True stories

A list of archived articles from GayNZ.com (2001-2017), in the original category of: True stories.

• 10/08/01 - Would I really have wanted to grow up like Peter Sinclair?
• 11/10/01 - Keep your legs together in front of the Queen
• 12/12/01 - Anti-gay hate crimes in NZ, 1990-2001
• 01/08/02 - Gay cop: Turning scandal into success
• 03/09/02 - Karl Moser comes out
• 24/07/03 - London Pride 2003
• 25/08/03 - Rise & Shine - The Graeme Kennedy Story
• 02/04/04 - A champion for human rights dies
• 27/04/04 - GLBT stories sought for radio drama series
• 31/05/04 - 'Screaming Queens'
• 01/06/04 - Homosexuality in pre-colonial Maori society
• 09/08/04 - Brum: a refreshing alternative to London
• 12/08/04 - Sorry David, it was all your own fault!
• 28/10/04 - Tahiti: An accepting Heaven on earth
• 17/12/04 - Reflections: Kevin & Jonathan, banned in Taihape
• 20/01/05 - I Only Want to Be With Her: Dusty Springfield (1939-1999)
• 10/03/05 - The Peron Interview
• 10/03/05 - Peron Under Siege
• 13/03/05 - The kindness of strangers: Jim Peron writes
• 21/03/05 - The Peron Allegations: Part One: The Personalities Emerge
• 24/03/05 - The Peron Allegations: Part Two: The Hall of Mirrors
• 29/03/05 - The Peron Allegations: Part Three: Ghosts From The Past Return
• 29/03/05 - Editorial: Jim Peron: Some questions and answers
• 13/05/05 - Letter from America: Homosexual by nature
• 01/06/05 - Fighting like a man for womanhood
• 11/07/05 - Saris and Dust: India's Hijras
• 10/08/05 - The kiwi who helped Egale fly
• 15/10/05 - Gay parents can give kids the best of Mars and Venus
• 22/01/06 - Pollyfilla: "I'm an interactive party decoration, really"
• 08/02/06 - Remembering Andrew Gilmour
• 07/04/06 - Freedom! The day our gay world changed
• 12/05/06 - Before law reform: Married with children
• 01/06/06 - Searching for sponsorship, aiming for gold
• 11/06/06 - Rare recordings mark Law Reform anniversary
• 12/06/06 - Lilith and Gareth share Queen's Birthday Honour
• 26/06/06 - Philip Patston on
• 29/09/06 - Henare Te Ua:
• 04/10/06 - History: Polari - The Tongue of Queens!
• 09/10/06 - Virgin territory
• 22/10/06 - Happy Diwali
• 29/10/06 - Coming out to your parents
• 30/11/06 - Diving star in net sex shocker!
• 06/12/06 - School's Out! - Peer Sexuality Support at Rosehill College
• 12/12/06 - Hooking up on the net
• 02/02/07 - Think you
• 20/03/07 - A Kiwi experience - Far from home, and finding herself
• 15/04/07 - The ten rules for managing open relationships
• 04/05/07 - "My night at an orgy"
• 08/06/07 - Green Dean
• 03/07/07 - Betrayal:
• 14/07/07 - Who says romance is dead?
• 11/10/07 - Rainbow Youth's mum Linda Farr retires
• 01/12/07 - Rhys, a young Kiwi with HIV
• 12/12/07 - When Otters go wild...
• 03/01/08 - My first love
• 06/01/08 - The gay life, but not as we know it
• 15/01/08 - "We're climbing our own mountains now"
• 25/01/08 - Fraser Moreton: A Kiwi bloke's gay life
• 23/04/08 - Dan News gets deleted
• 29/04/08 - New Zealand's favourite gay boy-next-door
• 11/05/08 - Finding your gay way in China
• 19/05/08 - Josh tells his story at Chch's Candlelight
• 31/05/08 - Obituary: Darren Taylor, AKA Bambi Slut
• 05/07/08 - Joseph's new cocktail-mixing contraption
• 26/07/08 - Where's the strangest place you've had sex?
