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This is why Lunar New Year is a time of massive anxiety for LGBTIs in China

This is why Lunar New Year is a time of massive anxiety for LGBTIs in China - Millions of LGBTI Chinese this week will join the largest annual movement of people on the planet to return to their hometowns and bring in the new ...

Victorian government announces plan to ban gay conversion therapy

Victorian government announces plan to ban gay conversion therapy - Victoria is set to ban gay conversion therapy, with the harmful practice ... to become the first Australian state the criminalise gay conversion therapy.

More confusion over regional roads

More confusion over regional roads - The extra capital for the development of Māori land will be welcomed by Māori – it's a pity however, that the Government has axed the Te Ture ...

Getting serious at Waitangi

Getting serious at Waitangi - This weekend, on the other hand, has seen both Maori and the Government start to get into the fine print that translates the Treaty into reality.

Waitangi Marae shows more commitment to Free Speech than Massey University

Waitangi Marae shows more commitment to Free Speech than Massey University - Brash of course infamously incited hateful Māori bashing with his awful Orewa Speech by claiming Māori somehow had 'privilege' and was recently ...

Te Tii accused of opening door to hate speech

Te Tii accused of opening door to hate speech - He says Dr Brash, who is calling for colour-blind laws and the end of the Māori seats, will be balanced on a panel by former New Plymouth mayor ...

Government steps up to boost Māori land earnings

Government steps up to boost Māori land earnings - The Government is committing $100 million from the Provincial Growth Fund to assist in the development of Māori land. Announcing the pūtea at ...

Fighting spirit brings spark to Te Matatini

Fighting spirit brings spark to Te Matatini - Bigger than the Olympics. That's how the chief executive of Te Matatini describes the biennial Māori performing arts festival. The 46 teams that got ...

Labor Government To Make Conversion 'Therapy' Against The Law

Labor Government To Make Conversion 'Therapy' Against The Law - The Andrews Labor Government will bring in laws to denounce and prohibit LGBTI conversion practices, ending the bigoted practice that has caused ...

Evil practice peddled in shame and stigma': Daniel Andrews vows to ban gay conversion therapy ...

Evil practice peddled in shame and stigma': Daniel Andrews vows to ban gay conversion therapy ... - What they (gay conversion therapy) really are is a most personal form of torture, a cruel practice that perpetuates the idea that LGBTI people are in ...

Victoria to become first Australian state to ban conversion therapy

Victoria to become first Australian state to ban conversion therapy - In a statement posted to his website, Andrews' office explained that his government “will bring in laws to denounce and prohibit LGBTI conversion ...

I take a risk when I get on': Transgender commuters describe life on public transport

I take a risk when I get on': Transgender commuters describe life on public transport - A Victoria Police spokeswoman said PSOs undergo two LGBTI awareness training packages and acknowledged that there was "under reporting of ...

Maori Council and the National Maori Authority hit the road

Maori Council and the National Maori Authority hit the road - Waitangi Day celebrations begin early in Australia where large Maori population bases exist such as Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.

LGBT community steps in to make sure NZ sees conversion film

LGBT community steps in to make sure NZ sees conversion film - After a decision to not release the 2018 film about gay conversion therapy, Boy Erased in New Zealand due to its commercial viability, the rainbow ...

Cove recognised as LGBT-friendly organisation

Cove recognised as LGBT -friendly organisation - Cove has received the Rainbow Tick designation, certifying the Auckland -based insurance start-up is a welcoming and inclusive place for people of ...

Bisexual teen: 'I just realised that straight is not the default'

Bisexual teen: 'I just realised that straight is not the default' - Overwhelmingly, being LGBT is very easy in New Zealand if you live in the place I do - and not everyone does, and it's much harder for trans people, ...

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The passive racism of Australian media is borne of arrogance, ignorance, fear and fragility

The passive racism of Australian media is borne of arrogance, ignorance, fear and fragility - But we are not supposed draw any parallels with similar Indigenous -led ... “When the idea was taken up in Australia ,” recalls the Freedom Rider and ...