On This Day: 3rd November

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Fri 3 Nov 2023

CODES, a musical project based on a 'secret language'
When homosexuality was illegal the LGBT community came up with their own way of communicating That signalling is the reason the musical ensemble CODES has formed...
Links: RNZ
Nonnita Rees: Robert Lord's Diaries
Hailed as one of NZ's first internationally successful playwrights, Robert Lord divided his life between provincial New Zealand and the hedonism of life as a gay man in New York in the 1970s and 80s...
Links: RNZ
“We Do Not Recognise LGBT”: Turkish President Reinforces Anti-LGBTQ+ Stance
Links: Express
All The Sexiest Spookiest Pictures From Propaganda Halloween
Links: Express

Thu 3 Nov 2022

Daniel Radcliffe Opens Up About Why He Spoke Out Against JK...
Links: Express
Exclusive: Alan Carr is “Going To Be a Slut” in NZ...
Links: Express
Family Bar’s Halloween Hotties Part 3
Links: Express
The Man In Charge of Monkeypox
Links: Express

Wed 3 Nov 2021

Exclusive: Auckland Unlimited Won’t Directly Fund Either of Auckland’s Pride Organisations...
Links: Express
KJ Apa Opens Up About His Desire To Compete In RuPaul’s...
Links: Express
Taliban “Kill List” Compiled For LGBTQ+ Afghans
Links: Express

Tue 3 Nov 2020

Bea’s Brilliant Thing
Links: Express
Fiery Transformations
Links: Express
First-Ever World Gay Boxing Championship Planned For 2023
Links: Express
You May Kiss The Bride
Links: Express

Sun 3 Nov 2019

express Talks Tech with Noel Leeming’s Digital Human ‘Nola’
Links: Express
Pressure Mounts On Ugandan Government Following LGBTI Arrests
Links: Express

Sat 3 Nov 2018

Bachelet: Tanzania has duty to protect
GENEVA (2 November 2018) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday expressed alarm at the statement by the Regional Commissioner of Dar es Salaam that a committee will be put in place to track and arrest gay people, and ...
Links: Scoop

Fri 3 Nov 2017

'Demonic' gay lions spark nationwide outrage in Kenya
A wildlife photographer has captured a remarkable gay encounter between adult male lions but not everyone is feeling the love...
Links: NZ Herald
Photographer captures affectionate love-making of two gay lions
A wildlife photographer has captured a remarkable gay encounter between adult male lions...
Links: NZ Herald
Dates Announced for Wellington Pride Festival | Tū Whakahīhī e Te...
Links: Express

Thu 3 Nov 2016

BMW’s Latest Ambassador Linked to Anti-LGBT+ Figures
Links: Express
Oh! Boy George!
Links: Express
Airbnb no longer tolerates anti-LGBTI users
In response to recent incidents of homophobia and racism, Airbnb has announced that all users must now sign an anti-discrimination pledge if they wish to use the site...
Links: GayNZ.com
Headed for the Precipice
As Hillary Clinton prepares to probably win the 2016 US federal election, there are some ominous but also some promising notes underlying this most unusual political contest...
Links: GayNZ.com
Recruitment contract allows questioning of sexuality
Beneficiaries seeking work may have been forced to sign contracts allowing their employer to ask questions about their sexuality and pass on this information, a practice that Auckland Action Against Poverty (AAAP) says may lead to homophobia and transphobia...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 3 Nov 2015

Church of Norway Votes to Allow Same Sex Weddings
Links: Express
Mary Kiani Performing at Shanghai Lil’s and Family Bar
Links: Express
Northern Ireland’s Government Blocks Same Sex Marriage
Links: Express
China outlaws male rape
Rape against men is now a criminal act in China and carries a minimum sentence of five years imprisonment...
Links: GayNZ.com
Donations sought for charity auction
GABA are seeking donations for this years charity auction...
Links: GayNZ.com
I'm Charlie and I have HIV
With the annual number of new HIV infections for last year at its highest level since the epidemic began and more people than ever living with the disease New Zealand's HIV/AIDS organisations are ramping up their campaign to counter the stigma those with HIV often face in the community...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 3 Nov 2014

