Category: News
Labour MP Louisa Wall speaks exclusively to express on the Manurewa selection race and the role homophobia may have played in her withdrawal. The Labour MP for Manurewa isn’t going anywhere. Despite withdrawing her candidacy to recontest the Labour selection for her safe South Auckland electorate, Louisa Wall is all but guaranteed a return to […]
Turkey’s President has launched an attack on members of the LGBT+ community in a public speech where he defended homophobic comments by the leader of the Turkish version of the Red Cross. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused LGBT+ people in his country of “sneaking up on our national and spiritual values again” and claimed queer […]
After becoming the first Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage, Taiwan holds a pride parade for the entire planet’s LGBTQ population. Taiwan staged a pride parade for the entire planet as one of the few countries (including New Zealand) that can lay claim to having successfully contained COVID 19. Over 200 people gathered in Liberty […]
The inclusion of sexuality and gender identity questions comes is a major win for the Rainbow community. For the first time in New Zealand’s history, the census in 2023 will collect data on the LGBTQ community. “Stats NZ have committed to collecting information about New Zealand’s rainbow communities in the 2023 Census” Rachael Milicich, deputy […]
Rainbow Pride Auckland’s Chair Matt Bagshaw spills the beans on next year’s big event and what 2020’s rollercoaster has taught them. I hear you are ready to announce the date of next year’s parade – when am I marking on the calendar? You can mark in full rainbow colours Saturday 20 February. And we’re still […]
The Snapchat comedian talks exclusively to express about filming Paula Bennet’s farewell video. Comedian Tom Sainsbury has confirmed to express that Paula Bennett “reached out” to him yesterday afternoon, a day before she informed National Party leader Todd Muller of her decision to quit politics. Sainsbury says the former Deputy Prime Minister informed him of […]
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Finance Minister Grant Robertson are among the line-up of world leaders taking part in Global Pride, including former US Vice President Joe Biden and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau. Three Pride Festivals from around Aotearoa will celebrate with their international partners on Saturday 27 June as Auckland Pride, Wellington […]
The attack is now being treated as an act of terrorism. As police in the United Kingdom treat Sunday’s (NZ time) stabbing spree in the town of Reading as a terror act, The Guardian has now reported that all three victims were gay men. David Wails, a scientist, Joe Ritchie-Bennett, and history teacher James Furlong […]