Category: Lifestyle

Feb 10
Research Reveals LGBT+ Community Less Comfortable Holding Hands

ANZ have commissioned research exploring the simple act of holding hands in public and how it effects our community. The research was launched today following the lead-up to the Auckland and Wellington Pride Festivals.  The research shows New Zealand’s LGBT+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) community is more than twice as likely (39%) than […]

Feb 09
Amy Adams Goes Part-way

The Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986 decriminalised consensual sex between men from the ages of 16 years and over, however, convictions for those offences have remained on record and can appear in all criminal history checks. Justice Minister Amy Adams has said that she “acknowledged the pain” that the affected New Zealanders had lived with, […]

Feb 09
Countdown Ponsonby: Spreading Pride Throughout The Community

On Wednesday 8 February, express magazine was lucky enough to witness a little bit of good happening in our community. Gathered inside Countdown Ponsonby, Jason McQuiod, store manager, presented Trevor Easton, manager of OUTLineNZ with a cheque of $1,000. Upon receiving the cheque, Easton comments, “when they approached us [OUTLineNZ] to do this partnership, I […]

Feb 08
February: Ask Agony Uncle Eli

Rainbow Counsellor Elijah Luke Michel is here to help with your problems: I’m very frustrated with my family. I’m a 21-year-old Iranian M2F trans woman born in NZ, and when I came out two years ago my family surprisingly accepted it. Now I have a girlfriend and my parents are upset because it’s okay to […]

Feb 03
Antique Furnishings Opens It Doors

 Kicking this year off with a bang, newly established Antique Furnishings offers a wide variety of interesting and high-end furnishings sourced from the likes of Portugal, Spain and Southern France, as well as little old New Zealand. For those who want to celebrate the past, the business boasts items as far back as the 1800s […]

Feb 02
Espresso Martini, Anyone?

The festive season is finally behind us and normality has resumed. The gift you gave your lover was well-received (and rewarded), and your baubles are polished and packed away. If, like my husband-to-be (a few days until our wedding) and I, you spent the festive season vastly over-indulging (on a beach in Fiji) and are […]

Jan 27
Our Go-To Swimwear Picks for 2017

For express’ third annual swimwear issue, we checked out 12 of the hottest brands to give us the latest look in swimwear for 2017! Long gone are the days of full-length cotton togs. These days, briefs and boxer briefs are taking over the scene, with particular attention from all the brands on making pouches to […]

Jan 27
A Tribe Called Queer: The LGBT+ Rappers Missing In Your Life – Part Two

This is a continuation of the list provided by our omniscient music guru, Lauren Spring. Check out the first part if you have not already. Queer rappers are in an industry known for its derogatory attitudes towards anyone in the LGBT+ community, thus making their visibility all the more important. Of course, just because they […]