Category: Opinion
Recent rulings by World Rugby and the British High Court are keeping trans-women excluded from professional sports. Judy Virago believes it is time we stopped categorising people simply by gender and create fairer rules and greater inclusion for athletes. I hated getting up early on the weekend. I was a kid who liked to sleep […]
Many people think of transitioning as a single step, but Judy Virago believes defining yourself can be a long and winding path. I started correcting things my father would say to me as soon as I could talk. As an infant dad said to me “You want some naanaa baby?” and precociously I replied “Not naanaa daddy, […]
Star of Rūrangi, Elz Carrad, tells us about his experience of being a trans-father and how his recent hormone therapy has helped give him a greater insight into the challenges of puberty. I caught my 12-year-old step-son inspecting his upper lip in the mirror the other day and I knew instantly what he was doing. […]
Michael Stevens immerses himself in the most-talked about gay drama in years and finds It’s a Sin, “is the best dramatisation of the early years of AIDS I’ve seen yet.” It’s a Sin, is the best dramatisation of the early years of AIDS I’ve seen yet, and packs a strong emotional punch. The show is […]
US politics has finally broking free from President Trump and his toxic brand of anti-LGBT+, racist and xenophobic rhetoric. Levi Joule hopes this rejection of the far-right will help bring the left, back to centre as well. For the LGBT+ community and beyond, the Joe Biden/Kamala Harris presidency signals America’s return to normalcy, stability and […]
What a year that was! express looks back at our biggest features and stories during the year of 2020, looking back at the highs, the lows, and everything in between. January 2020 Back at home, Kicking off what seemed to be a year full of so much potential, express went viral with our fabulously intimate […]
Educator, showgirl and Chair of the OuterSpaces Trust Board, Judy Virago shares her story of being a young trans person looking at the working world and wondering where they will fit in. In 1994, I convinced my dad to take my brothers and I, to Priscilla Queen of the Desert. I told him it was […]
Actor and Playwright, Liam Coleman shares his experience of growing up gay in a Christian household and asks straight families to really include their rainbow whanau this Christmas. Dear (some) straight people, My name is Liam, I’m an actor and writer. I’m also an indoor plant dad, an op-shop fanatic and avid movie watcher. I […]