Category: People

Apr 28
Up Close And Personal With James Malcolm Ahead Of His New Show ‘2 Faced 2 Furious’

Queer comedy legend James Malcolm discusses life in the fast lane, his comedy empire, and his brand new show coming to the 2021 NZ International Comedy Festival ‘2 Faced 2 Furious’. Coming to the classic comedy club from May 20, ‘2 Faced 2 Furious’ is classic Malcolm solo and is described as either a show […]

Apr 16
A Breakthrough For Asian Representation In NZ Theatre

Wellington-based Director Casandra Tse has been selected by Auckland Theatre Company to bring the ground breaking Australian play Single Asian Female to NZ’s stage for the first time. She discusses her lived experience as a NZ-Chinese bisexual woman and the importance of telling intersectional stories Single Asian Female was Australia’s first main-stage production to feature […]

Apr 16
Love, Victor: Queer Coming Of Age Goes Mainstream

Love, Victor, the Disney+ teen drama that follows up the ground-breaking Love, Simon, again puts exploring sexuality in high-school at the centre of its story. Oliver Hall chats to stars Michael Cimino and George Sear about being straight actors cast in gay roles. Based on the young adult novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, […]

Apr 14
Mika Haka Received $49.5K Creative NZ Grant with Charges Pending

While on bail, Mika was granted hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of grants while charged with perverting the course of justice. The grants won’t be returned. Mika Haka also known as ‘Mika X’ was receiving hundreds of thousands of government grants while awaiting trial for perverting the course of justice. The NZ Herald reports […]

Apr 09
Lexie Matheson: “It’s Very Easy to Forget That There Are Actually Queers Over Forty”

Matheson talks to express about the challenges facing older LGBT Kiwis and says she’s, “not the sort of person who knows her place.” Lexie Matheson ONZM says she wants to highlight the challenges older LGBT people face saying the Government and a number of community organisations have neglected the group. The Senior New Zealander of […]

Apr 06
Tiger King’s Joe Exotic and Husband Divorce

Dillon Passage shared his reasoning for ending the marriage on Instagram. Currently serving a 22-year sentence for attempting to hire a hitman to kill his arch nemesis Carole Baskin and for violating several wildlife laws, things have gotten even worse for Joe Exotic. Husband Dillion Passage has taken to Instagram to reveal he is divorcing […]

Mar 30
Mika Haka Named as Entertainer in Rich Lister’s Trial

Mika Haka has been sentenced for perverting the course of justice. Mika Haka has been named as the ‘prominent entertainer’ who perverted the course of justice by trying to stop a complainant in the trial of a rich lister convicted of sexual assault from contacting police. After enjoying name suppression for over two years, Justice […]

Mar 27
Ellen Loses 1 Million Viewers Following Toxic Workplace Claims

The Ellen show’s audience has almost halved.  Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show has suffered a dramatic drop in viewership in the wake of a bullying and sexual harassment scandal on the set of her show.  The New York Times reports that the Ellen show lost over 1 million viewers since the premiere of the show’s 18th […]