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Hong Kong treats LGBTI couples differently in nearly 100 ways

Hong Kong treats  LGBTI  couples differently in nearly 100 ways -  Nor is there any anti-discrimination legislation to protect  LGBTI  people. Hong Kong-based lawyer and principal editor of the report Will Yip told Gay ...

Prince William visits LGBTI youth homelessness charity

Prince William visits  LGBTI  youth homelessness charity -  Prince William made a special visit to a London-based  LGBTI  youth homelessness charity to mark 50 years since Stonewall.

Sydney votes to rename park in recognition of equal marriage vote

Sydney votes to rename park in recognition of equal marriage vote -  LGBTI rights supporters gather to hear  Australias  marriage equality survey at ... Green previously told  Gay  Star News  Australia's  journey to marriage to ...

Folau raises over A$650000 on Christian lobby website

Folau raises over A$650000 on Christian lobby website -  Folau was fired last month after a Rugby  Australia  tribunal found him guilty of .... I don't care if players are  gay , straight, Muslim or whether they have a ...

Gay Fat Dancer' Has Golden Buzzer Moment On 'America's Got Talent'

Gay  Fat Dancer' Has Golden Buzzer Moment On 'America's Got Talent' -  The 25-year-old travel agent from  Australia  explained that his dance career stalled due to injury and bias. “Being a  gay , fat dancer wasn't it,” he said.

Nice' Folau gave up money, never made anti-gay slurs in AFL: Sheedy

Nice' Folau gave up money, never made anti- gay  slurs in AFL: Sheedy -  Folau, who is embroiled in a dispute with Rugby  Australia  over anti- gay  tweets that prompted Rugby to sack him and Folau to take legal action, had ...

Australian Rugby Star Sacked For Posting Christian Meme On Instagram

Australian  Rugby Star Sacked For Posting Christian Meme On Instagram -  It did not single out  LGBT  people, according to Miranda Devine, a columnist for The Daily Telegraph. Nevertheless, a standard evangelical post was ...

Christian leaders back Magda Szubanski's counter-campaign bid to rival Israel Folau

Christian leaders back Magda Szubanski's counter-campaign bid to rival Israel Folau -  Magda Szubanski is everything  Australia  should be celebrating. ... a constant, firm & true voice for those in need, especially in the  LGBT  community.

Australia's Terrifying 'Watch Houses'

Pinned down, stripped naked, locked in a padded cell, and yelling continuously for help – that's how an Indigenous boy with a cognitive disability ... View article...

Telstra facing investigation over selling 'unaffordable contracts' to vulnerable Australians

The national consumer watchdog has launched an investigation into Telstra's sales practices, amid mounting reports vulnerable Indigenous ... View article...

Sounds of Then: From Waltzing Matilda to Kylie, Australian sound archives seeks to add new voices

Sounds of Australia is a formal registry of the songs, jingles, sound bites and ... Kaeding is proud of the archive's Aboriginal content which he says has ... View article...

Indigenous Australians welcome Bolshoi Theater's ballet with ceremonial dancing

The Indigenous Australians decided to welcome the dancers of the Bolshoi Theater speaking the language that everyone understands - the language ... View article...

Reducing preterm birth amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander babies: A prospective cohort ...

Prevention of avoidable preterm birth in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) families is a major public health priority in Australia. View article...

South West Aboriginal Medical Service prepares for NAIDOC Week

"NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people," ... View article...

Activities support Aboriginal culture and heritage

If you're looking to educate your children about local culture while keeping them entertained these holidays, the Activities in the Park school holidays ... View article...

The murky rights fights over Australia's privately-owned Aboriginal flag

The Aboriginal flag is privately-owned by one man, a surprising fact for many who see the symbol as an inseparable part of the overall image of brand ... View article...

824 Māori place names made official

The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) has ... The full list of these official Māori place names is available here. View article...

Maori and Pasifika need better financial services

Maori and Pasifika communities are falling behind and financial services providers in New Zealand need to do more to help, a new report says. View article...

Artwork sews together Māori collective

Four wāhine Māori artists are on their way to Paris to talk about ancient Māori sewing technique and they way they have gone about reviving it. View article...

Māori Agricultural College put result aside to honour club stalwart Porky Mareikura

It's called whaka whānau nga tangi in the vernacular, if you ask Māori Agricultural College premier men's rugby club head coach Anthony Morley. View article...