Category: Lifestyle
Last month, the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) rebranded as the Burnett Foundation Aotearoa, and along with a new name comes new Executive Director Joe Rich, a stalwart of the organisation for the past 11 years. He talks to express about Monkeypox, PrEP, and more. How concerned should express readers be about the recent outbreak […]
Michael Gullery tells Steven Oates how a downtown apartment became a hub for social/political change and a multi-generational queer commune in 90s Auckland. Khartoum Place is a small tranquil square connecting Lorne and Kitchener Streets. Although best known for its memorial and waterfall dedicated to New Zealand’s Women’s Suffrage movement, throughout the early 1990s the area […]
Beatle Treadwell is the Associate Director of Midwifery – Māori Health and Equity for Auckland District Health Board (ADHB). She tells Oliver Hall about her 30-year career, being a frontline worker during the pandemic and coming out at work in the 90s. Beatle Treadwell began her three-year training to become a midwife in 1992. Unsurprisingly […]
Rainbow Counsellor Paul Letham is here to offer advice. This month he answers the age-old question: how do I let a Grindr hook-up down if they don’t look like their pics? Paul, help! I have been trying to take more control of my life including meeting up with guys from Grindr – not just messaging […]
So synonymous with students, it’s easy to forget to revisit Ōtepoti (Dunedin) once we enter the working world, but a trip South to take in their Pride festival reminds Oliver Hall that our thriving Southern city has so much to offer. As well as shielding us from the worst of the pandemic, closed borders reminded […]
Kiwi wine company Invivo has put New Zealand on the Eurovision map by launching ‘Invivo X Unity’ – the official Prosecco for the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. The innovative and multi-award-winning Invivo (who are well known for their collaborations with Graham Norton and Sarah Jessica Parker) is set to launch the new Eurovision Song Contest wine range, […]
James Nimmo explains what it means to be born an XXY male. Have you ever wondered why you were different? This was a question I started asking myself once I entered my teenage years. Throughout high school, I was bullied and teased. I was a shy kid, with no confidence, and completely unsure of myself. […]
Matt Fistonich chats to co-chairs Ajay and Alex from ASB‘s LGBTIQ+ network group Unity, to discover more about the team spreading Pride throughout one of NZ’s biggest banks and beyond. Unity was founded in 2014 and started out with just 10 members has since grown to over 80 representatives of the rainbow community and allies […]