Category: New Zealand
Are you interested in a governance role with the Auckland Pride Festival Incorporated (APFI) as we move forward from the huge success of the 2013 and 2014 Pride Festival and Parade into the future? Expressions of interest are now being sought from individuals with experience in governance, financial management, accounting, sponsorship and marketing although other […]
Recently re-elected Green Party MP Jan Logie will be a guest speaker at a panel on the mental health of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Takataapui and Intersex people taking place on November 1st as part of the annual Hamilton Pride Festival. The panel focuses on the very high levels of mental health issues among rainbow people, especially youth. “Discrimination […]
New Zealand is touted as one of the most “progressive, inclusive and accepting” destinations for gay and lesbian travellers, coming second in the “most gay-friendly travel places” by travel guide Lonely Planet Chris Zeiher writes that New Zealand’s “inclusive and progressive behaviour” towards the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transsexual and queer community, is the reason for the […]
Grant Robertson launched his bid for the Labour leadership at the Kings Arms in Auckland yesterday, announcing Auckland Central List MP Jacinda Ardern as his running mate. Gay Express magazine’s Levi Joule with this interview. Who are your political heroes? David Lange was a big inspiration. There was of course things that the fourth Labour […]
In 1989, a group of young people in Auckland got together to form a support group for LGBTIQ youth. They called it Auckland Lesbian And Gay Youth (ALGY). After 25 years, several location changes, a name change, a brand reboot and a lot of hard work and dedication, this group has emerged as RainbowYOUTH – […]
World AIDS Day is held on 1 December each year as an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day and the first one was held in […]
Professor Jonathan Mane-Wheoki – a much-loved art curator, historian and Anglican churchman – died peacefully in Auckland Monday night after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer. He was 70. Details have now been made public about his funeral service. Professor Jonathan Mane-Wheoki’s requiem will be in Holy Trinity Cathedral next Saturday at 10.30am, after which he […]
In what some are describing as “an earthquake” The Vatican has signaled a change in direction on the church’s attitude to homosexuals. express spoke to Auckland Diocesan spokesperson Dame Lyndsay Freer for her reaction In a statement by the Vatican released Monday night called “Relatio” the church is now urging clergy and parishioners to treat gay Catholics, […]