On This Day: 1st June

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Thu 1 Jun 2023

LGBTQ+ people flock to Florida for Gay Days festival
'We are here, we are queer and we arenât going anywhere...
Links: NZ Herald
Phillip Schofield 'broken and ashamed' as he breaks silence on affair, denies grooming younger man
“Attraction is attraction...
Links: Stuff
A Night of Glitter and Quizzing: Anita Wigl’it and Caluzzi to...
Links: Express
Majority of Israelis Support Equal Rights for LGBTQ+ People
Links: Express
Sam Smith Is Glorious
Links: Express
Turkey’s President Reaffirms Anti-LGBTQ+ Stance After Re-Election Victory
Links: Express
USA: Ted Cruz Hits Out At Ugandan Government, Condemning Anti-Homosexuality Law
Links: Express

Wed 1 Jun 2022

Ellen DeGeneres Jets to North Africa as 19 Year Talk Show...
Links: Express
Kevin Spacey To “Voluntarily Appear” In UK Court Following Fresh Charges...
Links: Express

Tue 1 Jun 2021

Data Ethics: New Challenges For An Old Problem
Is it right to warn people when an algorithm predicts they are likely to commit a crime? Should the use of a facial recognition artificial intelligence tool that identifies people as gay be banned? Is it right for a visa application screening ...
Links: Scoop
John Stamos shuts down Omar Navarro's complaint over Cruella's gay character
John Stamos had the ultimate clapback when it came to Republican congressional candidate Omar Navarro's complaint about Cruella...
Links: Stuff
Prison conditions: Chief Ombudsman says Corrections has not rectified issues
By RNZ Among the concerns he has highlighted are the continued use of force in one prison unit and a transgender prisoner being referred to by staff in a derogatory way...
Links: NZ Herald
Repeat Recommendations And Desolate Conditions Among Concerns In Christchurch Men’s And Whanganui Prison Inspections
Inspections of two prisons by the Ombudsman have highlighted repeat recommendations not being met and the undignified and barren conditions of prisons...
Links: Scoop
1 x Double Pass to APO’s On The Danube
Links: Express
3 x Double Passes to Everything After
Links: Express
Aotearoa’s Queer History: “Hey June…”
Links: Express
Wellington’s Gay Scene Was Built On A Love Story
Links: Express

Mon 1 Jun 2020

Georgina Beyer becomes a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) (New Zealand)
Beyer was awarded the honour for "services to LGBTIQA+ Rights"
Links: Stuff.co.nz, Honours list

Sat 1 Jun 2019

Destiny Church leader Bishop Brian Tamaki apologies to the rainbow community (Auckland region, New Zealand)
The apology happens during the Love is Greater Than Hate event at Destiny's Stand! Conference. Media report Bishop Tamaki as saying "It has never been my intent to cause hurt or harm." Referring to the Enough is Enough march in 2004, Tamaki said that if he had another chance "we'd do some things differently."
Links: Stuff
Destiny Church's Brian Tamaki apologises to gay community
Destiny Church founder reaches somewhere over the rainbow to say sorry for homophobic comments...
Links: Stuff
Elton John slams Russian censorship of Rocketman sex scenes
Elton John and filmmakers hit back after Russian distributor deletes gay sex and drug scenes from the film...
Links: Stuff
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte says he 'cured' himself of being gay
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has claimed he was once gay but "cured" himself of homosexuality...
Links: NZ Herald
Brian Tamaki to Gay Community: “I’m Sorry”
Links: Express
Out and About @ Grease Monkey Garage’s Opening Night
Links: Express
Out and About: Staircase Grand Opening Night
Links: Express
Queen’s Birthday @ Family Bar and Club
Links: Express

Fri 1 Jun 2018

US Bachelorette contestant apologises for 'liking' controversial opinions
A US reality show contestant has been forced to apologise after appearing to approve of social media posts mocking everyone from liberal women to trans people and students from a high school where a recent shooting spree took place...
Links: Stuff
Advice for The Hopeless Romantics
Links: Express
Ask Agony Uncle Eli
Links: Express
Having a Positive Impact
Links: Express
Having the Chat: Comedian Chris Parker
Links: Express
He’s So Wavey
Links: Express

Thu 1 Jun 2017

Gender To No Longer Dictate School Uniforms
Links: Express
Keep Your Sex Drive at Full Throttle
Links: Express
Life Experiences Come Alive
Links: Express
The Slut Door
Links: Express

