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Thursday, 4 February 2021, 10:29 am NZ Post’s 2021 Pride stamp celebrates the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Takatāpui, Transgender, Intersex (LGBTTQIA+) community, and allies, and all other Rainbow identities not covered in this acronym, identities still to be named, and the infinite number of identities that are possible to us as human beings. A special edition, the stamp is coming out this week, and will be available for sale at nzpost.co.nz/pride. The Pride stamp has been created collaborative...

BAAITS, a volunteer-based organization, established the first and largest public two-spirit powwow in the world. This years events take place February 2-6, culminating with the Grand Entry on the last day from noon to 4 p.m. Pacific Time. A powwow is a traditional Native American event that gathers all tribes, as well as invites non-Native guests to learn more about Native cultures. Last year, the event welcomed more than 5,000 people at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. Because of COVID-19 r...

A NEW appeal has been made for people across the town to contribute to a Keighley Pride flag celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. The patchwork piece, comprising hundreds of brightly-coloured squares, will be unveiled at a Keighley Pride event at Cliffe Castle in August. Empowerment organisation ICLS is co-working on the project, launched as part of LGBTQ+ History Month. People are invited to choose one of the colours in the Progress Pride design and make individual textile patches with na...

Drag Race UKs Joe Black served David Bowie glamour. (BBC) Drag Race UK welcomed 12 brand new contenders in its season two premiere and, in quick succession, waved goodbye to one. PinkNews caught up with the eliminated racer the morning after the night before. Warning – spoilers follow. After a whistlestop tour of the werk room, a glimpse of the main stage and some quality time with the Brit Crew, mighty Joe Black got the Shangela treatment, and was asked to sashay away in the very first epis...

John John Florence wins 2020 Billabong Pipe Masters December 21, 2020 | Surfing John John Florence has taken out the 2020 Billabong Pipe Masters at Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. The local surfer defeated Gabriel Medina in a tight final held in below-average conditions. Florence secured his first Pipe Masters trophy. The two-time world champions ended up separated by 0.67 points. "Its great to win the first event of the season at my home break, especially after the injuries...

RuPaul. (WOW) Drag Race UK has revealed that Elizabeth Hurley will lead a gag-worthy batch of season two guest judges. Model, actor and icon Elizabeth Hurley will take her seat on the judges’ panel for the  Drag Race UK season two premiere on 14 January. Hurley – who said her drag name would be Betty Bang Bang – called the experience “hysterical”. “My whole family is obsessed with the show and would have disowned me if I hadn’t said yes to being a judge. I am in awe of RuPaul an...

The Drag Race UK season two cast reveal carried a message of racial diversity and trans inclusion hidden in plain sight. RuPaul and the BBC unveiled the 12 queens competing in Drag Race UK season two Wednesday (16 December), with the first image of the new batch of contestants showing them dressed in the colours of the Progress Pride flag. Designed by Daniel Quasar in 2018, the Progress Pride flag is an alternative to the traditional six-stripe rainbow that incorporates a chevron of black an...