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Fri 3 Feb 2023

  • Rūrangi writer Cole Meyers on the Emmy Award-winning trans drama’s return
    Rūrangi writer Cole Meyers on the Emmy Award-winning drama's return...
    Links: NZ Herald

Thu 3 Feb 2022

  • National Party To Allow Conscience Vote On Conversion Therapy Ban
    Links: Express
  • USA: South Dakota Passes Two Anti-Trans Bills In One Day
    Links: Express

Wed 3 Feb 2021

  • Auckland Pride takes place (Auckland, New Zealand)
    The festival runs from 3-28 February
    Links: Auckland Pride
  • NZ Post issue the Pride 2021 stamp (New Zealand)
    The stamp is issued to commemorate the 35th anniversary of homosexual law reform in New Zealand. The stamps remain on sale until 2 February 2022.
    Links: NZ Post (1), NZ Post (2)
  • Call For Proposals: Small Grants To Strengthen LGBTI Inclusion In The Asia-Pacific (apply By 19 March 2021)
    The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bangkok Regional Hub is inviting civil society organizations, networks and community-based organizations in the region to submit grant proposals relating to one of the following four thematic areas: Supporting ...
    Links: Scoop
  • New research looks at sexual education for Pacific communities
    New research project that will look into the development, pilot and evaluation of a Pacific resource toolkit in sexuality education for New Zealand primary school teachers...
    Links: RNZ
  • Kiwi Sporting Codes Join Forces To March In Auckland Rainbow Pride...
    Links: Express
  • New Zealand Defence Force Will Not Formally Participate in 2021 Pride...
    Links: Express
  • NZ’s Big Gay Out The Biggest Rainbow Community Event Happening In...
    Links: Express
  • St George Illawarra Dragons Facing Criticism Over Application To Sign Israel...
    Links: Express

Mon 3 Feb 2020

  • Ending HIV Big Gay Out is back
    Now, more than ever, it is time for the government to show real support for our rainbow communities...
    Links: Scoop
  • Abbey Gamit’s Unreal Real
    Links: Express
  • Art In The Age Of Fragility and Fear
    Links: Express
  • express Cover-Girl Kim Chi Makes Super Bowl History With First Drag...
    Links: Express
  • Karangahape Road is “Rolling Out The Rainbow!”
    Links: Express
  • PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
    Links: Express
  • Six Reasons Why
    Links: Express
  • Stop Legalised Torture in New Zealand
    Links: Express

Sun 3 Feb 2019

  • 'I was scared of anyone finding out about the problem': Coming out as transgender at 82 years old
    "Dad had problems with varicose veins and every now again he would wear a pair of heeled boots," said John Young...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • AIDS Foundation funding re-instated a week before the Big Gay Out
    The Health Ministry's slashing of $200,000 from the AIDS Foundation's budget has been overturned - a week out from Auckland's Big Gay Out festival...
    Links: RNZ
  • Five times more transgender Kiwis lining up for surgery
    Genital gender confirmation surgery referrals have jumped five-fold since a cap was lifted in October last year, but a pathway to cutting down waiting times remains unclear...
    Links: Stuff
  • Five times more transgender Kiwis lining up for surgery
    Genital gender confirmation surgery referrals have jumped five-fold since a cap was lifted in October last year, but a pathway to cutting down waiting times remains unclear...
    Links: Stuff
  • Health Minister David Clark stops cut to Aids Foundation budget ahead of 2019 Ending HIV Big Gay Out
    A move to slash spending on HIV prevention was stopped after it threatened to embarrass the Government ahead of next weekend's Ending HIV Big Gay Out...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • What travel has taught me: James Malcolm
    Holidays can teach us many things — about a destination, about other people and about ourselves...
    Links: NZ Herald

Sat 3 Feb 2018

  • Gay marriage ruling boosts evangelical in Costa Rica vote
    SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — An international court ruling saying Costa Rica should allow same-sex marriage has upended the Central American nation's presidential race, turning an evangelical candidate who opposes it from an also-ran...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Having The Chat: Brendan O’Carroll (Mrs Brown)
    Links: Express

