Category: New Zealand
The former broadcaster tells YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall how takatāpui people helped shape the woman she became, what she wants Parliament to deliver for rainbow communities, and why she is telling voters not to give Te Pāti Māori their party vote Long before Oriini Kaipara entered Parliament, the people who helped teach her to stand […]
Get out the power suits, tease up the perms and prepare for a night of gloriously over-the-top nostalgia, Auckland Phil is taking Tāmaki Makaurau Back to the 80s For queer audiences, few decades delivered quite as much unapologetic fashion, pop spectacle and dancefloor drama as the 1980s, and this concert is bringing that energy to […]
Historian Gareth Watkins searches out significant moments in our history 5 October 1955 Theatre-maker Paul Jenden was born in Wellington. He wrote and directed his first play at the age of eight. After graduating from Victoria University in 1975, he began a theatrical career that took him to New York in 1980 and on tours […]
The founder and owner of Auckland’s iconic Wingate Club, Peter Graham, has died aged 94, leaving behind an extraordinary legacy as the man who created one of New Zealand’s most enduring spaces for gay and bisexual men. Peter Graham, the founder and owner of Auckland’s Wingate Club, died peacefully at home on 17 September 2026, […]
GiveOUT Day’s Glam & Give launch party brought the fabulous faces together, but the fundraising isn’t over! With donations closing at 11.59pm tonight, there’s still time to help raise $150,000 for Rainbow organisations across Aotearoa. Glamour met generosity at GiveOUT Day’s Glam & Give launch party, as supporters came together to celebrate the incredible organisations […]
A new parliamentary petition is calling for New Zealand’s legal definition of rape to be expanded, ensuring survivors receive equal recognition regardless of their gender, anatomy or the nature of the sexual assault. A petition submitted to Parliament is challenging New Zealand’s existing definition of rape, arguing that the law should recognise all forms of […]
One of the year’s most acclaimed queer films is heading to Aotearoa, with La Bola Negra arriving in New Zealand cinemas on 15 October. Directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi — better known collectively as Los Javis — the sweeping Spanish drama spans 85 years, moving between 1932, 1937 and 2017 as the lives […]
Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick tells YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall what 40 years of Homosexual Law Reform can teach us about the political battles ahead, why she believes politicians have overreached in transgender healthcare, and why coalition agreements are no excuse for compromising people’s dignity “A new world is on her way.” Chlöe Swarbrick is […]