Category: People
Tom Daley was recently photographed using a Pride flag towel during Olympics training after Paris 2024 organisers promised to provide athletes with a platform to advocate for LGBTQ+ rights. While political gestures on podiums are still banned, the organisers stated last year that they would leverage the Olympic spotlight to promote a broader message of […]
Former Formula One driver Ralf Schumacher, brother of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, has come out as gay. Schumacher, who recently turned 49, shared the news on Instagram. He posted a photo of himself with his partner Etienne gazing at a sunset, with the caption: “The most beautiful thing in life is when you have […]
American track star Trey Cunningham, who participated in the U.S. Olympic Trials last month, has publicly announced that he is gay. In an interview with The New York Times, Cunningham described coming out to his family in private five years ago as the “scariest thing I’ve ever done.” Now, he is sharing his truth with […]
ART & REALISM founder Jacquie Burke discusses her inclusive platform, offering artists a digital shopfront. Growing up on a kiwifruit orchard in Kati Kati, Bay of Plenty, Jacquie Burke’s childhood was filled with the joys of rural life. “It was amazing!” she recalls. “We had every kind of farm animal. I picked and packed kiwifruit […]
Riverton man Teoti Jardine (80) lays bare the shock of discovering homophobia in his childhood and how he escaped to the other side of the world to feel safe and accepted. I was born in Queenstown in 1944 and grew up on Kawarau Falls Sheep Station, which was my father’s family farm. Growing up, I […]
Man-hating lesbians aren’t a real thing, but lesbian-loving straight cis ‘lesbros’ are, and Jessie Lewthwaite wants more! Doing my patented butch dance, which I bust out when I haven’t had enough gins to actually do my far goofier real dancing, I slowly push through the crowd to the bar. I was on my way to […]
Senior National MP and Minister of Finance Nicola Willis has responded sharply to Brian Tamaki over a social media post concerning her Instagram activity and the following of a local Drag King. The Destiny Church leader and self-appointed “Apostle Bishop” criticised Willis for following drag king Willy SmacknTush, known for family-friendly story-time events, on Instagram. […]
More than half of lesbian and gay parents have encountered negative remarks about their families, with 48 per cent concerned that their children might face bullying at school, new research reveals. A report by Just Like Us indicates that over a third of lesbian and gay parents have been subjected to intrusive questions, such as […]