Category: New Zealand
NZAF Life Membership Presentation Saturday 5 November Saint Columba Centre, 40 Vermont Street, Ponsonby Photos: Aatir Zaidi Five new people were honoured by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation on Saturday night for their contributions to the community: Jane Bruning, Nigel Dickson, Bruce Kilmister, Anna Reed and Geoff Rua’ine.
The good news is that he’s definitely coming – Boy George’s visa has been approved. Bad news: the Christchurch show has been cancelled because of “changes to the international touring schedule for Culture Club,” says promoter Stewart Macpherson. As a result, the band will be flying directly into Auckland for their 4 December show. Christchurch […]
It’s no secret that Sonny Bill Williams is Muslim, but what has been brought to express‘s attention is that his close ties with Islamic preachers who are strongly anti-LGBT+, as well as being anti-Semitic. Given that BMW dropped Williams back in 2007 for a string of what some would consider more minor offences – public indecency, […]
If you haven’t watched Two Naked Gay Guys yet, you can now do so on two LGBT+ streaming services: REVRY and Dekkoo.com. The New Zealand-produced show has now over 250,000 unique views and gets over 1,000 views a day ever since its release in March on Youtube. The initial four episodes, which were crowdfunded with the […]
Auckland Pride have named Eventimento the producers of next year’s festival. Eventimento, currently led by Jonathan Smith and Shaughan Woodcock, produced the first Pride in 2013. Taking place on Saturday 25 February in its usual location along Ponsonby Road, Pride is expected to be better than ever, especially with event veterans taking over the helm. […]
After performing at Womad last year, Rufus Wainwright is coming back to New Zealand to perform at Auckland Arts Festival. His concert will be in two parts: the first being his opera, Prima Donna: A Symphonic Visual Concert; and the second, recreating Judy Garland’s concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City. For the opera, singer Cindy […]
On 21 October, a petition campaigning for trans gender and intersex rights was passed on to Jan Logie, Green Party MP. The petition itself reads: “We call on the Minister of Internal Affairs to enable adults with intersex conditions and trans and other gender diverse adults to change the sex details on any official documentation […]
Founded by Joe Rich and Jordan Eskra, Theta Project aims to bring more LGBT+-focussed parties to Auckland. They are bringing back their Propaganda party, with more bells and whistles than you can count. This year, it will be held at twentyone bar inside SKYCITY, with the layout including two chill-out zones, a smoking deck and […]