Wed 1 Jun 2016

HLR30 Aroha Nui
A short video highlighting some of the people and celebrations during homosexual law reform in Aotearoa New Zealand (1985-1986)
Links: PrideNZ.com
Opera in Concert: Verdi’s Otello Brought to Life
Links: Express
Review: SHAM at Basement Theatre
Links: Express
New Zealanders "absolutely" ready for a gay All Black
New Zealanders are ready for an openly gay All Black according to New Zealand rugby chief executive Steve Tew...
Links: GayNZ.com
Safe Schools leader resigns after saying flag is "racist"
Australia’s Safe Schools Coalition co-founder has stepped down from her role within a Victorian Government task force after declaring the Australian flag to be “racist”...
Links: GayNZ.com
Second AKL Pride hui takes place tonight
The second Auckland Pride Festival Community Hui takes place tonight, a chance for the public to have their say and hear about developments in the organisation...
Links: GayNZ.com
Truvada in New Zealand
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) has been making inroads elsewhere in the western world...
Links: GayNZ.com
Urzila Carlson and partner expecting second child
New Zealand’s favourite lesbian comedian Urzila Carlson, and her partner Julie are expecting a second child...
Links: GayNZ.com
World Press Photo Exhibition
Although they hadn't planned it, Emily and Kate got pregnant within weeks of each other through artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization, respectively...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 1 Jun 2015

“The Moment is Here” Australian Labor Leader Introduces Marriage Equality Bill
Links: Express
Mozambique Legalises Homosexuality
Links: Express
Russian Police Shut Down “Unsanctioned” Gay Rights Rally in Moscow
Links: Express
Watch: Bill Shorten Introduces Marriage Equality Bill to Australian Parliament
Links: Express
2015 Queen of Queens: Warwick Broadhead
Every year at Queen's Birthday Weekend GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com
Queen's Bday honour for lgbti advocate
Garth Browning Longtime lgbti and wider community volunteer and advocate Garth Browning is being made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to health and the community...
Links: GayNZ.com
Watch: Shorten introduces Aus marriage bill
Australia's opposition leader Bill Shorten has introduced Labor’s Marriage Equality Bill in the nation's Parliament, stating: "On marriage equality, for too long, we in this Parliament have been following, not leading...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 1 Jun 2014

Camp Cabaret Takes Over Town Hall
Links: Express
Meet Your Community: GALS Marketing Manager Eddie Lamb
Links: Express
Comment: Dr Peter Saxton on PrEP
Dr Peter Saxton A discussion about the merits and risks of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) here was inevitable, says Dr Peter Saxton, an HIV epidemiologist and gay health advocate at the University of Auckland...
Links: GayNZ.com
Comment: Dr Peter Saxton on PrEP
Dr Peter Saxton A discussion about the merits and risks of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) here was inevitable, says Dr Peter Saxton, an HIV epidemiologist and gay health advocate at the University of Auckland...
Links: GayNZ.com
Vietnam's marriage equality bill falls short
Vietnam: Vietnam’s draft amendment to the Marriage and Family Law while propagating marriage equality has failed to protect the rights of gay and bisexual men and women, says the country’s premiere civil society research institute...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 1 Jun 2013

Session 1 - C.L.I.T Fest Wellington 2013 (Wellington Irish Society Hall)
Audio from the session: Indigenous feminisms and social movements. Part of C.L.I.T Fest Wellington 2013.
Features: Marama Davidson, Shasha Ali
Links: PrideNZ.com
Session 2 - C.L.I.T Fest Wellington 2013 (Wellington Irish Society Hall)
Audio from the session: Sex work. Part of C.L.I.T Fest Wellington 2013.
Features: Catherine Healy, Chanel Hati, Kate Scarlet
Links: PrideNZ.com
Session 3 - C.L.I.T Fest Wellington 2013 (Wellington Irish Society Hall)
Audio from the session: Takataapui, Pasifika ways and beyond queer theory. Part of C.L.I.T Fest Wellington 2013.
Features: Kim Mcbreen, Maihi Makiha
Links: PrideNZ.com
Welcome - C.L.I.T Fest Wellington 2013 (Wellington Irish Society Hall)
Audio from the welcome to the C.L.I.T. Fest Wellington 2013.
Features: Kevin Haunui, Tīwhanawhana
Links: PrideNZ.com
Arrests follow homophobic attack near K' Rd
Two arrests have been made following an attack on two young gay men near Auckland's Karangahape Rd overnight...
Links: GayNZ.com
Hateful attack leaves 'mum of K' Rd' concerned
A member of a new gay community-led K' Rd Safety Panel is severely concerned about a homophobic attack on the gay nightlife hub overnight...
Links: GayNZ.com
Switch Bar's Drag Race won by birthday girl
Ivy Leeague Ivy Leeague has taken out the first of the long weekend's pageants, winning Switch Bar's Drag Race...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 1 Jun 2012

