Category: People
Ahead of his debut performance at Big Gay Out, gospel pop singer Parson James, real name Ashton Parson, is a man wiser than his years. Talking from his New York apartment, sitting beside sleeping dogs Dolly Parson and Presley, James was on a vocal hiatus due to a vocal cord hemorrhage, but was able to […]
We talk to Jason Chasland about his one-man show running throughout the Auckland Pride Festival, IMPOSTAR. Hi Jason, thanks for talking to us! Firstly, tell our readers a little about your upbringing. I grew up in Carterton but then we moved to a farm when I was eight called Te Parae in the Wairarapa. I […]
express recently interviewed the ‘The Million Dollar Man’, Michael Boulgaris, who is recognised as both an acclaimed leader in the industry and as being synonymous with the selling of luxury real estate. Straight away, Boulgaris’ charm was switched on as he welcomed us into his beautiful Remuera home. With introductions out of the way, we […]
Stella Callisto, also known as her alter ego, Nipless Cage, is a producer, performer and Drag King. We had a chat with her ahead of the upcoming King of Kings Pageant and asked about the small, but growing, scene of Kings. When did you realize that you wanted to become a performer? I have been […]
In one of his last acts, President Obama will be commuting the rest of Chelsea Manning’s prison sentence. Instead of being released in 2045, Manning will leave the military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on 17 May. Manning had already made two suicide attempts in regards to the prison’s handling of her gender dysphoria – […]
Article:Katherine Wolfgramme for Star Observer With the world’s media courting trans issues – whether it online, current affairs programmes, in the papers, or reality television – trans visibility is at an historic high. But as a trans gender woman I can’t help but wonder, in amazement, how has this come to be? In what was […]
Article and photo: Star Observer “I forgot to ask whether you’ve been with a trans guy before?” He hadn’t. “Well, you’ve been with a guy before? And you’ve been with a woman before? All right then,” I told him, “you’ll be fine.” Steve* from Grindr is an extremely decent lay and hasn’t once been weird […]
Talented Thomas Sainsbury, 34, has two productions running in Auckland this month: Dynamotion Presents Mia Blonde in Ice Dagger, and The Opening Night Before Christmas. They draw on two key inspirations: James Bond movies, and amateur theatre in small-town New Zealand. Tell us about Mia Blonde, which you co-wrote with Laura Liew and is performed […]