Day: July 15, 2026

OutRunnerz founder Ken Ogg and lead runner Josh Martin share the keys to the growing success of Auckland’s LGBTQ+ running club, where fitness meets friendship  When Ken Ogg first joined LGBTQ+ sports clubs, he was searching for something he felt had been missing in his youth: a sense of belonging. After competing in swimming at the […]

Jessie Lewthwaite wants a drink, as she reflects on NZ’s history of lesbian watering holes and why we still need them  It’s 2010, and a 21-year-old Jessie had just graduated from university as a high school teacher. Having grown up in central Queensland and been to uni in north Queensland, my first priority was to get the fuck out of Queensland. With […]

The Department of Corrections has settled a Human Rights Act claim brought by a transgender employee who alleged he was prevented from carrying out prisoner searches in a way that recognised his gender. The employee, known as Adam because of a non-publication order, filed proceedings with the Human Rights Review Tribunal in 2024. He claimed […]

A viral Instagram post by transgender author and actress Jesse James Rose has made an explosive and unverified allegation about the late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, claiming he once hired her as a sex worker. Rose, the author of the memoir Sorry I Keep Crying During Sex, shared her account following Graham’s sudden death on […]