Day: February 18, 2020

The Rocketman will return next year to complete his farewell tour. Sir Elton John has been forced to postpone his two remaining Auckland shows until January 2021! The announcement made this evening comes two days after the Tiny Dancer hitmaker was forced to leave his Mt Smart concert early after suffering from walking pneumonia. In […]

Ahead of UFC Auckland Felder vs Hooker on Sunday 23 February, express caught up with UFC fighter Shana Dobson to discuss being a proud gay black woman competing professionally in mixed martial arts (MMA). Shana Dobson has just landed in New Zealand for the first time. It’s only the second time she has left the […]

In a recent interview, gay pop pioneer Boy George’s referred to non-binary pronouns as modern-day attention-seeking. Poet Essa May Ranapiri says that this attitude is indicative of a wider problem. Cis insecurity has destroyed the conversation about us. Respecting people’s pronouns is the least you can do, but it is not a big thing. It […]

Award-winning university professor, film-maker, author and illustrator, Welby Ings, has been a gay activist since the 1970s when he was outed and expelled from Te Awamutu College. He talks to express about marching in Hero, queer clichés and telling stories from Aotearoa’s queer history. As an educationalist is there anything you would like to see […]

Labour MP Louisa Wall (Ngati Tuwharetoa me Waikato) talks to express about being a proud Takatapui, campaigning for law reform in the Cook Islands and what remains to be achieved for our community. What does Pride mean to you? Pride to me is a disposition. It is the projection in every aspect of my life, […]