Category: Opinion
Yesterday it was Westpac, today it’s Vodafone – as supporters flee the Auckland Pride Parade; Michael Stevens surveys the damage and explains why the Pride Board have gotten this so wrong. Sometimes people talk about the Rainbow Community as if we are one, but the current anger and distress at the Pride Board’s decisions around […]
Codee MacDonald believes the Pride Board are trying to protect the most marginalised and vulnerable in our community and feels we should all be united with them. On the 9th of November, The Auckland Pride Board announced the decision that they would be banning NZ Police/Corrections from wearing their uniform while walking in the Auckland […]
Yesterday the Sydney Morning Herald released the 20 recommendations from the Religious Freedom Review headed by Phillip Ruddock, leaving LGBTI advocates and human rights experts concerned about future discrimination for LGBTI people. Anna Brown, director of legal advocacy with the Human Rights Law Centre and co-chair of the Equality Campaign, said: “Australians voted for fairness […]
Rainbow Counsellor Elijah Michel is here to help you I’ve just discovered my son is gay. That’s not a bad thing in itself, but he’s only just turned 12 and I’m lesbian. People will think I’ve influenced him because he’s been raised by two women. Surely 12 is too young for him to know if […]
Rainbow Counsellor Elijah Michel is here to help you. I wish my partner would understand I don’t want to talk when I get home from work. As soon as my car pulls up he comes out and starts telling me all about his day at home (he’s currently between jobs) and what he’s read on […]
Actor and Director Adam Rowe asks not to be defined by gender but respected as ‘me’. My relationship with pronouns is messy. In fact, I find language as a whole to be fraught with potholes. Stay with me for a moment – things might get a bit tricky. Words are the frames that we draw […]
Chye-Ling Huang describes her journey to finding true herself by unboxing her sexuality. My sexual preference started off about as binary as you can get. Tall white guys and monogamous long-term relationships were my go-to for many years. I was stoked to come out officially as bisexual when I was at Uni, which for me […]
Rainbow Counsellor Elijah Luke Michel is here to help with your problems. The other day I had a mini meltdown at work. I lost my temper, threw my coffee mug at the wall and stormed out. It’s the first time my colleagues have seen me in this state and a few have been avoiding me […]