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Pride 2021: Auckland's Karangahape Rd gets its first 'Progress Pride' rainbow crossing 18 Feb, 2021 04:05 AM 4 minutes to read Karangahape Rd's new Progress Pride Flag rainbow crossing, just outside St Kevin's Arcade. Photo / John Nottage Social issues reporter, NZ Heraldmichael.neilson@nzherald.co.nz Auckland's Karangahape Rd has finally been adorned with a rainbow road crossing of its own, celebrating LGBTQI+ right in its heart. And the move, scheduled to happen before Auckland Pride Festival ends on February 28, might have come as a surprise to some with contractors pulling the job off qui...

More than 6000 young people, aged between 14 and 21, answered questions on education, homelessness, harassment, mental health and community connections over 2019. La Trobe Associate Professor Adam Bourne said the report found that LGBTI young people did suffer ongoing and significant stigma, discrimination, violence and abuse including “in public, in their homes, on the sports field and at school”. “We have to recognise that context as we reflect upon the very high rates of poor mental health that we documented,” Bourne said. Marina Carman, co-author, La Trobe Research Fellow and Dir...

MONIQUE FORD/Stuff Brodie Packer says they don't feel like they have to conceal parts of themselves in the workplace after an initiative that includes pronouns in email signatures. Brodie Packer (they/them)​ says when they went to work, they would leave a part of their identity at home. But that's no longer the case after helping create an initiative at their work with Inland Revenue's Rainbow Network, which encourages people to share their pronouns in email signatures and educates them on why it's important to use the right pronouns. This has led to staff working across New Zealand's gove...

The majority of LGBTQA+ youth feel supported by friends, but more needs to be done to ensure their safety and to improve mental health outcomes,...

Auckland’s first ‘Rainbow Crossing’ is coming to Karangahape Road. The crossing will be installed in front of St Kevin’s Arcade, and is planned to coincide with the end of Auckland Pride Month. The design will include the colours of the Progress Pride Flag, a more recent design created by international artist Daniel Quasar. John Nottage, co-chair of Auckland Transport’s Rainbow Network says that including the colours of the Progress Pride Flag, will potentially make it the first in the country of its type. “This version of the flag includes a five-coloured chevron on the original ...