Day: April 17, 2020

Being left without a home, or in an unsafe one during a global crisis is not an ideal situation – but for a lot of queer, gender-diverse & intersex people in Aotearoa, this is the reality. RainbowYOUTH talks to Express about queer housing struggles in a time of pandemic. Around the world, we have data […]

Covid 19 has given Michael Stevens and many gay men a familiar feeling; one they never hoped they would have to experience again. I’ve already lived through one plague that killed so many friends and pretty much upended the world we’d built and taken for granted. I didn’t think I’d have to do this twice […]

Christchurch Pride Chairperson Jill Stevens is isolating with her two teenage boys; cooking, dressing as a tiger and planning post-lockdown ChCh Pride Event – ‘We’re Back Bitches!’ Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown – where are you? Who’s in your bubble? And what are you doing to keep your mental health in check? I’m […]

Owner & Operator of K’ Road’s Notorious Eagle Bar, Kurt Macintosh is spending his lockdown painting and touching up his bar. He tells us, “the first person that spills a drink after lockdown is going to get the filthiest side-eyes!” Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown – where are you? Who’s in your bubble? […]

‘Bear in the window’ Matt Holster is enjoying the last week of Level 4 in Christchurch; sipping rosé, taking ‘multivitamins’ and still wearing that sash! Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown – where are you? Who’s in your bubble? And what are you doing to keep your mental health in check? After Wellington pride, […]