• 18/11/08 - Greg's coming out story
• 23/11/08 - She'll be right - Georgina Beyer keeps it Kiwi
• 24/12/08 - Online dating: "Why I deleted myself"
• 09/02/09 - Dear Mum & Dad...
• 19/03/09 - Bon voyage Andy Boreham!
• 22/03/09 - "The first time I went to a gay bar"
• 20/04/09 - Break-ups: 14 ways to leave your lover
• 11/05/09 - Notes to our 16-year-old selves
• 04/06/09 - Carmen's whirlwind Wellington visit
• 15/06/09 - Rachel's story: "My cancer struggle"
• 17/07/09 - Kestin's story: T is for Testosterone
• 25/07/09 - Jeff's story: Being gay in prison
• 13/08/09 - Intolerance: The Wanganui Incident
• 08/09/09 - Max's story: A Transgender Inquiry
• 19/09/09 - Rachael's story: A minority within a minority
• 24/09/09 - Simon's story: Surviving cancer
• 19/11/09 - Rob's a Postie Plus
• 24/11/09 - My life in the Exclusive Brethren
• 26/11/09 - Escaping the Exclusive Brethren
• 29/11/09 - After the Exclusive Brethren: Craig looks ahead
• 02/12/09 - "How Glenn Mills gave me HIV"
• 10/12/09 - New Caledonia couple seeks baby joy in NZ
• 06/01/10 - My big gay Sims family
• 08/01/10 - 'Kosmo Krator' - A Stolen Identity
• 14/01/10 - Get well soon with Nurse Neil
• 28/01/10 - Mike Puru: "I didn't want to pretend anymore"
• 01/02/10 - Stalked!
• 13/02/10 - Coming out to Granny
• 20/03/10 - Bullying boss "made me feel sick about who I was"
• 28/04/10 - Standing up against the bullies – together
• 24/05/10 - LGBT Life: Then and Now
• 26/06/10 - In the Navy: The real story?
• 03/07/10 - Why can't we be friends?
• 17/08/10 - Living butch?
• 31/08/10 - 25 Years: A mysterious killer
• 05/09/10 - Staring disaster in the face
• 10/09/10 - Dreams of a wedding in the sky
• 25/09/10 - "It Gets Better"
• 08/11/10 - Real life Rocky moments!
• 14/12/10 - On Ponsonby Rd? Really?
• 13/01/11 - Homo-hatred in suburban ChCh
• 20/01/11 - Burning with hatred
• 12/02/11 - Mangawhai Heads: a month on
• 01/03/11 - A week on shaky ground
• 17/03/11 - Police DLOs "chipping away" at making change
• 14/04/11 - Gay, 15 and living in Gore
• 03/05/11 - Obituary: Margaret Hoffman
• 10/08/11 - Law Reform: raising the cash
• 22/08/11 - "Thanks for all the support"
• 18/10/11 - Separate, but equal
• 19/10/11 - Two Dorothies all at sea: A steamy departure
• 19/10/11 - Manslaughter verdict: What the jury heard and saw
• 24/10/11 - Two Dorothies at Sea: Bare-arsed cheeks
• 06/11/11 - Two Dorothies all at sea: Fabulos City
• 14/12/11 - Goin' Bush Part 1: The Tent
• 19/12/11 - Goin' Bush Part 2: Royal advice
• 21/06/12 - Steven's story: fear, defiance and escape
• 16/07/12 - What’s with the straight hate?
• 19/07/12 - A body built from pain
• 30/07/12 - Wedding Belles: Hating the hate
• 17/08/12 - Parenting - a grandmother's view
• 26/08/12 - Antwerp's Giant (adventures)
• 22/09/12 - Marriage equality: a video submission
• 13/10/12 - I am Asian. I am gay.
