Category: Opinion
Sam Te Kani gives his thoughts on the Pride Parade and our assimilation. I didn’t see the parade. I was working. It was at work though I had a conversation with an anonymous malcontent. The aforementioned stated with almost gleeful resistance that he would not be attending what he coined an ‘assimilationist’ event. Having reveled […]
News Editor Levi Joule and Paul Stevens write on the interruption that overshadowed an otherwise successful Pride Parade. In a display of reckless disregard for the hard work of many volunteers and the spirit of the Pride Festival, a small group of inconsiderate protestors rudely interrupted the Parade in progress instead of asking to be […]
Rainbow Counsellor Lisa Michelle is here to help with your problems. Q. I feel like a forgotten house husband! My partner works and I’m happy to potter around the house during the day, but when he’s home and on the computer I feel neglected. If he’s out somewhere I’m fine, but when he’s home and choosing […]
Rainbow Counsellor Lisa Michelle is here to help with your problems. Q. I’ve just found my boyfriend has had another girlfriend on the side. I am transgender so I feel even worse as although I am fully transitioned I can’t compete with a biological female. Do I give up on finding a man to settle down […]
It is a thrill for us at express as we enter New Zealand’s gayest month that we are bringing our biggest most successful magazine issue ever! We want to say a huge thank you to all of you out there supporting us and particularly our amazing readers who have also been flocking to our website […]
I would like to acknowledge the passing of creative star Warwick Broadhead. When I first started as editor of express, Warwick was working on the magical show called Wild Cabbage with three people who went on to become some of my closest friends Michelle Lafferty, Yvette Parsons and Ben Crowder. I was a little bit […]
What better way to see in the new year then a feminist hashtag? Writer Ijeoma Oluo took to Twitter pre-New Years with a whole bunch seriously silly and sarcastically serious resolutions for the 2015 feminist inside all – ok, some of us. Highlights include: @IjeomaOluo – When a dude says you’re “not like other girls” […]
New express columnist Hamuera Johnsm takes on the rollercoaster ride that is gay life on a dating app. Things grindr has incidentally taught me I don’t like: – Too much cologne. There’s no easy blame for excessive use of the above. I think personal hygiene can often be clutched at with neurotic gusto as a […]