Day: September 7, 2015

Gay Ski Week QT closed in style with a ‘Once Apon a Time’  themed party. Photos | Levi Joule.

Ramon Te Wake writes on some of the challenges of being Takatāpui as well as what makes being queer and Maori fabulous! Aotearoa is a country with many significant firsts to its long white cloud. Georgina Bayer was the world’s first transsexual mayor and Member of Parliament. In 2008, the Human Rights Commission published ‘The […]

Auckland Council’s rainbow advisory panel has been officially revealed. The Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel has now been formally established, giving Auckland’s GLBT community a vehicle by which to provide strategic advice to Auckland Council on issues of importance. The inaugural members of the Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel are: Jordon Harris (Interim Co-Chair) Julie Radford-Poupard (Interim […]

Stephen Rainbow writes on how multiculturalism has transformed Auckland gay life. A cursory glance at the gay world in Auckland would suggest that while there may be concern about immigrants buying up our houses we’re apparently less concerned about the including them in our lives and our beds. How multiculturalism has transformed gay lives! Friends […]