Category: Arts & Culture

Jan 25
Moonlight Sweeps Oscar Nominations

Although La La Land got a record-setting 14 nominations this Oscars round, the Academy gave gay film Moonlight nods in eight categories. The film, which tells the story of a black American teenager coming to grips with his life and sexuality, is the only major LGBT+ movie to garner major attention. It has been nominated for Best Picture, […]

Jan 24
Top Model Announces She’s Intersex

Image: Instagram (@hannegabysees) One of the top models in the world, Hanne Gaby Odiele, has just announced to the world that she is intersex. In an exclusive interview with USAToday, Odiele talks about how she was taken to the doctor regularly as a child to have secretive surgeries and how she is bringing awareness to […]

Jan 20
Troye Sivan’s New Music Video Features LGBT+ Activists

Troye Sivan has just released his new music video: HEAVEN. From his Blue Neighbourhood album, HEAVEN’s video is entirely in black-in-white, interspersing shots of Sivan, in a denim jacket and jeans, nuzzling against a faceless guy, in the rain, and various pieces of historic LGBT+ footage. The footage includes early Pride parades, mainly from the […]

Jan 19
Help Out InsideOUT by Buying Art

Over 30 artworks are being featured in LGBT+ youth charity InsideOUT’s art fundraiser. The exhibition, being run from 30 January to 5 February, will be held at Matchbox Studios, 166 Cuba Street in Wellington. Prices range from $20 to $700, and the same diversity applies to their artists: ranging from established illustrators like Pinky Fang […]

Jan 19
Will & Grace is Returning!

You may have heard the rumours that were circulating when Leslie Jordan (who played recurring character Beverly Leslie) said that our favourite gay ’90s sitcom was returning to our screens. And you may have felt your heart sink when you saw Debra Messing shoot them down on Twitter shortly after. But it turns out Jordan was […]

Jan 16
Jennifer Holliday Pulls Out of Trump Inauguration

Jennifer Holliday, best known for her role as one of the original Dreamgirls in the Broadway show, has officially pulled out of performing at Trump’s inauguration. In a letter to her fans, published on The Wrap, Holliday says that she “wanted my voice to be a healing and unifying force for hope through music to help our […]

Dec 29
High Fashion Shows Its Pride

Just when you thought 2016 couldn’t throw something else into the mix, Comme des Garçons and Vetements have collaborated for three holiday sweaters – each LGBT+-themed. The ‘Gay, Lesbian and Fetish’ sweaters each take a different part of Pride history, and the flags and symbols that have been used to portray them.   We launch […]

Dec 19
Put Your Hands Together for the Expression Winners

Expression, InsideOUT’s art competition for teens, is over and the winners are out. All three categories – art, film and writing – yielded some excellent entries. The point of the competition was to encourage the production of LGBT+ content. As Tabby Besley, National Coordinator for InsideOUT, says, “we were aware that in some schools young […]