Category: News
Diverse Voices and Increased Involvement Promoted at Auckland Pride Community Hui Auckland Pride stepped up this year and delivered a wide range of experiences for our diverse communities. Survey feedback has been very positive, and it’s now time to engage even more effectively with Auckland’s LGBT+ communities through their annual series of Auckland Pride Community […]
New Zealand’s very own and well respected award winning screenwriter, poetess, and story writer, Briar Grace-Smith’s play, When Sun and Moon Collide opened last night to her Auckland audience at the ASB Waterfront Theatre. The highly excitable audience, from teen-age years to the ones who have enriched their artistic skills over the decades, were all […]
Microsoft’s Xbox is making changes to their avatar system – introducing gender-neutral clothing options. The game console lets players both customise and design their virtual character that will be representing them throughout the game. Previous to this new change, players were made to choose between ‘male’ or ‘female’ specific clothing and accessories. However, players will […]
Grey Lynn author, Julie Helean, has just been awarded a gold medal for best work of fiction from the Australia/New Zealand region in the IPPY Awards for her novel We the Ones. The “IPPY” Awards, launched in 1996, are designed to bring recognition to the most deserving, but often unsung titles published by independent authors […]
After releasing the children’s book Promised Land earlier this year, Wellington-based authors Adam Reynolds and Chaz Harris received global media attention from BuzzFeed, Upworthy, Attitude, Teen Vogue and more. Today, they’ve released an eBook translation in Te Reo Māori. Whenua Taurangi (Promised Land) was translated with the help of Victoria University’s School of Languages & Cultures and a […]
RainbowYOUTH is on the hunt for a new Executive Director with Duncan Matthews leaving the organisation after four years. Current RainbowYOUTH Executive Director Duncan Matthews is set to depart later on in the year, after he works part-time alongside the new Executive Director for several months. Matthews says that he intends to stay involved with […]
Activist, performer, community worker and fashionista, Mika X (also know as Mika Haka), has been confirmed as The Opportunities Party candidate for the Auckland Central Electorate. Mika announced yesterday that he is standing in Auckland Central, and will go up against Nikki Kaye in September’s election. Having spent years on the front line, working and helping […]
A little over a year ago, members of the queer community were enjoying a night out in a gay club, much like any other week, when their lives changed forever. As gun fire sprayed through the club while they danced, many ducked for cover and others fled. Some were injured, others weren’t so lucky and […]