Category: News

Wellington drag king Hugo Grrrl talks to Oliver Hall about coming out as a trans man and NZ’s booming subculture of Drag Kings.   For the last three years, Hugo Grrrl has been New Zealand’s only full-time professional drag king. The masculine equivalent of a drag queen, usually performed by queer women and people assigned […]

One gay Kiwi couple who have just become new parents to a baby boy are calling on the government to change the rules around adoption. Speaking on TVNZ1’s Breakfast program, with their six-week-old baby son Francis, Christian Newman and Mark Edwards said they have spent years battling to have the right to become parents which […]

The openly gay kiwi athlete is heading to the world rowing championship once again. Robbie Manson has qualified for New Zealand’s spot in the single sculls at the world rowing championships with an impressive win over 2016 Olympic gold medallist Mahe Drysdale. Speaking to reporters after the event, Manson said he was pleased with the result […]

express magazine and LGBT+ History enthusiast Gareth Watkins take a look back at July throughout the years, noting the important dates for New Zealand’s rainbow community.  5 Jul 1936 Photographer Robert Gant dies. Born in England Gant moved to New Zealand at the age of 21, living in Wairarapa and Wellington. Gant’s visual interests include […]

In whats being described as a major step forward for the LGBT+ community in Zimbabwe, five new centres are set to open with the sole purpose of catering to the health needs of gay, bi and other men who have sex with men (MSM). The drop-in “Men Health” clinics which will be located in Harare, […]