The outdoors is a place where all trampers, including those in the rainbow community, should feel welcome, writes Sue Auckland. Julia and I walked hand-in-hand to the shuttle, happy, grubby and exhausted after finishing the glorious Heaphy Track. My head on her shoulder, we were settling in for the drive back to civilisation when the […]
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Enjoying the outdoors as a queer person
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