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Great British Bake Off star inundated with 'immense' love and positivity after receiving homophobic ...

Bansal appeared on the hit show in 2016, and came out publicly as gay last month. He is a proud Sikh and the anonymous letter writer claimed that ... View article...

Polish police stop protesters who disrupt gay pride parade

The event reflects the gay rights movement in Poland which has grown more vocal and met a backlash from social conservatives in the mostly Roman ... View article...

Trump Department of Justice writes letter in support of firing gay teachers

In a “highly unusual” move, the US Department of Justice has filed a statement of interest letter siding with an archbishop's decision to fire a gay ... View article...

“Gay, transgender youth at 'significantly higher risk' of suicide than heterosexual peers”

She pointed out that Sweden is among the most LGBT affirming nations in the world, yet, LGBT mental illness and suicide rates in Sweden are just as ... View article...

Troye Sivan Trolls Anti-Gay Bigot With Dedicated Show

The venue was named after a former tennis star who is famous for being anti-LGBTQ. Court has claimed that tennis is “full of lesbians,” compared gay ... View article...

Toronto mayor takes part in rally to support city's LGBTQ community

Umbrella-toting crowds rallied for unity in rainy Toronto on Saturday in response to an anti-LGBTQ group's march through the city's gay ... View article...

Star Wars Resistance features franchise's first gay couple, Disney producers confirm

A Star Wars animated series features the franchise's first openly gay couple, its producers have confirmed. The friendship between Orka and Flix, two ... View article...

Question of identity poses as big a threat to UK politics post-Brexit as it does in ...

I don't care very much whether we have same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland. Well, I do, to a degree. Inasmuch as a few of my gay friends would like ... View article...

Creating a Beautiful Future Together with Dutjahn Sandalwood Oils

More than fifteen years ago, ELC's Aveda brand developed a strategic relationship with the Kutkabubba Aboriginal Community of Western Australia to ... View article...

Remote work-for-dole scheme 'depends on having jobs worth doing'

The success or failure of Australia's remote work-for-the-dole scheme ... The nine Aboriginal communities of the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku launched a ... View article...

Cultural awareness program an Australian first

Australia's first universal workplace cultural awareness program that can be ... Aunty Munya Andrews, Aboriginal Elder and Co-Director of Evolve ... View article...

The First Nuclear Scientists

But according to Aboriginal model and actress Marlikka Perdrisat, Australia's First Nations people were alert to all of this thousands of years earlier:. View article...

It's black and white: racism in Australia is common and accepted

To even begin to understand the complexities of identity, connection and belonging when it comes to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, ... View article...

Calga Aboriginal Cultural Landscape gets state heritage listing

The announcement was made by NSW Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Heritage Don Harwin at the Australia Walkabout Wildlife Park, located on the ... View article...

I'd rob to collect rent for stolen Aboriginal land'

After a traumatic childhood, Uncle Jack Charles fell into crime and addiction on his way to becoming one of Australia's most venerated actors. Yet his ... View article...

Are Aboriginal objects on land potentially a defect in title?

This question was discussed by the NSW Court of Appeal in Mehmet v Carter. And the short answer is: Yes, Aboriginal objects on land may be a ... View article...

What are the options for the Labour Government?

Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters, Labour Party Deputy Leader and Minister of Crown-Māori Relations Kelvin ... View article...

Māori godesses, modern teens - Poutama Rites of Passage aims to empower young Māori women

Māori godesses, modern teens - Poutama Rites of Passage aims to ... to be revitalised in New Zealand because young people are already initiating ... View article...

TJ Perenara speaks to Express on whether New Zealand is ready for a gay All Black

In an exclusive interview with New Zealand's leading LGBTQIA+ publication Express magazine, the ... Notably, young Māori and Pasifika people. View article...

NZ economy resilient while Reserve Bank responds to change

The New Zealand economy has proved resilient through a period of ... Developing our Te Ao Māori strategy as an evolving and responsive way to ... View article...

Government launches Māori Agribusiness Extension programme

Extension programmes have long been a part of agriculture in New Zealand said O'Connor. "It's a farmer-led, farmer-focused approach to working ... View article...

Waikato University welcomes Sir Anand Satyanand onto campus

The "deep symbolism" of the pōwhiri is unique to New Zealand and reflects ... Waikato University has the highest proportion of Māori students of any ... View article...

Prison violence: Can we predict it before it happens?

While that represented just a fraction of New Zealand's total prison ... were affiliated with one – and around three-quarters of those identified as Māori. View article...

Māori boy: young Witi Ihimaera

In this extract from his new memoir, Witi Ihimaera remembers his apprenticeship as the first Māori writer to have his fiction published in New Zealand. View article...

