Category: New Zealand
Pride Pledge celebrated their 6th birthday last week with the launch of Pride Pledge Certified. More than 200 people attended the Auckland, Wellington and online launches. Pride Pledge certification is a way for supporting organisations to be accredited as being workplaces, inclusive of Rainbow people, that are actively engaged in an ongoing journey of improvement. […]
Body Positive’s Mark Fisher explains the ins and outs of this game-changing new syphilis prevention. Men who have sex with men (MSM) are over 100 times more likely to catch syphilis than our straight counterparts, but did you know there is a cheap treatment already on the market that makes you 80% less likely to […]
Auckland is in for a treat this World Pride as URGE Events presents their biggest most-inclusive party ever, taking over three iconic K Road venues on Saturday 29 June! URGE’s World Pride party will be the most inclusive event, the brand, known for their ‘men’s’ parties have ever put on. “I remember when we had […]
At the Aotearoa Music Awards on Thursday 30 May history was made. For the first time, all three finalists in the Best Electronic category were female-identifying, and Amamelia became the first trans artist to win the award. The humble musician discusses her journey, transition and success with YOUR ex. All finalists in this year’s Best […]
Historian Gareth Watkins selects June dates that highlight the progress made by New Zealand’s Rainbow communities throughout history. 12 June 1916 Activist Jack Goodwin was born in Auckland. Goodwin was a senior member of the Dorian Society, New Zealand’s earliest known homosexual organisation, and later a key member of the NZ Homosexual Law Reform Society. […]
Wellington, the little capital with a big heart is packed with reasons to visit. Oliver Hall explores the bustling scenes and ‘must-dos’ in Aotearoa’s cultural centre. Recent research suggested Wellington only had 150 beautiful sunny days in the last ten years, so why is it always gorgeous when I visit? The overused phrase ‘nothing beats […]
The DRUMMER tour continues! Frontier Touring, Chugg Entertainment, Village Sounds, and Future Classic are excited to announce that the dynamic Australian rocker G Flip will be performing an exclusive show in Auckland this July. Last on our shores back in 2018, G Flip’s highly anticipated return will bring The DRUMMER Tour Continued to Auckland’s Powerstation […]
Craig Young reflects on Wellington’s ‘Inflection Point event featuring Posie Parker and questions Destiny Church’s commitment to ‘child protection’. On May 19, “Inflection Point”, a coalition of anti-transgender activists from Australia and New Zealand, engaged in a conference at the Wellington Convention Centre across the way from Te Papa. Thanks to Joel MacManus, a Spinoff journalist who […]