On This Day: 17th December

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Sun 17 Dec 2023

'It was quite traumatic'. Coming out as gay took a mental toll on Grant Robertson
Coming out was tough on Grant Robertson...
Links: Stuff
Siberian Official Deems Ice Cream Ad With Men Licking Ice Cream...
Links: Express
UK Parliament Set To Debate Compensation for LGBTQ+ Veterans Discharged From...
Links: Express

Sat 17 Dec 2022

Trans influencer and TV star Kris Fox: âI had never experienced being a woman in a womanâs body â¦ and that was scaryâ
Loud and proud - Kris Fox is a force to be reckoned with...
Links: NZ Herald

Fri 17 Dec 2021

Discrimination Putting LGBTIQ+ At Risk Of Homelessness
Links: Express
Groundbreaking EU-Wide Recognition of LGBTIQ+ Families
Links: Express
LGBT+ ACTIVIST PETER TATCHELL: “WE NEED TO FORGIVE OUR PARENTS”
Links: Express
Why Are So Many Great Gay Men Single?
Links: Express

Thu 17 Dec 2020

Below Deck's Izzy Wouters comes out as lesbian
The Bravo star opened up about her sexuality in a cheeky Instagram post and fans are loving it...
Links: Stuff
Big New Year’s Celebrations Planned for Vinegar Hill Camp Ground
Links: Express
Rainbow Inspiration For The Year Ahead
Links: Express

Tue 17 Dec 2019

Outrage over 'gay Jesus' Netflix film The First Temptation of Christ
Over 1...
Links: Stuff
IAN THORPE APPEARS IN ANTI-RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION BILL VIDEO
Links: Express

Mon 17 Dec 2018

Transgender healthcare 'inconsistent' - will guidelines help?
Healthcare professionals have created a new set of guidelines for transgender people in the hope they'll go some way to address what's been called 'gross disparities' in access to treatments around the country...
Links: RNZ
UK school children to be taught 'boys can have periods too'
School children in the UK will be taught that "all genders" can have periods in new sex education lessons, in a victory for transgender rights campaigners...
Links: NZ Herald

Sun 17 Dec 2017

2 couples tie knot in Australia's 1st same-sex weddings
SYDNEY — Two female couples tied the knot in Australia's first same-sex weddings under new legislation allowing gay marriages...
Links: NZ Herald

Sat 17 Dec 2016

Rainbow Christmas wreath sales benefit OUTLine
Christmas cheer, gay pride, recycling and supporting the national OUTLine counseling service have been brought together in Christmas wreaths currently on sale through Auckland's Garnett Station cafe...
Links: GayNZ.com
Resilience shines through in art competition entries
A "huge amount of resilience in people’s experience" is evident from entries in a new art competition, the winners of which have just been announced...
Links: GayNZ.com
Seasonal Recesses
Merry Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Summer Solstice or whatever you choose to commemorate at this time of year...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 17 Dec 2015

Anika Moa Engaged to TV3 Journalist
Links: Express
Fletcher Building CEO: Rainbow Tick Shows We’re a Diverse and Inclusive...
Links: Express
Malta Set to Ban Conversion Therapy
Links: Express
FB updates 'real name' policy
Facebook has updated its ‘real name’ policy and is to test new tools that will allow people to share the reasoning for wanting to use an alias...
Links: GayNZ.com
Hookup apps and Asia's HIV epidemic
The newest UN report produces frightening statistics regarding the surge of gay Asian men using mobile dating applications that could hinder the global HIV goal...
Links: GayNZ.com
Hookup apps and Asia's HIV epidemic
The newest UN report produces frightening statistics regarding the surge of gay Asian men using mobile dating applications that could hinder the global HIV goal...
Links: GayNZ.com
Satirical church aprroved to perform marriages
The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is now able to perform legal same-sex marriages in New Zealand after the Registrar- general of Marriages officially recognised the church’s beliefs and convictions as being in line with the Marriage Act...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 17 Dec 2014

Mardi Gras Releases Statement on Sydney Siege
Links: Express
Outgames Seeks Two New Board Members
Links: Express
Sydney Siege Hero was Gay
Links: Express
"We are so proud of our beautiful boy Tori"
Tori Johnson died in hospital on Tuesday The family of the gay manager of Sydney’s Lindt Chocolat Café, who is reported to have died while helping other hostages escape, say he was "the most amazing life partner, son and brother" they could ever wish for...
Links: GayNZ.com
Navratilova marries partner in New York
Martina Navratilova has revealed she married fiancée Julia Lemigova in New York this week...
Links: GayNZ.com
New Outgames Board members sought
The team bringing the Asia Pacific Outgames to Auckland in 2016 is looking for two new Board members...
Links: GayNZ.com
Uni to fund trans students' name changes
Auckland University will cover the costs for transgender students to legally change their names, as a stop gap measure till it can update its admin system so it recognises preferred names only...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 17 Dec 2013

