Category: People
Award-winning choreographer and dancer Douglas Wright has announced his retirement. A living testament to the magnitude of GLBT talent in New Zealand, Wright danced his way around prolific dance companies in New York and London before returning home to form his own company in 1989, the Douglas Wright Dance Company. With over 30 works in his […]
New Zealand’s electro-pop siren Ladyhawke has released the latest track off her upcoming album, A Love Song. Ladyhawke is famously married to comedienne and actress Madeleine Sami. Already stations such as ZM and More FM have been playing the song which was released for radio play at 8am this morning, teasing more details to come […]
The latest Star Wars instalment The Force Awakens marked a huge step towards diversity in the popular film franchise. With a person of colour and a woman as the two main characters, it is clear that director JJ Abrams wanted to step away from the white, male dominated previous films. Abrams again proved that he is an […]
Sam Smith dedicated his Oscar to the LGBT community, citing Sir Ian Mckellen in saying that no openly gay person has ever won an Oscar. “I read an article a few months ago by Sir Ian Mckellen and he said no openly gay man had won an Oscar. If this is the case, I want […]
The former world-boxing champion has sparked more controversy just hours after Nike severed ties with him. Many Pacquiao has sparked fresh outrage and accusations of homophobia after the boxing champion created a Instagram post quoting Leviticus, saying: “Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.” The […]
Ian Thorpe and his swimwear model boyfriend have become Australia’s hot new couple. Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe is reportedly dating model and law student Ryan Channing. While the relationship is in the early stages, the couple been have said to have spent the summer enjoying each other’s company, with one soure telling a NewsCorp Australia paper that […]
Julianne Moore has waded into the public debate currently raging in Italy after being asked a series of questions by an Italian reporter at a Berlin Film festival film festival. The Academy Award winner was asked a question by a Italian reporter who had wanted to know the actress’ opinion on whether it was right […]
A new film on the iconic gay artist has been announced. The gay erotic artist’s life will be depicted in a new film, which will be directed by Heart of a Lion director Dome Karukoski. The film, titled Tom of Finland depicts the life of the popular Finnish artist also known as Touko Laaksonen. The […]