On This Day: 2nd March

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Thu 2 Mar 2023

Cara Delevigne's Planet Sex through a 'bored and bitter bisexual lens'
OPINION: A significant portion of the 30-minute episode set to “prove” being queer is not a choice...
Links: Stuff
Culture calendar for the Wellington region - Mar 3-5
A few showers this weekend shouldn't take the shine off Saturday's Pride Hīkoi or the thousands expected to head to the Newtown Festival on Sunday...
Links: Stuff
The Panel with David Farrar and Ruwani Perera (Part Two)
Today on The Panel Wallace and panellists David Farrar and Ruwani Perera discuss the upcoming census, the protestors who interrupted a Pride Fest Out West event, and a herritage orchard that will soon be open to the public...
Links: RNZ

Wed 2 Mar 2022

Five Decades To Find Love
Links: Express
LGBTQ+ Activist and Journalist Murdered In Azerbaijan
Links: Express
Pics From Sydney Mardi Gras’ Fair Day
Links: Express
USA: Man Arrested After Threatening To Cut The Gay Out Of...
Links: Express

Mon 2 Mar 2020

Kiwi transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard has Tokyo Olympics setback
Laurel Hubbard has suffered a setback in her hopes of qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics...
Links: NZ Herald
Kiwi transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard has Tokyo Olympics setback
Laurel Hubbard has suffered a setback in her hopes of qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics...
Links: NZ Herald
Married At First Sight Australia bride Amanda Micallef apologises to gay community for way marriage played out
''I'm sorry that this didn't do the gay community justice,'' she said...
Links: Stuff
NZ Festival review: Kopernikus a 'rambling dissertation on life and death'
Claude Vivier led a depressingly difficult life; orphaned, destined to be a priest, openly gay, becoming eventually Canada's most pre-eminent composer...
Links: Stuff
NZ transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard faces Tokyo Olympics battle
Controversial Kiwi weightlifter misses chance to qualify for Tokyo...
Links: Stuff
Top contender Pete Buttigieg quits Democratic race before Super Tuesday
Pete Buttigieg, the 38-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who saw a meteoric rise from virtual unknown to top-tier contender and became the first gay candidate to make a high-profile presidential run, is ending his campaign...
Links: NZ Herald
Top contender quits Democratic race before Super Tuesday
Pete Buttigieg, the 38-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who saw a meteoric rise from virtual unknown to top-tier contender and became the first gay candidate to make a high-profile presidential run, is ending his campaign...
Links: NZ Herald
Trans astrophysicist finds herself in New Zealand
A New Zealand based astro-physicist who has dedicated her career to researching the mysteries of deep space, says it was her arrival in this country eight years ago that she made a critical discovery - the comfort in being herself...
Links: RNZ
Community Heroes Celebrated at Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade
Links: Express
Out and About @ Auckland Rainbow Parade, Ponsonby
Links: Express
Pete Buttigieg Ends Historic Run for Presidency
Links: Express

Sat 2 Mar 2019

Lizzie Marvelly: Deferral of transgender change in Births, Deaths and Marriages Bill an 'embarrassment'
COMMENT: In every fight for human rights that I can think of, people motivated by fear, uncertainty, and – in some cases – bigotry, have argued that the status quo must be maintained for the good of society...
Links: NZ Herald
UK Introduces New School Curriculum That Includes Same-Sex Relationships and Families
Links: Express

Fri 2 Mar 2018

HIV, stigma and discrimination in the Pacific
A new study has found that people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the Pacific islands are experiencing high levels of stigma and discrimination, resulting in social exclusion and hindering access to basic social services including ...
Links: Scoop
2 x Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Posters
Links: Express
3 x Rufus Wainwright PRIMA DONNA Double CD’s
Links: Express
5 x $50 Food Vouchers to wagamama restaurant New Lynn
Links: Express
Erin Palmer @ Hyde Kitchen and Cellar
Links: Express
Pride (In the name of love)
Links: Express

Thu 2 Mar 2017

An Ode to Summer
Links: Express
APO Pays Tribute to David Bowie
Links: Express
AUT Commits to All-Gender Bathrooms
Links: Express
Disney has its First Official Gay Character
Links: Express
March: Ask Agony Uncle Eli
Links: Express
New Zealand Herald Reflects Outdated Thinking?
Links: Express
NZ Fringe Brings Glitz and Glamour to Wellington!
Links: Express
So Yong Kim’s Lesbian Lovesong
Links: Express
The Power of Pride
Links: Express
Tegan and Sarah's NZ show cancelled
Ill-health has forced the cancellation of the March 11th concert by Canadian identical twin singer/songwriters Tegan and Sara...
Links: GayNZ.com
The Pride Parade Experience, pt2
You can read part one of our summing up of the Auckland Pride Parade 2017 here...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 2 Mar 2016

