Category: Opinion
New express columnist Hamuera Johnsm takes on the rollercoaster ride that is gay life on a dating app. The Pie story: There’s a hilarious rush on Grindr around the hour of four am on a Saturday and Sunday, when everybody’s suddenly online throwing, ‘hey misters’, every which way, in anxious states of drunken arousal. These are […]
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News Editor Levi Joule takes a quick look back at the year’s highs and lows for the GLBT community, both here at home and abroad. Highlights: Marriage Equality in the United States 2014 saw a number of anti marriage equality laws struck down by judges, paving the way for same sex couples to […]
Rainbow Counsellor Lisa Michelle is here to help with your problems. Q My older sister came out to our parents last week. I overheard her telling them and they have seemed sad and distant since. I didn’t even know she was lesbian. My problem is that I have been wanting to come out to them myself for the last […]
Rainbow Counsellor Lisa Michelle is here to help with your problems. Q. My girlfriend of 15 years proposed to me last week and I’ve been in turmoil ever since. I’m not afraid of commitment, but I just don’t see the need to marry after so long. When she proposed I said yes, of course, but I […]
Rainbow Counsellor Lisa Michelle is here to help with your problems. Q I’m 23 years old and have been with my boyfriend for almost 6 months. The other night we were getting ready to go to town and he didn’t want me wearing a singlet. He said I looked like a tramp. When I refused to take […]
News Editor Levi Joule reflects on the 10 year anniversary of the passage of the Civil Union Act in New Zealand and asks just why was the anniversary forgotten by both the gay and mainstream media? This week marked the 10 year anniversary of civil unions passing into law in New Zealand. It was an anniversary missed […]
“The 2015 Auckland Pride Festival and Parade is on-track to be our biggest and most successful to date.” “We have received a record number of Parade float applications, including entries from outside of Auckland. Rotorua’s Chamber of Pride entry is certainly one to watch. Led by TV personality Tamati Coffey, Rotorua’s float has around 40 […]