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RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Season Three star Ivanna Drink, AKA Shameel Kennedy-Hall, discusses his life behind the makeup! Where did you grow up, and how was growing up there for you? I grew up in West Auckland, and while a lot of people think it’s a bit rough, I think it was the best […]
Anti-trans activist Posie Parker has announced she will visit Wellington in September to attend a court hearing relating to her previous NZ visit and says she will hold a Let Women Speak event outside of the courts. “So looks like I have a valid ESTA for New Zealand,” Kellie Jay-Keen AKA Posie Parker announced on […]
The Melbourne winter chill took a backseat on last month as The Laird turned up the heat for the Southern HiBearnation sashing of Mr. Bear Australasia 2023. The event drew a sickening crowd of local and international supporters. The five contestants of 2023 served up unapologetic confidence, blending hairy, bearish femme masculinity to fiercely represent their […]
Michael Stevens examines the headlines made by Phillip Schofield’s affair and sees the homophobia and ageism adding up. Phillip Schofield was vaguely on the periphery of my radar as a former Kiwi, now English, TV personality who had recently come out in his late 50s. His career is now shattered because he lied about having […]
Melbourne Drag Icon Art Simone is heading to Aotearoa this October to perform at Palmy Drag Fest. She talks to Oliver Hall about how to make it as a drag queen, with or without the Race. “I definitely would!” Art replies when I ask the fateful question of whether she would sign up to do […]
Playwright Ankita Singh (Basmati Bitch) talks about the importance of including a variety of class, caste, religion, and sexuality, in her Asian characters. Like a dramatic Indian soap, my playwriting debut Basmati Bitch has it all: song, dance, sword fights, gangsters, erotica, and epic love confessions between two dudes! If you think this sounds a […]
Jack Mould says Queer Safety on public transport will be an important tool for tackling climate change. They say the gays lead the way. If the queer community embrace a trend, it will soon become mainstream. So what better community of primarily urban dwellers for the government to target for increasing public transport use. That’s […]
With a date for their 2023 AGM set for the end of this month, the Wellington International Pride Parade Board (WIPP) wants to know whether you think the parade should continue or pack up for good. Organised for Sunday 30 July, WIPP’s AGM will not be a public event as it is a private members’ […]