Day: July 8, 2022

Historian Gareth Watkins compiles significant July dates in Aotearoa New Zealand’s LGBTQ+ history including the passing of Homosexual Law Reform. 26 July 1877 One of the earliest missionaries in NZ, William Yate, died on this date. Born in Shropshire in 1802 he arrived in the Bay of Islands in 1828.  Scholars think he had sexual […]

Coming out will drive you crazy in Rialto Channel’s chilling lesbian thriller Make Up which premieres at 8.30pm on Friday 15 July! Ever feel like you’re being watched? That’s the feeling Writer & Director Claire Oakley weaves throughout Make Up – a remarkable, eerie and unsettling directorial debut that can be found at the halfway […]