Fri 3 Feb 2017

  • Antique Furnishings Opens It Doors
    Links: Express
  • Chelsea Handler Vows to Keep Fighting for LGBT+
    Links: Express
  • Sapporo to Recognise LGBT+ Couples
    Links: Express
  • Trans Woman Stars in for First Time in Pakistani Music Video
    Links: Express
  • Victoria’s Health Watchdog to Ban Anyone Practising ‘Gay Conversion Therapy’
    Links: Express
  • BGO to kickstart Ending HIV campaign
    With the iconic annual Big Gay Out just over a week away, once again 10,000 people are expected to head to Auckland’s Coyle Park for a day full of celebration and entertainment...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Mormons quiet on US Boy Scouts trans inclusion
    The Boy Scouts of America plans to allow trans children to join its ranks and to the surprise of some its main sponsor, the Mormon Church, has not immediately objected...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New 'Ending HIV' website launched today
    The NZ AIDS Foundation has launched a new website dedicated to its new Ending HIV strategy which aims to see HIV transmission eradicated in New Zealand within eight years...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New 'Ending HIV' website launched today
    The NZ AIDS Foundation has launched a new website dedicated to its new Ending HIV strategy which aims to see HIV transmission eradicated in New Zealand within eight years...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZAF and AUT not contacted by Pride or Corrections
    Neither the NZ AIDS Foundation nor the Auckland University of Technology are aware of any approach from the Auckland Pride Festival Board asking if it is feasible for Department of Corrections staff to march with those organisations' staff in the forthcoming Auckland Pride Parade...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Ominous signs in France
    Like New Zealand, France also has its national elections in 2017...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Transgender Prisoners: The United Kingdom Acts
    In the United Kingdom, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has just published a damning report on (the lack of) transgender prisoner safety in the United Kingdom...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 3 Feb 2016

  • Oh La La, Mardi Gras!
    Links: Express
  • Swimwear for 2016!
    Links: Express
  • Ak Pride kicks off tonight, and publicly tomorrow
    The Auckland Pride Festival publicly kicks off with a tomorrow with a 6am dawn ceremony at Okahu Bay Beach though no details of its participants or format have been available from the Pride Festival organisers...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Counter-rally should Corrections march in parade
    No Pride in Prisons are calling for a boycott of Auckland Pride should the Pride board decide to allow either Correction or uniformed Police to be included in the parade...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • OUTLine GM rejects "neomasculinity" group
    Trevor Easton, General Manager of OUTLine has spoken out against the upcoming international meeting of a pro-rape, homophobic group but says New Zealand shouldn’t be giving them so much media coverage...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Pot Luck webseries on the hunt for extras
    New Zealand’s first ever lesbian web series is currently looking for extras for filming this long weekend in Wellington...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Review: No More Dancing In The Good Room
    No More Dancing In The Good Room Performed by Chris Parker Created by Chris Parker and Jo Randerson The Loft, Q Theatre, Auckland for Auckland Pride Festival 6...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • RNZ seeks people 65+ for ageing documentary
    RNZ broadcaster Noelle McCarthy National radio broadcaster RNZ is looking for glbti folk 65-years old and over to relate their experiences of life changes brought about through ageing and retirement...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The US Christian Right's New Tactics
    In the United States, the National Centre for Transgender Equality has alerted its catchment to the US Christian Right's latest target...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 3 Feb 2015

  • A little can do a lot for RainbowYOUTH
    RainbowYOUTH is looking for 1,000 supporters to download an app and help them raise some cash – without paying a cent...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Boxer and diver join 'Gear Up' campaign
    Love Your Condom has added a boxer and a diver to its tongue in cheek ‘Gear Up’ campaign...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • GABA Trust announces grant recipients
    The Gay Auckland Business Association’s charitable arm has handed out Auckland Pride Festival participation grants to range of community groups, including the Rotorua Chamber of Pride, OUTLine and the Charlotte Museum...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Pooches to strut their stuff in Ponsonby
    Auckland Pride Festival’s dog show “Woof!” will be held at Ponsonby’s Western Park this year...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • UK pardon campaign gaining traction
    Gay codebreaker Alan Turing received a special pardon...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 3 Feb 2014

  • Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead
    Hoffman in his Oscar-winning role as Truman Capote The actor who won an Oscar for his portrayal of gay writer Truman Capote has died from an apparent drug overdose...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Exes reunite for Masterchef challenge
    Two former partners from Wellington have banded together to take on the challenge of Masterchef New Zealand...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Odd Future join Eminem show line-up
    Tyle the Creator will lead various members of Odd Future at the 'Rapture' Another rapper who likes to use the word ‘faggot’ throughout his rhymes will be joining Eminem at his Auckland show...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Queer Selfies!
    Robyn Paterson and Paula Boock need your help with their cool project Queer Selfies, where they are making a very short documentary which is totally participant-controlled...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Senegal: Gay couple jailed for having sex
    A gay couple has been jailed for six months in Senegal after being reported to the police by neighbours...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Straight-only flatmate ads "perfectly legal"
    The Human Rights Commission says it’s “perfectly legal” for people to advertise that they want ‘straight only’ flatmates...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 3 Feb 2013

