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Thursday 09 February 2012




 Four things
Posted in: Blogger Zone, Features  8th February 2012
Michael Stevens shares the four things on his mind, one being gay conservatives, who he points out: "would never have had the freedom to come out without those of us who kicked up a stink".


 An Ode to Scanlan Street
Posted in: Blogger Zone, Features  3rd February 2012
Craig Hoyle could probably make a movie about the kooky residents of an Auckland flat he's (thankfully!) moving out of. But for now, he's treated us with an utterly hilarious tell-all blog.


 Gay bigots - I hate them
Posted in: Blogger Zone, Features  1st February 2012
Michael Stevens is over the bigotry and racism in the gay world, especially considering, as he points out, "We gay men came from such a position of fear and discrimination ourselves."


 Love and other conundrums
Posted in: Blogger Zone, Features  28th January 2012
"Love – it plays on my mind a lot, and not just on mine I know. I was talking about it with a mate the other day, that need to love someone, and to feel loved back – it’s so strong."


 Those strangely intimate moments of gay male friendship
Posted in: Blogger Zone  25th January 2012
Michael Stevens continues his summer blogging series with a tale of a rather intimate and somewhat royal piercing outing with mates.


 No hookups?
Posted in: Blogger Zone, Safe Sex, Features  20th January 2012
What's with guys who use sites like Scruff or Grindr and say 'no hookups?' Michael Stevens had a storm of responses to this very question. What do you think?


 Sometimes Love is not Enough
Posted in: Blogger Zone, Features  16th January 2012
"I just ended a two-year affair. It wasn’t a relationship in the sense of being partners or lovers, it was different from that ..." Michael Stevens shares.


 Call me Gym
Posted in: Blogger Zone, Features  15th January 2012
"I love Christmas. I love the presents, the food, the holidays, the food, the company, the food, the warm weather and the food. Oh, and I’m absolutely in love with the food."


 Sex, Food and Blogging
Posted in: Blogger Zone, Features  9th January 2012
Julie and Julia inspired Michael Stevens' own blogging challenge. While he does like to cook, his experiment is based on another of his favourite things ...


 WINZ and HIV: lessons from the UK
Posted in: Health & HIV, Blogger Zone, Living Well  5th January 2012
As the NZ government moves to move sickness beneficiaries into the workplace the UK's recent experience may make us uneasy.


 A year of ups and downs
Posted in: Blogger Zone, Community  31st December 2011
GayNZ.com blogger Michael Stevens wishes readers a great time on NYE, and a wonderful 2012.


 Everything Comes and Goes…
Posted in: Blogger Zone, Features  15th December 2011
"I went to my friend Wayne Otter’s farewell from the NZAF yesterday. 18 years he'd been there. That's a long time. And he was there through the so much of the bad times."


 Love and marriage
Posted in: Blogger Zone, Features  6th December 2011
"Let’s face it – the odds are getting pretty long that I am going to meet a guy I am going to want to buy flowers for and do all the silly romantic things people in love do."


 Why is HIV Invisible?
Posted in: HIV, Blogger Zone, Features  1st December 2011
December 1st is World AIDS Day, the UN’s theme this year is “Getting to Zero” but who would know it here in New Zealand? As I write this, I can find zero public notice of the fact.


 Getting to Zero
Posted in: HIV, Blogger Zone, Features  25th November 2011
World AIDS Day is coming up on December 1st, but in many New Zealand cities you’ll see collectors out on the streets bucket-shaking today.