Category: Lifestyle

Apr 04
An Adventure, With Health!

The adventures, the possibilities, the sights!  If you’re like me, heading to the airport conjures up so many emotions depending on where you are going and for how long. The excitement and anticipation of new places, and perhaps some sadness for those you leave behind; at times there may also be a little guilt for […]

Mar 30
Technicolour India

Stu Cook recounts his recent trip to India and shares the reasons why India is a great destination for the rainbow community. I like to think I dreamed a new dream; the colours and smells, the vibrancy and the happiness, the poverty and the gilded palaces. India, so beautiful, so harsh, so lively and yet […]

Mar 02
Love Your Lubricant

Amy Jane Bedwell talks dirty with DQ & Co owner Jenny Chan about her exceptional new organic personal lubricant, Love. People often assume that they don’t need lubricant. Sure, some of us might not need it, but we probably also don’t need that new pair of Louboutins, or those diamond cufflinks we bought online. So, […]

Mar 01
Endless Summer Romance

About now we are lamenting the summer days.  Those long hot evenings, and this year they have been particularly warm. Along with the lingering summer barbeques, drinks and no doubt the beginning of, or continuation of the summer ‘padding’. We often find ourselves surprised at how quickly it has caught up with us, but heading […]

Feb 03
Swimwear for 2016!

For express’ second annual Swimwear Issue, we review two further brands, both recently launched, Teamm8 and HVNK. They join stalwarts AussieBum and Andrew Christian to give us the latest look in swimwear for 2016! And what are we noticing? Briefs are getting more showing in the catalogues and websites with the long board short look […]

Jan 18
Gay Lynn Revealed

Matt McIvory’s new book “The Grey Lynn Book”, takes a look at the gay history of Grey Lynn and examines the colourful and complex history of one of Auckland’s gayest suburbs. McIvory’s love of the suburb began in his University days. “I’d always spent a lot of time in that area. As a student, in […]

Dec 07
Report: 80% Have Witnessed Homophobia in Sport

New research suggests that many GLBT people face ongoing challenges that prevent them from participating in sport. The study, which mapped the experiences of over 9500 people across 6 nations and a range of sexualities, found that 80% of people had witnessed some form of homophobia in sport, or had been targeted themselves. Furthermore, 84% […]

Dec 02
Gay Store Pops in Ponsonby

Levi Joule checks out new Ponsonby pop up store My Eclectic Zone (MEZ), a home store with a uniquely gay feel. Richard James and his fiancé Matt Azmy have been together for three years. After meeting Richard in Indonesia, Matt moved to Auckland, New Zealand where he works as a fitness instructor. The couple got […]