Category: New Zealand

Nov 01
The Gender Agenda: Declassifying Gender Identities for Rangatahi Across Aotearoa

A fresh, punk-rock docuseries is gearing up to launch just in time for Transgender Awareness Week. The Gender Agenda, an audacious exploration of gender identities in Aotearoa, aims to pull back the curtain on complex gender issues, offering insight and authenticity for New Zealand youth navigating their own gender journeys. Co-created and presented by non-binary […]

Oct 30
GiveOUT Day Returns for 2024 to Boost LGBTQIA+ Charities Across Aotearoa

The Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust is excited to announce our annual fundraising campaign is right around the corner! This peer-to-peer funding platform is more important than ever. GiveOUT Day brings together Aotearoa’s Rainbow charities under one funding umbrella and allows your donation to be DOUBLED thanks to a pool of ‘Match Funding’. The first […]

Oct 30
WOW 2025: Imagination Takes the Stage as Competition Entries Open

Designers and creators worldwide are being invited to unleash their imaginations with the opening of the 2025 World of WearableArt (WOW) Competition. This prestigious event challenges entrants to craft wearable art that transcends traditional fashion, integrating creative innovation into every detail. The 2025 competition includes special themed categories such as Air, Neon, and Myths & […]

Oct 25
The Women Who Define What It Means To Be A Queer Ally

We hear the word ally bandied about more frequently these days, but what is an ally? And what does it mean to be a friend to a whole community? Steven Oates goes in search of New Zealand’s queer communities’ greatest allies.  Online, there is much discourse regarding the history of allyship and debate about its […]

Oct 19
Pics | Outrageous Drag Shows, Sexy Men at Family Bar Auckland

Family Bar Auckland’s main upstairs bar offers drag shows every Friday and Saturday at 1.30am. When you need to chill out on Friday and Saturday nights head out to the back of Saloon Bar to find Secret Garden Bar which opens from 10pm. LOOKING FOR YOUR PHOTO? FIND IT AND PURCHASE IT HERE, HIGH-RESOLUTION AND […]

Oct 19
Sexy Pics | G.A.Y Auckland is packed with Hotties!

Just a few doors down from K Road’s Family Bar is everyone’s favourite underground club which welcomes every colour in our LGBTQI+ rainbow – G.A.Y Auckland. LOOKING FOR YOUR PHOTO? FIND IT AND PURCHASE IT HERE, HIGH-RESOLUTION AND WATERMARK-FREE! Photos | Jasmin Sheikh. G.A.Y Auckland, 262 Karangahape Road. Saturday 5 October 2024. LOOKING FOR YOUR […]

Oct 19
Pics | Fabulous Fun From Eagle Bar’s Wild Weekend!

K Road’s Eagle Bar is so atmospheric, so naughty and so fun. Our photographer Jasmin captures all the craziness from K Road’s Eagle Bar Auckland. LOOKING FOR YOUR PHOTO? FIND IT AND PURCHASE IT HERE, HIGH-RESOLUTION AND WATERMARK-FREE! Photos | Jasmin Sheikh. Eagle Bar, 259 Karangahape Road, Auckland, New Zealand. Saturday 5 October 2024. LOOKING FOR […]

Oct 11
Craig Hoyle: Finding Freedom After The Exclusive Brethren

Sunday Star Times’ Chief News Editor Craig Hoyle takes us through his incredible journey of being excommunicated from his family and friends in the Exclusive Brethren church to rebuilding his life, free to live openly as a gay man.  What was it like to grow up in the Exclusive Brethren? Growing up in the Exclusive […]