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Nov 01
Pics | Family Bar Celebrates Halloween 2023 – Part One

Auckland’s Family Bar celebrated Halloween 2023 in spooky style. The ever-popular Karangahape Road superclub celebrated Halloween (gay Christmas) with spooky drag shows and prizes for best-dressed. For over 15 years, Family has been the place to be Karangahape Road and Halloween 2023 was no exception. Family Bar, 270 Karangahape Road, Auckland. Photos | Peter Jennings. […]

Oct 30
PICS: G.A.Y Auckland’s Asylum Halloween Party Part Two

G.A.Y Auckland celebrated Halloween Weekend with a major asylum party, leading G.A.Y Auckland’s faithful crown to create their craziest Halloween costumes for a wild weekend! [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”1937″ display=”slideshow”]G.A.Y Auckland, Basement Level 262 Karangahape Road. Photos | Peter Jennings.

Oct 30
Pics: Craziest Costumes At G.A.Y Auckland’s Halloween Weekend

G.A.Y Auckland celebrated Halloween Weekend with a major asylum party, leading G.A.Y Auckland’s faithful crown to create their craziest Halloween costumes for a wild weekend! [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”1936″ display=”slideshow”]G.A.Y Auckland, Basement Level 262 Karangahape Road. Photos | Peter Jennings.

Oct 26
Isn’t It Time Drag Race Down Under Was Filmed In Australia?

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 […]

Oct 26
Who are you calling ‘Deviant’?

‘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 […]

Oct 20
Aotearoa New Zealand’s Queer History: October Edition

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 […]

Oct 20
Opinion | Maybe We Aren’t The Marrying Type?

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 […]

Oct 18
Pics | Family Bar Gets Ready For Labour Weekend

Family Bar is a sexy fun time every night but this month will be hotter than ever! On Sunday 22 October Family Bar will celebrate Labour Weekend with hot male strippers in a sexy show hosted by Kola Gin! Plus, get ready for one of Family Bar‘s biggest weekends of the year with horror shows, […]