Day: June 2, 2016
Melrose Place If you’re a fan of Cafe L’affare coffee make sure you check out their recently opened Auckland cafe in Newmarket, L’affare Melrose. It’s a great space designed by the team who fitted out Depot and Fed Deli and has a good daytime menu and of course, excellent coffee. We went recently and loved […]
Rainbow Counsellor Elijah Luke Michel is here to help with your problems. I’m finding things tough at the moment. I am 18 years old and have just come out as lesbian to my parents. My dad doesn’t seem too worried, but my mum has retreated into her room and I often hear her crying. I […]
It’s a lonely winter’s night and you are bored with what’s on TV. You have an ache; a desire. You need the touch of another man. What can you do? express knows how you feel, and we’ve got the answer. Get cruising! There are quite a few cruising options around New Zealand – Bodyworks in […]
In a world first, being ‘transgender’ will be declassified as a mental illness in Denmark from January next year in a move Danish parliamentarians say is to put pressure on the World Health Organisation (WHO) to follow suit. Social Democrat spokesman and Danish health committee deputy chairman Flemming Møller Mortensen told Ritzau news agency that trans people in Denmark […]
It’s that time of year again, you magnificent misfits! The much loved Queen of Queens Drag Competition is returning to Family Bar for the fifteenth year in a row this Queen’s birthday weekend. Eight fresh faced drag stars are set to take the stage at Family Bar’s most royal celebration this Sunday 5 June. With doors […]
Intimate relationships can be tricky to navigate let alone when you’re transgender and your body doesn’t match your identity. Elijah Michel set out to find trans men and women who have experienced intimacy within relationships and those who are still looking for love. We become vulnerable when we enter a physically intimate relationship. Along with […]
Local response to the 2015 Out in the Fields international study on homophobia in sports has been immense. From Steve Tew pronouncing that New Zealand is ready for a gay All Black, to commitment from New Zealand Football, New Zealand Cricket, New Zealand Rugby League, Netball New Zealand and Hockey New Zealand have committed to creating necessary […]
Urzila Carlson has revealed that she is expected baby number two to join her family in August. Carlson and her partner welcomed their first child into their lives in 2013, a baby girl. She also married her female partner in 2014. A proud mum, Urzila told express in an interview earlier this year that “my family give me […]