New Trustee appointed to Cartier Trust
Dr Jason Myers The Cartier Trust has appointed HIV researcher and advocate Dr Jason Myers as a new Trustee...
Links: GayNZ.com
Rufus Wainwright to play Auckland's Civic
Rufus Wainwright is returning to Auckland to play a show at the Civic Theatre with his full band on Friday 21st September 2012, following the release of his new Mark Ronson-produced album, Out of the Game...
Links: GayNZ.com
The waiting game
It’s no secret that the people who reside under the so-called 'transgender umbrella' are as varied as Auckland’s weather patterns...
Links: GayNZ.com
US: Aspects of DOMA ruled unconstitutional
A US appeals court has ruled that a law denying gay couples the same rights and privileges as straight couples is unconstitutional...
Links: GayNZ.com
Wall unveils "discrimination ending" marriage Bill
The head of Labour's Rainbow Caucus Louisa Wall has released a new Member's Bill "to end discrimination in the Marriage Act 1955 so that same-sex couples have the same rights as other New Zealanders to formalise their relationship"...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 1 Jun 2011

"This is no time for Puritanism" - NZAF boss
The 'offensive' ad There is full New Zealand solidarity for the Queensland health promoter which has had its tame safe sex ads pulled from bus stops following an orchestrated campaign from a conservative Christian group...
Links: GayNZ.com
Ad featuring men hugging pulled in Queensland
HIV campaigners across the Tasman are utterly outraged after a safe sex promotion featuring a fully-clothed hugging gay couple has been pulled from Queensland bus shelters...
Links: GayNZ.com
Major youth report has scarce glbt content
A major report into the state of life for New Zealand youth, which was personally commissioned by the Prime Minister, makes scant reference to same-sex attracted youth and does not mention transgender young people at all...
Links: GayNZ.com
Nepal: Lesbian policewoman acquitted
Rubina Hussein A lesbian Nepalese traffic policewoman has been acquitted of charges of abducting and sexually abusing her partner...
Links: GayNZ.com
Samesame's Ski Camp
Samesame...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 1 Jun 2010

Michael Bancroft - NZ AIDS Memorial Quilt (Auckland)
Michael Bancroft, the current guardian of the NZ AIDS Memorial Quilt, talks about the history of the quilt in New Zealand.
Features: Michael Bancroft
Links: PrideNZ.com
Video of panels from the New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt (Auckland)
Links: PrideNZ.com
Leatherman competes in Chicago
Winner Tyler McCormick Mr Australia/New Zealand Leatherman 2009 Josh Burrows has competed at the International Mr Leather contest in Chicago, finishing in the top 20...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sanctions for 'stay in the closet' footballer
Jason Akermanis Melbourne AFL player Jason Akermanis has been banned from top grade football for two games for a newspaper column where he told gay players they should stay in the closet...
Links: GayNZ.com
WotW Awards finalists revealed
Buckwheat and Karma Chaos lead the nominations The battle of the divas is heating up, with the finalists announced for Sunday's WotW (Wigs on the Waterfront) Awards in Auckland...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 1 Jun 2009

Andy King's passion for investigation
Detective Sergeant Andy King Detective Sergeant Andy King stands still for a photograph, looking just like a UK TV series cop...
Links: GayNZ.com
Andy King's passion for investigation
Detective Sergeant Andy King Detective Sergeant Andy King stands still for a photograph, looking just like a UK TV series cop...
Links: GayNZ.com
Closeted mayor elopes with illegal lover
The previously-closeted mayor of a small town in Texas has eloped to Mexico with his illegal immigrant lover just hours before a swearing in ceremony for his fourth term...
Links: GayNZ.com
Homophobic crime rates soar in UK
Homophobic and transphobic attacks are on the increase in the UK, with a nationwide upswing of 9% and a frightening 63% increase in homophobic crime in the Manchester area in the past year...
Links: GayNZ.com
Mimi Boyz is the Queen of all Queens!
Mimi Boyz - A...
Links: GayNZ.com
MP retracts call to brand people with HIV
A member of the Swaziland parliament has apologised after calling for all people with HIV to be branded on the buttocks...
Links: GayNZ.com
Samoa stays silent about Milk movie ban
Amidst veiled accusations of homophobia, the Samoan Government is refusing to front up with reasons why its Principal Censor banned the gay rights-themed movie Milk from the island nation's large and small screens...
Links: GayNZ.com
Wilde's love letters to Bosie going online
Love letters written by Oscar Wilde to the young Lord Alfred Douglas, aka 'Bosie' and other male lovers are to be made public for the first time...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 1 Jun 2008

