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Atmospheric Eagle Bar is a must-visit on any trip to Auckland’s iconic K Road! Sitting directly opposite the superclub, Family Bar, you’ll be in for a gay old time, bar hopping across the traffic lights, having a few cans of Pal’s, catching up with mates and putting some bangers on the jukebox at Eagle Bar […]
The closing party of Pride Wairau took over Blenheim’s glamorous Hotel d’Urville, with drag shows and DJs and a diverse mix of rainbow communities. A similar party is being planned for Summer so book early! Photos | Jim Tannock.
Historian Gareth Watkins looks back at July dates with notable connections to the progress of our rainbow communities. 9 July 1869 Emma Ada Scott was born in Tasmania, Australia. By 1914, she had moved to New Zealand and was living with her “dear friend” Alice Mills in Wellington. They moved to a house on the […]
Riverton man Teoti Jardine (80) lays bare the shock of discovering homophobia in his childhood and how he escaped to the other side of the world to feel safe and accepted. I was born in Queenstown in 1944 and grew up on Kawarau Falls Sheep Station, which was my father’s family farm. Growing up, I […]
Taking place across three iconic K Road venues, URGE’s World Pride Party, took over G.A.Y Auckland, POP Bar and Phoenix, with DJ sets from the likes of Donald Bennett, James Leuii, Ryan Borne and Everett Wayne, plus performances from Tia Bear, Miss Geena and Hugo Grrrl.
Taking place across three iconic K Road venues, URGE’s World Pride Party, took over G.A.Y Auckland, POP Bar and Phoenix, with DJ sets from the likes of Donald Bennett, James Leuii, Ryan Borne and Everett Wayne, plus performances from Tia Bear, Miss Geena and Hugo Grrrl.
More research has cast doubt on the research methods within the UK Cass Review, which has been used to holt gender-affirming medical care for transgender adolescents. Authored by Irish, British, Canadian and European researchers in the fields of paediatrics, developmental psychology and endocrinology; experts have cast doubts on the Cass Review’s information-gathering processes. The criteria […]
Drag performers have filed a $2 million defamation lawsuit against Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki following protests against their library storytime events. Sunita Torrance and Daniel Lockett, known by their stage names Coco and Erika Flash, lodged the claim at the High Court in Auckland this morning. The legal claims against Destiny Church encompass allegations […]