Gay Rights Advocates March in Conservative Montenegro
Links: Express
Jesus Christ Super Star Opening Night – Q Theatre
Links: Express
LYC’s Stunning New Campaign
Links: Express
Socialites – Family Bar and Club
Links: Express
Which Country Searches for the Most Gay Porn? The Result will...
Links: Express
Church seeking talent for Pride musical
Worthy will include music from The Hinterlands...
Links: GayNZ.com
Egypt: men jailed over wedding video
Eight men have been jailed for three years in Egypt for being part of a YouTube video which authorities say shows a same-sex wedding...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay cowboy couple living the dream
Gay Cowboys Dan and Miki share a snapshot of their life on a farm in North Queensland...
Links: GayNZ.com
Hot range of items going under hammer
A five-night stay at a waterfront Vanuatu villa, an oil painting of Carmen and tickets to the ASB Classic are among the wide range of donated items which will go under the hammer at this Sunday’s GABA Charity Auction...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 3 Nov 2012

Urge to raise funds for OUTLine at auction
K’ Rd men’s bar Urge is holding its annual charity auction tonight, with OUTLine the chosen recipient...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 3 Nov 2011

Television item (New Zealand)
20/20, ref: TZP407708.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Dear Murray ...
3rd November 2011 Hon Murray McCully Minister of Foreign Affairs Floor 6 Executive Wing Dear Murray HUMAN RIGHTS AT CHOGM You may recall that you wrote to us on May 30th, in response to our query about New Zealand's role in forwarding the human rights of LGBT people at the United Nations...
Links: GayNZ.com
Odd Future's Big Day Out invite revoked
Controversial hip hop collective “Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All” appear to have had the Big Day Out welcome mat pulled out from under their feet, after intervention from Auckland Council, which owns Mt Smart Stadium...
Links: GayNZ.com
Stealth, Silence and the "Wild Blues"
Has the National Party steadily lost its extremist religious social conservative elements since the mid-eighties? Where have they all gone? The seventies were arguably the nadir of civil liberties, democratic accountability and human rights in New Zealand, under the despotic populist reign of Rob Muldoon as Prime Minister for nine indescribable authoritarian years...
Links: GayNZ.com
UK: Civil ceremonies to be allowed in churches
Gay couples will be allowed to hold civil partnership ceremonies in English and Welsh churches, as long as the churches agree...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 3 Nov 2010

At least I'm not gay – Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has attempted to defend himself against reports prostitutes attended parties at his Sardinian villa by saying it's better to love beautiful women than be gay...
Links: GayNZ.com
Collective Thinking online transition halted
Plans to transfer the HIV positive peoples' publication online have been halted pending a re-think and a decision to consult more with HIV positive people and the magazine's readership...
Links: GayNZ.com
Collective Thinking online transition halted
Plans to transfer the HIV positive peoples' publication online have been halted pending a re-think and a decision to consult more with HIV positive people and the magazine's readership...
Links: GayNZ.com
Lustrous: big and hairy is sexy
Don Chooi's erotic 'bear art' exhibition Lustrous opens at Auckland's Kamo this Friday night...
Links: GayNZ.com
Mates and Lovers teaser
Fabulous Arts Aotearoa New Zealand presents Mates and Lovers...
Links: GayNZ.com
Ron Howard refuses to cut gay joke from film
Vince Vaughn in The Dilemma A joke about 'gay' cars will stay in Ron Howard's film The Dilemma...
Links: GayNZ.com
Talented gay quartet honoured by arts world
Farr, Devenie, Parmenter and Parker Four incredibly talented gay New Zealanders have been recognised for their "substantial track records of excellence" in the arts...
Links: GayNZ.com
Tamaki's "spiritual father" denies sex claims
Eddie Long A prosecution lawyer claims Brian Tamaki's spiritual father travelled to New Zealand with four young men he is accused of molesting...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 3 Nov 2009

