Category: People
On June 24, Angie Enoka will become the first Samoan fa’afafine to graduate with a Doctor of Philosophy in Media Studies at Massey University. Ms Enoka hopes that her academic success will encourage other fa’afafine to look at education as a career option and hopes more Pacific people take on postgraduate studies. “When you grow up in […]
Former gay porn star Race Cooper has spoken out about his experience in the industry, explaining that racism was “a daily constant.” Race Cooper who originally started off in the industry as a casting director for the major porn studio Raging Stallion soon went on to perform in front of the camera himself, however, his […]
To the delight of Harry Potter fans across the globe, Emma Watson has officially broken her silence on JK Rowling and her anti-trans tweets. Watson who played Hermione Granger in the Rowling’s beloved children’s series issued her response to the saga via Twitter to her 29 million followers. “Trans people are who they say they […]
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has used The Trevor Project to support the trans community following JK Rowling’s recent transphobic comments. Rowling lashed out at an article headline which referred to “people who menstruate.” The headline was intended to be inclusive by acknowledging the reality that transgender men and nonbinary individuals may also menstruate. Rowling, […]
Actress Amelia Reynolds shares her experience of discovering her mother was gay and meeting her girlfriend Eva for the first time. “An Open Letter To The Second Mum I Never Knew I Needed” Dearest Eva, I remember when mum first introduced us. You were twenty-three, mum was 39 and I had just turned eight. We […]
Stylish couple Olyvyer Le Rü and Dylan Cawte lit up Instagram during lockdown sipping wine overlooking picturesque vineyards while the rest of us donned trackies in our lounge. Fashion Editor Belinda Nash gets to know them. The Remuera duo made the “good call” to ditch Auckland to live Bubble life with Cawte’s dog Marley and […]
Before the Coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke exclusively to express’ Oliver Hall about Conversion Therapy, gender self-ID and her long-running support for the queer community in her only LGBTQ+ focused interview this year. For full disclosure, I first met Jacinda Ardern in 2009, when she was a newly elected MP and I was […]
Larry Kramer, the groundbreaking author and tireless activist for gay rights has died in New York at the age of 84. Kramer died on Wednesday morning in Manhattan, the New York Times reported, citing his husband, David Webster, who said Kramer had died of pneumonia. Born in 1935, he grew up in and around Washington, […]