Category: Lifestyle
express caught up with Verity & Lisa, the proprietors of community café Garnet Station, one of Auckland’s longest running LGBTI venues. What inspired you to start Garnet Station? 11 years ago we found a rundown house on the city fringe and decided to be our own bosses. How has Garnet Station evolved over the decade? […]
Ruby’s vibrant new Fuzzy Peach collection represents more than creative director Deanna Didovich’s 10 year anniversary designing for the iconic brand. It’s bold, mature, shamelessly cheeky, and cements Ruby as a label that exudes fresh confidence. With its retro reference to Body Shop’s classic fragrance, Fuzzy Peach places masculinity and femininity side-by-side using daring fabrics, […]
The New Zealand International Film Festival kicks off in Auckland on Thursday 19 July and on Friday 27 July in Wellington. Here are express’ top LGBTI picks for the festival. A Kid Like Jake Based Daniel Pearle’s play, helmed by trans director Silas Howard (Transparent) and staring Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons and Homeland’s Claire […]
Community hero Aaron Chisholm tells express about life after Married at First Sight. It has been over nine months since your Married at First Sight experience — what did you learn from your time on your show and do you have any regrets about the experience? Although I don’t regret going through with the experiment, […]
Speaking with express from New Caledonia, former Auckland Pride Co-Chair Lexie Matheson says that she leaves wishing the new board “every success.” Lexie Matheson has spoken to express about her time as a board member of Auckland Pride which has recently come to an end, praising the “extraordinary” Kirsten Sibbitt and the “the wonderful cultural […]
Belinda Nash charts the rise of Nopesisters Clothing—a success born from tragedy. Wellington sisters Britt and Johanna Cosgrove’s journey into fashion is personal. The pair unknowingly launched a movement, first designing the ‘Mastectotee’ as a breast cancer fundraiser in 2016 inspired by their mother, which led to its ‘NOPE’ and ‘NOPE for HOPE’ tees, tragically […]
From competing on My Kitchen Rules (MKR) to winning Mr Gay World, Jordan Bruno talks to express about battling body shaming and waiting for Mr Right. Jordan Bruno found fame on the TV series MKR making it to the semi-finals with his mum Anna. Since the show, he has released an e-cookbook The Gay Chef, available free […]
A new weekend-long Auckland festival will celebrate and support LGBTQI+ Maori. Ahurei Matariki Takatapui is a weekend of events designed specifically by and for LGBTQI+ Mãori, their whãnau, and allies— with Takatãpui being a reclaimed term to embrace all Mãori who identify with diverse sexes, genders and sexualities. Running from July 19-21 with a weekend […]