  • Julian Cook - Auckland Pride Festival 2013 (Auckland)
    Pride Festival Co-ordinator Julian Cook talks about some of the sixty events happening during the Auckland Pride Festival 2013
    Features: Julian Cook
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Waka Huia Summer Season, ref: TZP426626.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • French Parliament approves gay marriage
    The French National Assembly has approved the most important article of a bill to legalise same-sex marriage...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 3 Feb 2012

  • Cottrell murder-accused's bail application delayed
    Phil Cottrell One of the two men accused of murdering gay Wellington journalist Phil Cottrell will spend at least the next two weeks in custody...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Failed states and the plight of lgbt inhabitants
    Why are so many of the world's LGBT crisis hotspots 'failed states?' How did they get that way, and what does the term mean? Moreover, why are the situations of their LGBT (and other) inhabitants often so desperate? Within international relations debates, 'failed state' refers to particularly wretched nations...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New group steps out from under trans umbrella
    Transwomen who are fed up with being lumped under “the transgender umbrella” are joining through social media and are urging others who feel the same to get in touch, in the hope of creating an independent voice...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Premier League teams pledge to give hate the boot
    All 20 football clubs in the English Premier League, one of the most high profile sports competitions in the world, have signed a Charter that tackles homophobia and transphobia in sport...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Yandall sister remembered as friend to community
    One of the members of The Yandall Sisters, a group with mainstream success which often performed in gay venues, has been farewelled in Auckland...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 3 Feb 2011

  • Johnny Givins profile (Auckland)
    Features: Johnny Givins
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Candlelight memorial to be about "touching lives"
    The theme for the 2011 International AIDS Candlelight Memorial on Saturday 15 May will be "touching lives"...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Man admits killing Ugandan campaigner
    David Kato A man has been arrested over the murder of Ugandan gay rights campaigner David Kato, a killing Ugandan police claim isn't related to the victim's sexuality...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Maori Party: Rangatira Makers?
    At present, the Maori Party controls five out of the seven dedicated Maori parliamentary seats and is in coalition with the centre-right Key administration...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Mercury Rising
    With the Mercury Rising Campaign gathering public support for reestablishment of the Mercury Theatre I am mindful of the many gay men and women who played a major role, night after night, year in year out to bring drama, opera, comedy, musical theatre and all manner of art and entertainments to the people of Auckland through the late 60s, the 70s, 80s and into the early 90s before the theatre company folded and the venue closed to the public...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Mob sought to help Mercury rise again
    A flash mob of noise and colour is being organised to show support for breathing life back into one of Auckland's oldest-surviving theatres, which has a rich history of nurturing gay performers...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Robertson promoted to front bench
    Grant Robertson Hardworking Rainbow Labour MP Grant Robertson has muscled into the front bench in a Labour Party pre-election reshuffle, nabbing the Health portfolio...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Teen staffer joins Q-Youth team
    Tabby Besley All systems are go at Nelson's Q-Youth, where the hiring of a new staff member means the group's drop-in centre will be open during business hours all week...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 3 Feb 2010

  • Paul Diamond profile (Wellington)
    Paul Diamond talks about his careers as a writer, journalist and historian.
    Features: Paul Diamond
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Female albatross couple become proud parents
    The two female albatrosses nesting on the Otago Peninsula who have made headlines around the world as "the lesbian albatross couple" have become proud parents...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New lesbian nights on K' Road prove popular
    K' Road's popular Flirt women's nights may have ended, but new Lush parties are still packing girls in upstairs from the Naval each month from 10pm...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Rotten Robbie's ready for Bears' Week
    Bears' treat: Rotten Robbie One of California's top DJs happens to be a bear - and he's excited to be heading to Auckland later this month for New Zealand's biggest-ever bear party...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • US takes first step towards open gays in military
    The US Defence Department is about to take the first tentative practical step towards lifting the ban on openly glbt people serving in the American military...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Westlife's gay star confirms engagement
    Westlife singer Mark Feehily says he's now engaged to the man he's been seeing since 2005...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 3 Feb 2009

  • 1 in 5 Irish gays have attempted suicide
    New research into LGBT Irish citizens has suggested that over 80% have experiences homophobic abuse, and one in five have attempted suicide...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay party plans for Dunedin
    Gay Dunedinites are invited to "dance the night away" at a 'back to school' themed party this month...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Opinion: Pride '09 - What's with the choice of charities?
    In a letter to GayNZ...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Pride '09: "Who are all those people??!!"
    A handful of diverse and colourful characters populate the cartoon logo for Auckland's Pride '09 Festival...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Prime Minister confirmed for Big Gay Out
    Prime Minister John Key is confirmed to be appearing at this Sunday's Big Gay Out family picnic day at Auckland's Coyle Park in Point Chevalier...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 3 Feb 2008

  • Gay youth quizzed on drugs and side-effects
    A major survey on drug use by Australian LGBT youth website GenQ...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 3 Feb 2007


