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The digital platform saving Indigenous languages from extinction -  Australia , 50 per cent of Indigenous languages are now extinct, and only 13 are considered strong and viable. On a global scale, every 14 days an ...

Video Games Show Us The Weird, Often Baffling Ways The World Imagines Australia - due to some clumsy narration which inadvertently drew parallels to Australia's poor treatment of Indigenous and First Nations people. What drew the ...

Eye health experts call for $86 million to increase services for Indigenous communities - According to Vision 2020, Indigenous Australians are three times more likely to suffer from blindness and vision loss than non- Indigenous people, ...

Switchboard Funded to Supporet LGBTI Senior Australians - Switchboard Victoria is a community-based not-for-profit organisation that provides peer-based support services for LGBTI people, their families and ...

WA surrogacy laws discriminate against gay men, review finds - Western Australia's “outdated” surrogacy and reproductive technology laws discriminate against gay couples and should be changed, a review of the ...

Bohemian Rhapsody premieres in China — but without any references to Freddie Mercury's ... - Feili Xie, a 28-year-old gay man from Beijing who was a big fan of the film, told the ABC that while he was in favour of Bohemian Rhapsody being ...

Neighbours casts its first transgender character - Stone is known as the youngest person in Australia to receive hormone ... and came just months after Australia finally legalized same-sex marriage.

LGBTI organisations call for decriminalization of sex work - As a young Maori sex worker I was arrested and convicted of prostitution and soliciting pre the decriminalization of prostitution. Doing street-based ...

Aspirations of Māori students boosted by Waikato initiative - In comparison to results from all student data, an even greater impact was seen on Māori students, particularly the extent to which SSEP has ...

Mātauranga Māori and Western science: two worlds meet to save the one we have - In episode two of the Good Ancestors podcast, John Daniell and Noelle McCarthy look at the role of mātauranga Māori in conservation in New ...

Nanaimo contingent learns about Maori during cultural exchange to New Zealand - Travellers with Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre embarked on a trip of a lifetime, flying across the many kilometres and time zones between Vancouver ...

New Zealand reopens mosques that were attacked; many 'march for love' - Carrying placards with signs such as “He wanted to divide us, he only made us stronger”, “Muslims welcome, racists not”, and “Kia Kaha” - Maori for ...

Rise up!' NZ students heal with haka after mosque attacks - Though hakas were traditionally performed by the Maori people in ... White and Maori , Catholic and Muslim, they stood and performed a haka that held ...

How Facebook helps people with HIV shed the stigma and shame - He came out as a gay man just before his 50th birthday. He lived in the suburbs of Brisbane, on Australia's east coast, with his wife of 25 years and he ...

An Australian Man Who Was Using PrEP 'On Demand' Has Contracted HIV - For years now, PrEP has been a highly effective tool in the HIV prevention toolbox, not just for gay men but for all at-risk groups. The pill, also referred ...

How Malaysian newspapers are fueling LGBTI hatred - For the second time this month, LGBTI rights advocates in Malaysia have ... The country has seen a crackdown on LGBTI individuals spurred by the ...

These LGBTI people demand a second referendum on Brexit and here's why - Moreover, the end of free movement will deprive LGBTI couples of certain securities. Such as the reassurance of travelling to another country for work ...

New York City LGBTI center slammed for hosting Republican event - AIDS activist Jason Rosenberg tweeted a screenshot of an advert for the night in LGBTI publication Get Out Magazine. He's a member of ACT UP, who ...

Inverness theatre to host pioneering project for LGBTI elders - A radical community project aimed at older members of the LGBTI community is coming to Inverness as part of a year-long Scotland-wide programme.

United is first of US airlines to offer non-binary booking options - They also worked with LGBTI organizations the Human Rights Campaign and The Trevor Project to train their employees. This includes the correct ...

Only 55% of Americans think LGBTI people face a lot of discrimination - Compared to other groups in the United States, people's impression of discrimination has changed most dramatically in regards to the LGBTI  ...

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Generations of indigenous kids missed out: Tony Abbott - The sad thing is a couple of generations of indigenous kids have in some ... education it is difficult to be a well-functioning adult in modern Australia .”.

Scholarship opportunity for WA student or trainee - The yarning places are electronic networks that enable people with an interest in Indigenous health to share information, knowledge and experiences.

Aboriginal -led solutions key to “Close Gap” - Responding to the 2019 Close the Gap Campaign report released today – on National Close the Gap Day – Oxfam Australia's Aboriginal and Torres ...

Everybody deserves the right to a healthy future: Nurses and midwives support Close The Gap Day - The health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is considerably poorer than any other social group in Australia . Indigenous  ...

The Australian surfer taking on the world's best under the Aboriginal flag - He'll wear it on his right shoulder, with the Australian flag on his left. ... “I think he's going to be a great role model for Indigenous kids in Australia , ...

