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On 10 December 1999, a quiet revolution took place in the rural electorate of Wairarapa. Georgina Beyer — already a groundbreaking local mayor — was elected to Parliament, becoming the world’s first openly transgender MP. Her victory wasn’t just political; it was cultural, emotional, and deeply personal for many across Aotearoa and around the world. […]
Bronwyn Turei discusses her role in WET, the bold new Māori–Pasifika play exploring sexuality, shame and the power of speaking out. When actor and musician Bronwyn Turei (Ngāti Porou) talks about WET, the new Māori–Pasifika play she is starring in for the Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival, she does not describe it […]
YOUR EX talks to Robbie Danger Webb, the first openly transgender person to circumnavigate the globe by bike. When Robbie Danger Webb talks about the year they spent circumnavigating the globe by bike — the first openly transgender person to do so — they do not start with the record, or the kilometres, or the […]
The man who penned the picture show candidly converses with YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall about AI, inclusion, Trump and the enduring magic of Rocky Horror. When I finally reach Richard O’Brien over Zoom and apologise for being late, he brushes it off with a wicked grin. “Don’t worry. It allowed me to go out on […]
What if STI testing didn’t start with a swab — but with a conversation? That’s one of the quieter revolutions behind Test’n’Treat, New Zealand’s first peer-led sexual health clinic. While headlines have focused on the clinic’s speed (test today, get treated today), there’s another story unfolding in the rooms at Body Positive’s Auckland offices — […]
Will you show up on Friday 6 February 2026 and represent the inclusive kaupapa of the bear community? Go on then – enter here! Every year, Bear New Zealand Week brings together one of Aotearoa’s warmest, furriest, most proudly eclectic corners of our rainbow community. And right at the heart of it sits one of […]
URGE has never been the kind of night that simmers. It boils. It pulses. It erupts. Born on K’ Road back in 1997, the iconic bar-with-attitude has evolved into Aotearoa’s ultimate gay dance-party giant—and for its 28th birthday, the beats were so hot the fire alarm did actually go off. From the moment the doors […]
In Aotearoa, fewer than six percent of career firefighters are women — and the number of queer, takatāpui, and gender diverse firefighters is so small it doesn’t even show up properly in the stats. That absence is exactly why the Wāhine Toa Firefighter Calendar has landed with such force. Bold, cheeky, a little thirsty, and […]