Day: July 31, 2023

With decriminalisation passed, it is now legal to be gay in the Cook Islands, a move that will hopefully see a wave of decriminalisation spread throughout the Pacific. What better way to celebrate this progress than with a stress-free getaway to relaxing Rarotonga and the peaceful perfection of Aitutaki? The warm air caresses your bare […]

Dick Richards returns to Your Ex to extract the realities of relationships out of the heavily filtered lives of ‘happy’ Instagram couples. Whatever situation we’re in, whether it be single or in a relationship, we can always see the greener grass. But nowadays, people’s grass is severely filtered through social media or a bit tongue. […]

Jessie Lewthwaite dreads the inevitable question with an answer that just seems so obvious. I’m standing in a backyard, pretending to care about what genitals a baby has. As much as I enjoy enforcing gender stereotypes on a child before it’s even born, for some reason, this ‘gender reveal’ party hasn’t put me in the […]

The blockbuster film, ‘Barbie’, continues its triumphant stride at global box offices, but it has run into controversy in Pakistan, where authorities are contemplating a ban over its LGBTQ+ themes. Despite the movie being immensely popular, it hasn’t escaped scrutiny, particularly from religious hardliners in Pakistan, with The Punjab Censor Board placing a temporary halt […]