Design writer, fashion guru and inspirational author Douglas Lloyd Jenkins talks to express and delves into New Zealand’s relationship with the beach in his new novel Beach Life: A Celebration of Kiwi Beach Culture. And it does exactly that, celebrates the beauty of New Zealand’s great outdoors. Exploring everything from the more conservative ‘20s to […]
Because you weren’t excited enough as it was for Disney’s live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast, it has just been announced that LeFou, Gaston’s sidekick, is indeed gay – well, he is going to be for this remake at least. LeFou, who will be played by Josh Gad, “is somebody who on one day wants […]
Riley Keough and Jena Malone star in So Yong Kim’s delicate heartbreaker, Lovesong. The duo play best friends who are unable to verbally express their true love for one another. And we’re not just talking about any kind of love here, it’s a hot deep-rooted ‘I want to rip your clothes of’ kind of love. […]
Rainbow Counsellor Elijah Luke Michel is here to help with your problems: I am devastated. My girlfriend of seven months has been cheating on me… with my ex! I had heard a rumour through a mutual friend but thought it couldn’t be possible as it was my ex who introduced me to my current girlfriend. […]
In an editorial published on Saturday, the New Zealand Herald tried to do their part in the way of LGBT+-progression, but then went on to comment on and disseminate misinformation. The Herald took aim at comments made by newly-minted Mr Gay NZ, Charlie Tredway, who said that HIV-positive people who had undetectable viral loads were also virtually non-infectious. […]
With Auckland Pride over, we decided to take a look at exactly what this Festival means to our Rainbow community and how important it is for the tradition to continue. There’s a reason it’s called Pride. There’s a reason the emblem of this annual festival is girdled in the colours of the rainbow, the defiant, […]
Born in the ‘90s when a group of performance makers returned from a trip to Scotland, NZ Fringe is New Zealand’s cutting-edge art festival. NZ Fringe (also known as the Wellington Fringe Festival) runs in Wellington until 4 March, 2017 — tickets are available online from www.fringe.co.nz. Mr Lola Illusion — the glamorous boylesque crooner, cunning […]
AUT has made another forward step in being one of, if not the most, LGBT+-friendly university in New Zealand. It has set a goal that this year, all campuses will have all-gender bathrooms, so non-binary and trans students can feel comfortable going to the toilet whilst on-site. This comes off AUT’s massive float at the […]