Category: News

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 […]

Oct 13
NZAF Support Groups

Earlier this month, New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) announced they were holding a weekly support group for elderly men with HIV. The ten week programme is almost halfway through, so we went to have a chat about how it’s going. The group was initially started by existing NZAF clients who expressed an interest in having […]

Oct 13
LGBT+ Media Unanimously Support Clinton

All 12 members of the National Gay Media Association (NGMA) of the USA have officially endorsed Hillary Clinton to become the next President. The NGMA is a trade association of the USA’s longest-serving and most award-winning LGBT+ newspapers, with a combined circulation (both print and online) of over one million readers a week. What makes […]

Oct 13
Mika Haka Releases New Music Video

He’s back again with a new music video to go along with the re-release of his single, ‘Love Me a Man’. Along with the catchy chorus (which you hear almost constantly), psychedelic sequences and scenes of Mika looking his ever-fabulous self permeate this video. If you’re feeling a little blue today at work, this will […]

Oct 12
New HIV Drug Funding Approved by Pharmac

Dolutegravir (Tivicay), an anti-retroviral drug for HIV, has just been approved for funding by Pharmac. In this case, it means that the drug will be fully-funded in public hospitals and the community, so long as specialist-approval is given. Tivicay is an integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI), which basically means that it stops HIV from replicating (and […]

Oct 12
InsideOUT Youth Art Competition

If you’re aged between 13 and 19 and feeling the creativity bug bite, then enter InsideOUT’s multimedia art competition. There are three categories for you to unleash your ideas on: film, writing and art. You can even enter all categories, and multiple times (though InsideOUT would prefer if you entered a maximum of three times […]

Oct 11
Ding Dong the Plebiscite is Dead

Article and picture: Sydney Star Observer Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has confirmed the Labor party will block legislation to hold a plebiscite on marriage equality. The decision the caucus made today followed Shorten’s and Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek’s advice to not support the parliament. Plebiscite legislation is now unlikely to pass the Senate […]