Tag: gay men
Lateshift owner/operator Craig Oakley chats to YOUR ex about managing his business through changing times and 35 years of providing a successful community service.
Tell us a bit about your background before you became involved in Lateshift.
After graduating from Victoria University, I moved to Auckland in 1985. I ran the...
A new study out of the UK has shown that Bisexual men tend to be less driven to maintain a lean physique and report lower dissatisfaction with their muscularity, while gay men show a stronger desire for these traits.
The study, which Nottingham Trent University conducted, surveyed over 370 cisgender...
New Zealand
Tauranga Attacks: “Members of our community are terrified that they’ll be the next innocent victim of these vicious assaults”
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Last Thursday Tauranga Police stated they had arrested three men in relation to violent attacks of victims they had met on gay men’s hook-up apps, that had been filmed for social media.
Talking to Tauranga’s Sun Live media, a representative for the vigilante group stated the group had been posing...
Did you just comment on a thirst trap post that wasn’t even a real person? Artificial Intelligence is changing the world, but Steven Oates is concerned about what AI-generated hotties are doing to our self-esteem.
As far back as the early 1950’s, with the widespread publication of ‘Physique’ or ‘Beefcake’...
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,...
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...
Craig Young reflects on recent attacks on gay men in Christchurch using the hook-up app Grindr.
In Christchurch, a recent trial disclosed that a group of Christchurch teenagers have been using the gay/bi/MSM hookup app Grindr to target gay men. The teenagers used the app to lure local gay male...
New Zealand
New Zealand Blood Service Considers Ending ‘Archaic’ Ban On MSM Blood Donations
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The New Zealand Blood Service has confirmed that it is currently reassessing its contentious regulations that have seen the majority of gay and bisexual men (MSM) banned from donating blood.
The rule has been widely criticised as outdated and discriminatory, prohibits gay and bisexual men (or Men who have sex...