On This Day: 24th February

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Fri 24 Feb 2023

Out and About @ Sydney WorldPride – Mardi Gras Fair Day
Links: Express
Queer Encounters At The Art Gallery of New South Wales
Links: Express
Severe Weather Forces Cancellation Of Friday Programming For Auckland’s Pride in...
Links: Express

Thu 24 Feb 2022

Dance Music: Go Gaga For Lady Shaka
Links: Express
RuPaul’s Drag Race Judges Dine At K Road’s Caluzzi
Links: Express

Wed 24 Feb 2021

Episode 89 - Dr Elizabeth Kerekere stan account
Charlie and Emlyn chat discuss SOPHIE and Philosophy tube in their section celebrating trans excellence...
Links: InsideOUT
Episode 89 - Dr Elizabeth Kerekere stan account
Charlie and Emlyn chat discuss SOPHIE and Philosophy tube in their section celebrating trans excellence...
Links: InsideOUT
How technology blurs the lines of right and wrong
There's right and there's wrong, ask anyone and they'll probably tell you the lines are clearly drawn...
Links: RNZ
Auckland Mayor Joins Growing Support To Ban Conversion Therapy
Links: Express
Experience Scandinavia Without Quarantine
Links: Express
NZ’s First Ever Rainbow Amateur Boxing Tournament Announced
Links: Express

Mon 24 Feb 2020

Hannah Tamaki Reportedly Set To Join Dancing With The Stars
Links: Express

Sun 24 Feb 2019

2019 Yeti Trans NZ Enduro presented by Shimano Feb 24-Mar 1
The anticipation is building for the fifth annual Yeti Trans NZ presented by Shimano , set for February 24 – March 1...
Links: Scoop
Eddie Izzard: coming out as transgender the greatest gift to myself
Did you hear the one about the transgender stand-up comic who became an actor in Hollywood, an ultra-marathon runner and a politician?...
Links: Stuff
express Talks With Wild Dogs Under My Skirt Star Petmal Lam...
Links: Express

