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Protester removed after storming stage towards MPs at Auckland's Big Gay Out festival
7+ hour, 3+ min ago (658+ words) A protester has been forcibly removed from the stage at Aotearoa's biggest LGBTQ festival after advancing at politicians. Footage of the incident showed members of the queer rights group Rainbow Action T'maki (RAT) heckling at Big Gay Out (BGO) in…...
Show storm: Brigitte Macron used a slur against protesters
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (403+ words) Feminists expressed outrage today after footage circulated of France's first lady Brigitte Macron using a slur against activists who disrupted the show of an actor-comedian who had once been accused of rape. The first lady's team said she had intended…...
Hong Kong bill defeat deepens fears for same-sex couples' rights
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (527+ words) At a tiny, cluttered flat in Hong Kong, four people sat around a large rainbow flag and quietly started to embroider. Just hours before, the city's legislature overwhelmingly vetoed a government bill that would have granted limited rights to same-sex…...
'Massive regression': How the rise of the manosphere has influenced teen culture
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (1795+ words) Experts say boys are watching porn rather than asking a girl out on a date because the real world feels so fraught. What's sucking boys into the manosphere vortex " and how worried should we be? Senior Herald writer Joanna Wane…...