Category: Opinion
express got in touch with Louisa Wall to ask her opinion on Michael Hootman’s article Can the LGB’s Really Understand the Ts? The initials LGBTIQ are intended to emphasize the diversity of sex, sexual orientation and gender identity and is sometimes used to refer to anyone who is non-heterosexual or non-cisgender instead of exclusively to people who […]
express got in touch with Phylesha Brown-Acton to ask her opinion on Michael Hootman’s article Can the LGB’s Really Understand the Ts? If divorcing the “T” from LGBQI is being contemplated then what a sad day for NZ transsexual or transgender people’s.  Let’s not forget the investment of activism by Trans peoples alongside LGBQI peoples during civil rights movements in […]
Around 60% of us don’t have Wills. What a mess we can leave. Not to mention fights over badly made Wills. If you don’t have a Will, your family won’t know your wishes, and your property will be divided by law, which may not be what you want. You have no control over who administers […]
Rainbow Counsellor Lisa Michelle is here to help with your problems. Q) My partner left me a week ago. I am okay – things weren’t working out between us anyway – but we have a 3-year-old dog together and he wants to take her with him. I am more heartbroken over losing the dog. How can […]
All the gossip that had Gay New Zealand chirping. Who was kindly asked to leave Martini Day celebrations for hogging the loo? She wasn’t alone either! But we suspect it was more up the nose than down the throat. He has the looks, the voice and the X factor but what has the express rumour […]
Rainbow Counsellor Lisa Michelle is here to help with your problems. Q) My cousin is getting married in September and he has invited me, but not my girlfriend of nine years. I really want to go, but am hurt they won’t allow her to come because they hate that we are lesbian. Do I go without […]
Roz is a single young lesbian making her way in the world with fears of looniness and dying with her home over run by cats. I have a confession to make. As with so many things in life that come to annoy us, I’ve been as guilty of the following misdemeanour as everyone else who […]
Why Auckland Pride is still relevant. First there was Hero and now Pride. Auckland has now hosted two Pride Festivals and planning for the third, to be held in 2015, is already underway. Many older members of the rainbow community question it’s relevance now that we have gained equal rights here in Aotearoa. “Why is […]