An otherwise pleasant UniQ/GAP gay day out at Scorching Bay in Wellington last Saturday was marred by abuse from a car of passing yobbos. "When I was returning to the car with some people I was driving back to the station, a car load of yobs drove past yelling 'fucking faggots',” says event organiser AJ Marsh, “but otherwise there was no bother.” Around thirty people joined the fun and enjoyed the good weather between noon and six on the day, bringing picnic lunches and rainbow flags to mark out the space. Some of the more adventurous attendees swam out to the Spindrift of Nelson, which anchored in the bay especially for the day. Marsh says the weather was so pleasant, some came back for more the following day, and he is organising a second event to take place in the next couple of weeks. “We need more lesbians though!” he says. “This is not just a gay man thing."
Credit: GayNZ.com News Staff
First published: Wednesday, 19th January 2005 - 12:00pm