Category: Opinion
Rainbow Counsellor Elijah Luke Michel is here to help with your problems. I have been hugely affected by the attack on Pulse Nightclub in Orlando. I know it happened on the other side of the world but I have felt both shocked and scared ever since. I even had to take a few days off […]
Kiwi drag star Ivanna Dr’nk thinks it’s about time we put a stop to misconceptions around drag. There are various misconceptions and unrealistic expectations that are thrust upon drag queens. We hear it often enough. Being a drag queen is all about the sequined outfits, extravagant wigs, and extravagant club lifestyles. The truth? Behind […]
Patrick Salmon is a Māori man, a husband, and a father of three. He is also making waves and unsettling gender norms after appearing on the media with a historically female-specific tā moko. Like many other cultures around the world, Māori culture has historically been closely tied in with gender. Tā moko, the permanent body and […]
Every queer and their dog was there at the HLR30 Celebration at the Auckland Town Hall. It was a strong crowd of ‘fabulosity’ as the MC had alluded to, but at what cost? Decorating our table was an array of rainbow coloured cupcakes (specifically the delectable banana cake interior) and a selection of Council-approved nibbles. […]
Rainbow Counsellor Elijah Luke Michel is here to help with your problems. I am concerned about my brother. We are both gay, but he is meeting up with many different guys and having unprotected sex with them. He is only 17 so he is just being impulsive and not thinking things through. How can […]
Commit the crime, do the time – it’s a given! But what about transgender people in our prison systems who continue to pay the lifetime price of invalidation? It is enough to be incarcerated, but to be held within a premises intended for a gender you don’t fit is punishment additional and unfair. Elijah Michel […]
Rainbow Counsellor Elijah Luke Michel is here to help with your problems. I’m finding things tough at the moment. I am 18 years old and have just come out as lesbian to my parents. My dad doesn’t seem too worried, but my mum has retreated into her room and I often hear her crying. I […]
Stephen Rainbow responds to last month’s opinion piece by asking the question: When did the battle for gay rights begin and end with what was achieved in New Zealand? Marking thirty years of Homosexual Law Reform will be an occasion for much reflection, as mentioned in express editor Amy Jane Bedwell’s opinion piece “Never Forget […]