Sat 24 Feb 2018

Adam Reynolds and Chaz Harris - Out in the Park (2018) (Waitangi Park)
Adam Reynolds and Chaz Harris, co-authors of Promised Land, talk about the childrens fairy tale book and the upcoming Maiden Voyage
Features: Adam Reynolds, Chaz Harris
Links: PrideNZ.com
Caitlin (Scouts New Zealand) - Out in the Park (2018) (Waitangi Park)
Caitlin talks about Scouts New Zealand involvement in Out in the Park
Features: unidentified voice(s)
Links: PrideNZ.com
Charlotte Gamble-Stott (ANZ) - Out in the Park (2018) (Waitangi Park)
Charlotte Gamble-Stott talks about the Hold Tight campaign and working at ANZ
Features: Charlotte Gamble-Stott
Links: PrideNZ.com
Craig Hutson - Out in the Park (2018) (Waitangi Park)
Craig Hutson talks about being part of the Salvation Army and also being part of the Faith Communities United in Love stall at Out in the Park
Features: Craig Hutson
Links: PrideNZ.com
David Do (New Zealand Labour Party) - Out in the Park (2018) (Waitangi Park)
David Do talks about the New Zealand Labour Party stall at Out in the Park
Features: David Do
Links: PrideNZ.com
Des Smith and John Jolliff - Out in the Park (2018) (Waitangi Park)
Des Smith and John Jolliff talk about Out in the Park and reflect on how it all started back in 1986
Features: Des Smith, John Jolliff
Links: PrideNZ.com
Fiona McGregor (Wellington City Libraries) - Out in the Park (2018) (Waitangi Park)
Fiona McGregor talks about the Wellington City Libraries stall at Out in the Park
Features: Fiona McGregor
Links: PrideNZ.com
Fiona McNamara (Sexual Abuse Prevention Network) - Out in the Park (2018) (Waitangi Park)
Fiona McNamara talks about the Sexual Abuse Prevention Network
Features: Fiona McNamara
Links: PrideNZ.com
Hikoi to Out in the Park (2018) (Wellington)
Audio from the hikoi to Out in the Park. The hikoi began in Civic Square and walked around Wellingtons waterfront to Waitangi Park
Features: Adrienne Girling, Chrissi Johnson, Drew Hadwen, Karen Harris, Kirsty Farrant, Steven Mawhinney
Links: PrideNZ.com
Jan Logie - Out in the Park (2018) (Waitangi Park)
MP Jan Logie reflects on Out in the Park and talks about some of the current LGBTI rainbow issues the government is focusing on
Features: Jan Logie
Links: PrideNZ.com
Lagi Tuimavave (Wellington Community Law Centre) - Out in the Park (2018) (Waitangi Park)
Lagi Tuimavave talks about the work of the Wellington Community Law Centre
Features: Lagi Tuimavave
Links: PrideNZ.com
Lauren Wilkerson (Mercer) - Out in the Park (2018) (Waitangi Park)
Lauren Wilkerson from Mercer New Zealand talks about financial wellness amongst rainbow LGBTI communities
Features: Lauren Wilkerson
Links: PrideNZ.com
Loretta Hunt-Tevaga (NZ Police) - Out in the Park (2018) (Waitangi Park)
Loretta Hunt-Tevaga talks about the New Zealand Police stall at Out in the Park
Features: Loretta Hunt-Tevaga
Links: PrideNZ.com
Louisa Wall - Out in the Park (2018) (Waitangi Park)
MP Louisa Wall reflects on Out in the Park and talks about some of the current LGBTI rainbow issues the government is focusing on
Features: Louisa Wall
Links: PrideNZ.com
Maddy Drew - Out in the Park (2018) (Waitangi Park)
Maddy Drew talks about the upcoming Census, and the earlier Two Ticks campaign which attempted to jam the Census in 2011
Features: Maddy Drew
Links: PrideNZ.com
Mani Bruce Mitchell (Intersex Awareness New Zealand) - Out in the Park (2018) (Waitangi Park)
Mani Bruce Mitchell from Intersex Awareness New Zealand talks about the upcoming ILGA World conference in Wellington in 2019
Features: Mani Bruce Mitchell
Links: PrideNZ.com
Max Tweedie (New Zealand AIDS Foundation) - Out in the Park (2018) (Waitangi Park)
Max Tweedie from the New Zealand AIDS Foundation talks about the Ending HIV campaign
Features: Max Tweedie
Links: PrideNZ.com
Merv Ransom - Out in the Park (2018) (Waitangi Park)
Merv Ransom talks about Out in the Park and some of the current issues facing LGBTI rainbow communities
Features: Merv Ransom
Links: PrideNZ.com
Millie (St Vincent de Paul Society Wellington) - Out in the Park (2018) (Waitangi Park)
Millie from the St Vincent de Paul Society talks about why they are at Out in the Park and the ReSew initiative
Features: unidentified voice(s)
Links: PrideNZ.com
Out in the Park opening (2018) (Waitangi Park)
Audio from the opening of Out in the Park in Wellington (2018)
Features: Harlie Lux, Jan Logie, Justin Lester, Kevin Haunui, Louisa Wall, Lucy Forrestal, Paul Eagle, Steven Mawhinney, Tīwhanawhana
Links: PrideNZ.com
Randy and Eddie (2 Gaze) - Out in the Park (2018) (Waitangi Park)
Randy and Eddie from 2 Gaze talk about their clothing business
Features: unidentified voice(s)
Links: PrideNZ.com
Trudie (New Zealand AIDS Foundation) - Out in the Park (2018) (Waitangi Park)
Trudie from the New Zealand AIDS Foundation talks about rapid HIV and Syphilis testing at Out in the Park
Features: Trudie
Links: PrideNZ.com
Valda Edyvane (Armstrong and Arthur charitable Trust for Lesbians) - Out in the Park (2018) (Waitangi Park)
Valda Edyvane talks about the Armstrong and Arthur Charitable Trust for Lesbians
Features: Valda Edyvane
Links: PrideNZ.com
The Wellington Pride Festival Tu Whakahihi e Te Whanganui-a-Tara takes place (Wellington, New Zealand)
The festival begins with Out in the Park and runs until 10 March.
Links: Wellington Pride Festival, PrideNZ.com

