A hard road in a queer old city
Waikato Times
Last updated 13:31 16/08/2010

http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/features/waikato-focus/4027811/A-hard-road-in-a-queer-old-city

As part of Pride Week – which finished with a sex toy party on Tuesday night – Johnston helped organise a panel discussion on the university campus where a documentary of Riff Raff creator Richard O'Brien was shown.

"He reflected on what Hamilton was like and said he's very proud of what he called his bronze erection in Victoria St and that it's kind of in complete contrast to the Farming Family."

This week O'Brien – speaking about his ongoing attempt to be allowed to live in New Zealand – said he only wanted to belong.

"I'm a peculiar-looking person. I'm a ->-bleeped-<- – but I'm their ->-bleeped-<-," he says.