Day: October 14, 2026

Oct 14
EXCLUSIVE | Oriini Kaipara: “It’s Through My Takatāpui Community That I Found My Voice” 

The former broadcaster tells YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall how takatāpui people helped shape the woman she became, what she wants Parliament to deliver for rainbow communities, and why she is telling voters not to give Te Pāti Māori their party vote  Long before Oriini Kaipara entered Parliament, the people who helped teach her to stand […]

Oct 14
Troye Sivan Gets Steamy On Fire Island In New ‘FF’ Video

Troye Sivan has followed the release of his fourth album, She’s the Best, with a sensual new video for “FF” — a Fire Island-set celebration of queer desire, intimacy and safer sex. Troye Sivan is not exactly easing into his latest era quietly. Fresh from releasing his fourth studio album She’s the Best, the gay […]

Oct 14
Dan Levy Slams Shane Gillis Over Misogynistic SNL Gym Joke

Dan Levy has criticised Shane Gillis after the comedian used a misogynistic slur about women during his latest Saturday Night Live monologue, saying more men need to speak up when women are objectified. Schitt’s Creek co-creator and actor Dan Levy says he was “speechless” that Saturday Night Live aired a joke in which comedian Shane […]

Oct 14
Back To The 80s: Auckland Phil Turns Up The Camp, Colour and Classics 

Get out the power suits, tease up the perms and prepare for a night of gloriously over-the-top nostalgia, Auckland Phil is taking Tāmaki Makaurau Back to the 80s  For queer audiences, few decades delivered quite as much unapologetic fashion, pop spectacle and dancefloor drama as the 1980s, and this concert is bringing that energy to […]

Oct 14
JK Rowling’s Trans Rights Controversies To Feature In New BBC Documentary

The BBC has commissioned a two-part documentary about JK Rowling that will examine the creation of Harry Potter, her enormous cultural influence and the increasingly divisive public debates surrounding her views on gender identity. The BBC has announced a new two-part documentary examining the life, career and “contested legacy” of JK Rowling. The as-yet-untitled series […]

Oct 14
RuPaul’s Drag Race Producer Lucian Piane Dies Aged 46

Lucian Piane, the producer and songwriter whose music helped shape the early sound of RuPaul’s Drag Race, has died aged 46. Music producer, composer and songwriter Lucian Piane, best known to queer audiences for his long-running creative work with RuPaul and RuPaul’s Drag Race, has died aged 46. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has […]