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Azerbaijan police are trying to 'hunt' transgender people through internet

Azerbaijan police are trying to 'hunt' transgender people through internet - According to reports from unnamed LGBTI people in Baku, the random arrests started last night (1 April). Police later took the detainees to the ...

What my transgender child can teach us about the workforce of the future

What my transgender child can teach us about the workforce of the future - some ways, LGBTI programming at Davos 2019 was a “rainbow wave“. The Forum's Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality launched, making it on to ...

Disney on Ice's Moana segment to be performed in Māori in New Zealand

Disney on Ice's Moana segment to be performed in Māori in New Zealand - The next Disney on Ice production coming to New Zealand will feature a Moana segment that for some shows will be presented in te reo Māori .

Workers to benefit after living wage increases today

Workers to benefit after living wage increases today - Not only has minimum wage been lifted today, but so has New Zealand's living wage. The Living Wage Movement made the announcement this ...

Tairāwhiti hack fest opens doors for Māori tech

Tairāwhiti hack fest opens doors for Māori tech - Kerry Topp, the associate director of transformation & innovation director for Datacom, which is organising the event along with New Zealand Trade ...

Mayor Pete Buttigieg receives LGBT service award

Mayor Pete Buttigieg receives LGBT service award - As we increasingly are on the world stage, from the President of France to the Prime Minister of New Zealand , why wouldn't that be happening in ...

Learnings from NZ can inform Australian justice system

Learnings from NZ can inform Australian justice system - We are heartened by the New Zealand Government's commitment to reduce the prison population by 30 per cent over 15 years, which shows true ...

The luxury NZ lodge Barack Obama described as “magical”

The luxury NZ lodge Barack Obama described as “magical” - It's the country's most historic region, the place where the first settlers from Australia landed, traded with the local Maori tribes and in 1840 signed the ...

Indigenous group looks to carbon farming to regenerate the outback

Indigenous group looks to carbon farming to regenerate the outback -  Indigenous group looks to carbon farming to regenerate the outback ... "In western Queensland it's roughly about 200 projects but Australia wide it's ...

The top restaurants giving young Indigenous chefs a leg-up

The top restaurants giving young Indigenous chefs a leg-up - National Indigenous Culinary Institute was founded in 2012 and offers apprenticeships to aspiring Indigenous chefs in some of Australia's top ...

The health crisis we're not talking about, but should be

The health crisis we're not talking about, but should be - We used to see one or two HIV diagnoses in Indigenous Australian in this area each year, but since 2014 there have been a total of 45 diagnoses, ...

Trees are at the heart of our country – we should learn their Indigenous names

Trees are at the heart of our country – we should learn their Indigenous names -  Australia , we should bring back into use the Aboriginal names and knowledge systems for trees and plants that are lost to everyday use. This year is ...

Years of research solidifies into re-think of history of Australia and the world

Years of research solidifies into re-think of history of Australia and the world - Professor John Sherwood at the Moyjil Site where he and other researchers have established there is a high probability that Indigenous people lit fires ...

Artists unveil epic new works at national exhibition

Artists unveil epic new works at national exhibition - The biennial exhibition presents a snapshot of the best Australian ... Bachelor of Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art with providing him with a ...

Gay people exist everywhere - so what's the point lying to kids about it?

Gay people exist everywhere - so what's the point lying to kids about it? - can be easy to fall into the trap of thinking LGBTI people only exist in certain cultures and countries. For obvious reasons, LGBT communities are ...

LGBTI friendly candidate set to become first female president of Slovakia

LGBTI friendly candidate set to become first female president of Slovakia - These are the celebs people would love to see as Pride Grand Marshals Presidential hopeful: Caputova set to win Saturday's Slovakian elections ...

Married Indians are looking for same-sex affairs after decriminalization

Married Indians are looking for same-sex affairs after decriminalization - Indians, therefore, celebrated the decriminalization of an estimated 4.5 million LGBTI people. But, LGBTI activists and leaders warned it would take ...

How South African churches can make LGBTIQ people feel safer

How South African churches can make LGBTIQ people feel safer - Research shows that many churches in South Africa remain 'hotbeds of homophobia' . This is despite the fact that the ...

Massey University Wellington Senior Lecturer Dr Jason Mika on Paakiwaha

Massey University Wellington Senior Lecturer Dr Jason Mika on Paakiwaha - Dr Mika is responding to an Asia New Zealand Foundation report published this ... “ Maōri perceptions of cultural similarity with Asian cultures tend to ...

China tourism shift creating opportunities for Māori

China tourism shift creating opportunities for Māori - Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis says there are huge opportunities for Māori in the Chinese New Zealand year of tourism. The year was lauched at Te ...