Category: People
Oliver Hall speaks with British Comedian and Chatty Man host Alan Carr about bringing his live comedy to NZ for the first time, turning 40, and drinking heavily. Alan is initially bashful as I open our conversation by gushing about how talented I think he is, and how his previous tour Tooth Fairy is one […]
Fun, creative, bold, vivacious, and flocking flapulous – Luke Bird has a personality as big as his signature spectacles! Hailing from Whangarei, this spectacular showman was a bird bird in a small cage before flying the coop to begin his career in some of New Zealand’s biggest cities. You may know him from his recent appearance in the trans musical […]
The Federation of Gay Games has announced the recipients of their 2016 Legacy Awards and Medals of Commendation. These awards serve to acknowledge the work of GLBT sports and culture organizations, individuals and allies. Among the winners of the Medals of Commendation was New Zealand’s own Craig Watson, Event Manager for the newly-launched Proud to Play sports festival […]
Twilight actress Kristen Stewart told Elle UK this week that she is “much happier” after publicly coming out about dating women. Although Stewart claimed in an interview last year to have never been hiding her sexuality following being photographed alongside her girlfriend earlier this year, it wasn’t until recently that she directly addressed the topic. In […]
Notable HIV/AIDS activist and well known kiwi architect, Bruce Petry, has been farewelled by friends, family, and the rainbow community after his unexpected death early last week. An upstanding member of the community, well loved and respected by man, Bruce Petry was a member of the Act Up – Act Now organisation which worked to encourage medical […]
Express sits down with Pride’s newest board member James Bennett to see what he hopes to bring to next year’s celebrations Tell us a bit about yourself. I come from Christchurch where my extended family still live, I’m thirty-two years young, single-ish, and have two amazing mothers! My family means so much to me […]
Jordan Bruno is one half of the sizzling mother-and-son duo currently cooking up a storm on New Zealand screens in My Kitchen Rules. Alongside his mother Anna, openly gay foodie Jordan has impressed the judges with his cool, calm, and collected attitude towards cooking and amazing skills in the kitchen. “It was very important that […]
University of Auckland student and up-and-coming actor Iana Grace is the Next Big Thing in Kiwi theatre! Only twenty-one years old and already a veteran of the stage, Iana is currently involved in Auckland Theatre Company’s (ATC) annual youth festival, Next Big Thing (NBT) 2016. Iana identifies as feminine non-binary agender and says that the […]