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The Auckland Pride Board have announced the winning theme of the 2017 Auckland Pride Festival and Parade during the Sponsor’s evening at Gay Ski Week QT. Acting co-Chair Richard James and Board member James Bennett announced today that the theme for the 2017 Auckland Pride Parade was entered under the name ‘The Carnival Continues.’ The […]
The New Zealand Government are calling for submissions in support of Wiremu Demchick’s petition to pass legislation which creates a process of reversing convictions for Homosexual acts prior to the 1986 Homosexual Law Reform Bill. Submissions give you the chance to have your say on Demchick’s petition which was signed by 2,111 other people. These […]
Gay Ski Week QT took to the waters of Lake Wakatipu last night for the Anchors Away Boat Party! This sold out event began at Omers Wharf where Gay Ski Weekers boarded the magnificent Spirit of Queenstown before taking to the water for a long night of aqua fun! Miss Ribena was in attendance and told […]
A man has been arrested after reportedly swapping lubricant for acid in a popular Sydney gay club. The unnamed man, 62, was arrested on Saturday afternoon after he allegedly entered one of the rooms in Aarows, a Rydalmere ‘social club’ in Northwest Sydney and filled a lubricant dispenser with hydrochloric acid. Aarows is a popular […]
Gay Ski Week QT 2016 officially opened last night with the fantastic Broken Shed Opening Party at The World Bar. The World Bar on Church Street was the perfect venue for the opening party of Gay Ski Week Queenstown. Patron turned out in hoards, including a number of notable community members and celebrity guests including […]
The Auckland Pride Board have announced the official dates of the 2017 Pride Festival. New Zealand’s biggest and best programme of events for and by the Rainbow communities (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Takatāpui, Intersex, Queer and Questioning, and their whānau and friends), the Auckland Pride Festival 2017 will commence on Friday 10 February and conclude […]
After an extensive interview process, the Auckland Pride Board has re-appointed the Festival’s founding Festival Director Julian Cook in the role that he helped create across the first two successful festivals. “We are delighted to have Julian back on board with Pride,” says Board Co-Chair Kirsten Sibbit. “His proven track record with the Auckland Pride […]
International sports apparel company Nike has broken ground by featuring it’s first trans athlete as part of it’s advertising campaign. Alongside being the first trans Duathlete to complete for the United States men’s teams at the Olympics, thirty five year-old Chris Mosier is also featuring in Nike’s Unlimited Courage campaign which aired in the US this week. […]