Category: Opinion

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 […]

Apr 15
Indigenous Inclusivity Before Colonisation

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 […]

Apr 11
Opinion: A Rebuttal To Britain’s Cass Review

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 […]

Mar 31
Transgender Visibility Day: AOTEAROA CAN LEAD THE WAY IN TRANS INCLUSION

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 […]