On This Day: 29th January

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Sun 29 Jan 2023

Pope Francis clarifies comment about how being homosexual is not a crime
'When I said it is a sin, I was simply referring to Catholic moral teaching...
Links: NZ Herald

Sat 29 Jan 2022

Black lesbian playwright debuts New Zealand's first play about Afro-queer immigrants
There wasn't a chair at the table for lesbian actress Estelle Chout...
Links: Stuff

Fri 29 Jan 2021

Auckland Live Rolling Out The Red Carpet For Auckland Pride
Links: Express
Date for 2021’s Wellington International Pride Parade is Finally Announced!
Links: Express
More Kiwi Queens Joining Drag Race Down Under?
Links: Express

Wed 29 Jan 2020

Rugby league: Openly gay English Super League player Keegan Hirst slams Catalans Dragons signing of Israel Folau
The English Super League's first openly gay player has slammed the Catalans Dragons' signing of Israel Folau, who will join the club on a one-year deal...
Links: NZ Herald
Two-year wait for baby could be fast tracked through HIV positive sperm bank
Aucklander was shocked by sperm bank at first, but hopes to help break down stigma surrounding disease...
Links: Stuff
LIL NAS X LEADS GRAMMYS FOR LGBTI+ ARTISTS
Links: Express
Tackling Coming Out
Links: Express
Uniformed Police Join Ponsonby’s Rainbow Parade
Links: Express

Tue 29 Jan 2019

Singapore says American leaked 14,200 HIV records
Singapore's health ministry accused an American of stealing and leaking the records of 14,200 people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, before January 2013...
Links: Stuff
Angola Decriminalises Homosexuality and Bans LGBTI Discrimination
Links: Express
Conversion Therapy ‘Success Story’ and ‘Ex-Gay’ Therapist Admits He’s Now Dating...
Links: Express
Meet The Finalists For Mr. Gay New Zealand 2019
Links: Express

Mon 29 Jan 2018

'God will judge you': Boxer Anthony Mundine says gay people confuse society
Boxer Anthony Mundine knows what's required of him at a press conference: bravado, swagger and a few good quotes...
Links: Stuff
Elton John Announces Retirement
Links: Express

Fri 29 Jan 2016

Former Deputy Prime Minister Bob Tizard Dies at 91
Links: Express
Ivy Bar to Launch Wellington Pride Programme
Links: Express
No ‘One’ Banned From Pride Parade
Links: Express
Ellen Page reveals new LGBTI doco series
Ellen Page has traveled the world with her best friend to document the lives and struggles of LGBTI people globally in a new documentary series for Vice...
Links: GayNZ.com
Pride final' position
The possibility remains open that the Auckland Pride Festival's position on the Department Of Corrections presence in the forthcoming Pride Parade may be modified...
Links: GayNZ.com
Top picks with AKL Pride Fest curator Ta'i Paitai
The man behind this year’s Auckland Pride Festival, curator Ta’i Paitai, took a few minutes out of a very busy schedule to chat to us about diversity in the lineup and what not to miss when planning your Pride...
Links: GayNZ.com
Wellington Pride programme launch at Ivy Bar
The capital is gearing up for a celebratory couple of months and things kick off next Friday with the launch of the Wellington Pride Festival programme...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 29 Jan 2015

Gay Guide to Auckland Arts Festival 2015
The team at Auckland Arts Festival have kindly helped us pick out a few events they think will be of interest to our readers...
Links: GayNZ.com
Safety and diversity central to K' Rd plan
A plan for the future of Auckland's K’ Rd embraces its lgbti culture, and sets out ways safety and transport links can be improved, as part of a vision to showcase it as “the creative, edgy fringe of the city centre”...
Links: GayNZ.com
Staircase Revival's 2015 edition canned
This year’s planned Staircase Revival has been cancelled due to the lack of a suitable venue...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 29 Jan 2014

