On This Day: 19th March

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Sun 19 Mar 2023

Greens call for anti-trans activist to be banned from NZ
Far right protesters gave Nazi salutes as they clashed with trans-rights activists on the streets of Melbourne yesterday...
Links: RNZ
Rainbow Greens ask government to ban anti-transgender activist from New Zealand
The Green Party says the government should stop a British anti-transgender activist from visiting New Zealand...
Links: RNZ
Rainbow Greens ask government to ban anti-transgender activist from New Zealand
The Green Party says the government should stop a British anti-transgender activist from visiting New Zealand...
Links: RNZ
Rainbow Greens urge Government to ban anti-transgender activist from New Zealand
Green party says Government should stop the visit by British anti-transgender activist...
Links: NZ Herald
Best Pics From Wellington’s Out In The City
Links: Express

Sat 19 Mar 2022

Who gets to play? How NZ Rugby is navigating transgender inclusion
New Zealand is at odds with the world body's view on the rights of trans women to play rugby...
Links: Stuff
Blast From The Past: Alfie’s Nightclub Part One
Links: Express
Blast From The Past: Alfie’s Nightclub Part Two
Links: Express
Jai Jamali: Wanna Dance With Somebody
Links: Express
James Nimmo: Born This Way
Links: Express

Fri 19 Mar 2021

Jill Nalder: the woman who inspired AIDS drama It's a Sin
Jill Nalder is a Welsh actress and activist...
Links: RNZ
A Wildcat Designed To Make You Purr!
Links: Express
Auckland Woman Says She Was Bullied Out of Her Job After...
Links: Express
Ready To Misbehave? Express Finds Out What MISBEHAVIOUR Is All About!
Links: Express

Thu 19 Mar 2020

Cole Hampton (Wellington)
Cole Hampton talks about growing up, creating Pamela Hancock, Pride, and the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
Features: Cole Hampton
Links: PrideNZ.com
Abortion legalised in New Zealand after Parliament passes bill: 'I should feel elated but I just feel flat'
COMMENT: Do you remember the passing of the gay marriage bill into law? I do...
Links: NZ Herald
Coronavirus: Scientists in China report disappointing treatment results
Scientists in China are reporting disappointing results from the first study completed on a potential COVID-19 treatment...
Links: NZ Herald
The joy of sex(uality) education
How can parents best navigate and negotiate the sexuality journey with young people? University of Canterbury Health lecturer Tracy Clelland has conducted the first local research on New Zealand parents' attitudes towards sexuality education...
Links: RNZ
African LGBTIQ Rights Conference Banned by Ghana Government
Links: Express
Second Person Cured of HIV
Links: Express

Tue 19 Mar 2019

Medical Advancements Could See PrEP as a Long-Lasting Injection Replacing a...
Links: Express
New Study Gives Detailed Insights Into LGBT Community in the United...
Links: Express

Mon 19 Mar 2018

Dateline Pacific morning edition for 19 March 2018
Vanuatu's deputy prime minister is given a two year suspended sentence; fear and grief in PNG villages coping with the earthquake aftermath; a PNG Governor takes on corrupt officials and loggers; and, Samoan opposition to a transgender athlete at the Commonwealth Games...
Links: RNZ
Ministry backs away from ID-harvesting in youth survey
The Ministry of Social Development is backing away from a proposal to collect young people's names and other details as part of a national health survey...
Links: RNZ
Sport: Opposition to transgender athlete at Commonwealth Games
Samoa Weightlifting Federation opposed to transgender athlete at Commonwealth Games...
Links: RNZ

Sun 19 Mar 2017

First ever Pride Week at Chch school a success
An openly gay student at Shirley Boys High School has successfully organised the very first Pride week at the school and delivered a courageous speech during a full school assembly...
Links: GayNZ.com
Space For The Spectrum
As a young Christian Wez van der Linde found himself struggling with his feelings for the same-sex and coming out was both the most difficult and rewarding thing he has ever done...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 19 Mar 2015

