Category: New Zealand
Dr Mataroria Lyndon answers your health-related questions I’m on PrEP and pretty on top of my sexual health, but I still feel judged when I talk honestly with doctors about my sex life. How do you ensure queer patients can speak openly without fear of shame? That experience of feeling judged is something a lot of queer people […]
Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki says armed police have seized firearms from his property after his gun licence was revoked. In a video posted to Facebook, Tamaki filmed himself interacting with police officers inside his garage as they catalogued and removed firearms from a gun safe. The firearms shown in the video included hunting rifles […]
New research has highlighted the difficult choices many LGBTQ+ New Zealanders continue to face when travelling abroad The findings come from Booking.com’s latest Travel Proud Research Report, the company’s most comprehensive LGBTQ+ travel survey so far. The research surveyed 13,300 LGBTQ+ travellers across 19 countries, including New Zealand, and examined the attitudes, behaviours and safety […]
With Aotearoa heading to the polls on Saturday, 7 November, YOUR EX is asking readers: who will you be voting for in the 2026 General Election? As New Zealand’s national LGBTQ+ media platform, we want to hear where our community stands as the country prepares to choose its next government. From Rainbow rights and healthcare […]
A rise in reports of far-right extremism in New Zealand classrooms has prompted the Post Primary Teachers’ Association to seek expert advice for its members. The PPTA is hiring someone to develop guidelines for teachers, following reports of extremist views being expressed by some students. The union says teachers are encountering behaviour and beliefs including […]
Chief Human Rights Commissioner Stephen Rainbow is facing an investigation by a King’s Counsel over “alleged conduct concerns”, the Government has announced. In a statement issued on 23 June, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith said an investigation “will be carried out into concerns raised over the conduct” of Rainbow. Goldsmith, who is the minister responsible for […]
Dame Jools Topp has been celebrated by members of the public, fellow artists, friends and whānau at Auckland’s Viaduct Events Centre. Dame Jools died in May, aged 68, after living with breast cancer for 22 years. She was one half of the beloved comedic singing duo The Topp Twins, who, alongside her sister Dame Lynda […]
Rainbow rangatahi were celebrated across New Zealand last week Schools’ Pride Week Aotearoa took place last week, with organisers celebrating a successful and hopeful campaign that saw more than 250 schools and community groups across the motu stand in support of rainbow and takatāpui rangatahi. Held from 15 to 19 June, the annual campaign supports […]