Category: Opinion
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Elijah Luke Michel eyes the proposed curriculum changes to the teaching of gender identity and reflects on the pre-colonial normality of trans identities. Life was very different for indigenous nations around the world prior to the arrival of visitors, who brought with them their religious worldviews, monogamy, binary gender constructs and segregative justice system. The […]
Craig Young believes the Cass Review’s findings must be rejected as seriously flawed and a risk to transgender child and adolescent health, wellbeing and safety. Although, predictably, the likes of Family First, right-wing UK website Spiked, and anti-transgender pseudofeminists are crowing about the UK Cass Review on halting puberty blocker treatment to trans children and adolescents, criticism […]
New Zealand has a proud history of breaking down boundaries to equality, and Elijah Luke Michel believes nationally embracing our Trans community will be our next big victory. I’ve often pondered the privilege of living in Aotearoa NZ, this stunning group of paradise islands in the South Pacific – the privilege I received by my […]
Craig Young searches for the real reason behind the war on Rainbow Crossings. Anti-LGBTQI+ Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki is back on the warpath again, this time against drag queen story times. But where did this figure of controversy come from? A backgrounder might be in order. Tamaki (66) was born in rural Te Awamutu. […]
All of Us Strangers sparks an argument that Michael Stevens is keen to debate. The gay film All of Us Strangers has been a hit this summer. With two beautiful, talented men in the lead, Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal, it’s not hard to see why. It’s a beautiful, mysterious and evocative love story between […]