Category: Events

Mr. Bear NZ 2020 Corie Boley is spending lockdown laughing with his ‘husbear’, learning the guitar and contemplating the biggest happy hour ever! Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown – where are you? Who’s in your bubble? And what are you doing to keep your mental health in check? Kia Ora, my level 4 […]

Music legend Lady Gaga is collaborating with Global Citizen and The World Health Organisation (WHO) for a historic global streaming event called One World: Together At Home. The global production which will stream on Saturday, April 18 in celebration and support of healthcare workers on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. The event will include […]

Co-Chair of the Wellington International Pride Parade, Richard Tait has local businesses on his brain during Lockdown. His advice for business owners: ‘use the government subsidies to the full.’ Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown – where are you? Who’s in your bubble? And what are you doing to keep your mental health in […]

Muscle daddy (literally) Martin King is the Director of Winter Pride and Pride Pledge. He is spending Lockdown baking for his family, missing the gym and has a clear Level 4 survival message: “exercise is key.” Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown – where are you? Who’s in your bubble? And what are you […]

Historian Gareth Watkins revisits significant dates in Aotearoa’s LGBT+ history. 28 March 1925 The New Zealand Truth newspaper reported that nearly 20 per cent of New Zealand’s prison population consisted of sexual offenders. The paper said that the convictions probably only represented a small proportion of the offences that were actually taking place.  It singled […]

Mr Gay World 2020 which was planned to kickoff in Knysna, South Africa next Month, has been officially postponed due to the spread of coronavirus. In a statement on Saturday, Mr Eric Butter, President of the Mr Gay World competition, confirmed plans to postpone the event with immediate effect until a later date to be […]

Almost 10 years after the quakes, like the city, Christchurch Pride has really regrown into its own. With over 46 events on until 22 March, there is something to tickle someone’s fancy. One of the fabulous things about Christchurch Pride is that surprisingly unlike other pride festivals they receive no funding or have any paid […]

Rainbow Pride Auckland’s Shaughan Woodcock tells express what the community can expect from Ponsonby’s Auckland Rainbow Parade today.   After a two-year hiatus, Ponsonby will once more play host to a Pride parade. While the Rainbow Pride Auckland’s (RPA) parade is a walking one and won’t include motorised vehicles, RPA is promising an event that […]