Day: February 9, 2018
express talked to hilarious cabaret star Jason Chasland last year on the eve of his one-man show Imposter, in its fifth international season, developed especially for Pride. Roll on to 2018, and we were amped to catch this rising star in his return to New Zealand with his latest show, Leather Lungs: Son of a […]
A sixth victim has now been found and linked to the alleged Toronto serial killer who was first arrested mid-January for the murder of two gay men. Bruce McArthur was originally arrested for the murder of gay men Selim Esen, 43 and Andrew Kinsmen, 49. Since his arrest, he was charged with the first-degree murder […]
express talks with Mike Hadreas – the Seattle-based solo artist known as Perfume Genius – is a breath of fresh air. His deeply personal music is unapologetically queer and he’s never held back – the video for his early single Hood, features well known gay porn star Arpad Miklos sensually covering him in makeup. He […]
express talked to members of Wellington’s GAG Collective. Traditionally, drag has valued a performer’s ability to “pass” as either male or female and has focused on binary understandings of gender, reinforcing these social constructs rather than subverting them. It is a dynamic that some performers have been tirelessly challenging for years but only recently has […]
Fisting festival KIWIFIST, programmed as part of Auckland Pride Festival, has had a boost in publicity after a ratepayers organisation sent out a press release falsely claiming that Auckland Council were sponsoring the event. KIWIFIST is “New Zealand’s biggest arse-play event… A full-on, five-hour-plus, gathering of gay and bi men into fisting and arse-play big-time!” […]
The UK government will not block Bermuda’s repeal of same-sex marriage, which has been said to undermine the UK’s advancement of LGBT+ rights. The British territory of Bermuda has reversed the same-sex marriage law in the country, becoming the first country in the world to pass the law and then revoke it. The same-sex marriage […]