Category: Opinion

May 28
Opinion: Destiny Church’s commitment to ‘child protection’

Craig Young reflects on Wellington’s ‘Inflection Point event featuring Posie Parker and questions Destiny Church’s commitment to ‘child protection’. On May 19, “Inflection Point”, a coalition of anti-transgender activists from Australia and New Zealand, engaged in a conference at the Wellington Convention Centre across the way from Te Papa. Thanks to Joel MacManus, a  Spinoff journalist who […]

May 23
Opinion: The End of Little Britain

As the months pass, it seems that nothing will be able to save the ailing British Conservative Party from the final coupe de grace that the forthcoming British General Election will administer. Craig Young recounts how did got this bad and how much LGBTQ+ rights have had to do with it. In 2010, the British […]

May 16
Opinion: Brian Tamaki Is Going Off The Boil

Predictably, Brian Tamaki’s grandstanding against drag queen story times and rainbow crossings has died down, so he’s trying a new anti-trans tactic instead, says Craig Young. This suggests that Tamaki is fixated on public performance of anti-LGBTQI+ misbehaviour but has no real strategy to follow through once he has done so. Sunita Torrance and Daniel […]

May 10
Is Our Gay Dating Scene Dead?

Is it time to mourn the end of a gay happily ever after, or are you just too fussy? Dick Richards has the answers. The gay dating scene is dead. Gay guys just want to fuck. The gay dating pool is too small. I’m sure you’ve heard these statements before or even said it yourself, […]

Apr 26
Gay Dating: Sex In A Long Term Relationship

It’s a hook up without the adrenaline. Dick Richards looks at how we can rewire our sexual habits to keep us cumming back for more. To think it’s just a physical action where we experience a mind-blowing orgasm is to diminish the power of sex because it’s so much more than that. It’s not just […]

Apr 26
Lesbian In The Wild: Is Australia’s Grass Really Greener?

Why on earth is Jessie Lewthwaite an Australian living in New Zealand? I was walking down the stairs to get off the stage, where I had just completed a presentation for an audience at an education conference. I had been talking about Rainbow Awareness and my audience was mostly white, boomer-generation professionals that worked in […]

Apr 15
Gay Dating: Split From Our Sexual Selves

Dick Richards says we shouldn’t be ashamed of our desires and fantasies – they are an important part of who we are. Who doesn’t love the excitement of a casual hook-up? The foreplay of the dirty chats, the tension in our pants when we get sent a dick pic, the build-up of exhilaration as we’re […]

Apr 15
A Lesbian In The Wild: Judging Thirst Traps

Jessie Lewthwaite has notes for those trying to attract the female gaze (gays). As is common for most busy professional millennials, I end most of my days laying in bed, disassociating by staring at my phone. Currently, my favourite online brain-numbing void is Instagram Reels, because I feel too old for Tiktok, but the short […]