Trailblazing transgender lawmaker Georgina Beyer dies at 65
2023-03-06
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The world’s first openly transgender member of Parliament, Georgina Beyer, passed away on Monday at the age of 65. She was a pioneering New Zealand politician who broke barriers and inspired many.
Her friends said she left this world peacefully in hospice care, without disclosing the cause of her death. Beyer had battled with kidney failure and received a kidney transplant in 2017.
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What is Thumper? Super yacht soiree welcomes
2022-12-01
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On a rented luxury yacht expensed to the tune of $10,000, Thumper, the first female-owned adult entertainment agency in New Zealand, celebrates its launch.
Born out of a need for protection for women in the sex work industry, the company represents ladies providing content on OnlyFans and other porn websites and offers mentoring and opportunities to better their business and “max .....
Auckland Escorts: What New Zealand’s Sex Work Actually Looks Like
2021-03-24
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With some of the most liberal laws regarding sex work in the world, Auckland escorts set the example of what sex positivity really looks like.
Glamourous isn’t a word that often describes sex work. Healthy, happy, and safe also also adjectives you don’t often see conjoined with the concept of “prostitution”. However, in the country that just seems to keep gettin .....
Epsom brothel death: Sex worker's shock at scene
2020-03-11
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A man has been found dead outside a "gentlemen's club" in the Auckland suburb of Epsom.
A member of the public found the body just after midnight this morning and police are treating the death as a homicide.
A worker who turned up for her shift this morning arrived not knowing what had happened.
"I just got here - I usually have a 10am shift - and they said that .....