Rob's a Postie Plus
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Posted in:
True Stories
19th November 2009
Have you seen this guy around Wellington? Meet Robert Arnold, who's up early each morning - rain, hail or shine - delivering your mail.
"Who are these haters?"
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Kitten Power writes: "I woke up to a text message from my best friend which read 'In Palmerston North Hospital. Covered in blood after being gay bashed'."
Life & Literature
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"By reading I learnt what it was to be gay, gave me models for what to expect, how to dress, how to behave, styles of sex, all of that. Books gave me an education."
'Thou Shalt Be My Lesbian Daughter'
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"I feared coming out to my dad for years. I decided he would hate me, cast me out, damn me to hell if I ever told him who I really was..."
Simon's story: Surviving cancer
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Posted in:
True Stories
24th September 2009
"I'd never been so scared in my life. I remember being wheeled into the operating room and my whole body was shaking uncontrollably."
Rachael's story: A minority within a minority
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Posted in:
True Stories
19th September 2009
A change in gender identity can mean a loss of sexual identity, even total invisibility. Racheal McGonigal explains.
Max's story: A Transgender Inquiry
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Posted in:
True Stories
8th September 2009
"I find with younger people that, more and more, they're not wanting to identify as trans. They're more likely to call themselves genderqueer."
Intolerance: The Wanganui Incident
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Posted in:
True Stories
13th August 2009
NZ’s most tragic gay scandal began in Wanganui and finished, for one man, when he was shot dead on the streets of Berlin. It destroyed the life of another.
Jeff's story: Being gay in prison
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Posted in:
True Stories
25th July 2009
Jeff was in his early 20's when he was jailed for a year on assault charges. He shares his story about life behind bars.
Kestin's story: T is for Testosterone
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Posted in:
True Stories
17th July 2009
"I remember knowing that I wasn't a girl when I was around five or so. Since being on Testosterone, I feel like I've come to life."
Rachel's story: "My cancer struggle"
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Posted in:
True Stories
15th June 2009
Napier-born Rachel Deane's life changed forever when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in her early 30's. She shares her brave and moving story.
Carmen's whirlwind Wellington visit
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Posted in:
True Stories
4th June 2009
A much-loved Kiwi icon now living in Sydney, Carmen Rupe visited her old stomping ground for an action-packed Queens Birthday weekend.
Notes to our 16-year-old selves
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Posted in:
True Stories
11th May 2009
Stephen Fry's 'Dearest absurd child' letter to his 16-year-old self got our readers thinking about what they'd write to their younger selves.
Break-ups: 14 ways to leave your lover
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Posted in:
True Stories
20th April 2009
Fourteen LGBT Kiwis open up about their most heart-wrenching break-ups. Get the tissues out, you may need them!
"The first time I went to a gay bar"
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Posted in:
True Stories
22nd March 2009
Eight LGBT Kiwis remember the first time they ever ventured into a gay drinking hotspot.
