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Sun 5 Mar 2023

  • History Made As 50,000 March Across Sydney Harbour Bridge
    Links: Express

Fri 5 Mar 2021

  • Jami-Lee Ross behind anti-5G supplement business
    A former MP has formed a company devoted to selling a pill invented by a man whose past products include yoghurt used to treat autism and AIDS...
    Links: Stuff
  • Georgina Beyer: “I Don’t Know Why The Government is Dithering” on...
    Links: Express
  • Out and About: Christchurch Pride Opens With A Parade
    Links: Express

Thu 5 Mar 2020

  • IOC will confirm its new guidelines on transgender athletes after Tokyo Olympics
    Controversial Kiwi weightlifter Laurel Hubbard won't have to consider new guidelines until after Tokyo Olympics...
    Links: Stuff
  • Cook Islands to Hold First Ever Pride Day
    Links: Express

Tue 5 Mar 2019

  • Decade after first person was cured of HIV, second patient is in long-term remission
    A London man has been in remission from HIV for a year and a half, without drugs, after receiving a stem cell transplant of virus-resistant cells - raising the prospect that he has become the second person to ever be cured of the...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Martina Navratilova has a point when she questions trans rules
    OPINION: Tennis legend and LGBT icon has been vilified for highlighting a real threat to sport, writes Jim White...
    Links: Stuff
  • Second man HIV free through stem cell therapy
    Timothy Ray Brown was cured in 2003...
    Links: Stuff
  • Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard back for New Zealand
    Almost a year since shocking elbow injury, controversial transgender weightlifter returns for New Zealand...
    Links: Stuff
  • Wife's shock discovery: 'I saw my husband in gay porn'
    A wife has shared her horror online, after finding out her husband was staring in gay porn films and hiding a secret life...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • 2 x Tickets for Wellington Performance of NZDC’s Kiss The Sky
    Links: Express
  • 2 x Tickets to TEEKS and APO
    Links: Express
  • 5 x Copies of Bohemian Rhapsody
    Links: Express
  • Limited and Censored Version of Bohemian Rhapsody to be Released in...
    Links: Express
  • Out and About: Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade 2019
    Links: Express
  • Prominent Businessman and Entertainer Accused of Bribing Witness’ in Sex Abuse...
    Links: Express
  • Woof! The Auckland Rainbow Dog Show: in Pictures
    Links: Express

Mon 5 Mar 2018

  • Aussie judge blasts 'illogical' decision that homosexuality is fixed at birth
    An Australian Federal Court judge has blasted a Commonwealth tribunal after it concluded homosexuality is fixed at birth and cannot change over time, branding the decision "illogical" and based on "assumptions, pre-conceptions or pre-judgments" about human sexuality...
    Links: Stuff
  • Stars flock to Elton John's Oscar party to cheer on winners
    LOS ANGELES — Elton John's annual AIDS Foundation viewing party has attracted numerous entertainers who cheered on the biggest moments of the Academy Awards...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Nic Watt @ Masu
    Links: Express
  • The Range Rover Velar is The New King!
    Links: Express

Sun 5 Mar 2017

  • Corrections "disappointed" by Parade decision
    The Department of Corrections say it is disappointed that its application to march in the Wellington Pride Parade has been declined...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Two young change-makers awarded scholarships
    Two young change-makers will receive a help with the costs of tertiary study thanks to RainbowYOUTH and ASB...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wellington Pride decline Corrections parade app
    The Wellington Pride committee have declined an application made by the Department of Corrections to march in the upcoming Parade...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wellington Pride Festival Event Guide
    The Wellington Pride Festival ǀ Tū whakahīhī e Te Whanganui-ā-Tara has kicked off this weekend and with 55 events taking place in just over two weeks you know Wellington is the place to be right now...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 5 Mar 2016

