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Our favourite queens tell us about the impact of Drag Race Down Under, their challenging year, 2024’s new TV show, and the secret to their enduring friendship. “There’s a lot of opinions, and I totally can understand why,” Kita Mean tells us as we broach the subject of a controversial op-ed published on yourex.co.nz, where an […]
The NEW Wellington Pride Parade will be part of the Wellington Pride Festival and promises to “bring colour, diversity, celebration, and fabulousness to Wellington!’ A Wellington Pride Parade will officially return as part of the Wellington Pride Festival on Saturday 9 March 2024. The new organisers have called a Community Hui on Monday 13 November […]
URGE Events co-director Alan Granville has announced his departure from the brand, and DJ Everett Wayne has confirmed that he will step up and take the reins alongside co-director Paul Heard. YOUR ex sits down with the three to find out what this evolution means for URGE. Alan: Why is now the right time to […]
As casting for Drag Race Down Under Season 4 begins an anonymous Auckland Drag Queen says the show is doing our drag a disservice. I have been doing drag in Auckland for years, and while I love the artform, when Drag Race Down Under came along I knew I had no interest in auditioning. I […]
‘Deviant’ was once a term aimed at New Zealand’s rainbow communities, Craig Young now sees the same groups aiming it at our homeless and impoverished, and asks ‘who’s side are you on?’ What does ‘deviance’ mean in early twenty-first century Aotearoa? It’s been nearly forty years since male homosexuality was decriminalised in this […]
Historian Gareth Watkins reflects on significant dates in Aotearoa New Zealand’s history that had a unique impact on our queer communities. 19 October 1955 Activist and community icon Shelley Te Waiariki Howard was born in Hastings. For much of her life, Howard had tried to suppress her femininity. It wasn’t until her late 50s that […]
Did you know that since same-sex marriage became legal in New Zealand, only 2% of all Kiwi marriages have been same-sex, and our divorce rate is higher than straight couples? Michael Stevens ponders why. I’m married, as are a number of my lesbian and gay friends, but many are happy to continue living together with […]
Christopher Luxon is New Zealand’s new Prime Minister. What his coalition government will look like is yet to be decided, but we know it is guaranteed to feature the ACT party and most likely NZ First. Here we reflect on Your Ex’s recent interviews with Chris Luxon and ACT leader David Seymour and what they […]