Category: Arts & Culture
It’s a well-known trade secret that RuPaul’s Drag Race films multiple endings where different finalists win the competition so the queens don’t truly know who has won until it’s announced on air. Kita Mean was meant to be flying to Sydney last weekend to watch Drag Race Down Under’s finale with her fellow finalists, followed […]
For the second time acclaimed gay filmmaker Hong Khaou (Lilting), tells an intersectional story of how loss and understanding can lead to hope. Heartthrob Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) stars. Cambodian-born British Director Hong Khaou’s debut feature Lilting was something really special. Cheng Pei-Pie starred as a mother trying to understand her son’s untimely death […]
Spacey is set for a return to acting following accusations in 2017 that he sexually harassed a number of young men – many of whom are now dead. Kevin Spacey is set to make a return to the big screen after a four-year hiatus. Spacey will star as a detective in a new Italian crime […]
The Pose star says “shame” and fear he would lose his career forced him to stay silent. Actor Billy Porter has revealed publicly for the first time that he has been living with HIV since 2007. The Pose star says he kept his diagnosis secret for more than a decade because of ‘shame.’ Speaking […]
The kiwi drag queen’s joke on RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under is apparently unsuitable for a UK audience. A joke about Prince Andrew by kiwi queen Anita Wigl’it on RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under has been cut by the BBC. The second episode of the show saw the contestants take part in the iconic ‘Snatch […]
Genderqueer comedian China González discusses finding their fashion and voice while rejecting the world’s binary bullshit. I was never a “girl” who was into makeup, fashion or looks. In fact, I was terrified of all those things. It took some work but I eventually found the clothes and hairstyle in which I feel not just […]
ZM radio host Bree Tomasel speaks to express about quietly coming out as bisexual on-air, being an Australian in NZ, embracing Maori culture and why she loves dating Kiwis. Bree Tomasel calls express from her uber, heading to Auckland Airport, where she will fly to her parent’s Queensland house for the first time in 18 […]
Tom Sainsbury and Chris Parker are two of the most successful gay comedians New Zealand has ever produced. Here, they discuss whether sexuality affects what we find funny. Do you believe as gay men you have a specifically queer sense of humour? Chris: Well, I wouldn’t say I feel a responsibility to make all my […]