Category: Arts & Culture
While COVID-19 has caused GLAAD to cancel its annual Media Awards for 2020, the media advocacy organisation has announced a new livestream event titled “Together in Pride: You are Not Alone”. Together in Pride: You are Not Alone: will stream live on Sunday, April 26 at 8 pm (Eastern US Time) on GLAAD’s YouTube channel […]
Queer Kiwi Poet Daniel Devenney takes a satirical look at gender identity using their own personal experiences as a catalyst. Gender Identity Pending… When I was six, I was told that dolls were for girls and toy soldiers were for boys. I fucking hated those little green health hazards. Anyone that’s ever stood on one […]
A new Netflix documentary tells the story of a Jewish married couple who for over 35 years operated a gay porn store in Los Angeles. Situated on Santa Monica Boulevard, across the road from Golf Coast gay bar and a block from Hamburger Marys, the store was a gathering place where the environment could shop […]
Disney has rebooted a children’s favourite and given one of the major characters two gay dads. The season 3 premiere of Disney’s DuckTales reveals that young duckling Violet Sabrewing (voiced by Libe Barer) has two fathers. The introduction of Violet’s two gay dads is one of the latest attempts by DuckTales’ showrunners to establish a […]
A second instalment of Call Me by Your Name is well and truly on track, and the two main actors have officially joined the project. After months of uncertainty, the veil has been lifted and Elio and Oliver fans will be excited to hear they have both agreed to be in any sequel. Luca Guadagnino, […]
OnDemand’s House of Drag Season 2 shocked it’s competing drag stars by throwing three invaders, Lilly Loca, Spankie Jackzon and Miss Geena, into the mix. We caught up with them to find out what it was like to enter the hostile house. LILLY LOCA “I’m so incredibly proud to have been on HoD as one of the […]
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO) is celebrating Beethoven’s 250th birthday with a series of concerts and events from Saturday 23 to Sunday 29 March that will be live-streamed from Auckland Town Hall. Composer Chris Gendall talks to Oliver Hall about the impact of the master’s work. Kiwi composer Chris Gendall’s works have been performed in Europe, […]
Drag Race is back and our local’s just keep on going! This March proves one of our most queer art forms isn’t going anywhere! Auckland Every Saturday from 7pm G.A.Y screens both House of Drag and RuPaul’s Drag Race and there is nothing like seeing those shows in a bar atmosphere. If you prefer your […]