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From golliwog tattoos to blackface performances, racially insensitive pasts leave question marks hanging over two of RuPaul’s Australian queens. Accusations of racism have been levelled against two contestants who will compete on the inaugural season of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down under. Anthony Price, who performs as Scarlet Adams has been accused of “making a mockery” […]
If you have booked flights or accommodation to attend the Wellington International Pride Parade on Saturday 10 April reconsider your plans. Speaking to express Wellington International Pride Parade Board Chairs Heather Henare says “the Board have unanimously agreed to cancel the 2021 Wellington International Pride Parade (WIPP) and focus our efforts on the parade for […]
With the Auckland region joining the remainder of the country at Level 1 Auckland Pride has confirmed the return of postponed Pride events this weekend – Allowing the Festival to continue until April 17. “We’re ecstatic that we can take over the ASB Tennis Arena on Saturday for one of Auckland’s largest vogue balls to […]
The former Welsh rugby player Gareth Thomas says that after he revealed he was HIV positive, Prince Harry messaged him with his support. Openly gay former Welsh rugby player Gareth Thomas has come out in support of Prince Harry following his and the Duchess of Sussex’s Meghan Markle interview with Oprah. Thomas, who once captained […]
The act has been labelled ‘appalling,’ meanwhile this year’s event has been cancelled due to COVID-19. An act of vandalism has left one LGBT community member in Tauranga “lost for words.” Former co-organiser of Pride Week Tauranga Gordy Gray-Lockhart says he was saddened to see graffiti scrawled across the face of the billboard advertising Tauranga […]
You can watch the trailer here. A new Kiwi series which follows a lead transgender character will be shown in the United States after streaming series Hulu picked it up. Rūrangi centres on leader character Caz Davis, a transgender activist who returns to his remote New Zealand dairy town of Rūrangi after a long […]
Put it in your calendars! Organisers of the Auckland Rainbow Pride Parade have announced that the new date for the event will be Saturday the 27th of March. Kicking off from 6pm on Ponsonby road the Diversity, love and unity themed event was postponed due to Alert Level Restrictions across Aotearoa, which are set to […]
Following the government’s announcement of Alert Level changes across Aotearoa from Sunday, organisers of pride events across NZ are hopeful about the prospects of hosting future events. Auckland Pride and Proud centres say they are hopeful that when Alert Levels are reassessed at the end of next week, they will be able to hold the […]