Day: February 3, 2020

Auckland’s most queer-friendly street plans to make February a very colourful month! Karangahape Road takes great pride in its community’s inclusive, unique, and independent identity. This community has consistently been a supportive safe haven for LGBTTQ+ communities and continues to strive for increased safety, visibility, and inclusion for all. This summer, the Karangahape Road Business […]

Our annual celebration of all things LGBTIQ+ is here! Ramon Te Wake examines the power of words, kind and otherwise, during Pride. With Pride set to burst around the corner like a heatwave on heat, it’s energy presents a polarizing time for the LGBTIQ+ communities. Just as the acronym is ever-evolving so is the seeming […]

For the 21st time, the Ending HIV Big Gay Out is taking over Auckland’s Coyle Park on Sunday 9 February. Here are express’ top six reasons not to miss it! It’s the Big Gay Out’s 21st Birthday 2020 marks 21 years for the Ending HIV Big Gay Out – New Zealand’s largest and most fabulous family-friendly […]

With virtual Instagram influencers like Miquela blowing up, the divide between real and unreal has blurred. It’s in this new reality that queer artist Mariadelle (Abbey) Gamit resides. “Before, we looked at these platforms as recreational, and something that you can turn on and off from. But right now it’s pretty much impossible to not […]

The Conversion Therapy Action Group’s Harry Robson urges all New Zealander’s to take action to get the damaging practise outlawed. Conversion therapy is an issue which matters for all New Zealanders. If we cannot ensure our vulnerable and youth are not preyed upon by those filled with hate and malice then it is conceited of […]

Kelly Geater talks to former Dresden Dolls frontwoman Amanda Palmer on going-solo, bisexuality and liberal privilege. Amanda Palmer has always been a divisive figure. Since breaking into mainstream consciousness as the frontwoman of cabaret punk band The Dresden Dolls, Palmer has continued to push boundaries, consequences to be damned. The evolution of her career and […]

express cover-girl Kim Chi will join Miz Cracker in becoming the first Drag Queens to be featured during the Super Bowl! The Queens will feature in an ad that will run during the NFL championship game today, as apart of Hummus brand Sabra‘s “barrier-breaking” commercial campaign which also features rapper T-Pain and former “Real Housewives […]