This week­end in Auck­land is the Big Gay Out. Now that wouldn’t be of much interest to us here at the Wel­ling­tonista because Out In The Square, the capital’s own queer fest­iv­al is big­ger and bet­ter, but at the Big Gay Out they’re also run­ning the Mr Gay New Zea­l­and com­pet­i­tion and Wellington’s Mar­cus Fen­son is in the run­ning for it.

Our mates Aaron and Andy have done a totally fair and impar­tial look at the con­test­ants and worked out that Mar­cus, who won Mr Gay Wel­ling­ton in June last year, totally deserves to win. If you agree with them,  you can head over to the offi­cial Mr Gay New Zea­l­and Face­book  page and help send loc­al boy Mar­cus to South Africa’s Mr Gay World com­pet­i­tion.