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Gay male academics in China find ways of living authentically while also appearing to conform in a society often openly hostile to homosexuality, a new study has found. The research, by doctoral student Cui Le from the University of Auckland, focuses on gay male academics’ experiences of managing their sexual identity, interacting with queer students, […]
The businessman is accused of indecently assaulting three men between the early 2000s, 2008 and 2016. An Auckland High Court jury heard has heard testimony from a man who says he was assaulted by a prominent businessman at his Auckland home in the early 2000’s. The assault allegedly took place at the wealthy man’s house […]
Following on from the latest shift in Covid Alert Levels, The Auckland Rainbow Parade along with The Ponsonby Street Festival will now take place on March 13. Organisers say that the Parade will kick off at the slightly later time of 6 pm and run through until 7 pm while the Ponsonby Street Festival will […]
South Pacific Pictures have issued a statement to express condemning the long-standing NZ magazine for printing a ‘homophobic opinion piece’ that criticises Shortland Street’s portrayal of same-sex relationships. The latest issue of TV Guide has come under fire for printing a letter to the editor entitled ‘It’s time to end a TV relationship’. In the […]
Rainbow Pride Auckland confirm to express, they have made “the difficult decision” to postpone The Auckland Rainbow Parade, planned for this Saturday. The event organiser, Shaughan Woodcock, said “The call to postpone has been made after assessing all options and advice from Key Stakeholders and while we would love nothing more than to put on […]
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the package to fulfil a 2020 Labour Party election promise, while The Green Party have launched a petition to expedite the banning of Conversion Therapy. The government has announced a new $4 million package to improve mental health outcomes for young Rainbow kiwis. Announcing the new funding ahead of the […]
Auckland Pride has fully implemented its Alert Level Three Festival Plan, with updates on the status of events available for all 26 events that were planned to take place between 7 pm Sunday 14th and 11:59 pm Wednesday the 17th of February. Auckland Pride who had a range of plans in place should Alert Levels […]
Bharat Mahajan has won the 2021 Mr Gay New Zealand sash after a weekend of challenges and then the finale announcement on stage at the Ending HIV Big Gay Out in Auckland today. The mental health care services manager from Thames received the most amount of votes across six challenge categories including public speaking, LGBTI […]