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Jacquie Grant ONZM revisits 1974 and NZ’s progressive legacy for trans rights as Aotearoa’s legal precedent faces political challenge from Winston Peters.
Could such a...
Two icons of Wellington’s Takatāpui Rainbow communities - Chrissy Witoko (1944-2002) and Carmen Rupe (1936-2011) - are to be honoured with memorial seats in...
Historian Gareth Watkins reviews September dates connected with significant members of the rainbow communities in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
27 September 1953
Jonathan Dennis, founding director of...
The “not ‘just’ a biopic” about Carmen Rupe showcases Mika’s creative vision of the illegal, bustling underground sex scene of 1970’s New Zealand.
It’s been...
The portrait is part of a new exhibition celebrating a trailblazing generation of transgender women in New Zealand.
Poutokomanawa: The Carmen Rupe Generation will feature portraits...