'Nepal Police Cyber Bureau ready to address crime against sexual and gender minority'

Bureau Chief Bikash Shrestha and member of former Constituent Assembly and LGBTI rights activist Sunil Babu Pant were present on the occasion. View article...

A Comparative Analysis of the Socioeconomic Dimensions of LGBTI Exclusion in Serbia

The World Bank's research on LGBTI exclusion has been focused on addressing an environment of sparse data, as well as raising awareness about ... View article...

Mariela Castro banned from traveling to US

The Trump administration on Thursday announced the daughter of former Cuban President Raúl Castro who spearheads LGBTI issues can no longer ... View article...

Out For Australia announce 2019 30 Under 30 leaders of tomorrow

“I feel very humbled to be recognised by this award and hope to give back as much as I can to the LGBTI community who have given me so much,” ... View article...

Tiny turnout for SA sports LGBTI workshop

Five of South Australia's 70-plus sporting groups are attending an LGBTI inclusion workshop that will outline new national guidelines, angering ... View article...

Fears Religious Discrimination Bill will open schools to hate groups

“Public schools couldn't send a positive message to their students by refusing their facilities to anti-LGBTI or anti-women extremists.”. View article...

UCAA UG conducting a theological training for faith based leaders and LGBTI activists

UCAA UG conducting a theological training for faith based leaders and LGBTI activists. Universal Coalition of Affirming Africans Uganda (UCAA-UG), ... View article...

More cancellations for LGBTIQ rideshare app users, study finds

A US study has found that Uber and other rideshare app users who appear LGBTIQ are cancelled on by drivers more frequently than other ... View article...

What are the lyrics to the Australian national anthem, 'Advance Australia Fair'?

McCormick's 1878 lyrics have been widely criticised for failing to represent Australia's indigenous population, and for celebrating British colonisation. View article...

Experts turn to the healing power of horses to stem escalating suicide rates in Aboriginal youths

More than 80 Indigenous Australians have taken their lives this year, ... by adapting methods used by Australia's Equine Psychotherapy Institute and ... View article...

NITV and ABC Children's partner on live-action children's series

The live-action series focuses on a group of Indigenous children, who ... Screen Australia's Head of Content Sally Caplan said: “Screen Australia is ... View article...

One man's mission to craft culture in a rainforest hideaway

O'Meara said it was fulfilling to be able to help the unification of non-indigenous and indigenous, not just in Australia, but globally through his craft and ... View article...

Perth prepares to host World Indigenous Tourism Summit in 2020

Being held from 5th to 9th April next year, the World Indigenous Tourism Summit is expected to attract hundreds of delegates from around Australia ... View article...

Mum 'tricked' out of funeral money

Jade was one of four Aboriginal girls who died by suicide in the first week of 2019, sparking a national outcry over the sustained high rates of suicide ... View article...

Art Centre Manager - Tjarlirli Art

Desart is the not-for-profit peak industry body for over forty Central Australian Aboriginal Art Centres and the Tjarlirli Art Board of Directors has ... View article...

A 60000-year-old cure for depression

Australia's indigenous Aboriginal people have the oldest living culture on Earth. For around 60,000 years, their intricate understanding of ecology ... View article...

NZ economy resilient while Reserve Bank responds to change

The New Zealand economy has proved resilient through a period of ... Developing our Te Ao Māori strategy as an evolving and responsive way to ... View article...

Teacher wins national award for future-focused education

Her extensive work in te reo Māori and collaborative approach sharing new learnings with other educators has ... of incorporating Māori into the curriculum and says it's what excites her about the future of education in New Zealand. View article...

Māori versus settlers in the wrestling ring? Hell yes!

It has a pitch that fills a lot of underserved areas in the local TV market: New Zealand hasn't produced any action-oriented programming in years, we ... View article...

Jasmax and Haumi Partner for Cultural Design

Jasmax has entered into a partnership with leading Māori cultural ... eight years as the director of the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute. View article...

NZ tamariki receives $12.5 million funding for raft of new content

NZ tamariki receives $12.5 million funding for raft of new content ... New Zealand tamariki have much to be excited about, with just under $12.5 ... will teach kids some cool new dance moves in K-Pop Academy, and a Rautaki Māori ... View article...

Māori male death rate from ischaemic heart disease appears to climb

Data from the New Zealand Mortality Collection is for “all deaths” and 10 sub-categories: all cancer, assault, cerebrovascular disease, chronic lower ... View article...

How to turn Auckland's inner city streets into public spaces people can enjoy

Māori, New Zealand's first people, have also long thought of our shared ... To imagine new kinds of public space is to imagine new ways to enable ... View article...

A Tātau Kōrero: Craig Pearless

He is now back living in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa and completing his PhD on a topic close to his heart, the Māori Battalion. He has researched every battle, ... View article...

What have we achieved, where are the lacunae, and which good practices can we highlight?

