Category: New Zealand
Bruce Kilmister is stepping down from his long-term role at Body Positive after over 20 years working for the organisation. Levi Joule looks back at his remarkable career. Bruce says his time has gone in a flash. Over the 20 years, things have changed a lot at Body Positive. “Back in those days, there were […]
Auckland Pride Festival hope to be announcing their new Festival Director ‘very soon’. Pride Executive Officer has exclusively told express that interviews for Pride’s new Festival Director will begin this coming Thursday (27 November). “I believe all of the applicants are able to start immediately,” she tells express. “So we are hoping to make that […]
Applications for financial support to put on an event in the Festival or an entry into the Parade are now open. It is available for download from the Gaba website. The Successful grants will be announced at the GABA Mixer on Wednesday 4 February 2015. Auckland’s Pride Festival Parade will run from Friday 6 February […]
42% of New Zealander’s would be uncomfortable having a flatmate who is HIV positive is just one of a number of alarming statistics from the NZ AIDS foundation. Ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1st, the NZAF are running a campaign to raise awareness of the stigma those living with HIV/AIDS face. In September, […]
Rainbow Youth celebrated their 25th birthday in style last night at a function held at Auckland’s Foating Pavilion in the viaduct harbour. One of the keynote speakers was Labour MP Louisa Wall who gifted a painting of Tamati Coffey to Rainbow Youth and spoke of the need for organisations such as Rainbow Youth to ensure “everybody […]
Less than half of gay and bisexual men have tested for HIV recently The proportion of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBM) reporting an HIV test is the highest ever recorded, according to findings from the 2014 Gay Auckland Periodic Sex Survey (GAPSS) and Gay men’s Online Sex Survey (GOSS) […]
Following sold out performances on Broadway and a highly acclaimed American and Australian tour, The Vaudevillians will descend on Christchurch, New Zealand this summer as part of the 2015 SCIRT World Buskers Festival. Top drag performer, Ms Jinkx Monsoon (Season 5 winner of the American reality television show “Rupaul’s Drag Race,”), and Mr Major Scales, […]
Grant Robertson has lost the Labour leadership election to Andrew Little. Robertson would have become the first ever openly gay leader of a major political party in New Zealand. Last month, Robertson spoke to express and addressed the issue of his sexuality saying: “I am who I am. New Zealanders, I think should be proud of […]