Category: New Zealand
Hubbard makes history as the world’s first-ever transgender olympian! Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will represent New Zealand at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, making history as the first-ever transgender Olympian. Hubbard will compete in the women’s 87-kilogram category. Her inclusion was all but assured after the International weightlifting Federation gave her transgender athletes the ability to participate, […]
Kiwi queen Kita Mean has won the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under! After flying under the radar for the first few episodes, Kita Mean showed exponential growth and enthusiasm for the competition as she flew the flag for Aotearoa after fellow NZ contestants Anita Wigl’it and Elektra Shock were eliminated. Her fellow […]
The outgoing National MP’s gay son welcomed the apology saying “people can learn and their views can change.” Former Cabinet Minister Nick Smith has apologised to the LGBT community for voting against same-sex marriage in 2013. Mr Smith gave his valedictory speech late last week and says he made and ‘error’ in casting a vote […]
The letter was signed by former All Black Jeff Wilson and Olympian Barbara Kendall. A group of National MPs have accepted calling for a rethink on guidelines for transgender people in sport. The Save Women’s Sports Australasia says further consultation is needed on draft principles produced by Sport New Zealand on transwomen competing in female […]
“Ru loves it here! She wants to come back, and the studio must be kept at 12 degrees at all times,’ express’ exclusive source tells us! It was just six short months ago that RuPaul flew to New Zealand and spent 14 days quarantine the SO/ Auckland Hotel before spending two and half weeks filming […]
Mal & Scotty Kennedy-Vaughan have been the lifeblood of Wellington’s LGBTQI+ hospitality scene as far back as most of us can remember. So it came as a shock when after a combined 77 years in the industry, they announced they had put S&M’s cocktail bar up for sale. Richard Tait and Fraser Shaw sat down […]
When three of our very own Kiwi queens were selected for the Down Under edition of RuPaul’s Drag Race, few could have predicted what a wild ride it would be or just how proud they would make us, representing Aotearoa. They collaborate with photographer Peter Jennings at Live Nation’s interactive exhibition #happyplacenz and share their […]
A prominent businessman has been jailed for two years and four months at the Auckland High Court this morning. The businessman was convicted of assaulting three men in the early 2000s, 2008 and 2016 at a trial at the High Court in March. The businessman, who continues to maintain interim name suppression, was also convicted […]