Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

London gay magazine Boyz ends weekly publication to go monthly -  It went from strength to strength in the 1990s as the  LGBTI  scene across the UK grew. It launched a separate UK edition to complement its London ...

UK government wants to end all cigarette smoking by 2030 -  The UK government has an ambitious plan to end smoking in the country by 2030. The plan will have a particular focus on  LGBTI  people.

Tbilisi hosted its very first impromptu Pride march -  Nonetheless, local  LGBTI  activists didn't lose hope. Not only did they fly a drone carrying a rainbow flag, but they also organized an unofficial protest.

Tijuana University creates safe spaces for LGBT students -  Create in UABC safe spaces for  LGBTI  students. In this faculty, there are just over 1,600 students, of whom 10% belong to the  LGBTI . Related image.

Dutee Chand, India's First Openly  Gay  Athlete, Is Cosmopolitan's Latest Cover Girl -  Dutee Chand has been in the news of late, and perhaps for not the best of reasons. Dutee Chand, a national lever sprinter, who came out as  gay  in ...

Why I became a drag activist in South Korea -  Ahead of his first London show, Heezy Yang on growing up gay in South Korea and using drag and art to change attitudes towards  LGBTI  people.

... its morning session to add Bahrain's Dilmun Burial Mounds, the Budj Bim wetlands landscape formed by Australia's aboriginal Gunditjmara nation, ... View article...

The latest design omits the lion that represents the Duke of Wellington and Manaia, the Māori guardian. However, the guardians will still appear on ... View article...

ABC Indigenous producers Rudi Bremer (a Gamilaroi woman) and Yale MacGillivray (a Kalkadoon woman/Australian South Sea Islander) and ... View article...

In Logan, the event gains momentum each year attracting more people from different cultures curious to learn about Australia's first people. This year ... View article...

The Federal Court of Australia has applied the Australian Consumer Law to protect Indigenous Australian artistic designs by penalising a seller of ... View article...

As a young girl, she grew up in the small northern New South Wales ... Ms Larkin said Australia could learn from New Zealand, which has Maori ... View article...

Nominations remain open for Aboriginal Victorians to be part of Australia's first ... "Treaty is an opportunity for every single non-Indigenous person to ... View article...

Remote Aboriginal elderly people struggle in aged care a long way from ... inclusive picture of ageing: from the remote Top End to urban Australia". View article...

... indigenous Māori people and for the European settlers who followed them. ... However, it was Northland New Zealand's unique blend of natural and ... View article...

In 2018, Kaloti founded a radical antifascist organization called Love Aotearoa Hate Racism (Aotearoa is the indigenous Māori people's name for New ... View article...

The party, named Coalition NZ, is led by Hannah Tamaki, wife of Destiny's ... NZ is being played by Jevan Goulter, formerly a member of the Maori ... View article...

New Zealand's being urged to drop HIV-related travel restrictions by two United Nations organisations. UNAIDS and the UN Development programme ... View article...

He noted that there were "economic causes" for the refugee crisis, including US corporations "putting Third World farmers out of business" with unfair ... View article...

New Zealand decider's a battle of nerves but few can match England when we .... I've got some Maori inspired ink and a silver fern tattoo on my arm. View article...

While the Silver Fern and Māori culture still make the AUT study list, some additions are more contentious. These include, New Zealand wine, Bluff ... View article...

​Māori words and phrases such as haka, Pākehā, kia ora, kai moana, and kia kaha have made their way into English and Twitter is probably ... View article...

Australia  Is Closing The  Gay -Straight HIV Gap -  Recent  Australian  research revealed good news around HIV prevention.  Gay  and bisexual men are driving a sharp decline in new HIV transmissions ...

Prostestors show their solidarity for  LGBTI  + Istanbul Pride march -  For Freedom in England and to show their support for those in Turkey the Mesopotamian and Anatolian Queer group protested in front of the Turkish ...

Powerful portraits and statements from Brazil's black and  LGBTI  community -  It's no secret that Brazil has severe issues with discrimination. Last year 320 people were murdered in homophobic and transphobic attacks, not ...

Tbilisi Pride postponed, activists fly rainbow flag above anti- LGBTI  rally -  Tbilisi Pride was due to take place today (8 July) but was prevented from going ahead. This is the second attempt for local  LGBTI  activists who have ...

Meet the trans woman headed to the US Supreme Court for being unfairly fired -  This is one of three  LGBTI  employment discrimination cases being reviewed by SCOTUS - its most significant  LGBTI  rights ruling since marriage ...

