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RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under is back, and Season 2 wouldn’t be the same without Ru’s best Judge Judy, Michelle Visage. She talks to Oliver Hall about what ‘down under’ drag can teach the US, Drag Kings competing and moving to New Zealand. Michelle Visage is sitting in the makeup chair getting her hair done, […]

To mark IDAHOBIT (International Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination) Mark Robinson tells express what New Zealand Rugby is doing to make the game safer for Rainbow communities. Out On The Fields In 2015, Out On The Fields, was the first international study into homophobia in sport. The research (which included NZ statistics) found that 80% of […]

To celebrate the release of the Netflix documentary Hating Peter Tatchell, renowned human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell talks to Oliver Hall about his activism, the loss of gay bars, the generational divide in the LGBT+ community and what’s next! Peter Tatchell is many things, but he’ll probably be the first to admit that he’s never […]

Three Kiwi queens are rumoured to be among the new cast, but can you guess who?  Earlier this year RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under crowned both a Kiwi queen winner (Kita Mean) and Miss Congeniality (Anita Wigl’it). With Season 2 confirmed will Kiwis have the same success or will the Aussie drag artists take the […]

Auckland Unlimited has decided to withhold funding for both Auckland Pride and Rainbow Pride Auckland for 2022. Announcing the decision, the council agency Auckland Unlimited told express they were looking at creating a “separate event.” The news will be a financial setback for both organisations, Auckland Unlimited invested $50,000 across Pride events in 2021. Richard […]

With its fourth season starting last night on horror streaming service Shudder, The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula is a drag reality competition show with one hell of a difference! Hosted by legendary US party promoters The Boulet Brothers, the show includes eating challenges, high-adrenaline stunts and forces their diverse contestants (queens and kings from all corners […]

Speaking to express, National’s former deputy leader says she hopes the party will support a ban on “sick and evil” conversion therapy practices. The National Party’s former deputy leader Nikki Kaye is urging the party’s current crop of MPs to support the Labour government’s ban on conversion therapy. The entire National caucus voted against a […]

“Conversion practices have no place in modern New Zealand,” the Justice Minister says. The Labour Government will ban conversion therapy answering long-standing calls from New Zealand’s LGBTQ+ community and fulfilling a commitment the Labour Party took to the last election. Justice Minister Kris Faafoi has confirmed that a Bill has been introduced to protect against […]