Category: Opinion
Did you know that since same-sex marriage became legal in New Zealand, only 2% of all Kiwi marriages have been same-sex, and our divorce rate is higher than straight couples? Michael Stevens ponders why. I’m married, as are a number of my lesbian and gay friends, but many are happy to continue living together with […]
Lawyer George Ireland advises on the importance of making a will and considering the implications of The Property (Relationships) Act. Nothing can kill that romantic moment with your beloved quite like bringing up the subject of a prenup, however, many of us would be better served by giving some thought at the beginning of a […]
In an election where many voters turned away from the major parties, New Zealand’s fringe micro-parties still failed to gain any traction with their anti-vaccine and anti-trans rights platforms. Craig Young hopes this will show wannabe politicians it is time to move away from bashing the trans community. Well, our three-yearly electoral competition is […]
Posie Parker is no-longer returning to NZ but some of her supporters still plan to protest at the court hearing of Eli Rubashkyn, Michael Stevens asks when is a protest worth it, and when does it just throw petrol on a fire? That’s a question that activists sometimes have to consider. And it’s worth considering […]
When it comes to dating, Dick Richard’s two biggest red flags are behaviours he himself is guilty of. So how do we avoid attachment issues, both in ourselves and others? When it comes to dating and relationships, I have found there are two common red flags that will put everything on pause and possibly ruin […]
Lesbian In The Wild, Jessie Lewthwaite, goes off the beaten gay path to find Auckland’s alternative queer scene. Inside a bar I would normally associate with hairy straight men who think basic hygiene is gay, I’m standing waiting for a drag show to start. The show is best described as androgyny fuelled with heavy metal. […]
The Human Rights Act (Prohibition of Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity, or Expression and Variations of Sex Characteristics) Amendment Bill is due for its first parliamentary reading. It is imperative that this legislation succeeds, given that trans people have only the ‘second class’ antidiscrimination status of inclusion within sex after the late […]
Dick Richards returns to Your Ex to extract the realities of relationships out of the heavily filtered lives of ‘happy’ Instagram couples. Whatever situation we’re in, whether it be single or in a relationship, we can always see the greener grass. But nowadays, people’s grass is severely filtered through social media or a bit tongue. […]