Category: Lifestyle
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 […]
Reem Wasay speaks to Damien Rule-Neal, a member of the Positive Speakers’ Bureau, a unique initiative that empowers people living with HIV to eliminate the many stigmas that still exist by the simple power of telling their stories. Living with dignity and pride, making an impact by telling personal stories and changing the draconian attitudes […]
There is a common debate that comes out in support of the notion that gay relationships are easier than straight ones. The usual argument is that we are both guys, which means we know how the other works, both physically and intellectually. It is stereotypically believed that any gay relationship is going to start with […]
Rainbow Counsellor Elijah Luke Michel is here to help with your problems. Q. I’m in a bit of a predicament. I met a guy at a gay bar in Wellington last month and we hooked up that night. He seemed familiar but I figured I’d seen him on a dating site or something so didn’t think much […]
Mark Fisher, Manager of Body Positive explains. I’ve been doing some outreach on the hook-up Apps lately and there have been a lot of questions about PrEP, Undetectable and condom use. There has been a lot of media around these but it’s usually in isolation and not how they work together. Technically it’s known as […]
Tim Owen gives us an essential guide on using social/dating apps and helps analyse why they are popular and what you can expect to see. “Why are you getting emails from SinglesAroundMe?” Oops. Did I maybe forget to tell Ben that I am writing a piece on gay dating apps? It was 6 am on […]
Betts is a survivor of “a multitude of atrocities” and today dedicates her life to uplifting the lives of fellow survivors using her fashion legacy. Alongside Carla Jayne-Smith, Betts has raised $20,000 for the Whanganui Women’s Refuge through a pop-up fashion fundraiser, adding that while violence costs New Zealand between $4.5 and 7 billion per […]
Tim Owen travels by camel to Wadi Rum, Jordan. After a few days in Aqaba, Jordan, we drove to Wadi Rum for our Bedouin excursion. We were met on the outskirts of town and directed to the tourist parking by one of the guides. And by outskirts I mean the first building we came to, […]