Day: July 4, 2016

Jul 04
Oxford’s Stale Pale Male Portraits to be Replaced with Gay, Female and Black Icons

Oxford University has announced that it will replace “stale” portraits of “pale” men with gay, female and black icons. Oxford says it was trying to combat criticism that it is “one of the most male, pale and stale places of learning in Britain” but replacing primarily white male portraits with images of a diverse range of notable […]

Jul 04
James Bennett: The New Face of Pride

Express sits down with Pride’s newest board member James Bennett to see what he hopes to bring to next year’s celebrations Tell us a bit about yourself.   I come from Christchurch where my extended family still live, I’m thirty-two years young, single-ish, and have two amazing mothers! My family means so much to me […]

Jul 04
Team Rainbow Sleeping Rough for Homeless Youth

Rainbow Youth’s General Manager extraordinaire Duncan Matthews will be sleeping rough this Thursday 7 July to raise awareness and funds to combat LGBTI youth homelessness in New Zealand with the 2016 Lifewise Big Sleep Out. Alas, Matthews will not be doing it alone! He has assembled ‘Team Rainbow’, a group of prominent New Zealanders who are sleeping rough too. […]