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Kiwi queen Kita Mean has won the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under! After flying under the radar for the first few episodes, Kita Mean showed exponential growth and enthusiasm for the competition as she flew the flag for Aotearoa after fellow NZ contestants Anita Wigl’it and Elektra Shock were eliminated. Her fellow […]
Two men have been sentenced for consensual sex by a military court in South Korea that insists the consensual activity “bordered on rape.” According to reports from The Guardian, the two men were given a six-month suspended prison sentence, after being found guilty of “indecency”. Despite same-sex sexual activity being legal in South Korea, this […]
Vice-President of the United States Kamala Harris has made history in becoming the first sitting vice-president to march at a Pride event. Harris who marched alongside her husband Doug Emhoff at Capitol Pride in Washington DC on Saturday the 12th of June 2021 addressed the crowd after the march highlighting the Biden administrations commitment to […]
The outgoing National MP’s gay son welcomed the apology saying “people can learn and their views can change.” Former Cabinet Minister Nick Smith has apologised to the LGBT community for voting against same-sex marriage in 2013. Mr Smith gave his valedictory speech late last week and says he made and ‘error’ in casting a vote […]
U.S President Joe Biden has promised to sign a new bill officially designating the Pulse Nightclub as a national memorial marking five years since the horrific attack. The Pulse nightclub shooting, which remains the deadliest attack on the LGBTQ+ community in American history, left 49 dead and 53 others wounded. In a statement released on Saturday […]
The letter was signed by former All Black Jeff Wilson and Olympian Barbara Kendall. A group of National MPs have accepted calling for a rethink on guidelines for transgender people in sport. The Save Women’s Sports Australasia says further consultation is needed on draft principles produced by Sport New Zealand on transwomen competing in female […]
Ana Van Bellinghen says the transgender Kiwi should not be allowed to compete in the women’s category. A Belgian weightlifter has hit out at the inclusion of transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard’s inclusion in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. While a Kiwi team has yet to be named, Hubbard is set to become the first transgender women […]
“Ru loves it here! She wants to come back, and the studio must be kept at 12 degrees at all times,’ express’ exclusive source tells us! It was just six short months ago that RuPaul flew to New Zealand and spent 14 days quarantine the SO/ Auckland Hotel before spending two and half weeks filming […]