Category: Opinion
Rainbow Counsellor Elijah Michel is here to help with your queer issues. I’m livid about my work situation and am on the verge of walking out. Two of us were up for promotion and I was told I was a shoo-in. I’ve been there longer, have taken fewer sick days and I’m way more knowledgeable […]
Shaneel Lal asks the question that needs to be shouted from every corner of the LGBTQIA+ community. We live in a peculiar time. It seems as though our current representatives invariably love a PR opportunity to talk about their unconditional support for our long-suffering Rainbow community, yet when given the opportunity to act on their words, time and time […]
30 months on from PrEP first being available in NZ, Body Positive Executive Director Mark Fisher tells us about Australia’s new PrEP guidelines on event-based dosing for gay and bisexual men. PrEP debuted in NZ with the NZPrEP trial for 150 people in Auckland in Feb 2017. PrEP was funded in March 2018 and since […]
In 2017 Ramon Te Wake wrote an article for express called The Slut Door, an exploration of sexual power from the perspective of a 41-year-old trans woman discovering she could have intimate relationships with men, without expectation or regret and on her own terms. Two years later, she focuses on the men attracted to trans […]
When it comes to electing the next Mayor of Auckland, the answer for LGBT+ voters has never been clearer writes Levi Joule. As ballot papers hit letterboxes across Auckland this week, LGBT+ voters will like everybody else have to consider who the best and most competent candidates for local boards, council and Mayor are. We […]
NZ Falcons player Karl Wilshier says it’s time we start pushing ourselves forward in the scrum. I’ve had a complicated relationship with rugby as both a queer man and a player. These days I am as quick to be passionate about opportunities for inclusion in this sport as I am angry when the news highlights a […]
Brian Tamaki’s PR stunt was an epic fail for both him and his new-found LGBT allies, writes Levi Joule. I’ll admit that when I arrived at Destiny Church’s HQ in South Auckland on Saturday night to cover Brian Tamaki’s anticipated apology to the gay community, I did so with a high level of cynicism. […]
Levi Joule on Pete Buttigieg’s historic run for the US Presidency and why he might succeed. The problem with trying to understand American politics in this country is the sad reality that most Kiwis don’t have any real clue. There are those who think watching The Daily Show makes them experts yet pick a major […]