Category: News

Sep 13
Whoopi Goldberg explains why asking about a transperson’s junk is not okay

Whoopi Goldberg has recently appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to promote her new show, Strut – a show about Slay Model Management, an agency dedicated to serving transgender models exclusively. During her interview, she addresses why asking about a transperson’s junk is a no-no: “it would be like meeting someone and saying […]

Sep 13
Eat, Pray, Love your way to happiness

The author of the book that inspired the Julia Roberts movie, and made us all contract a bad case of wanderlust, Elizabeth Gilbert, has announced her relationship with fellow writer, Rayya Elias. It was not necessarily a case of magically finding that she was attracted to another female, but rather, figuring out that “she’s my […]

Sep 12
Actress Alexis Arquette passes away

Alexis Arquette was a trail-blazing actress of our generation: featuring in the likes of ‘Pulp Fiction’, ‘Of Mice and Men’, ‘The Wedding Singer’ and ‘Bride of Chucky’ before transitioning. She knew that transitioning would reduce the number of roles available to her, but it didn’t stop her working and going for roles that didn’t demean and […]

Sep 11
Wild Times at Wigarama 2016

Wild Times at Wigarama 2016 Saturday 10 September Encore Entertainment and Cabaret Images: Aatir Zaidi Wigarama 2016 delivered another spectacular year of performance jam-packed into one stellar evening. With talent from a plethora of different venues, the audience enjoyed an array of different entertainment. Raising money for the Cartier Bereavement Charitable Trust, patrons turned out […]

Sep 10
We are Together: Hamilton Pride Launch Party!

Hamilton Pride Launch Party Friday 9 September The Meteor, Hamilton Photos: Aatir Zaidi Hamilton Pride got off to a banger start with the fabulous Launch Party at Hamilton’s The Meteor. With Family Bar’s Miss Ribena emceeing the evening, proud guests were treated to an array of talent from the Tron as well as Auckland visitors; […]

Sep 10
Loved me a Man Released to Coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day

Coinciding with World Suicide Prevention Day, Mika Haka has released his original hit single, ‘Loved Me a Man’ again. Originally premiering in 1991, this gay pop hit was initially banned from being streamed on public radio: that sort of controversy has abated with a more modern New Zealand. What has not changed since then is the […]

Sep 09
NZAF Condom Emoji Rejected

Unicode, the organisation which regulates new emojis, has rejected an application put forward by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation to include a condom emoji because it was not supported by leading technology companies. A lack of support from Google and Facebook has seen the NZAF’s hopes of having a condom emoji included in Unicode’s repertoire […]

Sep 09
World Suicide Prevention Day Highlighted By Queer-Led Organisation

The Mika Haka Foundation which featured in the September issue of express is offering free photoshoots to people who have encountered suicide in their lives on World Suicide Prevention Day, Saturday 10 September. This photoshoot aims to raise awareness around suicide, offering participants the opportunity to share their stories. With rates of suicide and attempted […]