Category: New Zealand
Rainbows End theme park was set to host an exclusive Pride Night organized by Rainbow Youth for the Auckland Pride Festival but unfortunately, has had to cancel the event after pre-sale tickets did not sell as well as hoped in order to make the event viable. The LGBTQ+ exclusive event had the theme park opening […]
This morning at the ANZ Ponsonby branch, OUTLineNZ General Manager Trevor Easton was joined by ANZ staff Teresa Cropp and Toni Fraser, Branch Manager Richard Neame and comedian Urzila Carlson to unveil the bank’s new award-winning GAYTMs. The world-famous GAYTMs celebrate diversity and show the bank’s support for the Auckland Pride Festival and the LGBT+ community and are located at ANZ […]
After a successful Kickstarter campaign, Chaz Harris and Adam Reynolds have release their children’s book, Promised Land. In an interview with express last year, the authors say that they regard themselves as visual storytellers instead of novelists. The story itself is not LGBT+-targeted; rather, it tells the tale of how Jack, a farm boy, and Leo, a prince, […]
Australia’s LGBT+ Awards have shortlisted New Zealand as ‘Travel Destination of the Year’, recognising how LGBT+-friendly we are. This comes as little surprise to we Kiwis, especially with the great turnouts at Auckland Pride events these past few days. Rene de Monchy, the director PR, trade and major events for Tourism New Zealand , says […]
This year’s Mr Gay New Zealand title has been won by Charlie Tredway, an incredible man who works with the New Zealand AIDS Foundation as a Community Engagement Officer and has devoted his life to HIV advocacy and community awareness. Tredway, 33, was announced as the winner onstage at the Ending HIV Big Gay Out yesterday after […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]