  • Part 1 - Opening ceremony at Parliament - Wellington Pride Festival 2016 (Parliament buildings)
    Audio from the opening ceremony (part 1) of Wellington Pride Festival, held at Parliament: remembering the Homosexual Law Reform era - 30 years on.
    Features: Alison Laurie, Amanduh la Whore, Des Smith, Elizabeth Kerekere, Fran Wilde, Gavin Young, Jan Logie, Kevin Haunui, Michelle Genet, Tīwhanawhana, Trevor Mallard
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Part 2 - Opening ceremony at Parliament - Wellington Pride Festival 2016 (Parliament buildings)
    Audio from the opening ceremony (part 2) at Parliament: remembering the Homosexual Law Reform era - 30 years on.
    Features: Adrienne Girling, Antonia Watson, Bella Simpson, Celia Wade-Brown, Dana de Milo, Des Smith, Fetu-ole-moana Teuila Tamapeau, Georgina Beyer, Grant Robertson, Karen Harris, Kassie Hartendorp, Malcolm Kennedy-Vaughan, Mani Bruce Mitchell, Rawa Karetai, Tabby Besley
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • 30 years of stories
    This year marks the 30th anniversary of homosexual law reform in New Zealand, now more than ever, we are seeing ourselves represented on screen, our stories being told, our voices being heard...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay refugees abused on Nauru refused entry to AUS
    A gay couple, who met and fell in love at Australia’s Nauru detention camp after fleeing Iran, say they have been beaten and verbally abused on the Micronesian island yet the Australian Government will not transfer them...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Heroic dancer, Douglas Wright, is retiring
    Douglas Wright, as photographed for Metro magazine The dancer who will always be remembered for his epic performance at the third Hero Party in the early 1990s has announced his retirement from dancing...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • HR and Heath Conference aims to "reignite the fire"
    The first ever ILGA Oceania Human Rights and Health Conference kicks off in the capital on Wednesday...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Indonesia: Temperature Falling...
    Do recent events suggest that there is an anti-LGBT backlash brewing in Indonesia? Certainly, February's events would lead one to conclude just that contingency...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZ Falcons welcome new players at annual muster
    The NZ Falcons are having their annual team muster next Saturday and are inviting new players of all levels to join them...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 5 Mar 2015

  • And Second Place in the Short Fiction express Writing Contest is…
    Links: Express
  • Gay love 'prevalent' in Christian Rome
    A Victoria University researcher has found homosexuality was prevalent in the early Christian Roman Empire, contrary to what historians have previously believed...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • HIV awareness at Eden Park cricket
    Kumar Sangakkara In an effort to raise the profile of HIV/AIDS amongst young people and to address stigma against people living with AIDS the Cricket World Cup organisers, officials and players have united to promote HIV awareness...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Meet: Mr Gay NZ 2015 Matt Fistonich
    The 2015 Mr Gay New Zealand Matt Fistonich is a former RNZAF fire fighter and 'average Kiwi bloke' from Waitakere who wants to bring the Mr Gay World title back to New Zealand again...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New NZAF worker targeting Asian MSM
    Yun Huang The NZ AIDS Foundation has employed a young Asian man to help it reach out to the country's gay and bi Asian population in an effort to address the rising rate of HIV infection in that group...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 5 Mar 2014

  • Rachel and Stacey - Beyond Rainbows (Wellington)
    Rachel and Stacey talk about identifying as asexual.
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • "We have gay supporters" Craig claims
    Colin Craig The man who keeps telling New Zealanders that gay people are abnormal claims his Conservative Party has “gay supporters”...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • 20 ways you can help lgbti Ugandans
    A coalition of Ugandan lgtbi and human rights groups has issued guidelines on how people all over the world can best stand up to the nation's vicious Anti-Homosexuality Bill...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Collins cheers give Skjellerup goosebumps
    Jason Collins and Blake Skjellerup post-game (Pic: Facebook) Out New Zealand athlete Blake Skjellerup has watched the NBA’s first openly-gay player take the home court for Brooklyn, and says the reception from fans was something he will never forget...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Craig says he has nothing to hide in emails
    Colin Craig Colin Craig says he has nothing to hide in emails where he’s shared his many thoughts on gay people, after suggestions that’s why he’s backing away from taking legal action over Russel Norman’s dig that he believes ‘a gay man’s place is in the closet’...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 5 Mar 2013

  • Auckland Arts Fest highlight: I ♥ Alice ♥ I
    One of the GLBT must-sees at the Auckland International Arts Festival is a play which was inspired by a stolen kiss between two women in a supermarket...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Baby cured of HIV infection say US researchers
    HIV virus attached to a cell American doctors have confirmed that a baby born with HIV has been cured of the infectious disease...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Church's issues with Moa spark venue switch
    Anika Moa with one of her boys An Anika Moa concert in Wairarapa has been moved to another venue because the church where it was supposed to be held had issues with her “lifestyle”...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Lynda Topp schools Family First over false claims
    Lynda Topp has made it clear she is all on board for marriage equality, slamming Family First for using her upcoming nuptials to try and push its opinions...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 5 Mar 2012

