Category: News
Garnet Station Cafe becomes Majenta Bar. There are plenty of cafes in Westmere but there hasn’t been a bar for years. Garnet Station’s Verity and Lisa spent the Summer hols painting and creating to transform their cafe of 13 years into a beautiful local, Majenta Bar. Still serving scrumptious wood-fired pizzas and meals, the menu […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed new amendments to Russia’s Constitution that will specifically outlaw same-sex marriage. According to reports by Euronews, Putin has proposed several amendments to the nation’s constitution that includes asserting Russia’s “faith in God” as well as restricting the definition of marriage. Despite same-sex marriages and civil unions of same-sex couples […]
Lawmakers in Canada have introduced a new bill that would put a ban in place for so-called conversion therapy nationwide. The new bill which was proposed last week, aims to outlaw the dangerous and ineffective practice known as ‘conversion therapy’ across all states in Canada. Attorney General David Lametti and Minister of Diversity and Inclusion […]
The Body Positive CEO says the ban will criminalise gay and bisexual men where surveys show 40% are poppers users. Positive’s CEO Mark Fisher is fighting back against the Medicines Classification Committee (MCC) recommendation to Medsafe to list alkyl nitrites (poppers) as a prescription-only substance. On March 6, Medsafe decided to accept the MCC recommendation […]
Owner says the move to a backpacker bar is a result of a “gross lack of support from the Rainbow community.” Auckland has one less gay bar in the city as Staircase rebrands from being a venue catering for LGBT+ community to appealing to backpackers under the new name of X Bar. X Bar, like […]
The victim of a homophobic assault following Wellington Pride tells express he wants to put the incident behind him. Joe Perrone and his partner were assaulted at a takeaway shop around 4.00am, the morning after the Wellington Pride parade. The incident occurred after Mr Perrone’s partner was accused of pushing in line at the store. […]
“There must be 50,000 people here,” Governor General Dame Patsy Reddy announced at the Parade’s finish line. “Despite representing one, I have never been surrounded by so many queens,” she told onlookers, her nails varnished in rainbow colours. The Wellington International Pride Parade (WIPP) has been another huge success in New Zealand’s epic 2020 Pride […]
New Zealand’s six major banks are no longer participating in the Wellington Pride parade. TSB, ASB, Westpac, ANZ, BNZ and Kiwibank which made up The Celebrate Together bank collective have pulled out of tomorrow’s Wellington International Pride Parade. Speaking to express, parade organiser Richard Tait says he is “disappointed” with the decision. It is understood […]