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“It was heartbreaking to have to close and not being able to provide our safe space for our queer whānau to party,” Ivy Bar owner Steven Mawhinney tells express. Cuba Street institution Ivy Bar & Cabaret was forced to close at 11pm on New Year’s Ever due to flooding. Following another tough year for the hospitality industry, […]
The WBC, one of the four major world boxing bodies has announced that they plan to create a transgender division for male-to-female (MTF) and female-to-Male (FTM) professional boxers. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman stated they plan to introduce the new division in 2023 and call interested athletes to come forward. “We are going to put out […]
Any woman not married to a man will be banned from using fertility services, as will gay men. Japanese lawmakers will soon consider a draft law which will explicitly ban doctors from providing fertility treatment to any woman who is not married to a man. Human Rights Watch reports that the tentatively titled Bill on […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under has now shortlisted contestants for it’s third season, but competitors must pass psych evaluations and police background checks first. RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under will return to our screens this Winter, being shot in New Zealand early next year. Producers have shortlisted competitors, but they must now go through stringent […]
Following a successful surgery and outpouring of love from the community, Drag Race Down Under Season One winner, Kita Mean, has been granted an early release from hospital. “I’m blown away by the support express readers have shown me,” the star tells us. “Thank you all so much for the love. “In a turn of […]
Auckland-based drag icon and Caluzzi Restaurant co-owner, Kita Mean, will be spending Christmas Day in Middlemore Hospital following botched surgery in Thailand. December was set to be a triumphant month for RuPaul’s Drag Race Season One winner Kita Mean. She was meant to close out 2022 performing at London’s legendary G.A.Y. nightclub and start 2023 […]
One of NZ’s biggest gay NYE celebrations at Uretiti Beach will be restricted this year due to severe flooding at Aotearoa’s most popular campsite. As previously reported by express, flooding has caused havoc on New Zealand’s busiest campsite, Uretiti Beach, leaving the Department of Conservation to consider closing it over the festive season due to […]
A horrific 142 attacks against drag events were reported in the US in 2022, according to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD. The media watchdog organisation revised its report on Friday, December 16, to incorporate new information obtained from a Texas equality group and changes to state legislation. Once the newly reported occurrences are considered, the […]