Category: Opinion
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 […]
Family First is a key pressure group in quashing the Relationships & Sexuality Curriculum. Craig Young examines their influence on NZ First. Family First was founded in 2006, primarily in opposition to the end of parental corporal punishment as the Clark Labour government repealed Section 59 of the Crimes Act 1961. It happened anyway and […]
Irish comedy writer and anti-transgender activist Graham Linehan has been ‘invited’ to New Zealand by the libertarian “Free Speech Union” and Craig Young has thoughts. For those of us with long memories, Linehan was the creator of sitcom Father Ted. It was humorous enough at the time, although it wildly exaggerated the extent of Catholic influence […]
Dick Richards analyses what dating apps are offering gay and bisexual men in the different parts of Aotearoa New Zealand. A friend of mine moved to Auckland with a dream – to find a career and a man. Instead, he left with a broken heart and an STI. There’s nothing particularly heinous about him, so […]
Best known for his four-legged friends, Woof Rainbow Dog Show founder Steven Oates returns to YOUR ex to bestow the virtues of friendships with straight men. I love straight men. I know that as gay men we are prone to the odd crush on the straight guy at work, the tradie down the road or […]
Dick Richards preaches abstinence… well, for the first date anyway. Have you ever wondered why a fuckbuddy or a hook-up never turns into anything more? Let me ask you this: If your flesh-light or dildo could talk, would you strike up a conversation with it? I’m guessing not. What’s the correlation, you ask? It’s quite […]
Elijah Luke Michel explores the origins of the term ‘cisgender’ and searches for an alternative to appease those who find it offensive. Over the years I have often wondered who coined the term ‘cisgender’ and what they were thinking? Innocently introduced in 1994 to highlight cis-normativity and cis-sexism (a bias towards cisgender people) by researcher […]