The most affected by this situation are those who have always been the preferred targets of demagogues: Jews, Muslims, Roma, foreigners and LGBTI ... View article...

Right wing populism mobilising in New South Wales

... rural gun nuts, Islamophobes, greyhound racing advocates, climate change deniers, anti-LGBTI campaigners and everyone desiring to spew bigotry ... View article...

PM Xavier Bettel and husband attend local NYC council candidate's drag show

After having given speeches at the General Debate, including making history at a LGBTI Core Group event and visiting the Luxembourgish community ... View article...

ECRI adopts a roadmap to effective equality

... and access to rights, including through promoting the independence and effectiveness of equality bodies, inclusive education and LGBTI equality; ... View article...

LGBTI Rights Group Blames Trump For Ongoing Violence Against Transgender People

The president of the Human Rights Campaign says that President Trump is to blame for the ongoing problem of violence against trans people. View article...

Documentary shows health obstacles LGBT Ugandans face

The documentary “Beyond Inclusion: The Lived Realities of Ugandan LGBTI in Access to Public Healthcare” is being screened throughout Uganda to ... View article...

Nicosia to host bicommunal LGBTI festival on October 5

Accept LGBTI Cyprus and Queer Cyprus Association, on the occasion of their official collaboration are organising a “United by Colours” festival, ... View article...

US Cites 'Probable Ebola' in Cautioning On Travel to Tanzania

In its revised travel advisory, the US warns that "members of the LGBTI community have been arrested, targeted, harassed, and/or charged with ... View article...

Barbara Cummings' advocacy leaves the NT a better place

As NT Aboriginal Affairs Minister Selena Uibo said yesterday, Ms ... “She has left Australia a better place not just for First Nations people, but for all ... View article...

Tributes for a 'great Territorian'

“Ms Cummings was a trailblazer for Aboriginal affairs in Australia and a ... has undoubtedly inspired the current generation of Aboriginal leaders. View article...

Grieving mum's horror after scammers use her 11-year-old daughter's death to set up fake ...

... of the Year Award at the East Kimberley Aboriginal Achievement Awards ... A spokeswoman for GoGetFunding told The Australian it was common ... View article...

The 10 Most Famous Indigenous Australians

From sports stars like Cathy Freeman to personalities like Ernie Dingo, many Indigenous Australians –a term which encompasses both Aboriginal and ... View article...

Stolen Generations member Barbara Cummings remembered as trailblazer in Aboriginal affairs

"Ms Cummings was a trailblazer for Aboriginal Affairs in Australia and a ... "Barbara always had a strong will to ensure that Aboriginal people were ... View article...

The Sea of the Galilee, an Aboriginal soldier and his horse

A statue of an Aboriginal soldier and his horse has been unveiled by Australia's ambassador Chris Cannan on the shore of the Kinneret to honour ... View article...

NITV's Our Stories documentary film initiative returns

The initiative encourages and supports emerging Aboriginal and Torres ... national television platform to showcase the stories from around Australia. View article...

Aboriginal children's watchdog April Lawrie calls for review, more carers

Too many Aboriginal children who are removed from their parents are ending up with non-Aboriginal carers and a review is urgently needed, ... View article...

Aboriginal students are being given free hospitality training at top Adelaide restaurants

A group of students from across South Australia are being given training ... She said it is heartening to see the group of young Aboriginal students ... View article...

Designer collaborates with AI to win a coveted World of WearableArt award

As a half Dutch, half Māori New Zealander, I am exposed to two distinctly different cultures. Having lived predominantly in European environments ... View article...

Race for new police commissioner - Is it time for a female to take the reins?

Penny, who joined the police in 1992, was the first Māori female district .... a high profile appointment, he will run them past the Greens and NZ First. View article...

Cancer Boss Insults Cancer Patients and their Families

Comments attributed to Diana Safarti, New Zealand's Interim National ... is represented as a crusader for equitable cancer outcomes for Māori and yet ... View article...

Changing population sees creation of new North Island electorate seat

The new data released today by Stats NZ means the number of general ... Stats NZ said it was able to plug most of the gaps for Māori and Pacific ... View article...

Fish sanctuary prompts Finlayson attack over lack of Māori consultation

This would put a block on fishing in 15 percent of New Zealand's total exclusive economic zone (EEZ), in a stretch of ocean 1000km northeast of New ... View article...

New catch limits for top of the South fisheries

"I have heard clearly the importance of kaimoana to Māori and the ability for any New Zealander to "catch a feed". As a consequence, I have ensured ... View article...

Australian native herbs that grow in New Zealand

Many were used to flavour foods in ground ovens, much like the Māori hangi, ... Not all Australian native plants cope with New Zealand conditions, but ... View article...