Annual GABA Auction delayed until March
The annual auction fundraiser for the Gay Auckland Business Association's Charitable Trust - traditionally held in the weeks before Christmas - has been rescheduled for March 2010...
Links: GayNZ.com
Ian McKellen lets rip on Bible's anti-gay text
Veteran gay UK actor Sir Ian McKellen says he rips out a certain page from the Bible in each hotel he says in - and now some of his fans are doing the same...
Links: GayNZ.com
Making life better for our people in the Pacific
"Our Fono was a great opportunity for people for all the Pacific cultures to come together," says Pacific peoples' health representative Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann...
Links: GayNZ.com
Rainbow Youth benefits as BNZ 'Closed for Good'
All 177 branches of BNZ bank across New Zealand will be closed tomorrow as staff support a variety of local projects, with one gay staff member and his team taking the opportunity to spend the day giving K' Road's Rainbow Youth Centre a makeover...
Links: GayNZ.com
Wellington Outgames 2011 co-chairs elected
The team who will direct Wellington's LGBT sport and cultural festival for 2011 is now confirmed as David Hindley and Virginia Hopkins-Burns were elected the men's and women's co-chairs for the 2nd Asia Pacific Outgames at the group's AGM at the weekend...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 3 Nov 2008

Exhibition celebrates 5 Queens of Universe
In celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Queen of the Whole Universe pageant, an exhibition featuring past garments, film footage, commissioned paintings and never seen before photos taken behind the scenes will be open through next week at Auckland's Aotea Centre...
Links: GayNZ.com
Green Tide?
Contrary to pundit wisdom, Helen Clark may win a fourth term, albeit with a substantially increased Green share of the centre-left vote, and possibly, the assistance of the Maori Party on confidence and supply...
Links: GayNZ.com
Vote '08: Meet your LGBT candidates
We counted forteen LGBT candidates seeking your votes in this Saturday's General Election...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 3 Nov 2007

Gay man killed parents "to spare them grief"
A young gay man in Cape Town, South Africa, despondent after his relationship with another man soured, shot his parents to death to spare them grief before attempting suicide...
Links: GayNZ.com
Luxury hotel puts Buenos Aires on gay map
Argentina's first luxury gay hotel has opened its doors to paying guests, cementing the reputation of Buenos Aires as the gay capital of Latin America...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZAF Board: Flawed and in need of change?
Larry Jenkins After fourteen months as the NZ AIDS Foundation's fundraising and events manager, Larry Jenkins has left, alleging poor management and staff disillusionment - and hoping to be elected to the Foundation's Trust Board to enact some fundamental changes...
Links: GayNZ.com
Review: GALS' sweet harmony and saucy wit
GALS: Don't Fence Me In Conductor: Stephen Bowness Centennial Theatre, Epsom...
Links: GayNZ.com
UK gay group names 'bigot of the year'
The Bishop of Hereford has been named Bigot of the Year by UK gay equality group Stonewall after he refused a homosexual youth worker a job, reports the BBC...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 3 Nov 2006

42BELOW still committed to LGBT causes
Geoff Ross, CEO of vodka company 42BELOW, has spoken to GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com
Anglican church to ordain gay deacon
9...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay deacon may face 'rough ride'
10...
Links: GayNZ.com
Paradoxical India
If India still retains criminal penalties for male homosexuality, why have there been instances of village same-sex marriage? Ruth Vanita recently wrote an eye-opening book on India's LGBT communities, Loves Rites: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West (2004)...
Links: GayNZ.com
World AIDS Day needs outraged NZers
World AIDS day is Friday 1st December and the New Zealand AIDS Foundation needs Red Ribbon collectors out on the streets, reminding New Zealanders that HIV is here and we can't let it continue ripping through our communities anymore...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 3 Nov 2005

