Category: New Zealand
Wellington’s vibrant Pride Festival will be returning this year. Spread out over 17 days, the festival will take place from 3–19 March and is expected to be one of Wellington’s longest and best celebrations of Pride yet. With last year’s nine-day festival bursting at the seams, the 2017 festival promises over 50 diverse events from […]
The new ‘Ending HIV’ campaign couldn’t have come at a better time! We are at the point where the number of newly-diagnosed HIV infections per year is sitting at its highest level it’s been since the beginning of the then-fatal epidemic thirty years ago. Most HIV infections throughout New Zealand are contracted by gay and bisexual men – […]
After the kerfuffle over last year’s Pride Parade on whether Corrections would be allowed to march, the Pride board have decided that they will not be invited this year. Even though Corrections walked last year, and the year before, groups such as No Pride in Prisons have protested their involvement in Pride, especially due to […]
Article: Star Observer A Mr Gay New Zealand finalist is hoping to use his platform to raise awareness around homelessness within the country’s sexual and gender diverse community. Twenty-five-year-old Rotorua-based Cody Jarvie, who was selected as one of the ten finalists in this year’s competition, said he entered to help create a positive change as […]
Handmade cosmetics company, Lush, is once again featuring a same-sex couple for its Valentine’s Day campaign. Their 2015 campaign featured a lesbian couple, and this year’s features their employee Darren (who works in their Newmarket store) with his partner Joel. The global chain’s Australia and New Zealand director, Peta Granger says they “stand alongside the […]
Over 30 artworks are being featured in LGBT+ youth charity InsideOUT’s art fundraiser. The exhibition, being run from 30 January to 5 February, will be held at Matchbox Studios, 166 Cuba Street in Wellington. Prices range from $20 to $700, and the same diversity applies to their artists: ranging from established illustrators like Pinky Fang […]
The January issue of express is published this year without the Pride Guide being included. Kunal Sharma of express says, “we were contracted with Pride to include their tabloid newsprint guide in our January issue which we have done for the last three years, either by inserting it or actually publishing it, and were looking […]
25-year-old Chanel Clark has been appointed to the position of print co-editor of express, starting immediately. Chanel is completing her final year of a Bachelor of Communications at Massey University, majoring in journalism. She has worked on content for both Countdown and Backchat Media and looks forward to bringing her experience, joy for life and […]