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Actor Steve Toussaint on power, racism and returning to House of the Dragon Tell us about the experience of filming House of the Dragon Season 3? From the minute you walk onto the set and see those huge ships they built, it was enthralling. We all got to feel like Errol Flynn for a few weeks. You starred in […]
Cost of living, healthcare and LGBTQ+ rights have emerged as the leading concerns for queer voters, while the Green Party has taken the top spot for the party vote in YOUR EX’s latest reader poll. The survey found that 31.4% of respondents currently plan to give their party vote to the Greens at the 2026 […]
OutRunnerz founder Ken Ogg and lead runner Josh Martin share the keys to the growing success of Auckland’s LGBTQ+ running club, where fitness meets friendship When Ken Ogg first joined LGBTQ+ sports clubs, he was searching for something he felt had been missing in his youth: a sense of belonging. After competing in swimming at the […]
Jessie Lewthwaite wants a drink, as she reflects on NZ’s history of lesbian watering holes and why we still need them It’s 2010, and a 21-year-old Jessie had just graduated from university as a high school teacher. Having grown up in central Queensland and been to uni in north Queensland, my first priority was to get the fuck out of Queensland. With […]
Historian Gareth Watkins reflects on important July dates for the progress of New Zealand’s rainbow communities. Late July 1970 At the National Party’s annual conference in Rotorua, delegates endorsed a proposal urging the Government to liberalise the law relating to homosexuality. Moving the remit, Mr Sutton of Miramar said the question of homosexuality was charged […]
With the commemoration of Matariki and the anniversary of Homosexual Law Reform both landing in July, the Burnett Foundation is drumming up momentum for an exciting year of change ahead, writes Content Manager Ethan Christensen We’re stoked to see recorded HIV diagnoses trending downwards for another year. From our good friends at the University of […]
Auckland Museum will open its archives this July for a powerful evening of storytelling, taonga and reflection, marking 40 years since the passing of the Homosexual Law Reform Act. LATE at the Museum | 1986: A Look Back at Homosexual Law Reform will take place on Wednesday 29 July in Auckland Museum’s Te Ao Mārama […]
To mark today’s 40th anniversary of Homosexual Law Reform, YOUR EX contacted the leaders of Aotearoa’s significant political parties* to ask what this landmark moment means for New Zealand today Prime Minister and National Party Leader Chris Luxon: “I’d like to acknowledge and celebrate the courage and determination of those who fought so hard for […]