Category: New Zealand
A new parliamentary petition is calling for New Zealand’s legal definition of rape to be expanded, ensuring survivors receive equal recognition regardless of their gender, anatomy or the nature of the sexual assault. A petition submitted to Parliament is challenging New Zealand’s existing definition of rape, arguing that the law should recognise all forms of […]
One of the year’s most acclaimed queer films is heading to Aotearoa, with La Bola Negra arriving in New Zealand cinemas on 15 October. Directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi — better known collectively as Los Javis — the sweeping Spanish drama spans 85 years, moving between 1932, 1937 and 2017 as the lives […]
Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick tells YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall what 40 years of Homosexual Law Reform can teach us about the political battles ahead, why she believes politicians have overreached in transgender healthcare, and why coalition agreements are no excuse for compromising people’s dignity “A new world is on her way.” Chlöe Swarbrick is […]
ACT leader David Seymour tells YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall why he backs government intervention in puberty-blocker prescribing, supports legal definitions of men and women, and why being poor in New Zealand today “sucks” David Seymour’s political philosophy usually begins with a simple proposition: leave people alone. “I’m live and let live,” the ACT leader tells […]
The PM tells YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall why sexuality should not be the sole reason anyone chooses their vote, where he personally stands on defining women and men in law, and why he wants rainbow New Zealanders to judge his Government on the bigger picture. Christopher Luxon knows there are rainbow New Zealanders who are […]
The Labour leader tells YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall why he believes New Zealand politics has taken a step backwards for rainbow communities, how he would handle coalition partners and what he wants to change if he returns to power “We’ve seen more overt attacks on the rainbow community, particularly the trans community, which has been […]
Ahead of his New Zealand debut, pro wrestling powerhouse Brian Cage tells Oliver Hall how gay wrestling pioneer Chris Kanyon challenged his perspective, why bodybuilding has an undeniably queer side, and what happened when Steven Spielberg directed him. Brian Cage is a very big man. Known to wrestling fans as ‘The Machine’, the American professional […]
Forty-five minutes from central Wellington, Leilani Sio (they/them) has found a place where they can disappear. They live in a small village on the Kāpiti Coast, close enough to Pōneke for their work at Experience Wellington but far enough away to enjoy a degree of anonymity. The ocean is central to life there. Sio swims […]