Scottish teen who stated there are only two genders is barred from school -  Last year, Scotland had  LGBTI -inclusive education embedded within its curriculum, the first in the world to do so. According to a friend, Murray had ...

Cicilline Statement on Pompeo's Anti-Women, Anti- LGBTI  Commission -    Last month, the U.S. House approved an amendment blocking funding for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's so-called “Commission ...

Rainbow flag burned outside a black-owned gay bar in NYC for the second time -  For the second time in a little over a month, a rainbow flag was burned outside a black-owned  LGBTI  bar in New York City. The Alibi Lounge in Harlem ...

The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, near Portland, became the first in Australia to receive World Heritage status for its Aboriginal cultural importance ... View article...

Disney Channel has partnered with creator Media Farm and First Languages Australia to produce an Indigenous language series, Spread the Word. View article...

"And to be truly relevant to the Australia we live in now as a fully inclusive Australia, we need to have more Australian Indigenous plants in our food. View article...

Born to Sparkle has worked with local Indigenous Elders to create a First ... Annually in July, NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia. View article...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples currently have poorer health outcomes and higher rates of disability than non-Indigenous Australians of ... View article...

As a Worrorra woman from Derby, in the Kimberly region of Western Australia, Vinka grew up in the Aboriginal community of Mowanjum. "The end ... View article...

We have adopted the Reflect model from Reconciliation Australia. ... for the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to be heard. View article...

Budj Bim, in Victoria state, is the first site in Australia to receive World Heritage status solely for its Aboriginal cultural importance. Nineteen other World ... View article...

Despite having one of the highest Māori population in the country, Northland iwi leaders say the lack of representation in the council means Māori ... View article...

Crown Forestry is investing $5 million in joint ventures with two Bay of Plenty Māori land trusts to plant more than 200,000 trees this season. The first ... View article...

This year's hui is hosted by Ngāti Kahungunu and the theme is 'Ko te amorangi ki mua ko te hapai o ki muri,' there are many learnings from the past to ... View article...

"It brings Crown Forestry's investment in the Bay of Plenty to $6.3 million and takes the total number of joint ventures in New Zealand to 25, totaling ... View article...

TOURISM New Zealand marked the Maori new year in Kuala Lumpur with a unique fusion lunch prepared by Malaysian celebrity chef James Won. View article...

"It brings Crown Forestry's investment in the Bay of Plenty to $6.3 million and takes the total number of joint ventures in New Zealand to 25, totalling ... View article...

A festival celebrating the New Zealand Maori new year aims to unite the broader community at Williamstown this month. Matariki Festival organiser ... View article...

Māori communities across New Zealand are connecting with veganism. Kirsty Dunn, a University of Canterbury doctoral scholar, has conducted ... View article...

Malaysian rights groups call out state for anti- LGBTI  actions -  Evidence of state-sponsored violence and discrimination against  LGBTI  people in Malaysia has been documented and established, a coalition of ...

This self-care resource helps  LGBTI  people through tough times -  Australian  LGBTI  groups have come together to create an invaluable self care resource that is useful for any  LGBTI  people. The groups released the ...

Botswana's Attorney General Says High Court Erred On  LGBTI  Ruling -  Botswana's government will appeal against a landmark High Court ruling that decriminalised homosexuality, the attorney general says. Last month the ...

Botswana seeks to overturn ruling that legalised gay sex -  “It says to  LGBTI  the state through its lawyers (attorney general) affirms the ... It suggests that the  LGBTI's  lives should be determined by the majority ...

British Museum begins to offer guided tours of  LGBTI  treasures -  The guided tour initiative builds on the museum's existing  LGBTI  audio tours. 'We'll see how they go, see what the demand is,' said Sarah Saunders, ...

16+ photos from the biggest UK Black Pride ever -  It is now Europe's biggest festival for  LGBTI  people of color. This includes those of African, Asia, Caribbean, Latin American and Middle Eastern ...

New HIV diagnoses in both  Australia  and Singapore are the lowest in over a decade -  New HIV cases in both Singapore and  Australia  have become the lowest in over a decade. In Singapore, the Ministry of Health announced there were ...

Nun removes anti- LGBTI  protesters from church courtyard during Brianza Pride -  An anti- LGBTI  group of ultra-Catholics tried to oppose the celebration with a letter to the police commissioner and a 'reparation mass.' Yet, their plan ...

