Day: June 13, 2022

Kicking off this Friday, Christchurch Pride is bigger and better than ever! To celebrate the return of the largest pride festival on the mainland, express has put together a list of our favourite not-to-miss events for the first epic weekend across the Garden City!  The Wonder of Matariki: A Pride Kōrero Friday 17 – 12:30 […]

The notorious URGE party returned to the street where it all began on Saturday 11 June, as URGE Events took over Phoenix Entertainment (Level 1, 258 K Road) for URGE Returns – their first party at Covid Alert Level Orange! Photos | Evan Donnelly. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”1831″ display=”slideshow”]

Jordan Quinn, the curator of the Sex Workers of Aotearoa’s A Day In The Life Of, tells us about the challenges of presenting a sex work art exhibition and the censorship of sex work on the internet. The LGBTQIA+ communities are no strangers to censorship; from “no homo laws” to same-sex relationships being deemed too […]

The UK’s first monkeypox patient has spoken about his experience, slamming the media and commentary around the virus, saying it is being treated as a “gay disease.”  Since the first case was recorded on the 13th of May, health authorities have recorded over a thousand cases across 32 countries, including 366 cases in the UK. […]