Rainbow Times – Issue One Cover (December 1994)

Publication Title: Rainbow Times

Tagline: Serving the gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people communities of Taranaki

Issue: Issue One

Publication Date: December 1994

Region: Taranaki, New Zealand

Format: Community newsletter / zine (print)

The cover features a hand-drawn illustration of a smiling figure balancing two tiered wedding cakes. Each cake is topped with same-sex couples (one male-presenting couple and one female-presenting couple), symbolising marriage equality, relationship recognition, and queer visibility. The artwork uses simple black line illustration on a white background, reflecting grassroots, DIY zine aesthetics of the 1990s.