Category: News
Anna Weir went from whipping up prolific pasta at legendary Auckland Italian Amano, to Head Chef at Ponsonby’s Daphne’s concocting bold Greek flavours. She talks to express about hospitality’s post-Lockdown future and starring on TVNZ’s Snack Masters. What inspired you to want to work in the restaurant scene? I have had the luxury of always […]
Former American rapper Kidd Creole has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after killing a homeless man who he “thought was gay” and was hitting on him. Kidd Creole, (real name Nathaniel Glover) who is best-known for being a member of the group Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five with his brother Melle Mel, […]
Scott Johnson’s murder in 1988 was originally dismissed by police as a suicide, now the truth has been revealed. A man who pleaded guilty to a 1988 murder of a gay American man in Sydney has disclosed during his sentencing hearing that he himself is gay. Scott White was sentenced to 12 years and seven […]
New legislation that would see Romanian schools banned from using any materials that “promote” being LGBTQ+ has been approved by the nation’s Senate and could soon become law. Following success in the Senate, the bill will now be debated in Romania’s Lower House has been sold as a measure to prevent “child abuse” and has […]
Despite placing in the top 3 of the judge’s scores, the public vote means the NZ show’s first same-sex dance couple has been sent home. Eli Matthewson has been shown the Dancing with the Stars door just two weeks into the 2022 competition. The comedian and his dance partner Johnny Williams were voted off the show despite […]
The Prime Minister of Norway has made a formal apologised to the nation’s rainbow community for the historical persecution of gay men. Marking the 50th-anniversary of the repeal of section 213 of the penal code, which criminalised sexual relations between men, the nation’s Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, apologised to the community for the stigmatisation […]
Benedict Cumberbatch has spoken out about the censorship of LGBTQ+ characters in film and television. Cumberbatch made the comments after reports that Saudi Arabia had asked Disney to censor an LGBT+ character from the Doctor Strange sequel in which Cumberbatch plays Dr Stephen Strange. Speaking with Metro.co.uk, Cumberbatch said that he was “emotional” about Saudi Arabia’s […]
As Louisa Wall leaves parliament, she chats with Levi Joule about the highs and lows of her parliamentary career and what’s next for her legacy. Louisa Wall wants everyone to know she’s not departing from public life anytime soon. Wall makes it clear to express that her impending departure from Parliament after more than a […]