Surveillance and Sexuality
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4th April 2009
Green Party MP Keith Locke recently protested at his continued surveillance, but what role has surveillance played in the lives of Kiwi LGBTs?
LGBT Human Rights Blackspots
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27th March 2009
Helen Clark looks set to be a key player on the world stage for the UN, and now it's time NZ's LGBT organisations think globally too.
What might a "Gay Brain" Mean?
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20th March 2009
"Watching TV3's 60 Minutes recently, I spotted a segment on advances in neurological imaging technology, which made me wonder..."
Scandal and Politics in New Zealand
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12th March 2009
NZ scores highly on transparency and freedom from political corruption amongst our elected representatives and officials. But we still have our scandals, writes Craig Young.
Genetic Discrimination: The Backdoor Route?
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5th March 2009
To many disability rights activists, genetic discrimination is classified as unfinished business for their communities. What about us?
Is your pink dollar running out?
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GayNZ.com blogger Craig Young wonders how the cash crisis is impacting on LGBT Kiwis... and our relationships.
Sour Charity
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26th February 2009
The recession is hitting LGBT community groups hard. However, what about our political opponents, amidst the current global turmoil?
Cool Britannia bans arch homophobe
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In a delightful turn of events, the Home Office has banned US fundamentalist hate preacher Fred Phelps from entering the United Kingdom.
Anita Bryant: The Downfall of a Hatemonger
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17th February 2009
In the film Milk, fundamentalist gospel singer Anita Bryant led a successful campaign against an antidiscrimination ordinance in Florida's Dade County. What happened to her afterward in real life?
Harm? What "Harm?"
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12th February 2009
Lynn Wardle's new book about same-sex marriage suggests that children brought up by same-sex parents are somehow 'at risk'. Really?
1978: Harvey Milk vs. the Briggs Initiative
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9th February 2009
In the film Milk, there's significant emphasis on the Briggs Initiative, a Californian antigay citizens referendum. Why was it defeated?
US Christian Right: Divided and Dissonant?
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2nd February 2009
You might be forgiven for wondering where the US Christian Right is, amidst the celebrations that surround Barack Obama's inauguration...
Heroin Addict Mum Condemns Gay Adoption
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Gay co-parent Craig Young is incensed at Family First's distorted news item on a recent situation involving a heroin addicted mother.
Blessed are the...Persecutors?
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24th January 2009
Gay US Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson was a speaker at Obama's inauguration last week. However, global Anglicanism is still a communion in crisis.
Wired for sex: Your robotic relationship?
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17th January 2009
Sometime later this century, future LGBT communities will confront a moral dilemma, as computers, robots and other artificial intelligences acquire the ability to become self-aware.