Tag: gay
The Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura report card is giving the government at 'F' when it comes to preventing violence for Takataapui and Rainbow communities.
“Flunking the government didn't sit easily with us, but we didn’t really have a choice,” says project lead Sandra Dickson. “The reality is, there’s just one social...
Former Formula One driver Ralf Schumacher, brother of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, has come out as gay.
Schumacher, who recently turned 49, shared the news on Instagram. He posted a photo of himself with his partner Etienne gazing at a sunset, with the caption: “The most beautiful thing in...
In an exciting and significant moment for NZ theatre, The Court Theatre in Christchurch is staging Fun Home, the groundbreaking musical based on the graphic novel by lesbian cartoonist Alison Bechdel about her complex relationship with her father and growing up in a funeral home.
Lead actors Michael Lee Porter...
Is there a sexier venue than Lyttelton's Wunderbar?! With its mood lighting, retro-Berlin-inspired decor and sweeping views of Lyttelton's stunning harbour URGE's Papa Bear Paul Heard fell in love with the venue! He tells us what we can expect from this month's one-of-a-kind URGE party taking over Wunderbar on...
Historian Gareth Watkins looks back at July dates with notable connections to the progress of our rainbow communities.
9 July 1869
Emma Ada Scott was born in Tasmania, Australia. By 1914, she had moved to New Zealand and was living with her “dear friend” Alice Mills in Wellington. They moved...
Riverton man Teoti Jardine (80) lays bare the shock of discovering homophobia in his childhood and how he escaped to the other side of the world to feel safe and accepted.
I was born in Queenstown in 1944 and grew up on Kawarau Falls Sheep Station, which was my father's...
Dick Richards believes you need to confront your past to secure your future.
You probably don’t remember, but a few years ago, we were fist-deep in a pandemic. Yes, I’m being facetious. It’s not something we remember fondly, nor something we’d want to repeat. Although sometimes I do miss getting...
Kris Finlayson shares his deeply personal story of detaching himself from others to hide his sexuality until the day he bravely embraced his authentic self.
I knew I was gay at six years old when I stumbled across a straight porn magazine. It’s a cliché, I know. I couldn’t...