  • An ambulance was called to Wellington's ‘Our Bar' on Thursday evening, after a woman slipped off a chair...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Australia to halt foreign gay adoption
    The Australian government has announced new legislation that would block gay and lesbian couples from adopting foreign children...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Lesbians marry - a first for Mexico
    A lesbian couple have become Mexico's first state recognised same-sex married couple...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Police watch for Uretiti Beach next NYE
    Whangarei police say they'll have an increased police presence at popular LGBT campground Uretiti Beach next New Year's Eve, after hundreds of drunken teenagers raided the area on New Year's Day 2007...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 3 Feb 2006

  • NZ director arrested soliciting in drag
    New Zealand filmmaker Lee Tamahori, who directed Once Were Warriors and the James Bond movie Die Another Day, has been arrested in a Hollywood prostitution sting while dressed in drag...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wellington's Monkey Bar turning gay
    Wellington's Monkey Bar is to become the city's second gay and lesbian venue, as the established nightclub changes focus and turns a gentle shade of pink...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 3 Feb 2005

  • Destiny's Waitangi presence "not official"
    Media reports that New Zealand's most polarising, homophobic church pastor, Brian Tamaki, will be a keynote speaker at an official church service at Waitangi this Sunday have come as a complete surprise to organisers and officials, who say they've heard nothing about it...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Homeless youth: protecting our LGBT kids
    In the furore over civil unions which erupted last year, many conservatives and religious groups expressed oblique concern for "the children" of same-sex relationships, to which GayNZ...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wgtn's GayBC programme closing down
    Wellington will lose its long-running gay radio programme Gay BC after its 20th anniversary session this Saturday morning...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 3 Feb 2003

  • Gay donor denied involvement in child's life
    A gay Australian man who helped a NZ lesbian couple become parents has lost his legal attempt to be involved in the child's life, despite a written contract he had with the women...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 3 Feb 2000

Sat 3 Feb 1996

Mon 3 Feb 1986

  • Film Titles Not Always A Good Clue To The Subject (Press, 3 February 1986)
    On 3 February 1986, a Hollywood film quiz presented the question of what "Kiss of the Spider Woman" actually is. Contrary to some misconceptions, it is not a remake of a 1940s zombie movie or a Mel Brooks spoof; instead, it is a highly regarded drama featuring William Hurt as...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Reform Heads Agenda Again For Govt (Press, 3 February 1986)
    In an article dated 3 February 1986, Patricia Herbert reported from Wellington on the New Zealand Government's agenda for the year, highlighting a focus on reform particularly in defence, industrial relations, and the social welfare system. The anticipated reviews in these areas may not capture public interest, as the economy...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Power And Powerlessness, ref: TZP174682.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Fri 3 Feb 1984

  • Sacked General Restored To N.a.t.o. Post (Press, 3 February 1984)
    On 3 February 1984, West German Chancellor Dr Helmut Kohl reinstated General Guenther Kiessling, who had been dismissed amidst a scandal related to accusations of his alleged frequenting of homosexual bars. This incident raised concerns over potential blackmail, and the government faced considerable criticism. At a news conference in Bonn,...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 3 Feb 1977

  • Normal Sex Life Urged For Prisoners (Press, 3 February 1977)
    On 3 February 1977, Professor L. Carmichael, a visiting academic from the University of Miami Medical School, delivered a compelling message in Christchurch regarding the importance of allowing individuals in institutions, including prisons and care facilities, to engage in normal sexual activity. Professor Carmichael, who holds a chair in family...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Television Manages An Adult Study (Press, 3 February 1977)
    On 3 February 1977, D. McKenzie provided a review of Thames Television's broadcast of "The Naked Civil Servant," a portrayal of the homosexual life that was noted for its matter-of-fact and unemotional presentation. The programme, which aired on TVI, straddled the line between being suitable for children and providing a...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 3 Feb 1973

  • Oscar Wilde's Unrecorded Life (Press, 3 February 1973)
    In his biographical work "The Unrecorded Life of Oscar Wilde," Rupert Croft-Cooke examines the complexities of Oscar Wilde's life, particularly his homosexual relationships, which have often been misrepresented by previous biographers. Released in 1973, the book highlights that Wilde has been the subject of attention from various literary figures who...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 3 Feb 1972

  • Fingerprint Evidence (Press, 3 February 1972)
    In Auckland on February 2, 1972, a Supreme Court trial began involving two Royal Navy seamen, Philip Anthony Goodenough and David Albert Evans, who are accused of the murder of Ross Russell Hawley on August 24, 1971. Both men, aged 24 and 21 respectively, have pleaded not guilty. The prosecution...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 3 Feb 1944

  • Sister Paula Brettkelly is born (United Kingdom)

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