Category: News

Oct 26
Theta Project Hosting Another Fabulous Party

Founded by Joe Rich and Jordan Eskra, Theta Project aims to bring more LGBT+-focussed parties to Auckland. They are bringing back their Propaganda party, with more bells and whistles than you can count. This year, it will be held at twentyone bar inside SKYCITY, with the layout including two chill-out zones, a smoking deck and […]

Oct 25
NZAF to Honour New Life Members

Honorary life memberships are being awarded to Jane Bruning, Nigel Dickson, Bruce Kilmister, Anna Reed and Geoff Rua’ine for their services and contributions to those affected by HIV and AIDS. These are given out by the Trust Board of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) and is the highest form of recognition that is bestowed. […]

Oct 21
England and Wales to Pardon Thousands of Gay Men

Proposed by Lib Dem peer Lord Sharkey, men who were convicted of having same-sex intercourse are to have their records wiped clean of the charge. This includes both those deceased (who will receive automatic pardons for sexual acts that are no longer deemed criminal) and living (who will need to apply to the Home Office […]

Oct 20
BBC Sets Diversity Targets

In the BBC’s newly released ‘Content Diversity and Inclusion Commissioning Guidelines’, it sets targets for 2017 and 2020 for the make-up of both its workforce and on-screen portrayal. Specifically, it has set an 8 per cent target for 2020 for the LGBT+ community. In terms of the workforce, this target is inclusive of all staff […]

Oct 19
Call for Volunteers to Collect on World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day is 1 December, and the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) is running their annual street collection. They are doing collections on two days this year: Friday 25 November in Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch; and Thursday 1 December in Auckland. The day will be split into two: a morning shift from 7 am […]

Oct 19
Watch Kesha Speak Out for LGBT+ Rights

Kesha has been having a hard time of it with the legal system not breaking her contract with producer Dr Luke, but it hasn’t stopped her from forging through and helping those in the LGBT+ community. In a video for Vevo, Kesha outlines why she votes: she does it because “using your voice and your truth, […]

Oct 18
Zakk d’Larté Appointed New Designer of Express

Long-time designer of express, Amy Jane Todd, is handing over the rhinstone-encrusted reigns to Zakk d’Larté. Zakk will take over in November, with December being his first issue. Zakk has had almost five years of experience working in both digital and print, and it’s his flair for elegance that has express excited. In addition to this, his portfolio of […]

Oct 17
Tamati Coffey as Labour’s Waiariki candidate

Tamati Coffey has been in the New Zealand spotlight for a while now: first as a presenter on What Now?, winning Dancing with the Stars, weatherman for Breakfast, before leaving the land of Aucks to set up a bar with his husband in Rotorua. On Friday, Coffey was named as the Labour Party’s candidate for the Waiariki […]