Category: New Zealand
Why hookups are a go-no during our Level 4 Lockdown against COVID-19. Our Level 4 lockdown means bars and sex on-site venues around NZ have closed, but governments and health bodies are urging people to avoid casual hookups in general. On their website, Ending HIV state that while you can still use hook-up apps to […]
Garnet Station Cafe becomes Majenta Bar. There are plenty of cafes in Westmere but there hasn’t been a bar for years. Garnet Station’s Verity and Lisa spent the Summer hols painting and creating to transform their cafe of 13 years into a beautiful local, Majenta Bar. Still serving scrumptious wood-fired pizzas and meals, the menu […]
The Body Positive CEO says the ban will criminalise gay and bisexual men where surveys show 40% are poppers users. Positive’s CEO Mark Fisher is fighting back against the Medicines Classification Committee (MCC) recommendation to Medsafe to list alkyl nitrites (poppers) as a prescription-only substance. On March 6, Medsafe decided to accept the MCC recommendation […]
Owner says the move to a backpacker bar is a result of a “gross lack of support from the Rainbow community.” Auckland has one less gay bar in the city as Staircase rebrands from being a venue catering for LGBT+ community to appealing to backpackers under the new name of X Bar. X Bar, like […]
The victim of a homophobic assault following Wellington Pride tells express he wants to put the incident behind him. Joe Perrone and his partner were assaulted at a takeaway shop around 4.00am, the morning after the Wellington Pride parade. The incident occurred after Mr Perrone’s partner was accused of pushing in line at the store. […]
“There must be 50,000 people here,” Governor General Dame Patsy Reddy announced at the Parade’s finish line. “Despite representing one, I have never been surrounded by so many queens,” she told onlookers, her nails varnished in rainbow colours. The Wellington International Pride Parade (WIPP) has been another huge success in New Zealand’s epic 2020 Pride […]
Lead by NZ’s first transgender MP Georgina Beyer and TV legends The Topp Twins, the walking parade featured roughly 1000 participants ranging from uniformed police and services to community groups, political parties and businesses. The event concluded with a lively street party along Ponsonby Road featuring a Family Bar stage offering live music including The […]
A double-decker bus wrapped in rainbow colours to support the upcoming Wellington International Pride Parade as well as the month-long Pride Festival was launched in Island Bay this week. The pride bus, which is the first-ever bus to be part of the Pride Parade, is a collaborative entry from Greater Wellington Regional Council, Wellington City […]