Darth Gay-Dar: JJ Abrams Talks The Future of Diversity in Star...
Links: Express
Let’s Get Metaphysical: An Energetic Orgy for Change
Links: Express
Love Your Lubricant
Links: Express
Wellington Pride to Kick Off With Historic Parliament Opening Ceremony
Links: Express
Kids Search engine: LGBTI words are "bad words"
A new child-friendly search engine is blocking all LGBTI related searches...
Links: GayNZ.com
RainbowYOUTH launch new fundraising campaign
RainbowYOUTH have launched a new fundraising campaign and are reaching out to the general public to help...
Links: GayNZ.com
Skinny Dipping, nipples and feminism’s afterbirth
Skinny Dipping, nipples and feminism’s afterbirth...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 2 Mar 2015

After Proud – Family Bar and Club
Links: Express
Auckland Pride Festival a Stand Out
Links: Express
Courtney’s Love
Links: Express
Eat or Avoid?
Links: Express
Editorial – Lord of the Flies?
Links: Express
express Short Story Competition Winner – Shedding Skin by Carissa Sinclair
Links: Express
Five Must-See Arts Extravaganzas
Links: Express
He’s Back… and Bearded!
Links: Express
The Hippest Programme Manager for Hottest Festival
Links: Express
Asia Pac gathering calls for rights for all
Advocates from across the Asia Pacific and beyond have called for “human rights for all” at regional lgbti dialogue held in Bangkok...
Links: GayNZ.com
Best of the Fest
Three GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gap complainers challenged to volunteer
Auckland Pride Parade director Richard Taki has a challenge for people complaining about gaps – he wants them to come and volunteer and help close the gaps next year...
Links: GayNZ.com
Miss Drag Pride: Dakota Vegas
Dakota Vegas has won the tough Miss Drag Pride competition at Auckland's Family Bar...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 2 Mar 2014

Bringing Laramie to Christchurch
Matthew Shepard The Laramie Project is coming to Christchurch...
Links: GayNZ.com
Protest and politics at massive Mardi Gras
Sydney Mardi Gras has been another record-breaker, which came with plenty of protest amongst the fun and frivolity...
Links: GayNZ.com
Watch: Queen arrives for Mardi Gras
Luxury liner Queen Elizabeth made a spectacular entry into Sydney on Saturday with a massive 'Happy Mardi Gras' cape billowing from her top decks in a salute to one of the city's biggest international festivals...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 2 Mar 2013

Happy Mardi Gras: it's been pissing down!
Jess and Hannah Writer Hannah Spyksma and her partner Jessica are in Australia to have their Mardi Gras cherries popped...
Links: GayNZ.com
Ideas aplenty raised at mental health symposium
An organiser says a symposium on mental health and suicide in the GLBT community has shown there is obviously a hunger to get our communities together to discuss serious issues, just as much as there is for parties and parades...
Links: GayNZ.com
Pilot error blamed for fatal NY chopper crash
(l-r) Paul Nicholson, Sonia Marra, Harriet Nicholson and Helen Tamaki Pilot error has been blamed for a New York helicopter crash which killed a New Zealand woman, her partner and a another family member...
Links: GayNZ.com
Topp Twin to have South Canterbury civil union
Jools and Lynda with Donna Luxton Lynda Topp will reportedly celebrate her civil union with partner Donna Luxton, at a ceremony in South Canterbury this month...
Links: GayNZ.com
US: School bans trans girl from using female toilet
Coy Mathis Parents of a transgender six year-old are taking legal action her school banned her from using the girl's bathroom...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 2 Mar 2012