Fri 24 Feb 2017

Beyoncé Joins the Fight to Protect Trans Kids
Links: Express
Queer Men in Australia Share Experiences With ‘Ice’ in New Resource
Links: Express
The Brits Farewell George Michael
Links: Express
West of Eden Premiere
Links: Express
Ak Pride: West of Eden premiere
On a back-blocks farm two young men are thrown together...
Links: GayNZ.com
Identity document petition discussed at Parliament
A petition to improve the process for trans, intersex and gender diverse people to change gender on a birth certification has been heard by Government and Administration Committee at Parliament...
Links: GayNZ.com
Trump officially revokes trans bathroom guidelines
The Trump administration has now officially revoked landmark guidelines that aim to protect trans students in schools and allow them to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 24 Feb 2016

Lesbian Power Couple Bring Europe to New Zealand
Links: Express
Talks look at LGBTI during holocaust
Leading British theorist, Professor William Spurlin, is coming to New Zealand to give a number of talks on queer theory and the Holocaust this March...
Links: GayNZ.com
Trudeau first Canadian PM to attend Pride
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will soon become the first sitting leader to attend a Pride parade in the nation...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 24 Feb 2015

Foodie Bites – Irish Elegance
Links: Express
The Aroha Film Project
Links: Express
Updated: Vandals Strike Again
Links: Express
Ak Pride Parade: First fifteen
A random summing up of some of the frivolous aspects of Saturday night's Auckland Pride Parade...
Links: GayNZ.com
Bank, police station, hit with pink paint
ANZ’s Ponsonby bank branch, an ATM in Mt Eden and the Ponsonby Police Station have both had pink paint hurled at them overnight...
Links: GayNZ.com
Celebration of love: A Pride Parade video
Tanya's video take on the Auckland Pride Parade, in which she includes "words that show how I feel about being gay today"...
Links: GayNZ.com
Comment: Gay Privilege
I thought long and hard about voicing an opinion over the incidents that have happened involving groups within our own community protesting against 'pride'...
Links: GayNZ.com
Lee Krystlle's first Pride march
Lee Krystlle marched in the Auckland Pride Parade, by herself, in angelic glory...
Links: GayNZ.com
Police investigating pink paint attacks
Two police stations, a bank and two ATMs were hit with pink paint in an overnight protest attack...
Links: GayNZ.com
Police outline response to protest injury
Police say they sought medical attention for a woman injured in a protest at Auckland Pride Parade as soon as she complained of pain in her arm...
Links: GayNZ.com
Second bank attack upsets ANZ staff
Craig Bonnington from ANZ's Pride Network says the attack has particularly upset trans staff Much of the pink paint thrown at the ANZ Ponsonby bank branch has been cleaned up this morning, while work continues at the Ponsonby Police Station, which was also hit by queer activists...
Links: GayNZ.com
Three diverted after cruise drug dog check
A drug dog checks Oosterdam passengers' luggage this morning At least three passengers boarding a gay cruise in Auckland have been taken aside for questioning after a drug dog gave a positive indication on their luggage...
Links: GayNZ.com
Topp twin victim of cruise ship bug
The Oosterdam Entertainer Lynda Topp is amongst passengers on the all-women cruise which has disembarked at Auckland this morning who have been affected by a bug which they describe as having "'flu-like symptoms...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 24 Feb 2014

A Pride Parade 'home movie'
Check out this beautiful short film of the Auckland Pride Parade, which floated down Ponsonby Rd on Saturday...
Links: GayNZ.com
Black Faggot about to open in Wellington
Photo: supplied Multiple award winning and must-see play Black Faggot opens in Wellington tomorrow night for the first of five New Zealand Festival Shows...
Links: GayNZ.com
Changing Paradigms
"Notes on the second Auckland Pride Parade by an ex-Sapper turned old Queen" I spent one of my lifetimes in the uniform of a New Zealand Army soldier and officer...
Links: GayNZ.com
Former NZAF boss to lead Oxfam NZ
Rachael Le Mesurier (File Photo) Former Executive Director of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation Rachael Le Mesurier has been appointed Executive Director of poverty eradication and disaster relief charity Oxfam New Zealand...
Links: GayNZ.com
Nets sign openly-gay player Jason Collins
Collins (right) signing his contract as friend and new coach Jason Kidd watches on Basketballer Jason Collins is about to make history as the first openly-gay player to suit up in any of the four major US sports leagues...
Links: GayNZ.com
Parade Director left "proud" and "inspired"
Richard Taki (right) loved seeing all the work that went in A still-buzzing Auckland Pride Parade Director is paying tribute to all the community groups who worked so hard on their floats and the ‘rainbow stars’ who came out on Saturday night...
Links: GayNZ.com
Tribute to a fallen Hero
On Saturday Gav Hyde wore a black armband as he marched with the NZ Falcons rugby team in the Auckland Pride Parade...
Links: GayNZ.com
Watch: Jason Collins makes history
Jason Collins has made history as the first openly-gay sportsman EVER to play in any of America's four biggest sports leagues...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 24 Feb 2012

