Category: News
The sweetest and most aromatic weekend of the year is here! The Chocolate & Coffee Festival has arrived at the Viaduct Events Centre for the weekend! From September 28 to September 29, 2024, the Chocolate & Coffee Festival is New Zealand’s largest celebration of all things chocolate, coffee, and irresistible treats, promising a gourmet experience […]
Wellington is abuzz with excitement as the highly anticipated World of WearableArt (WOW) Show kicks off tonight at the TSB Arena. Running till 13 October, this year’s WOW Show, titled DREAM AWAKE, invites audiences on an immersive voyage into a fantastical realm, showcasing wearable art like never before. The 2024 show revolves around the DREAM […]
At least eight transgender individuals have been arrested, with approximately a dozen others detained in Belarus since August. According to TG House Belarus, a transgender support organisation, the crackdown on the LGBTQ+ community started in late August and escalated significantly in early September. TG House Belarus estimates that between 15 and 20 LGBTQ+ people were […]
From a tough transient upbringing to making whole dancefloors move to his beats, DJ Ryan Borne discusses how he found where he belongs. Where did you grow up, and how was growing up there for you? I didn’t really grow up anywhere specific, as we moved around a lot when I was a child. From […]
A petition calling for the removal of Malcolm Bishop KC, Tonga’s newly appointed Chief Justice, has ignited a fierce debate over the country’s treatment of LGBTQ+ individuals. Just three days after Bishop took office, a group of Tongan lawyers submitted the petition, arguing that his long-term same-sex relationship conflicts with the nation’s legal and moral […]
Jessie Lewthwaite finds herself in the centre of a lesbian renaissance! With my history of inevitably ending up in a gay bar on a night out, I made my way down the stairs into G.A.Y. on K Road in Auckland. I was confused at first because I’d actually meant to go to the basement of […]
After facing significant backlash over his participation in an LGBTQ+ Republican fundraiser, rapper Chingy has withdrawn from the event. Chingy (real name Howard Bailey Jr.), known for hits like ‘Right Thurr’, had been set to perform at the ‘Red, White, and Rock’ fundraiser—a Republican event supporting LGBTQ+ conservatives. Over the weekend, the rapper responded to […]
The NSW government has committed to implementing all 19 recommendations from a landmark inquiry into historical gay hate crimes, acknowledging that victims and their families were “fundamentally failed” in the past and vowing to ensure such injustices never occur again. The inquiry, which spanned 18 months, investigated unsolved deaths in NSW between 1970 and 2010 […]