Kirriemuir kids join with Papuan pals in marine environment mission - Kirriemuir kids join with Papuan pals in marine environment mission ... a link with the Indonesian province of West Papua and encouraging people  ...

Drownings down by 15%

Drownings down by 15% - In the past 10 years, 854 Māori have been rescued in rips at New Zealand beaches. This Summer, Surf Life Saving NZ teamed up with TSB Bank ...

What is the sea telling us?': Māori tribes fearful over whale strandings

What is the sea telling us?': Māori tribes fearful over whale strandings - Seven decades later, Parata, 75, has now overseen more than 500 strandings and is renowned in New Zealand as the leading Māori whale expert, ...

250 years after Captain Cook's arrival, we still can't be sure how many Māori lived in Aotearoa at ...

250 years after Captain Cook's arrival, we still can't be sure how many Māori lived in Aotearoa at ... - Two hundred and fifty years ago this year, James Cook's ship the Endeavour arrived off the eastern coast of New Zealand . The following ...

I can't wait to enjoy your country ... and show you a little bit about me' - Cardi B

I can't wait to enjoy your country ... and show you a little bit about me' - Cardi B - American rapper Cardi B has been welcomed with a traditional pōwhiri on her arrival in New Zealand . The 26-year-old I Like It artist touched down in ...

Ngaropo honoured for serving te ao Māori

Ngaropo honoured for serving te ao Māori - At almost 50 years old, he's achieved that goal and has been honoured as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and ...

Do you really need to be school dux to be a doctor?

Do you really need to be school dux to be a doctor? - Yet today the 23-year-old is studying medicine at one of Australia's most ... a program that allows Indigenous students to bypass strict entry criteria.

He's set to slide the world's most sublime waves, against the world's best surfers

He's set to slide the world's most sublime waves, against the world's best surfers -  Australian surfing prodigy Soli Bailey has become just the second Indigenous person to qualify for the World Surf League (WSL) Men's Championship ...

Coalition uneasy on indigenous relations

Coalition uneasy on indigenous relations - But John Howard today has no regrets and stands by his decision not to apologise to Aboriginal Australians over the Stolen Generations. In opposition ...

Just NINE Aboriginal children found new family homes this year ...

Just NINE Aboriginal children found new family homes this year ... - The statistics were released by the latest Adoptions Australia report and delved into the over representation of Indigenous children in Australia's  ...

Calling Country performers ready to usher in new year for Indigenous languages

Calling Country performers ready to usher in new year for Indigenous languages - Calling Country performers ready to usher in new year for Indigenous ... as an opportunity to break new ground for Indigenous languages in Australia .

Kojonup News letter critical of Indigenous elders amid ice epidemic sparks turmoil in WA town

Kojonup News letter critical of Indigenous elders amid ice epidemic sparks turmoil in WA town - An anonymous letter accusing Indigenous elders of failing a lost younger generation of Noongars has triggered outrage in the small Great Southern ...

Madonna does surprise NYE performance at Stonewall, sings Like A Prayer

Madonna does surprise NYE performance at Stonewall, sings Like A Prayer - Stonewall was the site of the historic riots in 1969, which triggered the LGBTI rights movement around the world. Last week, Stonewall named ...

Canada issues warning to LGBTI people thinking of travelling to the Bahamas

Canada issues warning to LGBTI people thinking of travelling to the Bahamas - Erin Greene and Alexus D'Marco, two Bahamian LGBTI rights activists, spoke out in support of the Canadian government's warning to LGBTI people ...

LGBTI patients prefer to write their sexual orientation in writing, new studies show

LGBTI patients prefer to write their sexual orientation in writing, new studies show -  LGBTI patients in the emergency department would rather list their sexual orientation in writing, a new study shows. The study showed that patients ...

Jair Bolsonaro is sworn in as the 42nd president of Brazil

Jair Bolsonaro is sworn in as the 42nd president of Brazil - Bolsonaro's inauguration ceremony took place in the capital Brazilia on Tuesday (1 January). The comes with many members of the LGBTI community ...

10 percent tobacco tax increase helping smokers to quit

10 percent tobacco tax increase helping smokers to quit - Early January is the busiest time of year for Quitline. It's the third of four consecutive 10 per cent rises coming into force on 1 January each year until ...

Navigating waka hourua as a modern health model

Navigating waka hourua as a modern health model - We as Māori know that voyaging is great but it only has a minimal presence in research, so I can expand on the research related to voyaging and ...