Gay men's health research group formed
File Photo A new Gay Men’s Sexual Health research group has been established at the University of Auckland’s Department of Social and Community Health...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gisborne: Couple admits beach killing
Victim Amandeep Singh A Gisborne lesbian couple has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a man they beat to death on the beach, and each of the women jailed for more than eight years...
Links: GayNZ.com
Horrifying video may show fatal beatings
A video has emerged which purportedly shows two ‘gay’ Nigerian men being beaten to death with sticks and wooden planks as a crowd watches on...
Links: GayNZ.com
Lady Gaga bus image was fine, body rules
An ad for Lady Gaga’s ARTPOP album which appeared on the back of some Auckland buses has been cleared of breaching advertising rules...
Links: GayNZ.com
Mau to replace Tamihere on Radio Live
Ali Mau with her fiancee and friends at a Gay Auckland Business Association auction Ali Mau is leaving Seven Sharp and will be the new co-host of Radio Live's afternoon talk show, replacing homophobic broadcaster John Tamihere...
Links: GayNZ.com
Mau tweets departure from Seven Sharp
Ali Mau Ali Mau is apparently leaving Seven Sharp...
Links: GayNZ.com
Seven Sharp ordered to apologise to Craig
Seven Sharp host Jesse Mulligan went too far, the BSA says...
Links: GayNZ.com
This Is Your Life: Peter Taylor (Part 2)
We hear about Peter Taylor's early years as his sister shares her stories in the second instalment of a fabulous night celebrating the gay Auckland icon...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 17 Dec 2012

Group set up for Outgames-bound competitors
A group has been set up to bring together New Zealanders heading to the World Outgames in Antwerp in August 2013...
Links: GayNZ.com
Jury considering verdicts in Cottrell murder trial
Phillip Cottrell The jury has retired to discuss its verdicts in the Phillip Cottrell murder trial...
Links: GayNZ.com
Legalised marriage good for gay health - study
Gay men who live in in places where same-sex marriage is legal are healthier, have less stress, make fewer doctor visits and have lower health-care costs, a study has found...
Links: GayNZ.com
Manslaughter for killing man 'who looked gay'
Phillip Cottrell One of two men tried for the killing of gay Wellington journalist Phillip Cottrell has been found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter; the other has walked free...
Links: GayNZ.com
St-Matthew's asks "was Jesus gay?" in billboard
The ever-controversial central Auckland church St-Matthew-in-the-City has raised a billboard saying "it's time for Jesus to come out...
Links: GayNZ.com
Urzila Carlson wins best female comedian, again
New Zealand’s favourite South African import Urzila Carlson has been named the nation’s best female comedian for the third year running...
Links: GayNZ.com
Wedding Belles: Blindsided
This isn't me, but I know how she feels...
Links: GayNZ.com
Wedding Belles: Blindsided
This isn't me, but I know how she feels...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 17 Dec 2011

"The law needs to change" - Charles Chauvel
Charles Chauvel Charles Chauvel says the five year jail sentence for a teenager who killed a gay Papakura man shows a double standard, and the law needs to change...
Links: GayNZ.com
Shearer pro gay marriage and adoption rights
David Shearer Labour's new leader is in favour of same-sex marriage and gay couples being given the right to adopt...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 17 Dec 2010

Anika Moa leads Big Gay Out line-up
Lesbian songstress Anika Moa will headline the 2011 Big Gay Out...
Links: GayNZ.com
Further charges for Moeraki 'hate crime' accused
Seven further charges have been laid against two North Otago men accused of a kidnapping police have described as a "hate crime"...
Links: GayNZ.com
Two guilty over brutal Trafalgar Square attack
Two people have been convicted of manslaughter for a fatal attack on a man they had earlier subjected to homophobic abuse...
Links: GayNZ.com
Your top 5 GLBT films EVER!
5...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 17 Dec 2009

BBC asks: "Should homosexuals face execution?"
The BBC has courted controversy by asking its website readers "Should homosexuals face execution?" "Yes, we accept it is a stark and disturbing question," says the BBC, "but this is the reality behind an anti-homosexuality bill being debated on Friday by the Ugandan parliament which would see some homosexual offences punishable by death...
Links: GayNZ.com
Mum's the word for Camp FM this Sunday
Andy Boreham, co-host of New Zealand's gayest radio show Camp FM, says he's bringing his mum onto the show this Sunday to help solve his listeners' relationship hiccups...
Links: GayNZ.com
Your guide to gay Christmas etiquette
Got your Christmas Party invites sorted out? GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 17 Dec 2008

