Dessert at art auction event

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Wellington’s Under the Rainbow art exhibition will close Saturday with dessert and the finale auction hosted by Lady Trenyce. The week-long exhibition of queer art, donated to raise much-needed funds for Wellington’s largest annual queer event, Out in the Square, will culminate with … [Read more...]

Under the Rainbow 2 open!

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Under the Rainbow 2 is now open, and features donated artworks by gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) artists which will be auctioned off to raise funds for Wellington’s most popular annual GLBT event, Out in the Square. Under the Rainbow features work by a number of artists … [Read more...]

Bathhouse Disco 2 tonight!

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Bathhouse Disco 2, a queer dance party for all guys, girls, and those in-between, hits Wellington's Emperor's Bathhouse tonight! >>> Check out photos from the last Bathhouse Disco here. The last Bathhouse Disco, held in March, attracted 300 party goers who enjoyed a steaming … [Read more...]

Bathhouse Disco RETURNS!

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The über popular Bathhouse Disco queer dance party returns by popular demand this month with Bathhouse Disco 2: FILL THE VOID! on Saturday 28 April for boys, girls, and those that are neither. As you've probably heard, Wellington's only GLBT nightclub, Club Ivy, recently announced they … [Read more...]

The Laramie Project 2

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Daniel Williams, co-director and designer of The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, which opened in Wellington last night, tells us about the story behind the play, and why it has such an important message. In October 1998, on the outskirts of Laramie, Wyoming, a 21-year-old gay college student … [Read more...]

$1 party tix sell in minutes!

We were sitting at Denny's drinking cheap coffee when we decided to do a little sale of $1 tickets to the upcoming Bathhouse Disco. They sold out in minutes! The tickets were so popular (well d'oh, $1!) that they sold in 17 minutes, and we're going to do another random sale some time next … [Read more...]

UniQ’s O-Week partay!

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Victoria University's UniQ group is throwing a manic O-Week party, for new and returning students (and their friends), at S&M's next Friday. We chatted with Acting-President Genevieve Fowler about the gig and UniQ 2012. A&A: Tell us about your O-Week party. Genevieve: Well, it’s … [Read more...]

Miss Bay Pride pageant

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A pageant to search for the new Miss Bay Pride is launching soon, and drag queens from the area are being sought to compete. The event, to be held in Rotorua over Queen's Birthday weekend, will act as a prelude to the Bay Pride Festival taking place later in the year. The winner will be … [Read more...]

Big Gay Out was pretty gay!

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Today’s Big Gay Out in Auckland was pretty gay, and we had an awesome time checking out Auckland’s big sister version of Out in the Square. Thousands showed up to Auckland's Big Gay Out today to celebrate with music, food, shopping, friends, and fun. As usual the event was taken over … [Read more...]

Come say ‘hi’ at Big Gay Out!

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Just a quick note to let you all know we'll both be at Auckland's Big Gay Out this Sunday as judges for Mr Gay New Zealand, and to have a good old look around. We hope you say 'hi'! As you all probably know, we're both organisers of Wellington's equivalent, Out in the Square, so we'll be … [Read more...]