Category: New Zealand
The President of Rainbow Boxing New Zealand has taken a swing at Boxing New Zealand, describing the organisation as anti-trans and not welcoming of the LGBTQ+ community. Benjamin Thomas Watt, who is the president of the non-profit organisation Rainbow Boxing New Zealand, made the comments as he announced the closure of the organisation he had […]
On the 50th anniversary of the birth of NZ’s Gay Liberation Front, Gareth Watkins highlights April dates that made a difference to Aotearoa’s LGBTQ+ community. 11 April 1972 This month marks the 50th anniversary of the first Gay Liberation Front action – a Gay Day held in Auckland. Historian Will Hansen writes “Activists led by […]
Eli Matthewson and Jonny Williams will be NZ’s first same-sex dance partners competing in the new series of Dancing With The Stars. After Covid-restrictions stopped the series from being produced in 2020 and 2021, Dancing With The Stars NZ is back and this year will finally include a same-sex pairing as comedian Eli Matthewson enters […]
Express chats with organiser Sunita Torrance (aka Coco Flash) about OUTfest – Taranaki’s first LGBTQ+ festival, that will be taking over New Plymouth from Friday 8 to Sunday 10 April. Sunita Torrance is one of the founding members of OUTfest along with renowned queer artist Shannan Novak and Sunita’s drag partner in crime, Daniel Lockett (aka […]
The mother of Marriage Equality, Labour list MP and former member for Manurewa, Louisa Wall, has resigned from parliament. Wall who was responsible for the passage of marriage equality in New Zealand in 2013 was first elected as a list MP for nine months in 2008, before returning to Parliament in 2011 as the MP […]
The twins have revealed they are both battling breast cancer. Iconic lesbian musical comedy duo the Topp Twins have gone public with their private health battles. The Topp Twins are widely regarded as the two most iconic lesbian entertainers in New Zealand, after decades of performing music and comedy together, with characters such as Camp […]
Rainbow MP Dr Elizabeth Kerekere says she will, “cooperate fully with the authorities for any next steps they might take.” Green MP Dr Elizabeth Kerekere, the party’s Covid response spokesperson, has resigned from her COVID-19 portfolio after breaching restrictions. Kerekere will retain her other portfolios including Rainbow Issues. Kerekere travelled from her home in Tairāwhiti […]
Dunedin’s Pride Festival takes over the Southern city for the rest of March with Rainbow art and events. Dunedin Pride Secretary Trak Gray spills the tea on this must-see festival. Dunedin Pride looks bigger, better and brighter than ever before this year – what events are you most excited about? Big and bright definitely sums […]