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PREP TO BE TESTED AGAINST COVID-19
The company that manufactures the HIV prevention drug PrEP is preparing to test the pill against COVID-19 in an effort to find out if...
LEADING AIDS CONFERENCE GOES ONLINE BECAUSE OF CORONAVIRUS
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to create havoc across the globe, the world’s leading AIDS Conference is now the latest event to be affected.
The 2020...
We Can Only Be a Rainbow When All the Colours are Collaborating
Fashion model, LGBT+ activist and self-described gender-capitalist Rain Dove visited Auckland over Pride, attended events and met with community groups to understand what it...
Corona Closes Checkmate Indefinitely
While most LGBT+ events and businesses will return after the Covid-19 pandemic, Wellington sauna Checkmate will not.
Wellington sauna Checkmate has now closed.
The Covid-19...
Egyptian Government Denies Existence Of LGBTI+ People
In what is being described as a massive backwards step, the Egyptian government has announced to UN member states that it is unable to...
Modern Dating Done Right
Auckland Playwright 'Dick Richards' says it’s time to stop staring at your black mirror and embrace your butterflies.
Dating is a war zone. We’ve all...
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We Can Only Be a Rainbow When All the Colours are Collaborating
Fashion model, LGBT+ activist and self-described gender-capitalist Rain Dove visited Auckland over Pride, attended events and met with community groups to understand what it...
ANTI-LGBTQ BELIEFS CATALYST FOR MILEY CYRUS TO LEAVE CHURCH AS A TEENAGER
Openly pansexual Miley Cyrus has expressed to her legion of fans that she was turned away from her church as a teen because of...
ARE SAME-SEX COUPLES HAPPIER THAN HETEROSEXUAL COUPLES?
New research has indicated that same-sex couples are generally happier than heterosexual couples.
According to research by Stephanie Coontz, author of Marriage, a History and director of research and public...
ARTS AND CULTURE
Invading the Drag House
OnDemand’s House of Drag Season 2 shocked it’s competing drag stars by throwing three invaders, Lilly Loca, Spankie Jackzon and Miss Geena, into the...
Celebrating The Symphony’s That Changed The World
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO) is celebrating Beethoven’s 250th birthday with a series of concerts and events from Saturday 23 to Sunday 29 March that...
Keegan’s Drag Diary: March Madness
Drag Race is back and our local’s just keep on going! This March proves one of our most queer art forms isn’t going anywhere!...
LIFESTYLE
“Masturbation and your personal sex toys are your partners of choice during level 4.”
Body Positive's Executive Director Mark Fisher says 'no' to casual sex during lockdown and suggests giving your body a break from PrEP while in...
Coronavirus and HIV
Body Positive CEO Mark Fisher examines the impact of Covid 19 on our HIV Positive community.
HIV treatments are highly effective at controlling HIV and...
Sipping With Pride!
For 20 years Silverton Estate has been one of New Zealand’s best-kept wine secrets. They have been providing high-quality grapes to some of New Zealand’s biggest wine...
EVENTS
New Zealand’s Queer History – March Milestones
Historian Gareth Watkins revisits significant dates in Aotearoa’s LGBT+ history.
28 March 1925
The New Zealand Truth newspaper reported that nearly 20 per cent of New...
Mr Gay World 2020 Postponed Due To Coronavirus
Mr Gay World 2020 which was planned to kickoff in Knysna, South Africa next Month, has been officially postponed due to the spread of...
Little Miss Cinnamon’s Guide to Christchurch Pride
Almost 10 years after the quakes, like the city, Christchurch Pride has really regrown into its own. With over 46 events on until 22...
OPINION
Modern Dating Done Right
Auckland Playwright 'Dick Richards' says it’s time to stop staring at your black mirror and embrace your butterflies.
Dating is a war zone. We’ve all...
DEPRESSED? GET USED TO IT
Ramon Te Wake compares our mental health to a relationship, one that has to be worked on every day to ensure its health and...
Ask Agony Uncle Eli
Rainbow Counsellor Elijah Michel is here to help with your queer issues. This month he tackles a light-fingered lover and explaining a parent's transition...
GIVEAWAYS
10 x One Year Subscriptions to NEON
Sky’s streaming service is home to The L Word – Generation Q, The New Pope, Love Island UK, Watchmen, Succession and Ellen Page’s Gaycation. These...
2 x VIP Passes to APO’s Bach & Brahms
This double VIP pass includes being hosted by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra with pre-drinks and interval refreshments at Auckland Town Hall on Thursday 20...
2 x Double Passes to AAF’s Limbo Unhinged
Visiting our shores as part of Auckland Arts Festival, Limbo Unhinged is a modern intimate circus show that unleashes pyrotechnics, sword-swallowing and aerial shenanigans...
