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🚨 Eddie Izzard's 2025 NZ tour has been postponed due to a knee injury requiring surgery 😔🎭 But don’t worry – The Remix i...
21/11/2025

🚨 Eddie Izzard's 2025 NZ tour has been postponed due to a knee injury requiring surgery 😔
🎭 But don’t worry – The Remix is now coming to Aotearoa!
📍 Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch – same venues, new dates
Expect surprises, nostalgia & plenty of laughs!
👉 Link in bio for full details!

British comedy icon Eddie Izzard has postponed her 2025 New Zealand tour after sustaining a knee injury requiring surgery. Promoters confirmed that Izzard will be unable to travel while she recove…

🏳️‍🌈 Historic win! The Dominican Republic's Constitutional Court has struck down anti-gay laws targeting police & milita...
21/11/2025

🏳️‍🌈 Historic win! The Dominican Republic's Constitutional Court has struck down anti-gay laws targeting police & military officers. 🚨❌

“No one’s rights can be restricted based on s*xual orientation,” said the court in a strong ruling for equality. 🏛️⚖️

This sets a major precedent for the Caribbean, where many colonial-era laws still criminalise same-s*x relationships. 🌍

Link in bio! 💬

In a landmark decision for LGBTQ+ rights, the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic has declared unconstitutional longstanding laws that penalised consensual same-s*x relations within the…

🎉 Get ready for the furriest, fiercest, and friendliest week of 2026! 🐻✨From naked yoga 🧘‍♂️ to underwear parties 🩲, com...
20/11/2025

🎉 Get ready for the furriest, fiercest, and friendliest week of 2026! 🐻✨
From naked yoga 🧘‍♂️ to underwear parties 🩲, comedy 🎤 to board games 🎲 Click here to check out all the must-attend events at Bear New Zealand Week
🖤 Feb 4–8 | Auckland

Bear New Zealand Week 2026 returns to Auckland with a packed lineup of inclusive events for the ultimate celebration of q***r community and connection. From sweaty dancefloors and underwear partie…

⚠️ A shocking immigration failure: The United States has admitted it “inadvertently” deported a trans woman to Mexico — ...
20/11/2025

⚠️ A shocking immigration failure: The United States has admitted it “inadvertently” deported a trans woman to Mexico — despite a court order protecting her from being sent somewhere she could be tortured or killed. 🛑🏳️‍⚧️

Britania Rios was removed without medication, money or support, and is now in hiding, fearing for her life. Her legal team is fighting to bring her back safely. 💔

This case highlights the deadly consequences of disregarding protections for vulnerable trans people.

Read the full story ⬇️
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The Trump administration has acknowledged that it “inadvertently” deported a transgender woman to Mexico, despite a federal court order explicitly blocking her removal due to the risk she could be…

🏳️‍🌈✨ Keith Urban just performed Pink Pony Club — yes, that gay anthem — at a Trump party over the weekend at Mar-a-Lago...
20/11/2025

🏳️‍🌈✨ Keith Urban just performed Pink Pony Club — yes, that gay anthem — at a Trump party over the weekend at Mar-a-Lago. The irony? Immaculate. The crowd? Clueless. 🎤🍟

While Trump donors danced along, it seems the message of acceptance and q***r joy flew right over their heads. Urban knows exactly what the song means — and so do we. 🌈

Nicole Kidman: still winning. 💅
🔗 Link in bio for full tea.

***rAnthem

Country-pop star Keith Urban surprised many over the weekend by performing a cover of Pink Pony Club, one of Chappell Roan’s most explicitly q***r anthems, at a holiday party held at Donald Trump’…

SWIFTIES, THIS ONE’S FOR YOU! We’re giving away TWO DOUBLE PASSES to TAYLOR: A Tribute to the Eras of Taylor Swift Mus...
19/11/2025

SWIFTIES, THIS ONE’S FOR YOU!
We’re giving away TWO DOUBLE PASSES to TAYLOR: A Tribute to the Eras of Taylor Swift Music – landing in Christchurch this November!
Expect the hits, the sparkles, the full sing-along experience.
Fronted by local star Josette, this tribute show is pure Swiftie magic

Sat 23 Nov | Christchurch Town Hall
Tag your concert crew & ENTER TO WIN!
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Christchurch Swifties, this one’s for you. We’ve got two pairs of tickets to give away to the Christchurch stop of TAYLOR: A Tribute to the Eras of Taylor Swift Music — the international tribute s…

