Day: March 29, 2023

Last month, Ben Payne was crowned Mr Bear New Zealand 2023 in a hotly contested competition at G.A.Y Auckland. He talks to express about representing Aotearoa at Mr Bear Australasia and being Pit Crew on RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under. WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO ENTER MR BEAR NEW ZEALAND? My inspiration for entering Mr Bear […]

Michael Stevens reflects on ageism in the Rainbow community and asks, ‘where is the support for older queers?’ Last month, the first retirement community specifically for LGBTQ+ seniors opened in London. There are a few in other big cities; Berlin has had one since 2008. I doubt we’ll ever see one here in Aotearoa; the […]

A gin-fuelled night out leaves Jessie Lewthwaite spotting signs that a girl might be queer. From body language to types of tattoos and placements of piercings, has she mastered the ‘Gaydar’? I am being a tourist and crawling straight bars with my straight guy friends. I’m very supportive of their lifestyles. I’m an ally. We […]

The UK government has confirmed it intends to wind down its vaccination campaign against mpox, which began in May 2022 and has disproportionately affected men who have sex with men.  The decision made by the UK government follows the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) confirmation that mpox, a virus formerly known as monkeypox, remains a public […]