Category: Opinion
Chloe Swarbrick, the openly bisexual Auckland Central MP, is the front-runner to become the Green Party’s new co-leader. Craig Young examines what the youngest co-leader of the Greens could mean for the party’s success. At the last general election, the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand became the third largest party in New Zealand politics. […]
Craig Young delves into the government’s removal of the Relationships and Sexuality Education curriculum from our schools. In order to critically debate the Relationships and Sexuality Education curriculum, it is necessary to delve into its origins and the evidence behind its introduction. There is a reason for this. If there is indeed corroborative evidence about […]
Craig Young says The ACT Party needs to abandon its current ruminations about the abolition of the Human Rights Commission. Even if it isn’t abolished, nor should its neutrality be compromised. When it came to the Commission, established in 1977 under the Muldoon administration, its abilities and scope were circumscribed. It took sixteen years to […]
Dick Richards realises that dating apps have become the ex he keeps going back to. So how do you break that cycle? After years and years of dating and still never finding the right guy, you ask yourself ‘What is wrong with me?” It’s not news that the gay dating world is harder for us […]
What does James Wallace’s early release say about the legal system’s view of male sexual assault survivors? Asks Michael Stevens. James Wallace, the sex offender and disgraced former knight, is being released from prison early after a Parole Board hearing. He had earlier applied for parole in September. but it appears they weren’t satisfied that […]
Jessie Lewthwaite gives her top money-saving tips for women who love women (WLW). Recently, when I was out at a queer event, I made sure to take a glass of wine with a nice, heavy pour. I grabbed one much the same for my friend and went back to where she was standing. I was […]
Elijah Luke Michel returns to YOUR ex to voice key concerns from the trans community about what the new government means for their wellbeing. I voted National once, when I turned 18. I had no idea about politics or political parties, but a family member insisted I voted and that I voted blue. Once I […]
Do you know what your red flags are? Dick Richards remembers back to some of his worst dates and how they helped him realise what he did and didn’t want. I was hanging out with a friend last week, and she was telling me her dating woes. It took me back to some awkward times […]