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The good news is that he’s definitely coming – Boy George’s visa has been approved. Bad news: the Christchurch show has been cancelled because of “changes to the international touring schedule for Culture Club,” says promoter Stewart Macpherson. As a result, the band will be flying directly into Auckland for their 4 December show. Christchurch […]
It’s no secret that Sonny Bill Williams is Muslim, but what has been brought to express‘s attention is that his close ties with Islamic preachers who are strongly anti-LGBT+, as well as being anti-Semitic. Given that BMW dropped Williams back in 2007 for a string of what some would consider more minor offences – public indecency, […]
If you haven’t watched Two Naked Gay Guys yet, you can now do so on two LGBT+ streaming services: REVRY and Dekkoo.com. The New Zealand-produced show has now over 250,000 unique views and gets over 1,000 views a day ever since its release in March on Youtube. The initial four episodes, which were crowdfunded with the […]
Auckland Pride have named Eventimento the producers of next year’s festival. Eventimento, currently led by Jonathan Smith and Shaughan Woodcock, produced the first Pride in 2013. Taking place on Saturday 25 February in its usual location along Ponsonby Road, Pride is expected to be better than ever, especially with event veterans taking over the helm. […]
After performing at Womad last year, Rufus Wainwright is coming back to New Zealand to perform at Auckland Arts Festival. His concert will be in two parts: the first being his opera, Prima Donna: A Symphonic Visual Concert; and the second, recreating Judy Garland’s concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City. For the opera, singer Cindy […]
Image: Reuters Even though the Taiwan Pride Festival has occurred for 14 years, this year’s Pride is the most charged, with the legalisation of same-sex marriage a proper possibility. Tens of thousands of people descended upon Taipei for the annual event, with marchers coming from all over Asia. The reason for this being that Taiwan […]
Article and picture: Star Observer A gay couple killed in a tragic accident on a ride at the Gold Coast’s Dreamworld theme park were much-loved family men. Luke Dorsett, 35, and his partner Roozbeh (Roozi) Araghi, 38, were on the Thunder River Rapids with Dorsett’s sister Kate Goodchild, 32, when a conveyor belt malfunction caused the […]
On 21 October, a petition campaigning for trans gender and intersex rights was passed on to Jan Logie, Green Party MP. The petition itself reads: “We call on the Minister of Internal Affairs to enable adults with intersex conditions and trans and other gender diverse adults to change the sex details on any official documentation […]