Category: Opinion
More mainstream sports are showing inclusion for Rainbow communities by supporting Pride. However when Michael Stevens compares two sports stars’ rejections of their clubs’ inclusiveness, he wonders where hypocrisy ends and fairness begins? Have you heard of Haneen Zreika? She plays for the Greater Western Sydney Giants, an Aussie Rules women’s team. To mark Pride, […]
The answer seems obvious, but as the same names begin to appear on the boards of every queer organization Michael Stevens fears a stale monoculture is taking over, one that fails to celebrate when real change is achieved. Surely those of us who are or have been activists, are working to create change. If your […]
Rainbow Counsellor Paul Letham is here to help with your problems. Today he tackles finding your inner calm in a crazy world. Dear Paul, All my friends have Covid, my business is struggling, but with border openings impending I was starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel. Then Russia invaded Ukraine […]
You can’t just walk up to that guy across the bar and tell him you like him because he’s a 10 and you’re, well, a solid six and a half? And have you seen Brian’s new boyfriend! Talk about reaching! It will never last… Dick Richard’s calls bullshit on your beauty standards! In a world […]
Staying at the bach over Summer might be one thing, but what is the reality of actually moving from the city to small-town New Zealand? Steven Oates asks some Coromandel queers who migrated from the big smoke, whether the reality matched the dream. With tough lockdowns, house prices continuing to skyrocket, and a general covid/climate/career […]
Michael Stevens reflects on the ever-changing face of Pride in Aotearoa and longs to be able to gather again. Happy Pride! Even though it is muted this year thanks to the pandemic. Instead of physically being in the same space we’re invited to be together online, and what choice did the organisers have? It must […]
Judy Virago feels proud as she highlights the important work of her trans whanau all over Aotearoa. Most LGBTQIA+ folk born this side of 2000 grew up being told that “It Gets Better”. I’m a firm believer that even when things don’t get better, we get better at responding to difficulties. Pride was born from […]
Judy Virago is ready to celebrate the Classic Kiwi Summer but that wasn’t always the case. She recalls hiding and hurting herself to fit into mainstream beauty standards before finding her place in the sun. Summer hasn’t always been my favourite season. I had severe eczema as a child; the heatwaves and high pollen counts […]