• 16/10/12 - Chinese, Queer, 23, AKL
• 26/11/12 - On with pride: lesbian night
• 17/12/12 - Wedding Belles: Blindsided
• 16/01/13 - Your Marriage Equality submissions: Heartbreak
• 24/01/13 - Wedding Belles: An ordinary Kiwi wedding
• 01/02/13 - Editorial: A salute to Sir Paul Holmes
• 02/02/13 - Your Submissions: James Laverty
• 08/02/13 - A rose among thorns
• 11/02/13 - Your submissions: rurally-raised lesbian
• 22/02/13 - The Plight of being Transgender in NZ
• 26/02/13 - Your submissions: Thomas Coppell
• 16/03/13 - Dad's gorgeous letter to gay son
• 10/04/13 - Africa's first traditional gay wedding
• 16/04/13 - Fighting on: Shelley’s story
• 25/04/13 - ANZAC Day feature: Gay and in the Army, pt1 - Basic Training
• 27/04/13 - Gay and in the army: Pt2 - Real men can kiss (each other)
• 30/04/13 - Gay and in the Army: Pt3: So many unanswered questions
• 02/05/13 - On the job discrimination: are we working it out?
• 04/05/13 - Better work stories needed
• 12/05/13 - Mothers' Day: Di and Liz's rough road to motherhood!
• 23/05/13 - To be with you: Gus writes
• 23/05/13 - To be with you: Josh writes
• 05/07/13 - A trans woman's story of prison abuse
• 09/07/13 - Di and Liz: smoother sailing
• 17/07/13 - Jamie and Thomas' love story
• 18/07/13 - Seeking your vote: Michelle and Bridget
• 20/07/13 - Seeking your vote: Keith and McColm
• 24/07/13 - Seeking your vote: Jess and Rachel
• 26/07/13 - Embraced by NZ: A gay Pakistani refugee's story
• 11/08/13 - "I want to make my mum proud"
• 10/10/13 - Trans boy's mum: why I'm sharing his story
• 12/10/13 - Attacked and dismissed: a gay Aussie's warning
• 24/02/14 - Tribute to a fallen Hero
• 24/02/14 - Changing Paradigms
• 25/02/14 - Why I marched in Pride
• 31/03/14 - Harley's story
• 03/05/14 - Abuse of Trust: Pt 1 - The trap
• 04/05/14 - Abuse of Trust: Pt 2 - The assaults
• 10/05/14 - Abuse of Trust Pt 3: Victims ignored
• 11/05/14 - Abuse of Trust Pt 4: Justice
• 14/05/14 - Send a Kiwi ref to the Bingham Cup!
• 14/07/14 - Watch: Ian Thorpe - "I'm not straight"
• 20/07/14 - The legacy of Corporal Dougie Hughes
• 30/08/14 - "I regret that his jaw was broken"
• 01/11/14 - Tough Love: Alexander's story
• 13/11/14 - Gabe writes: "Enough is enough"
• 19/11/14 - 25 years of RainbowYOUTH: Briana's story
• 19/11/14 - 25 years of RainbowYOUTH: Mathijs Lucassen
• 20/11/14 - A safer place to call home
• 01/12/14 - HoH Pride: Marcia and Alexia's story
• 15/12/14 - Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
• 14/01/15 - Pieces of a magical puzzle
• 06/02/15 - "I've known for ages and it doesn't worry me"
• 13/03/15 - Raising cash for top surgery: every dollar helps
• 16/04/15 - Becoming mums part one: hi baby!
• 25/04/15 - A gay medic’s war diary
• 04/05/15 - Lee and Sandra just want to get married
• 16/05/15 - The importance of personal histories
• 21/06/15 - Becoming mums: A sense of community
• 16/09/15 - Becoming mums: tips for getting started
• 18/09/15 - Help a songbird soar: Luana Howard
• 17/11/15 - Becoming mums: Ramblings of the sleep-deprived
• 23/12/15 - Securing the right to adopt
• 26/02/16 - My queer Airbnb affair
• 15/03/16 - Owning the narrative
• 07/04/16 - Pillow Talk
• 31/05/16 - In response to Peter Wells
• 10/06/16 - My Life Before Law Reform: Michael Stevens