Day: December 8, 2014
A fab night of fun and shows to show thanks to all the people who were out collecting for World Aids day. Amazing performances for the talented Queens of Wellington. Much fun was had with lots of money raised for a great cause. Photos | Brad Faul Fri 28 Nov
Facebook has refused to remove anti gay status updates from Westcity Baptist church. express was alerted to Facebook’s refusal to remove the posts which state gays would be put to death as a result of their sexuality by one of our readers who sent in this screenshot: Article | Levi Joule
The West Auckland pastor who emailed an author saying “I pray that you will commit suicide, you filthy child molesting fag.” has told Fairfax Media that he stands by his statements. Robertson told stuff.co.nz that he “didn’t want anything in the papers” but admitted he had read a couple of the outraged comments on the […]
Richard James has been announced as the new Auckland Pride Board Member. Richard James return to the Auckland Pride Board comes after the resignation of Lexie Matheson a fortnight ago. The Pride board released a press release today saying “The board thanks Lexie for her services to Pride and her work in directing the 2014 […]
“The 2015 Auckland Pride Festival and Parade is on-track to be our biggest and most successful to date.” “We have received a record number of Parade float applications, including entries from outside of Auckland. Rotorua’s Chamber of Pride entry is certainly one to watch. Led by TV personality Tamati Coffey, Rotorua’s float has around 40 […]
Mika describes the Aroha Project as a ‘space where artists smash ‘hate’ in our program of anti Bullying and suicide prevention.’ This coming Auckland Pride they will present four separate events: 1) Waitangi Day Dawn Ceremony Vibrant voices will fill the air at dawn this official Pride Festival Waitangi day opening as The Aroha Project […]
Bigger, better and selling out quicker than ever, LYC’s Joe Rich gives Oliver Hall an exclusive run down on everyone performing at this year’s BGO. Sold Out Market Stalls: Breaking all previous records the market stall slots at the 2015 Big Gay Out were sold out by the beginning of this month. “That’s over […]
The author of ‘Silent Gays’ Jim Marjoram has spoken to express after he received an email response from Westcity Baptist Church pastor Logan Robertson telling him “I pray that you will commit suicide, you filthy child molesting fag.” Author Jim Marjoram from the Silent Gays project, which is dedicated to ‘outlining the issues faced by GLBT people […]