Category: People
South Auckland-raised Kween Kong was not only a top-three finalist on Drag Race Down Under Season Two but recently reached the finals once again on the new international franchise, Drag Race Global All Stars. She talks to Oliver Hall about using her success to move her family to Melbourne, working with RuPaul and navigating ‘white’ […]
Shawn Mendes recently shared a first listen to his unreleased song “The Mountain” at a performance in Woodstock, New York. Known for his pop hits, Mendes made waves this time by directly addressing longstanding rumours about his sexuality within the song, which will feature on his upcoming self-titled album, ‘Shawn’. Fan recordings from the performance […]
We hear the word ally bandied about more frequently these days, but what is an ally? And what does it mean to be a friend to a whole community? Steven Oates goes in search of New Zealand’s queer communities’ greatest allies. Online, there is much discourse regarding the history of allyship and debate about its […]
Oscar-winning actor Al Pacino donated his earnings from the 1980 film Cruising to charity after coming to understand that the film was “exploitative” of the queer community. Cruising, loosely based on a novel by Gerald Walker, features Pacino as a police officer who goes undercover to catch a serial killer preying on gay men in […]
The UK YouTube stars sit down with YOUR ex to discuss instant chemistry, their relationship status and surviving a homophobic online gaming world. Their last tour was the biggest world tour a duo of YouTubers had ever embarked on. After a content-creating hiatus, Dan and Phil returned to YouTube for more heartwarming gay chemistry and […]
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story star Cooper Koch has confirmed that he is in a relationship, sending shockwaves through his fanbase. Two years after starring in the 2022 queer body horror Swallowed, out gay actor Cooper Koch has firmly established himself as a rising star. His latest role in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series […]
Sunday Star Times’ Chief News Editor Craig Hoyle takes us through his incredible journey of being excommunicated from his family and friends in the Exclusive Brethren church to rebuilding his life, free to live openly as a gay man. What was it like to grow up in the Exclusive Brethren? Growing up in the Exclusive […]
From a tough transient upbringing to making whole dancefloors move to his beats, DJ Ryan Borne discusses how he found where he belongs. Where did you grow up, and how was growing up there for you? I didn’t really grow up anywhere specific, as we moved around a lot when I was a child. From […]