Maori long-term business values provide lessons, says Reserve Bank boss

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's Governor, Adrian Orr, spoke at the Federation of MÄ ori Authorities Me Uru Kahikatea (FOMA) annual conference. View article...

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Recap : Māori | NZ

Jonathan Van Ness endorses Senator Warren after having to pay $3500 to replace HIV medication ...

'I have to pay $3500 by the time I walked out that door': Jonathan Van Ness has revealed how losing his HIV medication led him to endorse Senator ... View article...

Activists call for the release of LGBTQ migrants living in prisons

“The experiences of these individuals are not the exception, they are the norm for LGBTQ migrants and people living with HIV in immigration prisons. View article...

What Pete Buttigieg has to say about making campuses safer, welcoming for LGBTQ students

Survey after survey shows LGBTQ students in Iowa City, from kindergarten to graduate school, do not feel as safe or as welcome in their classes as ... View article...

The Religious Discrimination Bill: what is it all about?

... Rugby Australia terminated for publishing material deemed to be offensive to LGBTI persons and others, in contravention of his employer's repeated ... View article...

Historic investment to combat racism and strengthen equal rights for LGBTI people

Investments to combat racism. The Swedish Security Service 2018 Yearbook states: “A xenophobic and radical nationalist current, most evident online ... View article...

Hate speech in the digital world a 'critical obstacle for LGBTI people'

In the fast-growing digital age, hate speech can represent “a critical obstacle for LGBTI people” using online platforms, the UN's top rights officia... View article...

Royal Commission into Aged Care LGBTI Consultation

The National LGBTI Health Alliance is coming to Adelaide to speak with LGBTI older people and elders, and their carers. We're looking for LGBTI ... View article...

Eurobarometer reveals a lack of LGBTI acceptance in the Baltics

According to Eurobarometer on Discrimination 2019, 30% Lithuanians are in favor of same-sex marriages to be allowed throughout the Europe, while ... View article...

Why Australia needs to raise the criminal age of responsibility to 14

Why Australia needs to raise the criminal age of responsibility to 14 ... The new recommendations come two weeks after 12-year-old Indigenous boy ... View article...

The new tools that will help return Indigenous ancestral remains to Australia

A new website has been launched which its creators hope will help return Indigenous ancestral remains held in other countries back to local ... View article...

Marcia Langton says indigenous teaching must not rely on rage, anger

One of Australia's most prominent thinkers has urged care and caution when teaching in schools the history of violence against indigenous people. View article...

Indigenous campaigner 'Dot' Peters dies

Ms Peters' service to the Aboriginal community was recognised with several awards including Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia ... View article...

Researchers recognised in Young Tall Poppy Awards

Three researchers from The University of Western Australia and its affiliate ... His team is leading the Urban Aboriginal Ear Health program, where ... View article...

NITV and ABC Children's launch ground-breaking live-action children's series THALU

“With 55 per cent of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population ... region of Western Australia for a story brimming with adventure and heart. View article...

UN pressures governments to stop locking up children

In Australia, children as young as 10 can be arrested and sent to prison, ... Cheryl Axleby, co-chair of National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ... View article...

Indigenous suicide risk four times higher

Suicide remains the leading cause of death for all Australians aged 15-44, with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders aged 15-24 almost four times ... View article...

Hands off our haka

Then maybe he too will learn how the haka “unifies Māori and other strands of New Zealand culture as tradition recognised as important by New ... View article...

Ihumātao protest gives strong message to outgoing council

The group, iwi, and Kingitanga have been involved in discussion so far without result, over SOUL's hope that the land can return to Māori ownership. View article...

Ghahraman seeks to strengthen Electoral Amendment Bill

“Māori should be able to choose which roll they are on at any time. Currently Māori can only change roll during the Māori Electoral Option, which is a ... View article...

Universal funding needed to make the right contraception choice

Barriers to effective contraception are amplified for Māori and Pasifika women, young women and women on a low income, who already experience ... View article...

Kia ora to horticulture

United Fresh New Zealand president Jerry Prendergast says the strong interest Māori trusts are showing in investing in horticulture is exciting. View article...

Universal funding needed to make the right contraception choice

As we mark World Contraception Day today, women in New Zealand face ... Barriers to effective contraception are amplified for Māori and Pasifika ... View article...

Greens keen on Māori option anytime

Green Party electoral reform spokesperson Golriz Ghahraman has asked the justice select committee to add a provision to the Electoral Amendment ... View article...

How an interest in pounamu spiralled into a book on hei tiki

Dougal Austin (Kāti Māmoe, Kāi Tahu, Waitaha) is senior curator Matauranga Māori at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Here he ... View article...

A spike in parents homeschooling could be sparked by LGBT education

A sharp rise in withdrawals from schools in Birmingham has raised fears that parents could be homeschooling to avoid LGBT-inclusive lessons. View article...