💥 Speaking exclusively with YOUR EX, Labour's Shanan Halbert is calling out the Govt's decision to ban new puberty block...
19/11/2025

💥 Speaking exclusively with YOUR EX, Labour's Shanan Halbert is calling out the Govt's decision to ban new puberty blocker prescriptions for trans youth as dangerous, political, and deeply harmful. 🏳️‍⚧️💔

🏥 Experts weren't consulted, mental health risks ignored, and the decision dropped right before . 📆

Trans young people deserve care based on evidence, compassion, and dignity. 🫶

📢 Halbert says: “We see you. We stand with you.”
🔗 Link in bio for full story.

Labour’s Rainbow spokesperson, Shanan Halbert, has condemned the Government’s decision to halt new prescriptions of puberty blockers for transgender youth, calling it “one of the most damagi…

🚨 Policy reversal! The US State Department has backtracked on a move that threatened to invalidate passports for trans a...
19/11/2025

🚨 Policy reversal! The US State Department has backtracked on a move that threatened to invalidate passports for trans and non-binary citizens whose gender markers don’t match their assigned s*x at birth. 🛂💥

The controversial update quietly disappeared from the government website just days after sparking backlash. While the future remains uncertain under Trump-era executive orders, for now, passports with “X” markers remain valid. ✊🏳️‍⚧️

Full story ⬇️
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The US government has reversed a recent policy shift that implied passports showing a trans person’s affirmed gender identity could be invalidated. Less than a week after the change appeared…

🚨 Florida lawmakers have reintroduced a Pride Flag Ban for the 2026 session — the fourth year in a row.🏳️‍🌈 Pride flags?...
19/11/2025

🚨 Florida lawmakers have reintroduced a Pride Flag Ban for the 2026 session — the fourth year in a row.
🏳️‍🌈 Pride flags? Banned.
⚐ Confederate flags? Protected.
🏛️ The bill would even stop cities from designing their own municipal flags and fine them $500/day for violations.
👉 Link in bio.

Florida lawmakers have once again introduced a statewide Pride Flag Ban — the first openly anti-LGBTQ+ bill of the state’s 2026 session. Filed by State Representative David Borrero (HB 347) and Se…

🌈 “I felt scared and alone.”Actor Jonathan Bailey gets real about growing up gay — and why supporting q***r youth today ...
19/11/2025

🌈 “I felt scared and alone.”
Actor Jonathan Bailey gets real about growing up gay — and why supporting q***r youth today means everything 💬

📣 As an ambassador for , he’s fighting to ensure LGBTQ+ kids never feel unsafe for being themselves.

🔥 “There’s nothing s*xier than progress.”
👉 Link in bio. ***rYouth

Actor Jonathan Bailey is using his platform to shine a light on what it’s like to grow up q***r — and why advocacy for LGBTQ+ youth is more crucial than ever. Currently on the press tour for Wicke…

🇳🇿 The NZ Govt is pausing new prescriptions of puberty blockers for youth with gender dysphoria, pending UK clinical tri...
19/11/2025

🇳🇿 The NZ Govt is pausing new prescriptions of puberty blockers for youth with gender dysphoria, pending UK clinical trial results.

The decision has sparked political debate, with calls for both caution and compassion in youth healthcare. 💬

📅 Changes take effect Dec 19.
🔗 Link in bio for the full story.

The National Government has announced a pause on prescribing puberty blockers to new patients experiencing gender dysphoria, as it awaits the outcome of a clinical trial currently underway in the …

🏳️‍🌈 NRL legend Ian Roberts has slammed the NZ Breakers for skipping the Pride insignia in next year’s NBL Pride Round, ...
19/11/2025

🏳️‍🌈 NRL legend Ian Roberts has slammed the NZ Breakers for skipping the Pride insignia in next year’s NBL Pride Round, calling it “cowardly” and homophobic.

🗣️ “This is about saving kids’ lives.”

💬 The team claims the decision was made to protect players with "cultural or religious concerns" — but Roberts says the impact is far deeper.

👉 Link in bio.

NRL legend Ian Roberts has condemned the New Zealand Breakers’ decision to forgo the Pride insignia during the upcoming NBL Pride Round, calling it an act of cowardice and “homophobia in plain sig…

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