K' Rd's queens celebrate Queen's Birthday
Tomorrow's a public holiday, so, as always, some of Auckland's gayest bars are celebrating the extra day off with special events tonight...
Links: GayNZ.com
Lesbians told: "Stop kissing or leave"
Sirbrina Guerrero says she was approached at a baseball game and told to stop kissing her girlfriend after a woman complained to staff at Seattle's Safeco Field that they were "groping and making out...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 1 Jun 2007

A publicist for actor David Hyde Pierce this week confirmed that Pierce is gay and in a long term relationship with Brian Hargrove, a writer/producer/director in Hollywood...
Links: GayNZ.com
Canada: Debate over woman
A Montreal woman's complaint to the Human Rights Commission for being kicked out of gay bar has stirred up debate over whether minorities can and should discriminate...
Links: GayNZ.com
Latvia:
A ‘No Pride' anti-gay group in Latvia are urging foreigners not to visit the Eastern European nation for their annual Pride festival which opened yesterday...
Links: GayNZ.com
No ban on women at men
In light of today's story of a Montreal woman's complaint to the Human Rights Commission for being asked to leave an all-male gay bar, management at New Zealand's only all-male gay nightclub say they have a ‘slightly more relaxed' view on female guests...
Links: GayNZ.com
Out Takes in Auckland:
I look forward to the Out Takes Film Festival every year, and for the last couple of Fests I've been helping out as an ‘usher'...
Links: GayNZ.com
Palmerston North
“Unfortunately Club Mystic had closed and will not be reopening,” says the management of the Palmerston North LGBT venue...
Links: GayNZ.com
Tauranga knife attack not gay-related
A Tauranga man stabbed in the face with a bottle outside a public toilet in the early hours of this morning was not the victim of anti-gay violence, say local police...
Links: GayNZ.com
USA: New Hampshire OK's Civil Unions
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch signed legislation yesterday establishing civil unions for same-sex couples...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 1 Jun 2006

FAQs
FAQs Dir: Everett Lewis USA, 2005, BetaSP, 90mins This one wears its heart in the right place - way out there on its queer sleeve...
Links: GayNZ.com
Hotels: Fiji "doesn't discriminate"
Fiji is not anti-gay, according to the defensive Fiji Islands Hotels Association, which claims the tourism-reliant Pacific nation does not discriminate on gender or sex, despite advice to the contrary provided by Fiji's High Commissioner to New Zealand...
Links: GayNZ.com
Laramie: Torn apart by a homophobic murder
A small Wyoming town with a nasty past comes to the stage in Hamilton this weekend...
Links: GayNZ.com
Searching for sponsorship, aiming for gold
One of New Zealand's hottest contenders for a medal at this year's Out Games in Montreal will compete in the visually spectacular and highly attended diving competition...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 1 Jun 2005

'Annie Sprinkle's Amazing World of Orgasm' Fluid'
ANNIE SPRINKLE'S AMAZING WORLD OF ORGASM Dirs: Annie Sprinkle and Sheila Malone USA, 2004 Beta SP, 53mins "I like orgasms...
Links: GayNZ.com
DOMB idea defeated?
Is the Marriage (Gender Clarification) Bill dead before it even arrives at the point of its first reading? According to a pissed-off Peter Dunne in Challenge Weekly, New Zealand's fundamentalist newspaper last week, it would appear so...
Links: GayNZ.com
Fighting like a man for womanhood
Beautiful Boxer is the critically acclaimed movie based on the true story of champion transgender Thai kickboxer Nong Toom, who fought like a man to become a woman...
Links: GayNZ.com
Fighting like a man for womanhood
Beautiful Boxer is the critically acclaimed movie based on the true story of champion transgender Thai kickboxer Nong Toom, who fought like a man to become a woman...
Links: GayNZ.com
HIV prevention for Maori transsexuals
A new HIV prevention programme aimed specifically at Maori transsexuals (whakawahine) is believed to be a first for New Zealand...
Links: GayNZ.com
I watched Janis drown, says accused
One of the men accused of murdering eccentric West Coast gay man 'Janis' Bamborough says he watched his friend drown him, but was too scared to intervene...
Links: GayNZ.com
You I Love
Dirs: Olga Stolpovskaya ...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 1 Jun 2004

