Category: New Zealand
Saturday 9 August marked Uganda’s first Gay Pride march. Days after the country’s court overturned an extreme anti-gay law, Ugandan locals took to the streets to celebrate with a Pride march. Held in Entebbe, 25 km’s from Kampala, the nation’s capital, a crowd of over 200 attendees marched for gay rights.This is the third annual Gay […]
The Green Party is about to publish a report showing that the Education Review Office is failing to ensure that our schools are safe environments for LGBT students, and are calling on the Education Minister to take urgent corrective action. In 2011 in follow up to the ‘It Gets Better’ campaign University of Waikato student […]
express’ own Sam Brooks continues his success with Wine Lips. Following his acclaimed Pride productions Queen and Riding in Cars with (Mostly Straight) Boys, playwright and express contributor Sam Brooks launches his new play Wine Lips. Wine Lips is site-specific, taking place in Basement Theatre’s greenroom, with a storyline that revolves around actors meeting backstage […]
Less than 10% of NZ couples with a Civil Union have converted to a marriage. 25 same-sex couples have chosen a Civil Union since the law change. Thus far in NZ there have been 881 same-sex marriages. 503 of those have been between women, 378 between men. For the women, 118 of those couples changed […]
Adore Delano performance pulls crowds on wet winter night Legend bar and club was packed to the rafters with an estimated 340 attendees to see the Ru Paul’s Drag Race star perform on Sunday 20 July. Regular entry tickets to the event were $25. 100 attendees opted for special $50 ‘meet and greet’ tickets. Drag […]
Holly Dove meets the organiser trying to make the Auckland Asia Pacific Outgames happen. A dedicated team of regular Asia Pacific Outgames attendees have bid for Auckland to host the games in 2016. Organiser Damien Strogen says the games would be a chance for Auckland to share kiwi culture with the world as Wellington did […]
The NZAF put the call out earlier this year for participants to join them to run the Auckland Marathon held on November 2nd, meet the team below. Full Marathon Participants Nick Laing (pictured left) Nick is the General Manager at NZAF. He wants not only to challenge himself to do the full marathon, but also […]
Funding for the Auckland Pride Festival and Parade for 2015 and 2016 has been confirmed by ATEED as part of its Major Events Portfolio. One of 47 applicants to apply, The Auckland Pride Festival and Parade has secured funding for the next two years, a move that has current co-chair Megan Cunningham-Adams excited. “It speaks […]