Tag: New Zealand
Craig Young is concerned that a flawed UK investigation into trans health care may affect the New Zealand government’s own delayed review.
Recently, Associate Health Minister Matt Doocey, announced that the release of the New Zealand review of puberty blocker data had been delayed. Throughout 2023, New Zealand Ministry of...
Craig Young says 'With the New Zealand Labour Party, we don't know how lucky we are. Witness its performance on LGBTQI+ rights, compared to its British and Australian counterparts.'
Unfortunately, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) has always been somewhat trailing its British and New Zealand counterparts when it comes to...
Craig Young explores the legislation intended to reform New Zealand’s surrogacy laws.
The Improving Arrangements for Surrogacy Bill provides the following amendments to existing parliamentary acts. The Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004 is amended so that while it will remain illegal to undertake a commercial surrogacy transaction within New...
The queer women behind, We Were Dangerous, writer Maddie Dai and director Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, discuss the personal inspirations behind this timely tale of autonomy, freedom and independent spirit.
Filmed in Christchurch, We Were Dangerous tells the story of Nellie, Daisy and Lou, three girls labelled to be so uncivilised that they...
Sitting in her parents' lounge in Fielding, with a vibrant wall of drag costumes behind her, Spankie Jackzon, the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Season 2, reflects on her whirlwind journey, grand ambitions and bringing her solo show to Palmy Drag Fest.
A Triumphant Finale
Spankie recalls the night...
Gianpaolo Grazioli (Giapo) discusses the journey that led to Cherlato, his ice cream truck collaboration with legendary gay icon Cher.
Last year, iconic Auckland ice cream parlour Giapo ‘expanded’, when pop legend, movie star and the definitive gay icon, Cher, collaborated with the brand to open Cherlato, a neon-coloured ice cream...
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith has appointed Dr Stephen Rainbow as head of the anti-discrimination Human Rights Commission. Craig Young assesses what the appointment of a centre-right gay man, means for the commission.
At sixty-three, Rainbow has had a broad spectrum of political affiliations, starting with Labour in the eighties and...
Missed out on URGE's Locker Room Party?! You can still get that unique URGE experience at Christchurch's A Rolling Stone on 5 October, Auckland's G.A.Y on 27 October at Auckland's Phoenix on 9 November for URGE's 27th Birthday!
URGE Locker Room took over K Road's Phoenix venue on Saturday 10...
