"Never forget": Maryan Street MP marks Candlelight 2008
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15th May 2008
"I think our greatest current concern is our own complacency. Honouring those who have died surely must involve learning from their experiences?"
Australia: Civil Unions or Registered Partnerships?
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4th May 2008
The Aussies are finally catching up to the rest of the Commonwealth with relationship equality reforms. But now they have a decison to make...
Gay Nat talks insurance, blood & bullying
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Rainbow Wellington's event with National's Chris Finlayson was a chance for the LGBT advocacy network to find out more about the out MP and his party.
Louisa Wall: My journey in Parliament begins
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19th April 2008
Labour's new MP says the rainbow crew will continue to pursue elimination of legal barriers to equality, and defend the dignity of all LGBT NZers.
Hate Songs: Homophobia in Jamaica
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17th April 2008
Gay and happy in Jamaica? Forget it. Violent homophobia is encouraged, particularly in the reggae offshoot labelled 'murder music'.
Being gay in South Korea
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9th April 2008
One of the world's oldest civilisations, some of Korea's ancient figures were famed for their same-sex liaisons. But what's LGBT life there like nowadays?
The Green Party's rainbow thinking
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2nd April 2008
"I am writing to set the record straight, and to let your readers know that the Greens DO support the Rainbow Community in a number of ways."
Tim Barnett: "Your queer decision to make"
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31st March 2008
"Only Labour and maybe the Greens choose to have particular, positive messages for and commitments to our queer communities."
Being gay in China or Tibet
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30th March 2008
Given current debates about China and Tibet, what stances do both societies have on LGBT issues?
Being gay in the Former Yugoslavia
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23rd March 2008
Nearly a decade after the horror of the Balkan Wars of the 90's, what are the lives of LGBT citizens like in its successor states?
Charles Chauvel's tribute to a liberal Nat
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20th March 2008
Rainbow Labour's Charles Chauvel pays a public tribute to a soon-departing National MP who did the right thing by our communities…
The Transgender Inquiry: New Zealand reacts
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20th January 2008
Is the HRC's transgender report a world-leading step for human rights, or a sick and stupid "fringe wish list"? Predictably, it depends who you talk to.
"Where did that year go?!" - Maryan Street MP
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8th December 2007
"It seems that out lesbian Cabinet Ministers are getting a bit passe these days - with Angela Eagle in the UK, and now Penny Wong in Australia."
It's time to change the partial defence of provocation
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27th November 2007
A chat-up attempt can be considered reasonable grounds for beating up a gay man... or worse. Nat MP Chris Finlayson considers a proposed law review.
Review: A Life of Unlearning by Anthony Venn-Brown
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Anthony Venn-Brown used to be a Pentecostal highflier across the Tasman. But since he was a teen, he has had sex with men. This is his story.