Day: October 23, 2014

The Australian state of New Wales has just passed a bill to extinguish historic gay sex convictions.  The Criminal Records Amendment (Historical Homosexual Offences) Bill 2014 was passed unanimously through the NSW Parliament today. The NSW bill establishes a scheme enabling people convicted of consensual homosexual conduct, prior to decriminalisation in 1984, to have their […]

British drugs group GlaxoSmithKline is planning to create a new £15bn FTSE 100 company by spinning out a subsidiary focused on treating HIV.  Viiv Healthcare is expected to attract a “significant” capitalisation due to its rapid growth according to chief executive Sir Andrew Witty. ViiV’s newest HIV medicines, Trumeq and Tivicay, have debuted in the last […]

Female Kiwi participants are urgently needed by researchers conducting the first international study on homophobia in sport. The study, called Out on the Fields, is now the largest ever done on the subject. It is open to everyone, regardless sexuality or whether they play sports. Nearly 9000 people have participated through a short online survey, […]

Oliver Hall talks to Russell Green about the resurrection of Shanghai Lil’s, the cocktail jazz bar, with a thousand stories to tell! “We looked at Ponsonby Road when we were getting out of the Bird Cage in 2009-10 but there was just no spaces available,” Shanghai Lil’s operator Russell Green tells express. “I think Ponsonby […]

Mark Toner founded NZ men’s grooming website www.oneman.co.nz after returning to NZ from London. A trained-lawyer, Mark got into the beauty business to give kiwi men the choices that Brits and Yanks have enjoyed for years. express gets his top tips. Have you noticed any differences between most straight and most gay men’s grooming rituals? […]