2009's Kaha Queer Youth Hui in Wellington
2009's annual Kaha National Queer Youth Hui will be held at Wellington's Tapu Te Ranga Marae on the weekend of 23 - 25 January...
Links: GayNZ.com
Auckland Pride '09 Festival events revealed
The calendar of events for Auckland's Pride Festival this February is taking shape, and includes several favourite Hero-style events along with many new parties and activities...
Links: GayNZ.com
Aussie gay High Court judge Kirby to retire
Australia's first openly-gay High Court judge says he will retire in February, just before his 70th birthday...
Links: GayNZ.com
Joan Rivers in Sydney Mardi Gras line-up
Sydney Mardi Gras have announced their 2009 Festival line-up, which includes appearances from comedienne Joan Rivers, Scottish actor Alan Cumming and soul-singing diva Roberta Flack...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 17 Dec 2007

Archbishop sorry for anti-gay Anglicans
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has apologised to gay people all around the world for the way they have been treated by the Church...
Links: GayNZ.com
AUS: Rudd defends relationships register
An Australia-wide relationships register is a positive and productive way to formally recognise same-sex relationships, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said yesterday...
Links: GayNZ.com
Murder suspect wanted in Hungary for fraud
The Hungarian tourist suspected of murdering Auckland gay man Ron Brown in his Onehunga home last week is wanted in his home country over tax fraud...
Links: GayNZ.com
Wellington's Imerst club "will stay open"
Speculation is rife in Wellington that the city's only specifically-LGBT nightclub has shut its doors, but Imerst's manager Rhys Hakkens insists it's business as usual...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 17 Dec 2006

Her Majesty's Vinegar Hill 2006 Christmas Message
Just overa week from now it will be "Hello Possums!" as I arrive to what will be an action packed 30th anniversary of queer camping at Vinegar Hill...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 17 Dec 2004

LGBT deputations meet Auckland Mayor
A deputation of elected gay and lesbian Community Board members will formally meet with Auckland mayor Dick Hubbard to discuss his "unacceptable" "child abusers and murderers" suggestions against same-sex parents...
Links: GayNZ.com
New record for GABA charity auction
$20,000 has been raised in the annual GABA Charitable Trust Christmas auction, a new record...
Links: GayNZ.com
Reflections: Kevin and Jonathan, banned in Taihape
Jonathan responsible for several years of Big Gay Outs, and most recently Queen of the Whole Pacific...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 17 Dec 2003

NZ team assembling for Bingham Cup
The number of players from around the country being assembled for next year's Bingham Cup – an international gay rugby competition – is growing, but organisers are still keen to hear from more people...
Links: GayNZ.com
Tabloid spies stalk Barrymore in NZ
Ex-pat British entertainer Michael Barrymore has attracted spies from a homophobic British tabloid, who appear to be monitoring his daily activities in New Zealand in an attempt to continue dishing dirt on him back at home...
Links: GayNZ.com
Tim Barnett named politician of the year
MP Tim Barnett has been named politician of the year by one of New Zealand's most respected political commentators...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 17 Dec 1997

Television item (New Zealand)
Holmes, ref: TZP193477.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (New Zealand)
Holmes, ref: TZP193485.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Tonight, ref: TZP193488.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (New Zealand)
Midday, ref: TZP193705.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (New Zealand)
One Network News, ref: TZP193479.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
The Court of Appeal turns down three lesbian couples' appeal against a High Court ruling against same-sex marriage (New Zealand)

Sat 17 Dec 1988

Television item (New Zealand)
Network News, ref: TZP70893.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Tue 17 Dec 1985

Homosexual Law Changes (Press, 17 December 1985)
In a letter published on 17 December 1985, C. G. A. Wilson raises concerns about the legal implications for two consenting 16-year-old males caught engaging in homosexual activities. The letter criticises the current law which mandates their immediate arrest and charge, despite the fact that over 30 per cent of...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 17 Dec 1984

Aust. Transplant Patients Infected With A.i.d.s. (Press, 17 December 1984)
On 17 December 1984, it was reported that all kidney donors at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney will be screened for AIDS following post-mortem examinations that revealed two transplant patients had contracted the virus from a kidney donor. The deaths of the patients, confirmed by Professor David Pennington, head of...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Sex-change Unions (Press, 17 December 1984)
On 17 December 1984, Monsignor Carlo Caffarra, a prominent Vatican theologian and head of the Pope John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family at Rome's Pontifical Lateran University, expressed his views on sex-change operations and marriages involving transsexuals. During a seminar dedicated to the topic of...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 17 Dec 1982

Western Music Doesn’t Soothe The Savage Chinese... (Press, 17 December 1982)
In 1982, an unusual guidebook titled "How to Distinguish Decadent Music" was published by the People's Publishing House in China, aimed at helping young music enthusiasts navigate the distinctions between acceptable socialist music and what the government classifies as "yellow" or pornographic music from the West. The booklet argues that...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Television: Colin Moyle discusses how he wants to lead the Labour Party (New Zealand)
ref: TZP47838.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Wed 17 Dec 1913

Poet Rupert Brooke arrives in New Zealand onboard RMS Niagara (Auckland, New Zealand)
Links: Wikipedia, Papers Past

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