Category: Opinion
Rainbow Counsellor Lisa Michelle is here to help with your problems. I’m an out trans guy working in a very male-dominated industry. I have always been, ‘one of the boys’, but we have a new Supervisor who has been transferred to our headquarters. This new guy discovered I had been in hospital recently for a hysterectomy, and […]
express got in touch with Sam Orchard to ask his opinion on Michael Hootman’s article Can the LGB’s Really Understand the Ts? Sam’s top four reasons why T(MPFAFF and I) stand alongside LGB We’re already part of your groups I’m really sorry to hear that you don’t think that women are already a part of the LGBT umbrella, but […]
express got in touch with Ramon Te Wake to ask her opinion on Michael Hootman’s article Can the LGB’s Really Understand the Ts? My initial response Michael was to find you, shake you and perhaps drown you like a cat in a bag, but I realized I didn’t really want criminal charges, just over a few words you […]
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 […]