Category: People
It is becoming more commonplace for people to add children with the ever-growing number of same-sex and trans- couples. The advent of adding children to a non-heteronormative family has come very far: with legal same-sex marriages, gay couples can now adopt as a couple instead of an individual; this also flows onto same-sex couples being […]
Brent Thomson has been part of the LGBT+ community for yonks, still able to recollect when the gay club was still on Anzac Ave, and the campaign for the Homosexual Law Reform when he was the leader of UniQ’s predecessor. It’s because of this personal involvement with New Zealand’s history of queer rights that has […]
Picture: Forbes Regardless of the outcome of the USA presidential election, the fact that a political outsider, Donald Trump, was able to secure the nomination of one of the main parties signals a seismic shift in politics that will have ongoing repercussions. And there’s a gay sidebar to the Trump story that’s also a signal […]
Meet Andrew Paterson: he’s an actor and his favourite song to sing at karaoke is ‘Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of…)’ by Lou Bega. The Wellingtonian has done professional theatre at Circa, a few stints at Capital E, and is currently touring with the Don Juan crew. Talking about his career, “I’ve been really […]
Hi Dean, thanks for talking to us! Firstly, tell our readers about yourself. At the moment, I am currently a first-year student at University of Auckland studying psychology. I am profoundly deaf from birth and was taught to communicate in New Zealand Sign Language and written English. So what drew me to your story was […]
Amy Jane Bedwell chats with the multi-talented Micheal McCabe about his love for the arts, building queer futures, and his upcoming project exploring queer spacial practices. Hey Micheal! Thanks for Having the Chat with us. So, tell us a little about yourself. Hi, I’m a young designer currently completing my Masters in Architecture at the […]
Scout Barbour-Evans, takatāpui individual and student at Otago Polytechnic, is out to make Dunedin a better place to live. Although Scout could claim that being a student instantly qualifies them to be representative of a large proportion of Dunedin, ie the students (although attending Otago Polytechnic, Scout also works as a Queer Support intern for Otago […]
Image: ABC News Diversity was the name of the game at the 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards. With recognition being given to celebrities of a variety of ethnicities, queer talent and stories were also big winners! Following the recent controversy surrounding an excess of white nominees and winners during the Academy Awards, television proved it is the medium of diversity with […]