Category: New Zealand
Is it really 27 years we have been publishing express? A third-of-a-lifetime? Yes, June is the last issue to be published by the original publishers or express, Cornerstone Publications Ltd. As of early June the new publishers, headed by Oliver Hall, take over. It all started with a 4-page pamphlet in 1991, called Man to Man, […]
It’s a real honour to be taking over the reins of express, a publication that has been a part of New Zealand history for 27 years! The new express team and I are so excited for this opportunity to celebrate our vibrant and talented community that over-represents in so many amazing fields. After meeting through […]
Trusties of the Cartier Trust, which was established to help families of individuals who had passed away from HIV have regrettably announced the Trusts closure, after 16-years of service to the community. Established in the memory of much-loved drag artist Courtney Cartier, who died in October 2000 of lymphatic cancer after living with HIV and […]
After months of campaigning and a full-on week-long competition, Mr. Gay New Zealand 2018, Ricky Devine-White has done New Zealand proud finishing as runner-up in the annual Mr. Gay World competition. Devine-White, who won Mr. Gay New Zealand in February, said that the opportunity to represent New Zealand was not something he takes lightly, and […]
Hot on the heels of her Celebrity Big Brother UK win, drag superstar Courtney Act is taking her quest to educate the world about LGBT+ issues to the next level, collaborating with Ending HIV about advances in HIV treatments. Formed on the basis of the latest scientific evidence that concludes, people living with HIV who are […]
Players for the Super Rugby team the Hurricanes have continued to show their support for diversity and inclusion within sport, by donning rainbow laced rugby boots. Sharing the photo on social media and his Instagram account, New Zealand All Black, Ardie Savea, posted a photo of himself and three other teammates, proudly displaying their rainbow laces […]
It was reported in Stuff on 27 April that after a request from Family First, under the Official Information Act, the Department of Internal Affairs had declined forty seven independent marriage celebrant applications in the last two-and-a-half years because the applicants were unwilling to officiate same-sex weddings. The Department noted “independent marriage celebrants must make […]
Otago Daily Times reports that Diego Marques-Santos has been found guilty and sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment for drugging 5 men over a period of one month and then taking a total of $10,300 from their bank accounts. Brazilian Marques-Santos arrived in New Zealand in May 2017 on a 3 month visitor […]