Category: Opinion
I remember the moment when marriage equality became law in New Zealand. I was knee deep in a super jug inside a packed student bar, surrounded by friends draped in rainbow flags. We stood up on the leather bench seats as the vote was read, bottom lips pulled into our mouths and fists clenched in […]
Rainbow Counsellor Elijah Luke Michel is here to help with your problems. I broke up with my ex over a year ago but we’ve remained good friends. I’ve just started dating a lovely guy who I’d like to pursue a long-term relationship with. My ex is happy for me, but this guy does not want […]
Bruce Springsteen, a well known musician and left wing advocate, has been called a “bully” after cancelling his North Carolina concert in protest to the state’s recent anti-LGBT law. HB2, also known as the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act, is an act to provide for single-sex multiple occupancy bathroom and changing facilities in schools and public agencies […]
Resident rainbow councillor Elijah Luke Michel gives his take on healthy communication, and how to avoid arguments with people whose opinions are different to our own. Every human on the planet is born unique – even identical twins have their own fingerprints – so how do we learn to relate with those who have differing […]
The advocacy for same-sex marriage and support of queer rights has become a major American election issue this year. Shots have been fired from all camps, including dredging up Clinton’s support of DOMA, and Bernie Sanders’ previous reluctance to talk openly about gay marriage. In spite of slanderous political campaigning, it would be folly to say […]
Thirty years ago is more than a lifetime for some. But the passing of Homosexual Law Reform (HLR) in 1986 happened in my lifetime. And in my country. For many older gay people this event was a formative experience in our lives. Watching “The Thin Edge of the Wedge” as part of the Pride festival […]
Stephen Rainbow writes on how world peace could be enhanced if there were more of the kind of international relationships that gays tend to have. When my late grandmother, a Londoner who lived much of her life in Nelson, was asked why her will stated that she wanted her ashes put on an outgoing tide […]
Watching Hudson & Halls Live at Silo Theatre last night was not only superb theatre, it was a timely reminder to me of several important things. First up is how much New Zealand has (thankfully) changed since the time (1976-1986) that this conspicuously gay couple had their own cooking show on New Zealand television. Thirty […]