Tag: Queer Community
Oscar-winning actor Al Pacino donated his earnings from the 1980 film Cruising to charity after coming to understand that the film was "exploitative" of the queer community.
Cruising, loosely based on a novel by Gerald Walker, features Pacino as a police officer who goes undercover to catch a serial killer...
Data from 2023 Census highlights nearly 5% of New Zealanders Identify as LGBTIQ+ among a bevy of interesting facts.
The first official statistics on gender and sexual identity in New Zealand have been released, showing that 4.9% of the population identifies as part of the LGBTIQ+ community, with bisexual individuals...
Jessie Lewthwaite is a rare masc-lesbian swimming in a sea of femme sapphics. So what’s a masc-attracted girl to do?
Walking down the stairs into the basement club, I am confronted with a sea of wall-to-wall femmes. This was one of Auckland’s rare queer women-who-love-women (WLW) nights.
The crowd skewed younger,...
For one night only, experience an unforgettable evening of pop throwbacks, disco anthems, and iconic dance hits at Spark Arena, Auckland, on Saturday, 3 August!
Much like Beyoncé, SYNTHONY aims to honour the queer community for its pivotal role in the creation of house music. Featuring a brand-new setlist, this...
Over 150,000 LGBTQ+ individuals and their allies marched in the Pride Parade in South Korea in 2024, defying a second consecutive year of a ban imposed by authorities.
While more than 35 countries, including Thailand, are moving towards the legalisation of same-sex marriage, South Korea has yet to recognise same-sex...
Tyran Parke is a director, singer, and producer who is the head of the Victorian College of The Arts’ Musical Theatre Program. He is a huge fan of legendary, gay musical composer Stephen Sondheim, and on Thursday, 22 June will join the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO) for A Night...
Picking up the early naughties emo mantle once held by the likes of My Chemical Romance, England’s Yungblud bust onto the music scene in 2018 with punk-pop rhythms, a pansexual identity, and a powerful mantra on the importance of individuality. He talks to Oliver Hall about stifling cancel culture...
