Category: Events
express columnist Elijah Luke Michel honours Transgender Day of Remembrance and those who are no longer with us. Today is a sad day for Trans* people and their loved ones around the world. It is a day set aside to remember our fallen heroes, those who chose to take their own lives and those who […]
The World AIDS Day Festival is a collaboration between Body Positive, Positive Women, and the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF), with a programme of nine events across the Auckland region from November 22 – December 1. express chats to the organisers about the festival and its message. A key message of the festival is that […]
Gareth Watkins looks back at the events that shaped our Rainbow Community. November 1957 Activist and politician Georgina Beyer was born in Wellington. Beyer’s rich life has been the subject of books and films documenting her journey from, as she puts it, “cracking it as a prostitute” to becoming the world’s first openly transgender Mayor […]
When he’s not tuning into RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, Keegan Elliot is keeping abreast of all the glitz, glam and glitter on the NZ drag scene. Here is what’s hot this November. Auckland: There’s always a multitude of drag happening on Friday and Saturday nights in Auckland. Make your way to Staircase for Fierce Friday’s […]
Organisers of the Wellington International Pride Parade have announced the return of the event in 2020 and say it will be “bigger, brighter and better” than ever! The parade which will be held on Saturday the 7th of March 2020, will feature a diverse range of floats and marching groups. Registrations are now open for […]
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras have won their bid to host the international marquee Pride event, WorldPride 2023. Members of the worldwide InterPride network of Pride organisations voted between Sydney, Montreal and Houston as the host city for WorldPride 2023. The final results were Sydney 60%, Montreal 36% and Huston 3%. The win was […]
This Friday Auckland’s popular monthly bear (and their admirers) night, Furry Friday comes to Cross Street’s Staircase Nightclub. express talks to organiser Gary Edwards about his event’s expanding influence. Gary Edwards won the title of Mr Urge Bear in 2014, just months before the iconic K Road bar announced it would be closing its doors […]
They say Halloween is a Drag Queen’s Christmas, Keegan Elliot thinks this October proves it! Auckland: Some of the hottest stars from Season 11 of RuPaul’s Drag Race will arrive in Auckland on October 31 to present the Sickening Ball at the Aotea Centre. Expect a death dropping extravaganza with performances from A’Keria C. Davenport, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Honey Davenport, Mercedes Iman Diamond, Nina West, Ra’jah O’hara, Shuga Cain and Silky Nutmeg […]