Day: April 26, 2024
It’s a hook up without the adrenaline. Dick Richards looks at how we can rewire our sexual habits to keep us cumming back for more. To think it’s just a physical action where we experience a mind-blowing orgasm is to diminish the power of sex because it’s so much more than that. It’s not just […]
Why on earth is Jessie Lewthwaite an Australian living in New Zealand? I was walking down the stairs to get off the stage, where I had just completed a presentation for an audience at an education conference. I had been talking about Rainbow Awareness and my audience was mostly white, boomer-generation professionals that worked in […]
Eagle Bar’s Kurt MacIntosh asks South American bar staff (past and present) why they decided to bring their Latin warmth to ‘cold’ New Zealand. Growing up in Invercargill in the 90s, the only language options available to us at high school were French and Japanese, and if I remember rightly, some of the fancier schools […]
Grindr, the largest dating platform for gay men globally, faces legal action for purportedly disclosing confidential user information, including HIV status, to external entities. The case, initiated in London’s High Court, alleges the use of “covert tracking technology” to illegally share delicate data with advertisers. The legal team, Austen Hays, are representing over 650 plaintiffs, […]
The Senior Lead Keeper of Auckland Zoo’s Carnivores Team, Nick Parashchak, takes Oliver Hall on a tour of the zoo, discussing tattoos, conservation innovation and life and death along the way. The otters look cute enough to cuddle when Nick and I stop by their habitats as he gives me a tour of Auckland Zoo. […]
After nearly twelve years of volunteering for the Christchurch Pride Board, the death of a close friend led Akira Le Fevre and Jill Stevens to reassess what the city’s rainbow communities needed. They talk to YOUR ex about creating ‘Queer Care’ with support from Christchurch Pride. Where and when did the two of you meet, […]
Australian footballer Josh Cavallo has spoken out about his strong concerns over the selection of host countries with anti-LGBTQ+ laws for the World Cup, highlighting the dangers he faces as an openly gay player, especially in countries like Saudi Arabia, where homosexuality is punishable by death. Speaking with the Daily Mirror, 24-year-old Cavallo discussed the […]
Several German national footballers are reportedly planning to come out on 17 May, coinciding with the International Day Against Homophobia. According to German News Paper Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung, the collective coming out is part of a broader plan called Sports Free, which aims to challenge the norms within the sport and promote greater acceptance and […]