Lynley - Butch on Butch (Wellington)
Lynley talks about growing up in the 1960s, cricket, ballroom dancing, marriage and coming out.
Features: unidentified voice(s)
Links: PrideNZ.com
69 Percent of Americans Want to Make GLBT Discrimination Illegal
Links: Express
Dolce and Gabbana Magazine Director Resigns
Links: Express
Marriage Equality Bill to be Debated in Australian Senate Next Week
Links: Express
Alan Cumming heading to Writers Fest
Actor Alan Cumming will visit New Zealand for the Auckland Writers Festival in May...
Links: GayNZ.com
Aus Senate backs free vote on marriage
Australia’s Senate has supported a motion calling on all parties to allow a free vote on same-sex marriage...
Links: GayNZ.com
O Canada: Paradox Versus Progress?
Why is Canada so paradoxical? Carter v Canada recently introduced access to assisted suicide across Canada, but the nation also shot down a trans-inclusive anti-discrimination bill, C-279, and passed a retrograde anti-sexworker bill...
Links: GayNZ.com
Ponsonby Rd coming to Rotorua tonight
Tamati Coffey and partner Tim Smith are opening their new lounge bar Ponsonby Rd in Rotorua tonight...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 19 Mar 2014

Diverse line-up for Akl Writers Festival
Alice Walker The author of modern American classic The Color Purple will headline a diverse Auckland Writers Festival...
Links: GayNZ.com
Ex-NZAF counsellor admits indecent assault
Silipa Take Former New Zealand AIDS Foundation counsellor Silipa Take has pleaded guilty to indecent assault...
Links: GayNZ.com
MTV's new fake lesbian show
Have you heard about MTV’s controversial new show Faking It? It’s about two teenage girls who are mistakenly outed as lesbians, which launches them to instant celebrity status...
Links: GayNZ.com
Nasty Westboro sets sights on NZ's Lorde
Amused: Lorde As its founder lies dying in hospital, the revolting Westboro Baptist Church has called for members to picket an upcoming Kansas City concert by New Zealand pop star Lorde...
Links: GayNZ.com
Review: Lady Poets presents Queer Poets
Lady Poets presents Queer Poets At the Dark Room, 18 March, 2014 For Christchurch Pride Week Lizzie warms up the audience If there's one thing guaranteed to conjure up dread in a gay man it's the prospect of a night of lesbian poetry...
Links: GayNZ.com
Work needed on gender identity equality
A Christchurch Pride Rainbow Politics event has heard New Zealand still has a long way to go to address inequalities around gender identity...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 19 Mar 2013

Fake Tahitian prince jailed for 14 years
A gay New Zealand man who conned Queensland Health out of more than $20 million has been jailed for 14 years...
Links: GayNZ.com
Logie, Wall and Henare off to IPU in Ecuador
Jan Logie, Louisa Wall and Tau Henare Lesbian MPs Louisa Wall and Jan Logie are off to Ecuador with National MP Tau Henare, to represent New Zealand at the 128th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly, where they will continue to push for global homosexual law reform...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZ Writing: Stop by Anon
Stop You broke my heart But not completely The shattered pieces lay scattered on the ground I can hear the phone, see the message I dream of you coming back to me Every night I lay awake thinking of your face Imagining what I would do if I saw you Then dreams filled with you occupy the spaces between thought The pain of broken love still has hope...
Links: GayNZ.com
San Fran audience shocked by musician's rant
Michelle definitely shocked An American folk musician named Michelle Shocked has literally shocked the audience at a San Francisco concert, where she said "God hates fags and you can tweet that I said so...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 19 Mar 2012

Newspapers attack "irresponsible" AIDS Foundation
The NZ AIDS Foundation is defending itself from attacks by two of the country's biggest newspapers which are casting doubt on one of the cornerstones of the Foundation's HIV prevention campaigns...
Links: GayNZ.com
United we wed, divided we don't?
Uniting the gay and lesbian community to advance marriage equality Tony and Nic Marriage equality is coming...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 19 Mar 2011

