Category: New Zealand
An overwhelming majority voted for the name change at the Gay Auckland Business Association (GABA) AGM held at Marcello’s Caffé on Wednesday 6 April. 47 members against five voted in favour of officially changing the institutions name from GABA to Rainbow Auckland. Founding board member of the GABA Charitable Trust Geoffrey Marshall also announced a […]
Mexican Lawyer to David and Nicholas Beard, León Altamirano, has bitten back against claims made by the new parents concerning cockroach infested delivery rooms and dangerous environments during their times in Mexico. The lawyer claims that the couples comments concerning their situations have been facetious and have not reflected the truth of the new fathers situation. […]
Auckland’s iconic Karangahape Road will be closed on Sunday 1 May as legendary New Zealand performer, Mika Haka, evokes the spirit of his widely celebrated 2011 Aroha Mardi Gras. “It’s going to be vibrant. It is going to be colourful” says Mika in conversation with express’ Amy Jane Bedwell. “We are closing K’ Road down […]
Alice Torres, Director of Surrogacy Cancun and surrogacy facilitator for New Zealander’s David and Nicholas Beard, has fought back against accusations of fraudulent behaviour. The new parents claim that Alice Torres disappeared following the final payment for the surrogacy services in spite of the fact that their newborn, Lachlan, required a significant amount of post-birth care including […]
Carmen Rupe has been immortalised in the National Portrait Gallery in contemporary artist Te Mete’s ‘Carmen Rupe – The Final Portrait’. Rupe is perhaps New Zealand’s best known drag performer, particularly celebrated in Wellington. She was also a brothel keeper, GLBT rights activist, and unapologetic icon in the queer community. She passed away in December 2011. The portrait […]
Coinciding with International Transgender Day of Visibility, InsideOUT, a national youth organisation, has today released a new resource for schools titled ‘Making Schools Safer for Trans and Gender Diverse Students.’ The resource has been released in response to the growing number of transgender students in New Zealand schools. With growing acceptability and increased conversations happening […]
Over $15,000 has been raised to get David and Nicholas Beard’s ‘triplings’ home to New Zealand since the call was put out for donations on givealittle on 27 March. In spite of four years of careful planning, David and Nicholas’ dream of becoming fathers turned into a financial nightmare when a Central American surrogate agency disappeared […]
Body Positive to be gifted $5000 if Wellington re-opens Bruce Kilmister, Body Positive Interim Chair said on 24 March that “there is a strong feeling from the Wellington members that they would like to see the office re-opened. Everyone appreciates the extra cost and expense but we feel that with the use of volunteers there could […]