Category: New Zealand

Several of Aotearoa’s rainbow organisations have spoken out about the lack of specific funding dedicated to rainbow communities in the 2020 Rebuilding Together Budget. Representing a large body of advocates for the queer, gender diverse, takatāpui & (VSC)/intersex communities*, the Youth Sector Rainbow Collective (YSRC) comprises several organisations including RainbowYOUTH, InsideOUT Kōaro, Waikato Queer Youth, […]

express chats with Rainbow Auckland President, Richard Burt about what’s next for the organisation following New Zealand’s historic lockdown. Rainbow Auckland, New Zealand’s largest LGBT+ Membership Association, create a professional environment that is devoted to business and community support for LGBT+ Members through a selection of relaxed networking and social events. The organisation provides a […]

The world’s first transgender MP has been honoured for her services to the LGBT community. Georgina Beyer has been recognised for her services to the LGBT community as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2020’s Queens Birthday Honours list. Beyer has been a trailblazer for the LGBT community and in 1999 […]

Breaking: Louisa Wall will not re-contest the safe Labour seat of Manurewa. The New Zealand Labour Party has confirmed that Louisa Wall will no longer contest the South Auckland seat of Manurewa. The mother of marriage equality in New Zealand will seek to stay on in Parliament as a list MP, however. The Labour Party […]

When looking for a ‘mate’ on Grindr we aren’t expecting much, however for one Auckland based user the expectations are high. Charli XCX fans, also known as Angels, have long existed on gay dating app Grindr. The British singer is on record for crediting the LGBT community with her successful career. “I love the LGBTQ+ […]

After two years of declining numbers of HIV cases in New Zealand, there was a slight increase in 2019, but many of these cases were first diagnosed overseas. Figures released today by the AIDS Epidemiology Group, University of Otago, show a total of 212 cases in 2019, an increase from the 185 reported in 2018 […]

One lesbian icon is backing another to remain the MP for Manurewa.   Marilyn Waring has publicly come to the defence of Louisa Wall as she faces a selection battle for her safe Labour seat of Manurewa. Waring who served as a National MP from 1975 to 1984 is a prominent LGBT public policy scholar […]

express can reveal the date Family Bar will open its doors once more and where you can go in the meantime. Family Bar is expecting to reopen on the weekend of 26/27th June – providing the country moves to level 1 of COVID 19 restrictions on June 22. While Family was able to open under […]