Category: Opinion
Rainbow Counsellor Elijah Luke Michel is here to help with your problems: I’m worried about my boyfriend. Recently made redundant, he has become unmotivated and needy. He sleeps in, watches Netflix all day, and calls me numerous times at work when lonely or bored, which angers my boss. I also spend my lunch breaks job-hunting […]
Feeling not only ashamed, but also confused, I cleared my Internet browsing history to keep the content of what I was looking at a secret. I crouched under the evergreen branches and made my way to the centre of the tree. This is where my friends and I would gather at recess. I lost my […]
There’s more of a script for sex between cis and/or straight people than for people from Rainbow communities. That makes talking about consent super important for us. If you want one word to describe consent it’s yes. Yes, this is what I want, and I want it now, with you. Consent means sharing responsibility for […]
When one thinks about Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), also commonly referred to as domestic violence, the image that most people assume is one of a heterosexual man abusing a woman. This stereotype is perpetuated by public awareness campaigns about IPV. What seems to go under the radar is the abuse of the elderly by their […]
Rainbow Counsellor Elijah Luke Michel is here to help with your problems: I’m in an open relationship with my partner. I have another boyfriend and we see each other weekly, and practice safe sex. My partner, however, has numerous bed-buddies (which is fine) but he sometimes he forgets to wear protection. Three times in the […]
Rainbow Counsellor Elijah Luke Michel is here to help with your problems: My boyfriend is bisexual and asked recently if we could have a threesome with a girl. I didn’t mind at first, but now I’m wondering how it will work. I’m not attracted to women in the slightest, so how do I make sure […]
My flatmates and I just started a bi+ film night. We craved seeing ourselves, and wondered how representations of people attracted to more than one gender might have changed over time. The usual reasons people watch films. Do you know how hard it is to find bi+ storylines? Films with characters who describe themselves as bi+, […]
77-year-old Diane Sparkes, Educator, Writer, and Transgender Advocate, gave express the low-down on what she feels we as a society need to do in order to lower the suicide rate amongst youths in New Zealand. I attended a symposium on LGBT+ Wellness and Suicide back in early 2013. Attended by many people of education and knowledge, […]