At what point does information become a public matter? The Herald on Sunday has been slammed after “revealing” that TVNZ presenter Alison Mau is in a same-sex relationship. The outing has created unease for members of the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender (GLBT) community, who feel Ms Mau has been treated unfairly. Does the publishing of this kind of information make a mockery of society, given that those charged and convicted of crimes go unnamed?