Category: People

Northland man Chris Swannell has made history. Chris Swannell has become New Zealand’s first openly gay Anglican Priest. Swanell, who owns a boutique lodge at Russel’s Orongo Bay with his partner of 25 years, Michael Hooper, has served the Russel Community for the past 13 years as a church deacon. The Anglican church previously expected […]

Tim Cook, the openly gay CEO of the world’s most profitable company, has shared an empowering and motivating message to LGBTI youth. 57-year-old Cook, who describes himself as an “uncle, a sports nut, a CEO, a lover of the beautiful Utah outdoors … and a proud gay American,” appeared on stage at the LoveLoud Festival in Salt […]

Katy Perry is back in NZ for two nights with her Witness Tour, a show that promises to be a spectacle! There is a giant eye-shaped LED screen that stares back at the audience as it illuminates her stage, a curvy runway that penetrates deep into the standing crowd, numerous elevating stages from a mini […]

Celine comes to our shores in just one week! There are singers, and then there are SINGERS. Celine Dion is the latter. A powerhouse vocalist who’s been making music for three decades and is one of the bestselling artists of all time. In terms of consistent live vocal performances and a voice that has never […]

Wellington drag king Hugo Grrrl talks to Oliver Hall about coming out as a trans man and NZ’s booming subculture of Drag Kings.   For the last three years, Hugo Grrrl has been New Zealand’s only full-time professional drag king. The masculine equivalent of a drag queen, usually performed by queer women and people assigned […]

The openly gay kiwi athlete is heading to the world rowing championship once again. Robbie Manson has qualified for New Zealand’s spot in the single sculls at the world rowing championships with an impressive win over 2016 Olympic gold medallist Mahe Drysdale. Speaking to reporters after the event, Manson said he was pleased with the result […]