Category: New Zealand
Australian singer, songwriter, actor, and YouTuber, Troye Sivan has announced that he will be donating $1 from every ticket sold on his upcoming New Zealand tour to RainbowYOUTH. Speaking with express, Sivan said that giving back to organisations like RainbowYouth was important to him as growing up he didn’t have any LGBT people to look […]
Just weeks after his ‘apology’ to the LGBTQ+ community, the self-appointed Apostle Bishop has spoken out against transgender people. Brian Tamaki has taken to Twitter to denounce the concept of gender transitioning. The self-appointed Apostle Bishop was spurred to make the comments in defence of a student in the United Kingdom who was suspended from […]
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Finance Minister Grant Robertson have announced introduction of the Rainbow Wellbeing Legacy Fund. Speaking at the RainbowYOUTH 30th Birthday Gala, Robertson announced that the Government would be committing an initial One Million dollars to the new Rainbow Wellbeing Legacy fund. Express will bring you more as this story develops.
Gareth Watkins looks back at the events that shaped our rainbow community. 10 June 1868 “Harry” Holland was born in Australia. A printer by trade, Holland went on to lead the New Zealand Labour Party from 1919-1933. After his death, artist Richard Gross was commissioned to sculpt a public monument that would commemorate Holland’s work […]
“We enable conversations about Rainbow issues to take place in the workplace that never happened before,” Michael Stevens tells express. Rainbow Tick founder and Programme Manager Michael Stevens has responded to criticism that the scheme has not been effective in its purpose of creating LGBT inclusive workplaces. Stevens spoke to express in order to respond to […]
Following his public support of Brian Tamaki and the Destiny Church, James Laverty has resigned from his position as Guardian of Rainbow Pride Auckland (RPA). “To pursue opportunities working with churches across New Zealand it’s time I step away from Rainbow Pride Auckland and let the board continue planning for next year’s pride month,” says […]
RainbowYOUTH has turned down the donation which was received as Koha for attending the Destiny Church event where self-appointed “Apostle Bishop” ‘apologised’ the gay community for past homophobic and hurtful comments. The event which was followed up by a press conference where Brian Tamaki made it clear to the journalists that his views on homosexuality […]
Jacquie Grant’s Speech: Kia Ora Koutou First A big thank you to Bishop Brian and Pastor Hannah for being gracious enough to have the korero with myself and others, and for being prepared to listen to what we had to say. The old saying comes to mind better late than never. I want to set […]