AsiaPacific Outgames closing (Civic Square / Te Ngākau)
Audio from the closing of the 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames
Features: David Hindley, Hamish Allardice, Karen Moses, Kevin Haunui, Peter Sagar, Virginia Parker-Bowles
Links: PrideNZ.com
Gertrude Glossip (Civic Square / Te Ngākau)
Features: Gertrude Glossip
Links: PrideNZ.com
An emotional end to a far-reaching conference
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win...
Links: GayNZ.com
Crystal Cathedral’s covenant shatters choir members
The founder of America’s Crystal Cathedral has distanced himself from a covenant that some have labelled anti-gay...
Links: GayNZ.com
Glbt conference closes:" We are winning"
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Links: GayNZ.com
Packed party nights as Games nears end
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Links: GayNZ.com
Teen's killer released after 11 years jail
One of the men who beat a teenager to death so brutally that boot marks were found on his skull, because he decided the young man was gay, has been released from prison after 11 years behind bars...
Links: GayNZ.com
Thanks flow as Outgames officially closed
3PM: Medals, music and speeches are closing out the AsiaPacific Outgames in Wellington...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 19 Mar 2010

Television item (New Zealand)
One News, ref: TZP383039.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
A Single Man premiere will raise cash for OUTLine
The first screening in New Zealand of the BAFTA winning gay-themed movie A Single Man will be a fundraiser for Kiwi LGBT phone support service OUTLine...
Links: GayNZ.com
Free family day brings Aroha to Beresford Square
Auckland's iconic Beresford Square will be transformed for a free family fun carnival tomorrow (Saturday) featuring a wide range of personalities, musicians, drag divas and dance crews...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay protestors arrested at White House
Two openly gay US Army officers have been arrested after chaining themselves to the fence of the White House in a protest over the military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy...
Links: GayNZ.com
Review: Downstage's Pick of the Fringe
Pick of the Fringe at Downstage, Wellington...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sir Ian McKellen will return to NZ for Hobbit films
Openly gay veteran actor Sir Ian McKellen has revealed he's set to return to New Zealand to film The Hobbit in July...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 19 Mar 2009

AIDS activist actress dies after accident
Hollywood actress Natasha Richardson has died following a skiing accident which left her brain-dead...
Links: GayNZ.com
Bon voyage Andy Boreham!
Adventure-bound: Andy Boreham Goodbye and good luck! Gay broadcaster and Wellington Proud festival co-organiser Andy Boreham jets off today for a three-month adventure in Cambodia, where he'll volunteer with the local radio station, and Phnom Penh Pride...
Links: GayNZ.com
Our coming out stories
When did you first realize you had feelings for someone of the same gender? And how did your family react when you came out to them? Understanding yourself and letting the people close to you in on how you're feeling can be a scary time in many LGBT people's lives… our 'coming out' stories can involve a wide range of emotions...
Links: GayNZ.com
USA: Student's banned rainbow wristband
A 14-year-old Arizona student says he's been told by his principal to stop wearing his rainbow wristband to school...
Links: GayNZ.com
Wigs in place for Sunday's waterfront shows
Weather forecasts suggest there's a chance of showers again stopping Sunday's Wigs on the Waterfront day of drag shows in Auckland's Viaduct Harbour - so it's fingers crossed as dozens of divas practice their moves for the fundraiser to help fight breast cancer...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 19 Mar 2008

Bro Online website "will connect takataapui"
The NZ AIDS Foundation has announced Bro Online, a new social networking website specifically for gay and bisexual men of Maori descent, will launch on Friday 28 March...
Links: GayNZ.com
R.E.M. singer: "I thought it was obvious"
Michael Stipe, the frontman of legendary US band R...
Links: GayNZ.com
UK: "Gay" is most popular insult in schools
A new survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers in the UK has found that 83% of teachers have heard the word 'gay' regularly used as an insult between students at school...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 19 Mar 2007