Celebrating 120000 years of First Nations art in Australia - We know in Australia that connecting with traditional languages has a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

Do these celebs know their 'friend' is now overseeing the murder of LGBTs? - The Chechen dictator has continually denied even the existence of LGBTI people in the Russian republic. This is despite worldwide condemnation ...

Netflix Australia Is Getting Some Fantastic Content In April - A gay man with mild cerebral palsy decides to rewrite his identity as an ... A New York City grad student moonlighting as a dominatrix enlists her gay  ...

Every 'Queer Eye' Hero's Inspiring Makeover Before And After - Although AJ's changes were mainly personal instead of physical, at the end of the episode ("To Gay or Not Too Gay "), AJ is more confident and ...

Tomomi Inada's uphill battle to 'promote understanding' of LGBT issues in Japan - While other developed countries including the United States, Australia and most of Western Europe have moved to recognize same-sex marriage, ...

Are we as open minded as we think we are? - New Zealand has had a race relations problem ever since it was colonized by Britain as a settler colony in the early 1800s. The Maori population  ...

How xenophobia led to Christchurch terror attack - She addressed the nation, lamenting the violence that targeted the country's immigrant Muslim population , “who have chosen New Zealand as their ...

Some Maori leaders reject NZ PM's 'This is not us' line - Some Maori leaders are recalling ancient colonial atrocities as they reject Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's "this is not us" response to the killing of 50 ...

Haka ring out as NZ deals with trauma of shootings - thump their chests and stick out their tongues in a traditional Maori haka to commemorate the victims of last week's mass shootings in Christchurch.

Duke And Duchess Of Sussex Visit New Zealand House To Offer Condolences - Harry signed his name with “Arohanui,” which is Maori for “best wishes.” Reportedly, Meghan and Harry were requested by the Queen to pay a visit to ...

TVNZ to hand over control of Māori archive - Pressure from the New Zealand Māori Council and Māori screen industry organisation Ngā Aho Whakaari has resulted in TVNZ ruling out the sale of ...

Indigenous youth suicides continue - The deaths of four young Indigenous people over a two-day period in ... Australia's annual migration intake will be cut by 30,000 people under a plan ...

Eating fish may help prevent asthma -  A scientist from James Cook University in Australia says an innovative study has revealed new evidence ... In Australia , one in nine have asthma (about 2.7 million), and among Indigenous Australians this rate is almost twice as high.

South Australia and Northern Territory compete for funds for national Indigenous gallery project - there room for two national Indigenous art galleries in Australia ? ... the future of the stalled National Indigenous Art Gallery project in Alice Springs.

Aboriginal foster children, non- Indigenous carers and breaking down barriers in out-of-home care - So much so that Ms Plug and fellow carer and friend, Meaghan Heath, decided to register as carers with Western Australia's only Indigenous -led foster ...

Aboriginal Australia's smash hit that went viral - In a time before radio or even gramophones, songs were shared between Aboriginal groups at large social gatherings. Some songs were so popular ...

Christchurch carnage and the white supremacist rampage - Who are the natives of Australia ? Indigenous Australians are the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia. They are the natives of ...

Liberal Australian Greens want to wipe out religious programs, replace them with LGBT agenda - The Australian Greens party has hardened its stance on the LGBT agenda in view of the 2019 federal elections to ...

Tasmanian gay man raising funds to take the State Government to court in a discrimination case - A TASMANIAN gay man is raising funds to challenge the State Government in court over discrimination he says he experienced after his partner died ...

Are we as open minded as we think we are? - New Zealand has had a race relations problem ever since it was colonized by Britain as a settler colony in the early 1800s. The Maori population  ...

Māori community of Ōtautahi assists with burial process - Representatives of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu and Ngāi Tūāhuriri met today with Māori community leaders of Ōtautahi/Christchurch, as they continue to ...

Openly gay pro strongman Rob Kearney marries his boyfriend - Rob Kearney, one of the world's strongest men, had quite a week that ended with him marrying his boyfriend, Joey Aleixo, on a beach in Australia on ...

Glitter, colour & nudity: Revellers go WILD at Mardi Gras Sydney 2019 - This comes just over a year after Australia voted “yes” to same-sex marriage. Mardi Gras CEO Terese Casu said the event was a huge success.

Tolerance New Zealand's real religion - Yet within the several hundred years Maori lived here before European ... People , including a significant Chinese population , swarmed from around ...

New Zealand cannot erase colonial terrorism from its history - So total was Pakeha dominance at a time when the Maori population had fallen to its lowest point of 45,549, that the coloniser deluded himself into ...

