Category: People

Apr 05
Queer Kiwis Surviving Self-Isolation: Zakk d’Larte

Why didn’t Designer and Auckland Pride Board Member Zakk d’Larte get his roots done before he went into Lockdown?! He talks to us about small regrets, digital drag and questionable homemade soy mochas.  Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown – where are you? Who’s in your bubble? And what are you doing to keep […]

Apr 03
Queer Kiwis Surviving Self-Isolation: Alan Granville

Alan Granville is one-half of Urge Events and a journalist for Stuff.co.nz. Lockdown is turning this Wellington bear-about-town into a domestic Goddess – his cutlery draws are cleaner than yours! Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown – where are you? Who’s in your bubble? And what are you doing to keep your mental health […]

Apr 01
Kiwis Surviving Self-Isolation: Luke Bird

TV personality, MC and all-round thirst trap ‘The Bird Man’ Luke Bird is missing sex but learning to love himself in lockdown. Here are his tips for getting to know ‘you’! Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown – where are you? Who’s in your bubble? And what are you doing to keep your mental […]

Apr 01
Netflix’s Tiger King Missgenders Trans Star

The hit Netflix series Tiger King which is currently the number one trending show on Netflix in Aotearoa, has misgendered one of the trans stars throughout the entire show.  The revelation of the misgendering comes as fans hone in on the series in never before seen detail, focussing on Joe Exotic’s wild lifestyle, the Zoo, […]

Mar 31
How Covid-19 Is Affecting Aotearoa’s Rainbow Community: Anita Wigl’It

In the first of a series of interviews with high-profile community members; House of Drag co-host and co-Owner of Caluzzi Cabaret and Pheonix Entertainment, Anita Wigl’it gives us her tips for surviving Level 4 Lockdown. Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown – Where are you, Who’s in your bubble, and what are you doing […]

Mar 27
We Can Only Be a Rainbow When All the Colours are Collaborating

Fashion model, LGBT+ activist and self-described gender-capitalist Rain Dove visited Auckland over Pride, attended events and met with community groups to understand what it means to be queer in Aotearoa. Rain talks to Oliver Hall about bridging the generational and ideological divides in our rainbow community. I met Rain Dove for coffee a few days […]

Mar 26
ANTI-LGBTQ BELIEFS CATALYST FOR MILEY CYRUS TO LEAVE CHURCH AS A TEENAGER

Openly pansexual Miley Cyrus has expressed to her legion of fans that she was turned away from her church as a teen because of their anti-LGBTQ beliefs and that the church also sent some of her gay friends away to conversion therapy. The 27-year-old singer, who came out as pansexual in 2015, made the disclosure […]

Mar 26
ARE SAME-SEX COUPLES HAPPIER THAN HETEROSEXUAL COUPLES?

New research has indicated that same-sex couples are generally happier than heterosexual couples. According to research by Stephanie Coontz, author of Marriage, a History and director of research and public education at the Council on Contemporary Families, data shows that same-sex couples are generally happier than their straight counterparts, due to the lack of stereotyping in the household division of labour. […]