Category: Opinion
Do you want to flop it out and measure who is the most gay? Jessie Lewthwaite refuses to rank sexuality and says it’s time we embraced all queer women. When I was 19, I kissed a boy in my local gay bar for a shot. In my defence, the patrons had just found out we […]
The Rainbow Tick will celebrate its tenth birthday next month, but for many it’s not a milestone worth celebrating. Express talks to former staff members and the programme’s founder, to find out what’s gone wrong. Launched with much fanfare at Auckland Pride in 2013, Rainbow Tick will celebrate 10 years of operating in February. Supported at […]
Undetectable = Untransmittable. Michael Stevens says it’s time New Zealand law caught up with the modern day realities of Safe Sex. December 1 2022 – World AIDS Day – I’m glad I’m still here to mark it, when so many others aren’t. Keeping our communities safe from HIV is an ongoing task, and for a […]
In her brand new express column, Jessie Lewthwaite navigates being a visibly queer butch lesbian; a life filled with privilege and misjudgements. I’m at a bar and I’m trying to drunkenly decide if it is safe for me to go to the bathroom. It’s a straight bar, so that’s already not a great start… and […]
Why should there only be a Transgender Awareness Week? With George Fowler’s guide, you can make 2023 your Transgender Awareness Year. Another Transgender Awareness Week has been and gone. November 13th marked the start of five days dedicated to raising awareness and celebrating queer visibility, and with it comes the glorious litany of pastel pink […]
Gay Samoan Popstar, Ezra Phoenix on race, religion and the realities of living as a gay Samoan man. Pacific Island communities are more likely to accept and celebrate Fa’afafine, or transgender men, than they are to accept and celebrate everyone else on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum. ‘Image’ is everything. If you are a gay man, then […]
The gays and theys come out in force to support touring international pop acts, so why doesn’t Jason Parker see our communities at Kiwi music gigs? It’s 6 pm on a Wednesday in Auckland City. I run home from my 9 to 5 to throw on some sequins and knock back a glass of red. […]
Massey University’s Professor of Social Work, Mark Henrickson, rebuttals Richard O’Brien’s recent Express Magazine op-ed on homophobia’s religious roots. It looks like we’ve entered religion-bashing season again. I have often said that it is easier to be religious and gay than it is to be gay and religious. That is, in general, contemporary religious organisations […]