Category: Opinion

Scream Hallelujah! Summer is finally here! Our electric blankets are tucked back into the cupboard, the fake fur throw you’ve dozed and dribbled on is bundled away, and the drawer you stuffed your shorts and singlets into six months ago is screaming to be opened. But the winter wasn’t kind. The nights were cold and […]

I am in my first lesbian relationship. I’ve been seeing a woman for three weeks now and we want to have sex, but I don’t know how. Nothing online seems helpful, and I’m too shy to tell her it’s my first time with a woman. She is starting to think I’m not attracted to her. […]

It’s called the Sexual and Reproductive Health Action Plan (SRHAP). At first, it looks like a dyslexic spelling of ‘sharp’, but hidden in the mysteries of governmental policy blurb, there’s plenty of important themes for LGBT+ people, not to mention at least one example of a major flaw in approaching human rights issues. What is […]

I didn’t want to write a review for Riding in Cars with (Mostly Straight) Boys mainly because I’d already done an interview with two of the three people involved. But the thing is, after going to their premiere performance on Monday night, I can’t help but feel that I need to share the heart-wrenchingly cuteness […]

Picture: Forbes Regardless of the outcome of the USA presidential election, the fact that a political outsider, Donald Trump, was able to secure the nomination of one of the main parties signals a seismic shift in politics that will have ongoing repercussions. And there’s a gay sidebar to the Trump story that’s also a signal […]

Article: Jess Jones for Sydney Star Observer I’ve been a sex worker for the past four years. It started as a fun side gig but eventually it became my full-time job. I was making great money as a female escort, and I had grand plans for my future. A year ago, after a lifetime of […]

I’ve struggled to write about the prospect of ending HIV transmission in New Zealand in one short opinion piece. I didn’t know whether to focus on the real excitement I feel at how totally possible it all is or the frustration I feel at the seemingly growing number of things that are standing in our […]

As part of our Luxe feature this month, we sent Amy Todd to eat her heart out. Nothing says luxury more than a delicious degustation menu, paired with a stunning New Zealand wine-matching. And what better venue to indulge than at Metro’s 2016 Restaurant of the Year? So one squally, whatever-happened-to-spring evening, we were dropped […]