New Zealand shooting: Mum took bullet to save friend - then died in her arms - She also helped people in the LGBT community, aided immigrants settling into New Zealand , and mentored other women in her faith, Kyron added.

What you can do to help after the terrorist attack on New Zealand mosques - What you can do to help after the terrorist attack on New Zealand mosques ... not only Muslims but also people of color, immigrants, Jews, the L.G.B.T. community and ... Do not watch the livestream of the New Zealand terrorist attack.

He wanted notoriety. But it is New Zealand's stoic leader who has become the face of a tragedy - The man who opened fire on two New Zealand mosques last week may have succeeded in killing 50 people, but ...

Extremists travelled to city to exploit Parkfield School LGBT row, warns counter hate chief - Ms Khan was in Birmingham when news broke of the terrorist atrocity in New Zealand in which 50 worshippers at a mosque in Christchurch were ...

National hotline to combat elder abuse - will have to be inclusive of indigenous and migrant and ethnic Australians and people from different cultural backgrounds with different levels ...

The Christchurch Shootings Should Implicate All White Australians - The Christchurch Shootings Should Implicate All White Australians .... apologized to Indigenous Australians for its extreme mistreatment of them, ...

Harvesting our native diet - Engaging in the diversity of Indigenous culture is special to me, I will never hide that. I deliberately always refer to myself as Aboriginal Australian .

The 11 most exciting things on at this year's Vivid Sydney - And it's her first visit to Australia , so we can't wait to hear what she makes of ... The Sydney Opera House's head of Indigenous programming Rhoda ...

Could this be Australia's first graffiti? - American whalers from the 1840's could be Australia's first graffiti artists. Inscriptions from the crew have been found over ancient indigenous rock ...

Hit Netflix series After Life is under fire for using a 'fake' Aboriginal painting done by a British artist ... - The Papunya community played a large role in the Australian Indigenous art movement of the 1970s. Stockman also said that the painting should not ...

Snapshots of life in post-referendum Cuba - Activists who work independently of Mariela Castro, the daughter of former Cuban President Raúl Castro who spearheads LGBTI -specific issues on ...

Dramatic increase in violence against LGBT people in Cameroon - and ASEMIR de l'Ouest — they have compiled a report on anti- LGBTI violence and rights violations in the country during 2018. Its title is “Ignorance.

Tolerance New Zealand's real religion - Yet within the several hundred years Maori lived here before European ... People , including a significant Chinese population , swarmed from around ...

He wanted notoriety. But it is New Zealand's stoic leader who has become the face of a tragedy - Christchurch, New Zealand (CNN) The man who opened fire on two New Zealand mosques last week may have succeeded in killing 50 people, but ...

Do Thai politicians really care about LGBTI issues? - Predominantly-Buddhist Thailand is conservative, but the country is becoming more accepting of LGBTI individuals. It has long been an LGBTI tourist ...

Greece's LGBTI people defiant in face of homophobic arson attack - A violent arson attack may have intimidated most people to lay low and not draw attention to themselves. But not Greece's LGBTI community.

National to blame for housing crisis - During the nine years of National Government, the population increased by 500,000 so we needed ... That is "sovereignty" in relation to Maori assets.

Eye on the prize as Māori health claim winds up - Mr Peters says while 15 percent of New Zealand's population may have some Māori ancestry, they do not automatically want to get treated by a Māori ...

The Queen left 'tickled and touched' by this huge request on a royal tour - In his new book Queen of the World, he wrote: “The Queen did not become Queen of Papua New Guinea because it's people decided to retain her.

At least 42 people dead in flash floods in Indonesia — media - Flash floods in Indonesia's Papua province have killed at least 42 people , Reuters reported on Sunday citing a ...

New Zealand is not perfect': Maori playwright says mosque attacks weren't unprecedented - In the wake of shootings at two Christchurch mosques that have killed at least 50 people and injured 40 others, Maori professor and playwright David ...

Māori stand with Muslims against extremists. - A Māori security consultant says Māori have a lot in cultural similarities with Islamic people that can help in showing support and solidarity with victims ...

Goldfields inmates enrol for university degrees as attitudes to prison education change - Nathan, a white man, is one of four university students at Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison, two of whom are Indigenous . In Western Australia  ...

Aboriginal youth suicide rates in rural Australia continue to soar as four young people take their ... - The 2019 suicide toll among indigenous Australians now stands at 31 after four Queensland Aboriginals aged 15- 23 took their own lives within two ...

Aboriginal women create mindfulness app in language , bringing outback meditation to the world - Teaming up with the producers behind mindfulness app Smiling Mind, women from Central Australia's NPY Women's Council have helped create ...

Leadership winner infusing Indigenous education into school's culture - Under his leadership we have seen our Aboriginal staff numbers grow from ... This story appeared in the March 2019 edition of Australian Teacher ...