Day: July 8, 2019

A new movement to boycott German personal care brand NIVEA is sweeping the globe following allegations of homophobia from the body-care giant. The proposed boycott follows a move by advertising agency FCB who advised their staff that they would not be renewing their contract with NIVEA after one of the company’s staff members allegedly asserted […]

Tane Williams-Accra talks to express about playing a gay con man, lying to his personal trainer and travelling solo. Best known for playing Ali Karim on Shortland Street, Tane Williams-Accra is ditching the screen for the stage to play ‘Paul’, a gay street hustler and con artist in ATC’s Six Degrees of Separation. The role […]

Gareth Watkins looks back at the events that shaped our rainbow community. 17 July 1867 Hon. John Richardson introduced the Offences Against the Person Bill in Parliament. Under the heading of Unnatural Offences, a person convicted of the “abominable crime of buggery” (e.g. sodomy) could be imprisoned for life.  This related to the act being […]

English singer, songwriter, Ed Sheeran has announced that he will be setting up a pop-up store on Auckland’s iconic K Road this coming Friday to celebrate the release of his new album. Sheeran’s pop-up store which will be opening in St Kevin’s Arcade on Karangahape Road on Friday the 12th of July to coincide with […]