Homosexuality in pre-colonial Maori society
A slightly edited transcript of a Radio New Zealand interview from 9-Noon with Linda Clark: Linda Clark: The Anglican church has a new head and for the first time it's a Maori, Bishop Whakahuihui Vercoe...
Links: GayNZ.com
Music: Pure Schmaltz
Pure Schmaltz Performed by GALS Musical Director, Stephen Bowness...
Links: GayNZ.com
Venus of Mars
VENUS OF MARS Dir: Emily Goldberg, USA, 2003, DVD, 105 mins Glam-rock is alive and well in the US Midwest, and taking the ground-breaking gender-bending of early Bowie into the 21st century...
Links: GayNZ.com
Yossi and Jagger and Two Cars, One Night
YOSSI ...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 1 Jun 2003

A Chiller Thriller
Otherwise known as the writer of the TV series Queer as Folk, Brad Fraser's stage play Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love is on stage at Auckland's SiLO Theatre until Saturday 7 June 2003...
Links: GayNZ.com
Radio bosses ban 'Hunt for Hosking' promo
A radio station competition planned to encourage members of the public to stalk TV celeb Mike Hosking for paparazzi photos in order to win prizes has been canned...
Links: GayNZ.com
Spirits Of Perversion?
Following the announcement of New Zealand's third fundamentalist Christian political party, researcher Craig Young shines a little light on the people and organisations behind the movement...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 1 Jun 2000

The sixth annual Out Takes Lesbian and Gay Film Festival takes place (New Zealand)
The festival runs in multiple centres: Auckland 9 - 18 June (Village Queen Street), Wellington 1 - 11 June (Paramount Theatre and City Cinema)

Tue 1 Jun 1999

Television item (New Zealand)
Queer Nation, ref: TZP216289.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sat 1 Jun 1996

Television item (New Zealand)
Express Report, ref: TZP170569.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Wed 1 Jun 1988

Gays, Lesbians To Protest (Press, 1 June 1988)
On 1 June 1988, a picket was scheduled to take place outside the British Consul's residence in Christchurch at noon. The demonstration was organised by local members of the lesbian and homosexual community in response to Clause 28 of the British Local Government Bill. This controversial clause prohibited British local...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Needle Scheme Opposed (Press, 1 June 1988)
On 1 June 1988, the National Society on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence expressed strong opposition to a national needle and syringe exchange scheme aimed at supporting intravenous drug users. The programme, which had been in operation for two weeks, allowed users to purchase a needle and syringe exchange pack for...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 1 Jun 1985

AIDS activist and educator Bruce Burnett dies (Auckland, New Zealand)
Links: PrideNZ, LAGANZ

Fri 1 Jun 1984

The AIDS Support Network is established (New Zealand)
The Network has branches throughout the country, including Auckland. The Wellington branch is established by Bruce Burnett, Phil Parkinson, Bill Logan and possibly others.
Links: GayNZ.net, LAGANZ

Fri 1 Jun 1979

Thorpe Case Pay-off Was Nearly Bungled (Press, 1 June 1979)
On 1 June 1979, the trial of Jeremy Thorpe, the former leader of the Liberal Party, continued in London as he faced charges related to a murder plot. The case centres on allegations that Thorpe intended to kill Norman Scott, a male model who claimed they shared a homosexual relationship...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sun 1 Jun 1975

Television news report: backgrounder before interview with MP Gerard Wall (New Zealand)
Seven Days, ref: TZP2235.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sat 1 Jun 1968

Literary Views And Reviews We, The Accused . . . (Press, 1 June 1968)
The publication "Crime in New Zealand," reviewed on 1 June 1968, presents a comprehensive survey of criminal behaviour within the country, constituting a pioneering effort in New Zealand's examination of crime. The book, produced under the auspices of the Department of Justice, reflects a shift in perspective regarding the relationship...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 1 Jun 1944

Sexual Offenders (Evening Post, 1 June 1944)
On 1 June 1944, Under-Secretary of Justice Mr. B. L. Dallard addressed the public concerning remarks made by the Chief Justice during the sentencing of a man convicted of a sexual offence. Dallard clarified that it was impractical to segregate a small number of sexual offenders or establish a dedicated...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
NZ Truth reports on New Plymouth Prison (New Plymouth, New Zealand)
Since 1917 the prison has housed sexual perverts, including homosexualists. The article notes "It should be borne in mind that the majority of homosexuals are men of intelligence, who have a thorough appreciation of the nature and the wrongness of their act and are consequently culpable at law."
Links: NZ Truth

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