Category: News
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. […]
Reconciling homosexual and Christian identities is a difficult task faced by many members of out community. Historically, queer Christians have struggled to find a space in which they can openly express their sexuality while being accepted in the Christian community. In New Zealand, we are lucky to have a number of Christian institutions who support […]
Twenty nine year old GLBT leader Daniel Chorley was diagnosed with cancer on 2 August this year in Germany. Now he is appealing for help getting back to his family in New Zealand and support to fight this disease. Daniel has been a key community leader in Auckland’s GLBT community for over a decade as an an instrumental leader for […]
The theme of diversity is being put front and centre of their year’s Gay Ski Week QT with a day dedicated to celebrating all unique and varied facets of the queer community. Diversity Day, Monday 29 August, will undoubtably be the most colourful of the entire week! With patrons encouraged to dress in their most colourful […]
Jaden Smith has locked lips with a male co-star in Netflix’s newest series, The Get Down. Known for his refreshing disregard for gender norms, Jaden Smith has begun his small screen career in a role which includes him locking lips with a male co-star. The Get Down is a musical drama set in the 1970s and follows the lives of […]
Two Hands Tattoo on Ponsonby Road will be holding a flash day fundraiser to help to raise funds for RainbowYouth’s I’m Local Project tomorrow! All proceeds from the flash day, taking place at the Two Hands studio today, Thursday 25 August, from 12 noon to 8pm, will be donated to RainbowYouth’s initiative. “The aim of the […]