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![Parents of Down children taking Govt to top court](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Parents of Down children taking Govt to top court
Antenatal testing devalues children's lives and aims to cut Down births, battlers say.
![Broadsides: Do you support same-sex marriage?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Broadsides: Do you support same-sex marriage?
We asked Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Nikki Kaye for their views on same-sex marriage.
![Same-sex date banned at school ball](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Same-sex date banned at school ball
A Wellington boys' college has banned a student from bringing his male date to this weekend's school ball.
![Natalie Portman signs on to support gay marriage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Natalie Portman signs on to support gay marriage
Natalie Portman has signed Freedom to Marry's Say, "I Do" letter to President Barack Obama asking for marriage equality for gay couples.
![Shelley Bridgeman: Fat activism](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Shelley Bridgeman: Fat activism
Fat activism is the latest movement sweeping the globe as plus-size people rally against prejudice and discrimination.
![Outrage as Malaysia sends 'effeminate' boys to anti-gay camp](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Outrage as Malaysia sends 'effeminate' boys to anti-gay camp
The Malaysian authorities are at the centre of an increasingly heated row after it emerged that 66 Muslim boys identified by teachers as "effeminate" had been dispatched to a special camp to discourage them from becoming gay.
![Past still present for African Americans](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Past still present for African Americans
When Confederate forces fired the first shots at Fort Sumter on April 12, 150 years ago, triggering the American Civil War, almost four million African Americans were slaves.
![One suburb - two separate worlds](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
One suburb - two separate worlds
Meadowlands, a shopping centre in one of the most Chinese parts of Auckland, tells a story of how NZ is...
![Pauline Hanson comes up short](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pauline Hanson comes up short
Pauline Hanson has failed in her bid to be elected to the upper house of the NSW parliament.
![Inquiries ordered in Australian Defence scandal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Inquiries ordered in Australian Defence scandal
Yet another scandal has rocked the Australian military.
!['Derision of gays made me suicidal'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Derision of gays made me suicidal'
The 17-yr-old son of a former Cabinet minister says he struggled as a closet homosexual boarder at King's College.
![Bullying to become a crime in Aust](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bullying to become a crime in Aust
An amendment to stalking laws is expected to be introduced in the Victorian state Parliament tomorrow.
![<i>Nick Smith</i>: The score: Boy racers 1, women 0](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Nick Smith</i>: The score: Boy racers 1, women 0
Testosterone-fuelled drivers will benefit from bid to erase gender inequality.
![Bipolar blogger takes aim at politically incorrect Latta](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bipolar blogger takes aim at politically incorrect Latta
TV psychologist Nigel Latta is under fire for his use of the word mental.
![Australia a nation of intolerance: report](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Australia a nation of intolerance: report
There is a current of anti-Muslim feeling in Australia that suggests an entrenched hostility often related to overseas events.