'Sea of Love' to honour Carmen
Carmen Rupe’s life will be celebrated in a special float at Sydney’s Mardi Gras on Saturday...
Links: GayNZ.com
Carmen's scooter to feature in Mardi Gras float
Carmen riding through the streets of Sydney on her scooter (picture by Jenny Templin and courtesy City of Sydney) Carmen’s iconic scooter will be towed by four Maori warriors in a float at tomorrow’s Sydney Mardi Gras parade celebrating her life...
Links: GayNZ.com
FebFast raises more than $100,000
Around 700 people gave up alcohol for February Rainbow Youth is in line for a helpful windfall thanks to its share of more than $100,000 that was raised over the month of February for FebFast...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay wedding plans 'nuts' says MP Bone
Peter Bone A Conservative British MP has described plans to allow gay marriage as "completely nuts"...
Links: GayNZ.com
Petition calls for Anne Tolley to apologise
Jaimie Veale is fronting the campaign A petition has been launched calling for Corrections Minister Anne Tolley to apologise, and for the safety of transgender inmates in New Zealand prisons to be protected...
Links: GayNZ.com
Russia: Governor urged to veto silencing bill
St Petersburg’s Governor is being urged to veto a homophobic bill adopted by the city’s parliament...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 2 Mar 2011

Lgbt body to be set up for Mardi Gras talks
The Gay Auckland Business Association has been asked to convene a group to help liaise with Auckland Council's Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED) organisation, to develop a representative lgbt body for the Auckland Mardi Gras project...
Links: GayNZ.com
Religious UK foster carers mustn't discriminate
A British couple opposed to homosexuality because of their Christian beliefs has lost a court battle to become foster parents...
Links: GayNZ.com
Reporters will cover Games live from capital
GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com
Wellington Outgames: Sports Guide (Part 1)
If you've decided not to compete in the Wellington Outgames, that's still no reason to stay at home...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 2 Mar 2010

Gay BBC star found dead
A popular gay BBC TV presenter has been found dead in his apartment, with a UK tabloid reporting that his sudden demise was the result of auto-erotic asphyxiation...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gorgeous gardens open up this weekend
The enormously popular annual two-day Heroic Gardens Festival is set to showcase the creativity and hard work of gay and lesbian gardeners this weekend...
Links: GayNZ.com
The British Tories: Sanitised Spin?
In the latest Attitude magazine, UK gay journalist Johann Hari has an in-depth interview with British Conservative Party leader David Cameron...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 2 Mar 2009

Heroes out West rescheduled for this Sunday
Auckland's second annual Westie lesbian day of entertainers and musicians is now lined up for this Sunday afternoon...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sunshine on Welly's Civic Square gay day
The sun shone on Wellington's Civic Square yesterday afternoon, as over 8,000 people passed through the annual Out in the Square day of LGBT community entertainment...
Links: GayNZ.com
Towards 2010: the NZAF's progress
In 2004, using the latest available information available about the nature and state of the HIV epidemic in New Zealand, the NZ AIDS Foundation produced its Strategic Plan 2005-2010...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 2 Mar 2008

Television item (Sydney, Australia)
One News, ref: TZP348206.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Gay voters increasing Obama support
Speculation is mounting that gays who have long supported Hillary Clinton are shifting their allegiance to her US Decomocratic party presidential rival Barak Obama...
Links: GayNZ.com
Maungakiekie Community Board member Simon Randall
Simon Randall This high-achieving 25-year-old Secondary School teacher works on his community board as an advocate for citizens on all local issues...
Links: GayNZ.com
Wigs on Waterfront to benefit Outline NZ
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Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 2 Mar 2007

AUS: Broadcast law accepts "pillow biter"
A complaint made by a gay rights activist after broadcaster John Laws called a gay TV personality a "pillow biter" has been dismissed in the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal...
Links: GayNZ.com
Jennifer Ward-Lealand at AK07
Falling In Love Again Jennifer Ward-Lealand as Marlene Dietrich The Famous Spiegeltent AK07 Festival The only thing that is better than hearing Jennifer Ward-Lealand's compact disc of the songs in this show is actually seeing the show itself, which I did, thanks to popular demand which encouraged the Auckland Festival into a repeat of the March 14 airing...
Links: GayNZ.com
Nigeria: Anti-gay bill sparks outrage
A sweepingly homophobic bill being fast-tracked through Nigeria's National Assembly threatens human rights and Nigeria's democratic progress, says lobby group Human Rights Watch...
Links: GayNZ.com
Welcome to University… Welcome to UniQ!
UniQ Otago students You've struggled through adolescence and coped with high school – and now it's off for further education...
Links: GayNZ.com
Who will become Mr Urge NZ Bear 2007?
Calling all bears, wolves, otters, and admirers… Auckland's Urge Bar is seeking contestants for Mr Urge New Zealand Bear 2007...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 2 Mar 2006