Television item (New Zealand)
Tagata Pasifika, ref: TZP312796.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (New Zealand)
20/20, ref: TZP313154.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (Auckland, New Zealand)
Tagata Pasifika, ref: TZP312793.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Fiji hate march postponed
The virulently homophobic Methodist Church of Fiji has postponed plans for an anti-gay hate march following a speech by a Fijiian activist last week at the Pan Pacific AIDS Conference...
Links: GayNZ.com
Low ranking for homophobe MP
Homophobe National MP Brian Connell is miffed that he's been given the lowest possible ranking in caucus by party leader Don Brash...
Links: GayNZ.com
Prominent jobs for gay MPs
Two of Parliament's openly gay MPs have been elected to prominent positions by their respective parties, with Labour's Tim Barnett announced as chief whip, and National's Chris Finlayson as Shadow Attorney-General...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 3 Nov 2003

New witch hunt for dog-attack pair
The two men jailed for owning a dog that attacked a little girl in January are now the subject of a second media witch hunt, this time over outrage that the pair are looking after another dog...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 3 Nov 1999

Television item (New Zealand)
Tonight, ref: TZP220326.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Thu 3 Nov 1994

Television item (Wellington, New Zealand)
Te Karere, ref: TZP150189.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Fri 3 Nov 1989

A national hui for Maori Lesbians is held (Wellington, New Zealand)
The hui takes place at Tapu Te Ranga Marae.

Tue 3 Nov 1987

Television item (New Zealand)
6:30pm News, ref: TZP52055.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Mon 3 Nov 1986

British Opinions Move To The Left, Survey Finds (Press, 3 November 1986)
Public opinion in Britain has shifted significantly to the Left since 1983, according to the third annual British Social Attitudes survey, published on 3 November 1986. This comprehensive study, funded by charitable, governmental, and private sources, indicates considerable changes in attitudes regarding wealth distribution, defence, and sexual norms. Despite this...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Teen-age Magazines Decried (Press, 3 November 1986)
A report published by the charity Family and Youth Concern has raised alarming concerns about the content of magazines aimed at teenagers in Britain, with particularly shocking findings regarding the prevalence of sex, violence, obscene language, and themes of black magic. The report describes many of these publications, some of...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Television news report: an AIDS campaign in the UK (New Zealand)
Eyewitness news, ref F132222.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sat 3 Nov 1984

Debate On Jesus (Press, 3 November 1984)
In a series of letters published on 1 November 1984, readers addressed interpretations of Jesus’ teachings on love and morality, particularly in the context of homosexuality. M. Paul Mosley referenced the biblical account in John 8:11, where Jesus tells a woman caught in adultery that He does not condemn her,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 3 Nov 1975

Superannuation Deductions (Press, 3 November 1975)
On 3 November 1975, several letters to the editor were published, touching on various political and social issues relevant to New Zealand at the time. One letter, written by an individual identified as GEE THANKS, raised concerns about the deductions from their pay as a poll clerk under the New...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 3 Nov 1970

Insensitive Behaviour Seen As Immoral (Press, 3 November 1970)
During the opening of the annual Methodist Conference in Christchurch on 3 November 1970, the president of the Methodist Church of New Zealand, the Rev. W. F. Ford, delivered a significant address emphasising the importance of moral behaviour that respects the feelings, rights, and welfare of others. He highlighted that...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Jack The Ripper Theory (Press, 3 November 1970)
On 3 November 1970, it was reported that the notorious identity of Jack the Ripper, the infamous killer who terrorised London in 1888, may have links to a respected Victorian nobleman, potentially even of Royal lineage. This intriguing claim was made by Thomas Stowell, an eminent surgeon in his eighties,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 3 Nov 1962

Magistrate’s Court Argument Over Cuba Situation... (Press, 3 November 1962)
An incident on October 25, 1962, involving a heated argument over the situation in Cuba escalated into a physical confrontation at the pie cart in Cathedral Square. Sergeant B. D. Read provided testimony in court, noting that the altercation required police intervention to separate the involved parties. Peter James Olin,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 3 Nov 1802

Missionary William Yate is born (Shropshire, United Kingdom)
Links: Wikipedia, Te Ara

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