Historian Gareth Watkins highlights June dates that pushed progress forward for Aotearoa’s Rainbow communities. June 1949 Journalist and author Tom McLean was born in Greenock, Scotland. He worked for a number of Scottish newspapers before moving to NZ in 1973. In the mid-1980s, after a year of general unwellness, he took an HIV test that […]
Christchurch Pride’s annual Leather & Lace Party took over A Rolling Stone on Saturday 18 June. Following on from previous years, Leather & Lace proved to be a moody, sexy party with a hint of burlesque and a whole lot of gender f*ckery. This was highlighted with live performances from Jack Swallows, Mythical Hazel and […]