Air NZ hits back at American airline
Air New Zealand says it is very concerned about false accusations of discrimination made against it by an American airline which refused passage to the partner of one of Air New Zealand's gay employees, and says it will be confronting the airline over it...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay rape ads offensive
The Advertising Standards Complaints Board has upheld a large number of complaints against billboards in New Zealand's major cities depicting male-to-male rape, advertising party pills...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay sperm donor ban reversed
A controversial ban on gay sperm donors in New Zealand looks set to be gone by the end of this month, says Dr Richard Fisher, Medical Director of Fertility Associates...
Links: GayNZ.com
More NZAF board reshuffles
The AIDS Foundation is again looking for a new trustee, following the resignation of board member Te Miha Ua-Cookson...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 2 Mar 2005

ACT removes gay ref from PC campaign
12:30PM: The ACT party is to remove references from its anti-PC campaign that suggest gay people have hijacked the English language to attain a "new veneer of legitimacy"...
Links: GayNZ.com
Same-sex partners not 'spouses'
Same-sex couples will not be allowed to use special marriage words like 'spouse' under the Relationships Bill, which amends all existing laws to recognise defacto and civil union couples but retains the stand-alone status of heterosexual marriage...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 2 Mar 2004

NZAF faces the challenge
The AIDS Foundation's new Executive Director, Rachael LeMesurier, says they will be doing all they can to raise profile and shock a community and a country out of its complacency surrounding HIV...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 2 Mar 1999

Television item (New Zealand)
Queer Nation, ref: TZP211102.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Wed 2 Mar 1994

Television item (Sydney, Australia)
Eyewitness, ref: TZP143246.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Mon 2 Mar 1992

Television item (New Zealand)
Tonight, ref: TZP107336.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (New Zealand)
Network News, ref: TZP101055.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
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Tonight, ref: TZP100934.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (New Zealand)
Network News, ref: TZP100886.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (New Zealand)
Holmes, ref: TZP101102.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sun 2 Mar 1986

Television item (Sydney, Australia)
Radio With Pictures, ref: TZP10657.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sat 2 Mar 1985

Homosexual Law For Change? (Press, 2 March 1985)
Homosexual law reform aimed at decriminalising homosexual acts between consenting adults is anticipated to be introduced in the New Zealand Parliament in the coming months. The upcoming legislation is expected to be put forward in a conscience vote, allowing Members of Parliament (MPs) to express their individual views on the...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Television news report: Homosexual Law Reform Bill to be introduced to Parliament (New Zealand)
ref: TZP13131.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Fri 2 Mar 1984

Rape Immunity ‘ludicrous’ (Press, 2 March 1984)
On 2 March 1984, representatives from the National Collective of Independent Women’s Refuges presented their views to a Parliamentary select committee regarding proposed changes in the Rape Law Reform Bill. They asserted that maintaining spousal immunity from rape perpetuates the denial that women could be raped by their partners. The...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 2 Mar 1982

Language Defended (Press, 2 March 1982)
On 2 March 1982, P. W. Tapsell, the Member of Parliament for Eastern Maori, acknowledged that he had used "intemperate language" during a Labour Party regional conference in Hamilton while discussing topics related to lesbians and motherhood. Tapsell made these comments to raise awareness about what he perceived as societal...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 2 Mar 1976

Homosexual Law Reform (Press, 2 March 1976)
In a letter published on 2 March 1976 in “The Press,” John G. Jones critiques comments made by Mr Justice Beattie during the sentencing of a youth. The judge indicated that the youth's recent crime may have been influenced by a past experience of being seduced at a young age...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Nominations For Oscars (Press, 2 March 1976)
On 2 March 1976, the nominees for the 48th annual Academy Awards were announced, featuring a diverse selection of films. Leading the nominations were "One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest," a story focused on a rebellious patient in a mental institution; "Barry Lyndon," a costume drama depicting an Irish fortune...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 2 Mar 1972

N.z. Ex-nurse Compiles Graphic Teen-age Guide (Press, 2 March 1972)
A new sex guide aimed at teenagers, titled "Learning to Live With Sex," has been published by the Family Planning Association in London, with its content based on a text by New Zealander Ann Burkitt. Currently the assistant-director of the Education and Training Division of the Health Education Council in...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 2 Mar 1971

Narrator Made Leonardo Da Vinci Live (Press, 2 March 1971)
On 2 March 1971, a review highlighted the compelling nature of Dr Jacob Bronowski's documentary "Tell Me If Anything Was Ever Done," which focused on Leonardo da Vinci's life and contributions. The review praised Bronowski's sensitive narration, which brought depth to the complexities of da Vinci as a historical figure....
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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