Category: New Zealand
In 2018 Christchurch Heroes became the South Island’s first LGBTI+ inclusive rugby team. Express caught up with three team members to find out what inspired them to join and what keeps them coming back. Sidney Wong When and why did you decide to join the Heroes? I joined the Heroes touch rugby team at […]
Homophobic abuse and death threats from a group of K Pop fanatics has left one young Auckland choreographer in tears and fearing for his life. A New Zealand choreographer has homophobic abuse and death threats online from K-pop fans because they didn’t like one of his dance routines. Daily Mail Australia reports that Auckland-based Kiel […]
Anita Wigl’it, one of Auckland’s most prominent drag queens, talks to Levi Joule about her experience. Nick Kennedy-Hall, also known by his stage name Anita Wigl’it has been a proud Catholic longer than he has been a proud, out gay man. “For 31 years I’ve been going to church. I’m been out (as gay) for […]
From 1874 to 1995, historian Gareth Watkins finds important October dates from Aotearoa’s rainbow history. 6 October 1874 Poet Ursula Bethell was born in England. Her parents had earlier lived in New Zealand and within a few years, the family returned and eventually settled in Rangiora, Canterbury. From her teenage years, Bethell regularly travelled and […]
The New Conservatives are blaming the hack on “the Left.” The New Conservative Party has been left red-faced after its social media pages were hacked to support the LGBT community, in contrast to its anti-gay stance. The original post, which accompanied a rainbow-coloured version of the right-wing party’s logo, which has now been deleted read: […]
Transgender ex-ACT Party candidate Lucy Gray has slammed the party’s leader as “an ignorant dumb ass.” express has David Seymour’s response. A former ACT party candidate Lucy Gray has spoken out against her former party, slamming its leader David Seymour as an “ignorant dumb ass” for choosing to host feminist group Speak Up for Women […]
On Wednesday 16 September, the Prime Minister, connects with Oliver Hall, via Zoom, to discuss uniting our rainbow community, banning conversion therapy and how NZ politics always keeps her ego in check. “Everyone Should Be Free To Be Who They Are” – Jacinda Ardern After a few moments of technical difficulties, our Prime Minister is […]
In the lead up to the 2020 General Election, ten of NZ’s rainbow organisations have written to the government outlining some key issues that are facing rainbow communities in Aotearoa. Representing a large body of advocates for rainbow communities, the Youth Sector Rainbow Collective comprises of RainbowYOUTH, InsideOUT, OUTLine NZ, Waikato Queer Youth, QTopia, Gender […]