Big Gay Out line-up packed with performers
Urzila Carlson and Charlotte Yates feature in the line-up Comedian Urzila Carlson and musician Charlotte Yates have been added to the line-up for the Big Gay Out, which will once again be closed out by Cindy of Samoa...
Links: GayNZ.com
Craig continues to pour cash into own party
Colin Craig expects to spend another $500,000 on his own party Homophobic political hopeful Colin Craig has pumped another $135,000 into funding his own political party since last October...
Links: GayNZ.com
Disco classic 'storming' the UK charts
The Weather Girls’ classic track It's Raining Men is set to re-enter the Top 20 in the UK, in a fun protest against a homophobic politician’s claim marriage equality caused recent flooding...
Links: GayNZ.com
Disney Channel gets its first lesbian mums
(Disney Channel) A Disney Channel show has introduced a lesbian couple, a move the network says is about reflecting “themes of diversity and inclusiveness”...
Links: GayNZ.com
Rialto bringing gay Sundance flick to NZ
Love is Strange stars John Lithgow and Alfred Molina The stash of acclaimed glbti films coming to New Zealand theatres in 2014 now includes drama Love is Strange, which just debuted at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival...
Links: GayNZ.com
Smartphone apps may leak sexual orientation
'Leaky' smartphone apps are apparently being used by USA and UK intelligence agencies to gain access to information about the phones' users, including their sexual orientation...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sound of Pride: Charlotte Yates
Three performances by the woman with the haunting voice, Charlotte Yates, are one of the Auckland Pride Festival highlights music lovers are singing about...
Links: GayNZ.com
Watch: She keeps me warm
Have you heard Mary Lambert's Same Love spin-off, She Keeps Me Warm? The video is SO cute! GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 29 Jan 2013

Clay Nelson profile (St Matthew-in-the-City)
Rev. Clay Nelson talks about his work with St Matthew-in-the-City; particularly organising the church billboards that have gained international attention
Features: Clay Nelson
Links: PrideNZ.com

Sun 29 Jan 2012

Kevin Baker - Queen of the Whole Universe (Auckland)
Kevin Baker, a.k.a. Buffy from Buffy and Bimbo, talks about being part of the Queen of the Whole Universe beauty pageant.
Features: Kevin Baker
Links: PrideNZ.com
Review: Seriously ... I'm Kidding
If you can't get enough of Ellen DeGeneres from her talk show, picking up a copy of her latest book and flying through its easy read pages will certainly sate you...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 29 Jan 2011

Miriam Saphira profile (Auckland)
Miriam Saphira talks about growing up, being a writer and researcher, and establishing the Charlotte Museum
Features: Miriam Saphira
Links: PrideNZ.com
Auckland Council backs prostitute ban
Auckland Council has backed a bill which could see prostitutes banned in any area of the city, a move a number of groups fear will mean transgender street workers are further marginalised...
Links: GayNZ.com
Central police have K' Rd on their radar
Auckland Central police are working to alleviate the issues of drunkenness, disorder and violence at the city's gay nightlife hub, Karangahape Rd, where the city's police commander says there is unfortunately "little of any value that happens after 3am"...
Links: GayNZ.com
Pastor has homophobic rant at Kato's funeral
A murdered Ugandan gay rights activist has been insulted at his own funeral, with the presiding pastor calling on gay men and women to repent or "be punished by God"...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 29 Jan 2010

Britney s kiss named best of noughties
Madonna and Britney Spears' sudden smooch at the 2003 MTV Music Video Awards has been voted Top Kiss in a new poll - but theirs isn't the only same-sex pash in the top ten...
Links: GayNZ.com
Summer fun for Aucks and Welly this weekend
It's set to be a celebration of summer this weekend with special events in two of Auckland's gay bars and a beach party in Wellington...
Links: GayNZ.com
Three good reasons to watch Modern Family
Committed gay couple Mitchell and Cameron have returned from Vietnam, where they picked up an awesome souvenir - a tiny baby called Lily...
Links: GayNZ.com
Youth meet for weekend hui in sunny Nelson
More than forty young LGBT people from around New Zealand are expected to arrive in Nelson today where fine weather is expected for a weekend of workshops, discussions and nationwide network planning...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 29 Jan 2009

