Category: News

Jan 12
2015 Golden Globe Awards: ‘Transparent’ Wins Best TV Comedy Series

“Transparent” has just won the Golden Globe for best TV series, musical or comedy. Transparent, created by Amazon, has taken out the Golden Globe for best best television series in a comedy or musical at the Golden Globe awards currently being held in Los Angeles. Transparent has been a hot with critics and is a comedy on […]

Jan 12
Calls to Cancel ‘My Husband’s Not Gay’ Show

The bizarre new series set to premiere on US cable television later today follows four men who admit they are attracted to other men, but choose to live as ‘heterosexuals’ because of their Mormon faith. Gay rights campaigners have called for a the show to be cancelled because of the show’s promotion of the idea that homosexuality […]

Jan 09
Pride VIP Glam Stand Returns For 2015 Parade

Auckland Pride Festival in association with GABA are once again hosting a Glam Stand at this year’s parade.  According to the Pride parade director Richard Taki, “this year’s VIP area takes you through a mythical experience of ‘The City of Chaos’. Sashay into this seething pit of glamour and enchantment on Saturday 21st of February […]

Jan 09
Ladyhawke Tying The Knot in Masterton

Kiwi singer Ladyhawke and actress Madeleine Sami are set to marry in Masterton this weekend. The NZ Herald reports that the pair will exchange vows in front of a crowd of around 200 people in Masterton this weekend. A source, who did not want to be named, told the  NZ Herald it would be a […]

Jan 08
More Details Emerge on Ihaia Gillman Harris Murder

More details have emerged on the killing on Ihaia Gillman Harris as friends and family members of the two accused take to social media to defend the pair.  Leonard Nattrass-Berquist and Beauen Wallace-Loretz, both 17, appeared in Auckland District Court yesterday morning and we remanded in custody until next month when they are due to […]

Jan 06
Uber Driver Kicks Out Gay Couple For Kissing

The bad publicity just keeps on coming for Uber.  A gay couple were allegedly asked to leave a Uber taxi in London after the driver saw the pair kissing. Corey Watts and his boyfriend Jordan Sloan got into a Uber taxi at Covent Garden in London at 8pm but were thrown out just minutes later […]

Jan 06
US Pride DVD Cover Wipes Out Gay References

The US release of hit 2014 film Pride has removed any references to the film’s gay themes on the DVD cover.  Responding to the growing outrage ,CBS Films, resposbile for the film’s distribution has told UK website Pink News, “we’re looking into this now, and our page for the film remains the same as it […]

Dec 28
2014 in Review: The Highlights and Lowlights in Brief

News Editor Levi Joule takes a quick look back at the year’s highs and lows for the GLBT community, both here at home and abroad.    Highlights:    Marriage Equality in the United States 2014 saw a number of anti marriage equality laws struck down by judges, paving the way for same sex couples to […]