Category: News
Craig Young asks if bad vice-presidential choices adversely affect US presidential campaigns. And is J.D. Vance a bad choice? Given that there were a large number of badly chosen nineteenth-century picks for the vice-presidential portfolio, I’ll restrict my summary to those within the last fifty years! Spiro Agnew, Richard Nixon’s vice presidential choice, was brought […]
At least 155 publicly out gay, lesbian, bisexual, and nonbinary athletes will be competing in Paris for the 2024 Olympics. This marks the second consecutive Summer Games where the number of out athletes has reached triple digits. Notably, there is also a record number of out-male-identifying Olympians. According to Outsports, these figures, which are expected […]
On July 21, President Biden stepped down as the Democrat Party’s candidate for the next term’s American President, endorsing his Vice President, Kamala Harris to fill his shoes. Craig Young asks what President Harris would mean for rainbow communities and the US in general. The Biden administration has been a praiseworthy defender of LGBTQ+ rights […]
London’s Metropolitan Police are conducting a thorough investigation and house-to-house enquiries to track down a masked vandal who painted over three Pride flags outside Forest Gate station in east London early on Friday morning. Dressed in a green hooded jacket, dark tracksuit bottoms, and a white face mask to conceal their identity, the vandal used […]
Sexy men filled Lyttelton’s Wunderbar on Saturday for an URGE party with a difference. For the first time, URGE hosted a Christchurch party outside of the CBD, heading to the port town of Lyttelton with a sexy ‘Bouys and Seamen’ theme! DJ Gregor (Christchurch), Winner Mick (Wellington) and Everett (Auckland) kept the dance floor thumbing […]
Former New York congressman George Santos has urged gay Republicans attending the Republican National Convention (RNC) to come out and embrace their sexuality. Santos posted a video on X in response to a satirical comment from The Halfway Post, which referred to the RNC in Milwaukee as “Grindr’s Super Bowl,” alluding to the popular gay […]
For the first time, the Barcelona Pride parade marched through the city centre, moving from Plaça Universitat to the Arc de Triomf along Passeig de Sant Joan boulevard. The local police estimated an attendance of around 120,000 people, while organisers claimed over 200,000 participants filled the streets. The parade featured 53 different carriages. This year’s […]
The Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) is set to dazzle audiences this winter with an extraordinary trio of ballets as part of its 2024 season. Solace: Dance to Feed Your Soul, presented in association with Ryman Healthcare, will grace the stages of Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, and Ōtautahi Christchurch from 1 to 17 […]