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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. […]
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 […]