Category: People
Sean Kelly is the Kiwi fashion designer that won Season 13 of Project Runway in 2014 and is currently starring in Project Runway All Stars. He talks to Belinda Nash about his swimwear label Hercules New York, coming out and building his own business in America. Designer Sean Kelly seeded his swimwear brand in 2017 […]
Music legend and gay icon, Elton John has announced the release of his first autobiography, following on the from his Rocket Man biopic which is scheduled for release in late May, and his farewell tour which commences in September. The 71-year-old best selling artist made his announcement via a video which was posted on twitter and filmed at the […]
American singer, and songwriter, Christina Aguilera has been announced as the latest recipient of the Human Rights Campaign’s Ally for Equality award. The award which will honour the 38-year-old singer for raising funds in the battle against HIV/AIDS, advocating for marriage equality, and fighting against anti-LGBT bullying, will be given during an HRC’s dinner in […]
One of NZ’s biggest retailers The Warehouse Group (TWG) employs over 12,000 diverse people across brands including The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, Torpedo 7 and Noel Leeming. We talk to some of their rainbow team members about the importance of feeling included and celebrated in their workplace. Learning Designer Ruscoe Bustenera–Kirby has no hesitation when asked […]
As Elton’s final tour dates sell out all over NZ; Oliver Hall speaks to the stars of his upcoming biopic Rocketman, a kiwi super fan and listens in to the man himself to find why we are still all queuing up to see Elton John live. Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour will not […]
King Princess Talks To Kelly Geater About Music, Representing The Rainbow Community And Playing The Oppression Olympics. King Princess is an artist owning her sexuality, gloriously growing bolder on with each release. Her lyrics are littered with queer references, from the inferred, in break-out track 1950 – a tribute to the lesbian love-story The Price […]
Jan Logie has called for discussion to begin around the establishment of a dedicated Rainbow Ministry. Greens MP Jan Logie has used the launch event of this year’s Wellington Pride Festival as an opportunity to call for a conversation around the established of a ministry for LGBTI+ New Zealanders. Logie says there is still discrimination […]
Geovana will be earning just one-three-hundredth of Joseph Parker’s paycheque when he fought for the male equivalent belt. Brazilian-born Geovana moved to New Zealand nearly a decade ago, to learn English and experience another culture. With a background in special and physical education, she fell in love with the outdoors lifestyle and last year became […]