Day: March 9, 2024

Mar 09
Where Is The Best Place To Be A Single Gay Man In New Zealand?

Dick Richards analyses what dating apps are offering gay and bisexual men in the different parts of Aotearoa New Zealand. A friend of mine moved to Auckland with a dream – to find a career and a man. Instead, he left with a broken heart and an STI. There’s nothing particularly heinous about him, so […]

Mar 09
Charlotte Museum: Knowing Our Herstory

Jessie Lewthwaite sits down with Sarah Buxton – coordinator of Auckland’s Charlotte Museum – the world’s only lesbian museum. Standing outside a purple building, I used vaping as an excuse to decompress. The Charlotte Museum was having a fundraiser in the form of a quiz night, and even with my very sporadic contributions, my brain […]

Mar 09
Baby Zionov: “I Realised I Was Queer Because Of Music!”

Baby Zionov is the musical project of Aaliyah Zionov, a musician and songwriter currently based in Tāmaki Makaurau, who makes bubblegum laser-sound boogie shoes, dance music. She talks to Oliver Hall about discovering herself through music. Where did you grow up and how was growing up there for you? I was born in Israel but moved […]

Mar 09
Why Straight Men Should Be A Gay Man’s Best Friend

Best known for his four-legged friends, Woof Rainbow Dog Show founder Steven Oates returns to YOUR ex to bestow the virtues of friendships with straight men. I love straight men. I know that as gay men we are prone to the odd crush on the straight guy at work, the tradie down the road or […]