Africa: Ghana
As the West African country of Ghana celebrates 50 years of independence, UK gay rights activist Peter Tatchell has called on President John Kufuor, visiting London this week, to speak to his country's gay community...
Links: GayNZ.com
Aggressive
A staff member at Auckland's most popular LGBT nightclub ‘Family' has been dismissed, following complaints involving violence, attitude problems and ‘homophobic tendencies...
Links: GayNZ.com
Theatre:
‘10 Days on Earth' Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes At Auckland's Maidment Theatre AK07 Festival The landscape of the mind of Ronnie Burkett is filled with childish wonder or else he probably wouldn't be a puppeteer...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 19 Mar 2006

(Not) Taking Care of Business?
Why is it that New Zealand fundamentalist Christians seem oblivious to concepts of professional and business ethics? And what does this have to do with us? Recently, Bruce Logan (ex-Maxim Institute) popped up in Challenge Weekly as a journalist...
Links: GayNZ.com
Heroic fundraiser still supports Mission work
Over the last nine years, the annual Heroic Gardens event has raised over $315,000 for Auckland AIDS hospice Herne Bay House, but with the closure of the Auckland City Mission-owned facility last year, questions were raised over where the proceeds from this year's event should go...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 19 Mar 2005

Richard Worth - Utterly Worthless
Richard Worth is unfit to be the National Party's Justice spokesperson...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 19 Mar 2004

Lesbians' sports trip funding criticised
A community grant scheme-funded trip to Chicago by a lesbian couple to attend a meeting of the Federation of Gay Games has abeen condemned of the National Party's social services spokeswoman, Katherine Rich...
Links: GayNZ.com
Singapore (mud) sling: US fundie invasion
Some New Zealand lesbians and gay men believe that New Zealand shouldn't have signed a free trade agreement with Singapore because of the city-state's anti-gay legislation...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 19 Mar 1999

Dancer Freda Stark dies
Links: Te Ara

Wed 19 Mar 1986

Queer Pictures (Press, 19 March 1986)
In a letter published on 19 March 1986, a writer named R. D. Fife expressed concerns about an upcoming art exhibition titled "Queer Pictures." Fife critiqued the exhibition for its promotional focus on the sexual orientation of the artists rather than their artistic talents. The exhibition, according to Fife, aims...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 19 Mar 1985

Homosexual Law Changes (Press, 19 March 1985)
In a series of letters published in March 1985, writers express their views on the topic of homosexual law reform and the portrayal of homosexuals in society. Marnie Barrell argues that the focus for Christians should not be on sexual morality but on justice, stating that while Christians are called...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Reform Bill Favoured (Press, 19 March 1985)
On 19 March 1985, the Religious Coalition for Choice, a national interdenominational organisation focused on reproductive issues, publicly voiced its support for the Homosexual Law Reform Bill currently under consideration by Parliament. A spokesperson for the coalition, Mr Craig Young, emphasised that the morality of homosexual acts should be assessed...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Television news report: Primary school teachers worry about anti-sex education lobby taking over school committees (New Zealand)
ref: TZP13121.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Fri 19 Mar 1982

Television: interview with Witi Ihimaera (New Zealand)
ref: TZP1850.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Wed 19 Mar 1980

Television: Al Freedman on New Zealand sexuality and censorship (New Zealand)
ref: TZP26879.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Fri 19 Mar 1976

Liberals Rally To Thorpe (Press, 19 March 1976)
On 18 March 1976, the British Liberal Party leader, Jeremy Thorpe, successfully navigated a leadership crisis, securing his position at the helm of the party for the time being. A meeting attended by Liberal Parliamentarians concluded with a unanimous decision that Thorpe would remain in charge until at least September,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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