Indigenous -rights approach offers solution to climate-change crisis -  On June 22 and 23, experts, political leaders, nongovernment organizations, and  indigenous peoples  and communities gathered to deliberate on a ...

Ancient  indigenous  Budj Bim Cultural Landscape added to UNESCO World Heritage List -  Older than the Egyptian Pyramids, the southwest Victorian  indigenous  site was accepted onto the list at a meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan on Saturday, ...

How one coin could change the history of a continent -  Kilwa coins have been found previously in northern  Australia , in 1944, ... Or it could indicate contact between  Indigenous Australians  and Kilwa traders ...

Fans pay tribute to legendary actor David Gulpilil after he wins top NAIDOC award -  Australians  have offered messages of support for  Indigenous  acting legend David Gulpilil after he reveals his battle with cancer upon winning a top ...

On this day July 1, 1978 The Northern Territory in Australia was granted ... Prior to The Northern Territory gaining control of its affairs, The Aboriginal ... View article...

Lecturers at the University of New South Wales "have been warned off making the familiar statement in class that 'Aboriginal people have been in ... View article...

Aboriginal people are the traditional custodians of the land now known as Western Australia with a history of custodianship of up to 100,000 years and ... View article...

There's still lots of work to be done though to reach the goal of no new transmissions by 2020, and rates amongst indigenous Australians and ... View article...

An Aboriginal settlement older than the pyramids that provides evidence that indigenous Australians developed sophisticated ... View article...

Ancient  indigenous  Budj Bim Cultural Landscape added to UNESCO World Heritage List -  The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, near Portland, became the first in  Australia  to receive World Heritage status for its  Aboriginal  cultural importance ...

This is a very special day': How a little-known structure in Victoria achieved world heritage status ... -  The site was described in 1841 by  Australia's  Chief Protector of  Aborigines  George Augustus Robinson as: 'An immense piece of ground trenched and ...

Images from the Tuwharetoa Maori Trust Board, an indigenous Maori body that owns the lake, show a blast of brown sludge inching into the lake's ... View article...

Māori statistics are a damning indictment on all of us. The country isn't working in the best interests of our indigenous people and we can only live in ... View article...

A watershed Waitangi Tribunal report backs claims the system is racist, finding the Crown has breached the Treaty in failing to give Māori control over ... View article...

Claimants are calling it a watershed report. The Waitangi Tribunal report into inequities in health for Māori has found the Crown has breached the ... View article...

After a 30 year career that has seen him crowned as New Zealand's most successful country music artist of all time, award-winning Pukekohe singer ... View article...

In an extract from his new history of Māori in World War I, Dr Monty Soutar describes a scene of courage and heartbreak on the foothills leading up to ... View article...

Rediscovered images of Māori life are precious taonga ... At present, this fish is the only one to have legal protection in New Zealand, and it gained ... View article...

Maori life expectancy is still seven years below non-Maori and Maori fared worse in nearly every area of healthcare from cancer rates to child hospital ... View article...

Recap : Aboriginal Community

Recap : Māori | NZ

Love Is Only Love a charming and uplifting piece of LGBTQ -  Set in suburban  Australia  in 1993, Love Is Only Love tells the tale of a young boy whose life is changed forever when, at the age of six years old, ...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan: Trump is the 'poster boy of the far-right' -  During the Mayor's Pride Reception at City Hall last night (3 June), the Labour mayor warmly welcomed his  LGBTI  guests. 'It's really important for us to ...

LGBTI  activist dragged from car and assaulted in North Macedonia -  Bekim Asani has long advocated for  LGBTI  rights in the landlocked country, which has one of the lowest rankings in Europe for  LGBTI  rights.

LGBTI  Indians still fighting for social acceptance -  Nearly 2 out of 5  LGBTI  Indians believe battling for equal rights and social acceptance is the biggest issue facing the community, a YouGov survey ...

Religion should be separate from State, but apparently not in the 46th Parliament -  This will no doubt have huge ramifications for the  LGBTI  community, among others, that have been through enough pain without needing further ...

Did these Pride-enthusiast companies gave money to anti- LGBTI  politicians? -  As Pride month has drawn to a close, new research has shed a light on those companies who seemed eager to appeal to the  LGBTI  community by ...

LGBTI+ community experience highest level of discrimination in the country - CSO -  Those who identify as LGBTI+ experience the highest level of discrimination in Ireland, according to new figures released by the Central Statistics ...