Category: People
One of the world’s hottest stars Richard Madden is in talks with Marvel Studios to join their cast of The Eternals and is the favoured to be the next James Bond, following his record-breaking performance in Bodyguard. He spoke to express about playing John Ried in Rocketman and his ascent to the stars. Last month Richard […]
When express was fishing around to see who would be the best people to write columns about rainbow life in Wellington and Christchurch, the names of these two old trouts kept swimming to the surface. Lilly Loudmouth and Little Miss Cinnamon are institutions in their respective cities and from next issue onwards will be keeping […]
Meet Maxfield Haynes who recently travelled to NZ while touring as a dancer with New York City based ballet company, Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Maxfield Haynes who has performed on stages both domestically in the United States and internationally with Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (the world’s foremost all-male drag queen […]
Trinity The Tuck Taylor is ‘super excited’ to be returning to NZ as part of Dragfest 2019 – The Realness Tour. He tells Oliver Hall about his life in and out of the drag spotlight, sharing the crown with Monet and wanting more plastic surgery. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Trinity aka Ryan, admits his childhood […]
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have made history and become the first members of the British Royal Family to publicly celebrate Pride month. Joining in on the celebration, the couple posted a message to their official Instagram account saying: “For the month of June we ‘proudly’ shine a light on PRIDE.” The post continued, […]
Nicholas Francis was crowned Mr Gay New Zealand in February. The single 27-year-old, tells us he hopes to improve understanding of LGBT+ issues in the Pacific community. Tell us a bit about where you were born and how growing up was for you? I was born in Auckland, New Zealand. At the age of 3, […]
Shaving company Gillette, has released an emotional and heartwarming new ad featuring a young trans man being taught to shave for the first time by his proud father. The beautiful ad and its tagline “Whenever, wherever, however, it happens – your first shave is special,” is the first video of the brand’s new campaign titled: […]
express talks to RainbowYOUTH’s Executive Director Frances Arns about 30 years of providing support for LGBTIQ youth and how Aotearoa has progressed during that time. How has the role that RainbowYOUTH (RY) plays in the community adapted over these 30 years? RY started its life as ALGY (Auckland Lesbian and Gay Youth), created as a […]