Category: New Zealand

“That is not in the public interest, I can assure you!” The Finance Minister insisted to National’s Deputy Leader. Has there ever been a more awkward parliamentary moment? As National’s Deputy Leader Nicola Willis and the Labour Government’s Finance Minister traded barbs about perceived fiscal ‘holes’ in each other’s financial plans, Willis lept to her […]

Adriaan Beddie, a performer and stalwart of Christchurch’s Rainbow community and Pride events, has passed away.   In a statement posted to social media Christchurch Pride said:   “We are all so saddened and heartbroken like many of our community right now at the passing of the gorgeous Adriaan Beddie. Adriaan was a fierce performer […]

Last weekend’s Wellington International Pride Incorporated (WIPP) AGM heralded the end of an era for the iconic street parade as members vote to dissolve WIPP. In an exclusive statement to YOUR EX, the organisation says, “a new team can now step in and pick up the reigns so that our fabulous Wellington Rainbow Community can […]

RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Season Three star Ivanna Drink, AKA Shameel Kennedy-Hall, discusses his life behind the makeup! Where did you grow up, and how was growing up there for you? I grew up in West Auckland, and while a lot of people think it’s a bit rough, I think it was the best […]

In a surprising turn of events, Justice Minister Kiri Allan has tendered her resignation as a Cabinet minister after being involved in a car crash in Wellington and subsequently charged with reckless driving and resisting arrest. The incident occurred on Evans Bay Parade in Wellington at around 9 pm last night, and Allan was taken […]

Anti-trans activist Posie Parker has announced she will visit Wellington in September to attend a court hearing relating to her previous NZ visit and says she will hold a Let Women Speak event outside of the courts. “So looks like I have a valid ESTA for New Zealand,” Kellie Jay-Keen AKA Posie Parker announced on […]

Organised by Wellington community stalwarts Mal & Scotty (of S&M’s Bar), The Life and Times of Georgina Beyer, a tribute to the world’s first transgender MP was held at Wellington’s Embassy Theatre on Tuesday 18 July. The star-studded event included in-person speeches from Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Dame Catherine Healy, as well as video […]

Co-Chair of Intersex Aotearoa (IA), Dr Rogena Sterling, discusses the evolving goals of IA as the national organisation advocating for our Intersex community. For so many years, Intersex people have been invisible in society. Although they have existed since time immemorial, societies, especially Western ones based on binary, heteronormative structures, have had no room for […]