Category: Opinion
Craig Young says ‘With the New Zealand Labour Party, we don’t know how lucky we are. Witness its performance on LGBTQI+ rights, compared to its British and Australian counterparts.’ Unfortunately, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) has always been somewhat trailing its British and New Zealand counterparts when it comes to LGBTQI+ equality. This is because […]
Navigating the legal world can often feel daunting and inaccessible, especially for those who aren’t familiar with its intricacies. Whether it’s dealing with personal relationships, property transactions, or planning for the future, the law touches nearly every aspect of our lives. Yet, many people are hesitant to seek legal advice, often due to misconceptions about […]
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith has appointed Dr Stephen Rainbow as head of the anti-discrimination Human Rights Commission. Craig Young assesses what the appointment of a centre-right gay man, means for the commission. At sixty-three, Rainbow has had a broad spectrum of political affiliations, starting with Labour in the eighties and the Greens in the nineties, […]
Did you just comment on a thirst trap post that wasn’t even a real person? Artificial Intelligence is changing the world, but Steven Oates is concerned about what AI-generated hotties are doing to our self-esteem. As far back as the early 1950’s, with the widespread publication of ‘Physique’ or ‘Beefcake’ magazines, many gay men have […]
Anti-trans activist Kellie-Jean Keen-Minshull aka Posie Parker has stopped haranguing trans people and now appears to have a new target – gay men involved in surrogate parenthood. Surrogacy has always been a subject of contention. Opinions range from acceptance that it involves a contractual relationship between a surrogate birth mother and sperm donor to have […]
Craig Young takes a closer look at Winston Peters new-found fascination with women’s sports and transgender communities. When it comes to substantive issues relating to trans communities, Winston Peters seems to have limited that to the erasure of the Relationships and Sexuality Curriculum being taught in schools. Beyond that, Peters has chosen more symbolic issues, […]
Craig Young asks if bad vice-presidential choices adversely affect US presidential campaigns. And is J.D. Vance a bad choice? Given that there were a large number of badly chosen nineteenth-century picks for the vice-presidential portfolio, I’ll restrict my summary to those within the last fifty years! Spiro Agnew, Richard Nixon’s vice presidential choice, was brought […]
On July 21, President Biden stepped down as the Democrat Party’s candidate for the next term’s American President, endorsing his Vice President, Kamala Harris to fill his shoes. Craig Young asks what President Harris would mean for rainbow communities and the US in general. The Biden administration has been a praiseworthy defender of LGBTQ+ rights […]