Diamonds for an old Queen
In 2012, Queen Elizabeth II will celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of her coronation...
Links: GayNZ.com
Glbti police recruitment seminar planned
The police tent at the Big Gay Out A special police recruitment seminar is being set up in Auckland specifically for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex people who are interested in joining the police...
Links: GayNZ.com
Protest erupts over trans-hating column
Wellington's Queer Avengers are about to hold a protest march against an article in the Dominion Post by Rosemary McLeod which they are labelling transphobic...
Links: GayNZ.com
Rosemary's Baby
Writer Chaz Harris responds to Rosemary McLeod's 'he-she' piece in the Dominion Post...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 24 Feb 2011

Television item (New Zealand)
20/20, ref: TZP397026.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
"Kia kaha", says Tim Barnett from Cape Town
Tim Barnett Former Christchurch Central MP Tim Barnett is urging residents of the city to stay strong in the face of the devastating aftershock which has left the city and many lives in ruins...
Links: GayNZ.com
Carmen Rupe back in Sydney hospital
Carmen Rupe is back in St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, where she had surgery last night...
Links: GayNZ.com
Extremist Christians blaming disaster on gays
As Christchurch staggers amidst the death an destruction of Tuesday's earthquake Christian extremists are already begining to seize their chance to blame the devastation on the city's gays and lesbians and those who embrace them...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZAF Chch significantly damaged, staff upbeat
Shaun Robinson The AIDS Foundation's premises in central Christchurch are still standing but are significantly damaged, and a senior staffer has been rushed from Auckland to support the staff...
Links: GayNZ.com
Obama backs off Defence of Marriage Act
US President Barack Obama's government has announced it will no longer defend a federal law which bans the recognition of gay marriage...
Links: GayNZ.com
Perth bears tie the knot in NZ
On Feb 18 2011, Brad and Rob from Perth became Civil Union Partners at a private ceremony with friends in Glen Eden, Auckland...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 24 Feb 2010

Bill Logan profile (Wellington)
Bill Logan talks about growing up, being an activist and his role in homosexual law reform
Features: Bill Logan
Links: PrideNZ.com
Mani Bruce Mitchell profile (Wellington)
Mani Bruce Mitchell talks about being the first out Intersex person in New Zealand.
Features: Mani Bruce Mitchell
Links: PrideNZ.com
Aroha honour sees Carmen visit NZ again
Trans-Tasman transgender legend Carmen Rupe is to visit New Zealand again – this time to pick up the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from the Aroha Festival...
Links: GayNZ.com
Vampire Weekend bandmember comes out
New York indie rockers Vampire Weekend have a gay keyboardist who hopes one of the band's tracks becomes a gay anthem...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 24 Feb 2009

GABA's ready to give $15k to LGBT groups
The Gay Auckland Business Association's Annual Christmas Charity Auction last December raised over $15,000 in new funds now available for distribution to LGBT community organisations and individuals...
Links: GayNZ.com
Local networks support Pink Shirt Day
Local LGBT and student advocacy networks are pledging their support for New Zealand's first Pink Shirt Day tomorrow, creating awareness of the problem of bullying in Kiwi schools...
Links: GayNZ.com
Milk movie writer accepts his Oscar
Hollywood screenwriter Dustin Lance Black gave a moving Oscar acceptance speech when he won Best Original Screenplay for the movie Milk...
Links: GayNZ.com
Our stories on screen at the Doco Film Fest
Docs Rock! The 2009 DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival happens around NZ from this week and screens more than 50 local and international documentaries...
Links: GayNZ.com
Paris to host congress against homophobia
A world congress against homophobia will be held in Paris this May, reports UK Gay News...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 24 Feb 2008