DeeZaStar and Booby set for Purple bar
Two extraordinary avant-garde performance artists have now been lined up to host Saturday K' Road clubbing event Chelsea Boys...
Links: GayNZ.com
Milk movie makes cash for OUTLine
Generous GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com
Queer Youth Hui audio interviews online
A collection of audio interviews from young LGBT people who attended last weekend's KAHA National Queer Youth Hui are now available online free to listen to and download...
Links: GayNZ.com
Review: Brilliant, tender Milk
Yes, it's official: Sean Penn's performance as groundbreaking American gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk is superb...
Links: GayNZ.com
Tyra Banks is GLAAD Awards nominee
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation have nominated several outstanding films and TV shows in its 20th annual media gongs - and chat show host Tyra Banks is up for a special award...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 29 Jan 2008

2008's HERO Festival launches this Friday
Auckland's HERO Festival is "the year's festive celebration of our wonderfully diverse and colourful community," running for three weeks beginning this Friday, say the HERO Festival team...
Links: GayNZ.com
Ellis' lawyers seek Royal Comm. of Inquiry
The lawyers for gay Christchurch man Peter Ellis are seeking a Royal Commission of Inquiry into his conviction for child abuse in 1993...
Links: GayNZ.com
Park and ride the free bus to Big Gay Out
A free bus will be operating on Pt Chevalier Rd to ferry passengers to and from Auckland's Eighth Annual Big Gay Out fair day at Coyle Park on Sunday 10 February...
Links: GayNZ.com
Political Ethics and Conservative Christians: The Ralph Reed Controversy
US Christian Coalition founder Ralph Reed The New Zealand Christian Right needs to realise that the Electoral Finance Act is about insuring democratic accountability and transparency...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 29 Jan 2007

"Poof" OK for broadcast, says BSA
The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has decided the used of the word ‘poof' by a Radio New Zealand media commentator was “not a breach of decency and good taste”...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 29 Jan 2006

"Horny As" campaign to launch at BGO
The AIDS Foundation will use this year's Big Gay Out as the launch for its new campaign to get people all excited over condoms...
Links: GayNZ.com
Auckland's Body Positive on the move
Auckland's Body Positive is to move into larger premises next to the Burnett Centre in Poynton Tce...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sperm donors exclude lesbians
In light of recent controversy over a ban on New Zealand gay men donating sperm, Fertility specialists are defending themselves with the revelation that it is the eligible sperm donors themselves who are anti-gay...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 29 Jan 2005

Auschwitz: Lessons from the gay victims
Six decades after the Red Army liberated Auschwitz, what are the implications of the Nazi Holocaust for lesbians and gay men? We must never forget any of the victims of that paramount historical obscenity, and relentlessly oppose anyone who promotes oppression against any of the affected communities...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 29 Jan 1986

Narain Says Charges Trumped (Press, 29 January 1986)
On 29 January 1986, Armit Lal Narain, a 50-year-old New Zealand-born Indian faith healer and leader of a religious commune, faced serious legal troubles in Sydney. He was wanted for unlawful detention, assault, and kidnapping, charges which he claimed were fabricated by a former commune member, Nell Grace Arnitt, after...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 29 Jan 1985

Murderer No-one Wants (Press, 29 January 1985)
Dan White, the man responsible for the assassination of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk seven years prior, has officially completed his prison sentence and is now a free man. Despite this legal status, his return to San Francisco is met with widespread disapproval and hostility from...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 29 Jan 1972

E. M. Forster’s Delayed Novel (Press, 29 January 1972)
The review discusses E. M. Forster's novel "Maurice," which he began writing in 1913 but was published posthumously in 1971. Notably, the book was groundbreaking for its direct approach to homosexuality at a time when such topics were not openly acknowledged, and Forster adds a "Terminal Note" to reflect on...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 29 Jan 1969

Cosmetics Horrify Most Males (Press, 29 January 1969)
A recent survey conducted on 28 January 1969 highlights significant resistance among New Zealand men towards the idea of using cosmetics, specifically moisturisers and skin lotions, which have gained popularity in other parts of the world. The discussion was prompted by comments from Ronald Humphries, a make-up artist from London,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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