Category: Arts & Culture
Miss Geena makes her picks of the hottest pop bops from Aotearoa and abroad! Valkyrie Slays Good Thing is the catchy AF new single from Auckland pop three-piece Valkyrie. Rebel Reid, Omer Gilroy and Brandon Haru make up this talented group who are ready to bring some much-needed sunshine to your Spotify. They have previously […]
Tamati Coffey talks to Levi Joule about his surrogacy and adoption law bill, gay conversion therapy and the importance of takatāpui for the Māori roll. Tamati Coffey doesn’t sound worried. When it comes to the general election, the first term Labour MP says he is taking his cue from “the boss” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern […]
The latest season of the TV series Star Trek: Discovery has recognised ‘Resistance is Futile’ by announcing the shows first non-binary and transgender characters, adding to the same-sex couple already in the franchise. Star Trek Universe creator Gene Roddenberry originally had the vision of ‘celebrating diversity and inclusion’ and the show’s producers have committed to […]
The website says “homosexual and homosexuality are now associated with pathology, mental illness, and criminality, and so imply that being gay—a normal way of being—is sick, diseased, or wrong.” Dictionary.com has issued a significant update, including replacing the word ‘homosexual.’ In issuing the update, Dictonary.com says “the unprecedented events of 2020, from the pandemic to the (George Floyd) […]
For the first time, Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande have performed their hit duet Rain On Me, during the first fully-virtual MTV Video Music Awards. Donning face coverings, Gaga and Grande delivered the performance live together for the first time with a performance that’s being described as iconic. The performance starts off Showing Gaga, snug […]
Streaming giant Netflix has given fans a sneak-peak of its new adaptation of the 1968 gay stage play The Boys in the Band, starring Jim Parsons from The Big Bang Theory. The story written in 1968 by the late playwright Mart Crowley follows the lives and personal dramas of a group of gay men who meet […]
New research on William Shakespeare has concluded that the legendary playwright was “undeniably bisexual” putting to rest years of speculation and debate. Professor Sir Stanley Wells and Dr. Paul Edmonson who conducted the research analysed the 182 sonnets Shakespeare wrote from around 1578 onwards and found that, while ten were written for women, 27 were actually […]
Keegan Elliot profiles five of our hottest local drag talents. Bunny Holiday Bunny Holiday is Wellington’s ‘It Girl’. She takes inspiration from early 2000’s socialites like Paris Hilton. Bunny wants to spread the message of confidence and feeling your self-worth. The first exposure Bunny had to drag was when she watched the movie Party Monster […]