AUS: Bullying forced gay policeman to quit
During his three years as a New South Wales police officer, Dallas McCarthy endured taunts of "poofter boy" and "fag dog" - not from criminals but from his own colleagues...
Links: GayNZ.com
Editorial: The complex Poster Boys problem
Over the past few days the New Zealand gay community has had to try to come to terms with the incredibly awkward situation brewing around the NZ AIDS Foundation's Safe Sex Poster Boys campaign...
Links: GayNZ.com
Women to be honoured at Hamilton gay bar
Veronica Mills became Wellington's Miss Fag-Hag 2008 in January, then Miss Sophie took away a similar honour in Christchurch last weekend - and now it's Hamilton's Shine nightclub's turn to crown the Waikato's best straight female friend to gay guys...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 24 Feb 2007

George FM's quest to find the 42 gayest songs has found the Aretha Franklin disco hit ‘A Deeper Love' takes the top spot...
Links: GayNZ.com
Google hosts Jamaican
The internet company Google is hosting a blog from Jamaica that calls for gay people to be killed...
Links: GayNZ.com
Research into the
The strong stand against party pills taken by Christchurch's Cruz gay nightclub and others has raised the issue of how safe or unsafe they are, and their place, in gay community nightlife...
Links: GayNZ.com
The Third Christian Right (2018-2030)
About a decade from now, let's assume that human parthenogenesis becomes a reality, and women can reproduce without the addition of sperm to ova...
Links: GayNZ.com
USA: Majority in favour of gay President
An opinion poll in the United States has found that 55% of Americans would vote for a gay person running for President...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 24 Feb 2005

Nip/Tuck/Drool/Drool
I discovered Nip/Tuck a fortnight or so ago, and I'm making up for lost time...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sex change impossible, say lobbyists
10:30AM: MP Georgina Beyer has rejected suggestions from a religious right think-tank that her Gender Identity Bill is a legal fiction, and that it is not possible to change one's sex...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 24 Feb 2004

$12,000 available for community projects
Applications have opened for grants from the $12,000 proceeds of a Christmas charity auction...
Links: GayNZ.com
Barnett encourages support for Civil Unions Bill
The Civil Unions Bill about to be introduced to Parliament will see gay and lesbian relationships able to be registered under the law...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 24 Feb 1989

The Lesbian Club ends (Wellington, New Zealand)
The Club ends for the third time.

Wed 24 Feb 1988

New Twist To Old Fairy Tale In Danish A.i.d.s.... (Press, 24 February 1988)
In February 1988, Denmark launched an innovative anti-AIDS campaign that incorporated an updated rendition of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor’s New Clothes". The campaign features a narrative in which the emperor is told by healers that they can protect him with an invisible shield against sickness. As he parades around...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 24 Feb 1987

Television item (New Zealand)
Eyewitness News, ref: TZP47599.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Thu 24 Feb 1983

Accused Insane—witnesses (Press, 24 February 1983)
On 24 February 1983, in Palmerston North, two psychiatrists testified in the trial of Lawrence John Moana Clark, a 25-year-old man accused of murder, claiming that he was insane at the time of the crime. Professor Reginald Medlicott and Dr Sidney Pugmire presented their findings to a High Court jury,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Man Jailed (Press, 24 February 1983)
On 24 February 1983, Lawrence John Moana Clark, a 26-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 60-year-old Jack Robert Scales at the Ambassador Hotel in Palmerston North on 5 November 1982. The court described the attack as "extraordinarily savage," highlighting the brutal nature of the...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 24 Feb 1981

Lesbian Group Says Report Badly Flawed (Press, 24 February 1981)
On 24 February 1981, the Lesbian Legal Advisory Committee in Wellington submitted a petition to the Governor-General, requesting the dismissal of the current human rights commissioners and the invalidation of a recent report concerning gay rights. The committee contended that the report was inadequately reasoned, flawed, and grounded in a...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 24 Feb 1977

Clothes, And A Point Of View (Press, 24 February 1977)
On 24 February 1977, A.K. Grant shared reflections on the Queen's recent public appearance in Auckland, where she wore a sleeveless dress made of crepe de chine. Grant noted the fascination some may have with the Queen's attire, questioning why such detailed descriptions are often reserved for her alone. He...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 24 Feb 1972

“selfishness” In N.z. (Press, 24 February 1972)
Miss Eskefien de Ridder, a representative of the European Christian Mission, has shared her observations about the atmosphere in New Zealand, particularly regarding a growing sense of selfishness and indifference among its people. Speaking from her experience in Christchurch, where she has worked for six months at an outreach known...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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