Queer Eye | Issue 14

Posted 1:08pm Sunday 6th July 2014

While you were toiling over your examinations and then heading home for the break, your mate Sir Lloyd was undertaking a grand tour of the ancient world. In amongst the museums, Roman ruins and pizzeria visits, there was one thing that really struck me; that being the number of cocks I was looking Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 13

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014

So last week I had a little rant about the experience I had attending an administrative meeting of the Anglican Church of Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia. What I should have stressed is that my experience would have been much worse if I attended a similar meeting of nearly any other Christian Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 12

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014

“Justice delayed is justice denied” is a legal maxim with a long and varied history. It is first found in the Mishnah dating back to the first century BCE. It was popularised by Martin Luther King Jr. in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and has since been used to support a range of issues. It Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 11

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014

So, you have been reading this column for a while now and one morning you wake up and think, “sh*t, I think Sir Lloyd is talking about me, I think I am [insert appropriate label here].” By now you are probably experiencing a full-on existential crisis, having an anxiety attack and Snapchatting your Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 10

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014

“We’re here, we’re queer, get used to it!” Or are you used to it? Are you so used to it that every time you hear about a pride parade or see queer posters you think, “They’ve got gay marriage, what more could they want?” Well, I am happy to admit that those conspiracy theorists who warn you about a Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 07

Posted 4:50pm Sunday 6th April 2014

Unfortunately, too many students consider the dilemma posed in the title on our campus every day. And not because we’re a navel-gazing bunch, obsessed with hypothetical problems, but because of the very real gender segregation in the bathroom facilities provided by the University. I am Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 06

Posted 7:01pm Sunday 30th March 2014

Greetings, pumpkins. In a previous column I noted that sexuality is slippery. Well, my friends, gender is more slippery than muscle-bound Turkish men in a grease-wrestling match (look it up)! There are many aspects of gender to explore but this column will focus on gender identity. Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 05

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 23rd March 2014

Hello again, sweetpeas. Today we are continuing our 101 of queer identities by looking at sex. Not the sex that you do but the sex that you have been assigned. Confused? Well, let us begin with some baby-making. People make babies. They make them in a whole lot of different ways, but Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 03

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 9th March 2014

Hi lovelies, “I’ve always felt that sexuality is a really slippery thing. In this day and age, it tends to get categorised and labelled, and I think labels are for food. Canned food.”– Michael Stipe. This epigraph neatly introduces a tension within the queer community: that between Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 02

Posted 4:44pm Sunday 2nd March 2014

Hello Lovelies, This week I want to tell you a story about a little boy called Lloyd. This boy grew up in a small rural town in the south of Aotearoa. He had a “traditional” upbringing, surrounded by a loving family, Christian values, hard work and lots of toys. He was a bright kid, good at Read more...