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Parents of Dead Transgender Teen Fight Over Headstone Name
The row has resulted in two different headstones and memorials for the deceased teen.
The parents of a transgender teenager in Perth, Western Australia who...
Jacquie Grant Harassment and Dead-Naming Ordeal Comes to a Close
Grant has won her legal case against two opponents who harassed her for years. She speaks to express about her ordeal.
Jacquie Grant (ONZM) has...
Graham Norton’s New PINK Sparkling Wine Is Here!
Graham Norton and Invivo are fizzing to announce the launch of A new sparkling rosé wine from Italy.
The new pink bubbly has been...
Kiri Allan Shares Video of Her Singing in Hospital Bed During Chemotherapy Treatment
Labour MP and Cabinet Minister Kiri Allan has shared a touching video of her singing while receiving chemotherapy treatment.
Allan was diagnosed with diagnosed with...
Chris Crocker Sells Ownership of ‘Leave Britney Alone’ Video to help Grandma and Fund...
The 2007 video has been sold for $41,000 (US dollars).
Chris Crocker of ‘leave Britney Alone’ fame has sold the 2007 video for $41,000 (US...
Did Someone Say FREE LUBE? Bonk Is Seeking Recruits To Trial All-New Organic Lube
Bonk, it's only natural ... Be part of something special!
Bonk - A New Zealand brand of Certified Organic personal lubricants are expanding their range...
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A Breakthrough For Asian Representation In NZ Theatre
Wellington-based Director Casandra Tse has been selected by Auckland Theatre Company to bring the ground breaking Australian play Single Asian Female to NZ’s stage...
Love, Victor: Queer Coming Of Age Goes Mainstream
Love, Victor, the Disney+ teen drama that follows up the ground-breaking Love, Simon, again puts exploring sexuality in high-school at the centre of its...
Mika Haka Received $49.5K Creative NZ Grant with Charges Pending
While on bail, Mika was granted hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of grants while charged with perverting the course of justice. The grants...
ARTS AND CULTURE
Classical Music: The Radical, Revolutionary Romantic
Ludwig van Beethoven was baptised on 17 December 1770 and thought to have been born just a few days earlier. To honour his 250th...
The Rialto Channel Doco That’s Steeling Our Hearts
For filmmaker Eammon Ashton-Atkinson, releasing his first feature-length documentary Steelers: The World's First Gay Rugby Club during a pandemic has been a labour of...
Competing For New Zealand On Drag Race Down Under
On the 30th of December express was the first media outlet in the world to report that the ‘Australian’ edition of RuPaul’s Drag Race...
LIFESTYLE
Graham Norton’s New PINK Sparkling Wine Is Here!
Graham Norton and Invivo are fizzing to announce the launch of A new sparkling rosé wine from Italy.
The new pink bubbly has been...
Did Someone Say FREE LUBE? Bonk Is Seeking Recruits To Trial All-New Organic Lube
Bonk, it's only natural ... Be part of something special!
Bonk - A New Zealand brand of Certified Organic personal lubricants are expanding their range...
Queer NZ History: Autumn Blooms
Historian Gareth Watkins explores April stories from Aotearoa’s queer past.
30 April 1886
Australian-born Amy Bock received her first of many convictions in New Zealand. ...
EVENTS
Party Time: The URGE To Get Out Of Auckland
For the first time in 3 years Urge Events are returning to Wellington, and Christchurch for the first time since 2012! We catch up...
Geovana Peres will make her Kickboxing Debut Tonight!
The first openly gay, WBO World Light Heavyweight Champion, Geovana Peres will be making her professional kickboxing debut against IFMA Junior Gold Medalist and...
Gurl Power: Ash Sander’s Glad to be Plaid
For the last four years, Ash Sanders has organised Plaid an Auckland-based queer meet-up collective for people who identify as women, non-binary or trans,...
OPINION
Does New Zealand Have a Conservative Attitude to Sex?
With gonorrhoea and syphilis on the rise, Dr Saxton says more needs to be done to address sexual health issues in New Zealand.
Dr Peter...
Transitioning: An Unexpected Journey Into Male Privilege
When Law Student Frankie Wood-Bodley began to transition the last thing he expected to experience was male privilege, but like so many industries, legal...
Why We Need Trans People Telling Trans Stories
Judy Virago examines the recent controversy surrounding a cis-male actor being cast in a trans role in the NZ production of Things I Know...
GIVEAWAYS
2 x Tickets to APO’s Beethoven Series
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra are celebrating Beethoven’s 250th Birthday
with five concerts! and express has 2 x Tickets to giveaway!
The Classicist on 22 April, Fidelio on...
5 x Hand-Poured Kiwi-Made Candle Crush Candles
express has 5 x hand-poured Soy Scented Candles to giveaway from Candle Crush! With over 40 unique scents all made right here in New...
2 x Tickets to ATC’s Single Asian Female
Auckland Theatre Company’s Single Asian Female previews on Tuesday 27 April at ASB Waterfront Theatre - express has 2 x tickets up for grabs!
The...
