Category: People

Apr 07
Kiwis Surviving Self-Isolation: The Team at OUTLine

On top of the massive struggle the world is facing with the COVID-19 pandemic, there are unique ways in which this will be tough for rainbow folks. Express spoke to the team at OUTLine to get their rainbow specific tips to help you make it through this lockdown in one piece. James Malcolm, Communications Coordinator […]

Apr 06
Kiwis Surviving Self-Isolation: Tom Sainsbury

Comedian, playwright and Snap-Chat Dude Tom Sainsbury knows “some of you bitches must be struggling” to stay off Grindr. But he has the ultimate solution: self-pleasure! Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown – where are you? Who’s in your bubble? And what are you doing to keep your mental health in check? I’m in […]

Apr 05
Queer Kiwis Surviving Self-Isolation: Zakk d’Larte

Why didn’t Designer and Auckland Pride Board Member Zakk d’Larte get his roots done before he went into Lockdown?! He talks to us about small regrets, digital drag and questionable homemade soy mochas.  Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown – where are you? Who’s in your bubble? And what are you doing to keep […]

Apr 03
Queer Kiwis Surviving Self-Isolation: Alan Granville

Alan Granville is one-half of Urge Events and a journalist for Stuff.co.nz. Lockdown is turning this Wellington bear-about-town into a domestic Goddess – his cutlery draws are cleaner than yours! Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown – where are you? Who’s in your bubble? And what are you doing to keep your mental health […]

Apr 01
Kiwis Surviving Self-Isolation: Luke Bird

TV personality, MC and all-round thirst trap ‘The Bird Man’ Luke Bird is missing sex but learning to love himself in lockdown. Here are his tips for getting to know ‘you’! Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown – where are you? Who’s in your bubble? And what are you doing to keep your mental […]

Apr 01
Netflix’s Tiger King Missgenders Trans Star

The hit Netflix series Tiger King which is currently the number one trending show on Netflix in Aotearoa, has misgendered one of the trans stars throughout the entire show.  The revelation of the misgendering comes as fans hone in on the series in never before seen detail, focussing on Joe Exotic’s wild lifestyle, the Zoo, […]

Mar 31
How Covid-19 Is Affecting Aotearoa’s Rainbow Community: Anita Wigl’It

In the first of a series of interviews with high-profile community members; House of Drag co-host and co-Owner of Caluzzi Cabaret and Pheonix Entertainment, Anita Wigl’it gives us her tips for surviving Level 4 Lockdown. Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown – Where are you, Who’s in your bubble, and what are you doing […]

Mar 27
We Can Only Be a Rainbow When All the Colours are Collaborating

Fashion model, LGBT+ activist and self-described gender-capitalist Rain Dove visited Auckland over Pride, attended events and met with community groups to understand what it means to be queer in Aotearoa. Rain talks to Oliver Hall about bridging the generational and ideological divides in our rainbow community. I met Rain Dove for coffee a few days […]