  • Julian Cook - Creating Our Stories (Auckland)
    Julian Cook talks about organising a variety of corporate and community-based events
    Features: Julian Cook
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Miriam Saphira - Creating Our Stories (Auckland)
    Miriam Saphira talks about establishing the Charlotte Museum Trust
    Features: Miriam Saphira
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Bar says bouncer's comments were "stupid"
    An Auckland bar’s management has made it clear the “stupid comments” made by a doorman do not represent how the bar feels and is promising to ‘deal’ with the situation...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Many schools refuse to answer ball query
    File photo A number of schools are being investigated by the Ombudsman for refusing to answer a teenager’s queries about policy on same-sex couples attending balls...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 5 Mar 2011

  • HIV will surge even higher than new record level
    Shaun Robinson Diagnoses of HIV infection amongst gay and bi men will surge even higher than the current record level before any new interventions can take effect, according to the NZ AIDS Foundation...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Obituary: Robert Mervyn (Yeti) Hills
    Robert Mervyn (Yeti) Hills R...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Participants from 26 nations signed up
    People from 26 countries have registered to compete at the AsiaPacific Outgames, which open in Wellington next Saturday...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • US navy seeks to discharge sleepover sailor
    The US Navy is trying to discharge a sailor found asleep in bed with another sailor...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 5 Mar 2010

  • Lesbian action planned on Desperate Housewives
    Hit US drama Desperate Housewives will get its first full-on lesbian relationship, it has been revealed...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Rotorua's gay bar closes, crew says "let's party"
    Rotorua's only LGBT bar/nightclub has now closed, with the team behind it planning to host special events in gay-friendly venues around the North Island...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The GayNZ.com Apprentice starts now!
    His name is The Gay Don and he's here to recruit you...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 5 Mar 2009

  • Chch: New menu honours "slightly gay" pie
    The Christchurch café owner who courted controversy with his pie which 'sounds slightly gay' has changed his menu, to an even weirder one...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Fancy frocks and black ties for Drag Bingo
    UPDATE 26 March 2009: Due to an outdoor concert in the venue area on the original date, Black Tie Drag Bingo will now be held on Friday 12 June 2009...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Genetic Discrimination: The Backdoor Route?
    To many disability rights activists, genetic discrimination is classified as unfinished business for their communities...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sydney's Mardi Gras Harbour Party
    One of the world's most gay-friendly cities turned on a huge Harbour Party at the weekend, as Sydney's Mardi Gras Festival continues...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sydney: "Parade will be biggest ever"
    With 9,500 people now officially lined up to be part of Sydney's Mardi Gras Parade this Saturday evening, its organisers have now confirmed it will be the biggest in its 31-year history...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The L Word goes under the hammer
    A massive auction happening in Canada this Saturday will see props and complete sets from popular lesbian TV drama The L Word go to the highest bidders as the series finale is broadcast this weekend on US television...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 5 Mar 2008

  • Billy Apple art nets $10k for Burnett Centre
    Sales of artwork donated by internationally-renowned artist Billy Apple have resulted in a $10,000 windfall donation to the New Zealand AIDS Foundation’s Auckland Burnett Centre...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Lesbian MP Louisa Wall enters Parliament
    Louisa Wall, New Zealand's first Maori lesbian MP, was welcomed into Parliament yesterday with a waiata by her whanau in the public gallery after her maiden speech...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Review: Tangled, tainted and texted LUV
    Morgama O'Reily as Gemma LUV...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • To Do, or Not To Do?
    To hear the Christian Right, one would think that a totalitarian government was in power, busting down doors to punish errant fundamentalist parents for giving their little ones a tap on the hand...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • UK: HIV scandal rocks gay porn industry
    Three gay porn DVDs have been withdrawn from sale in the UK, following an investigation into the health risks of porn-stars' unprotected sex...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 5 Mar 2007

  • Chch: Flesh on show at
    There were some very adventurous guys on show, and the large crowd appreciated the flesh at Christchurch's Mr Spunky Hunk 2007 competition on Saturday night, says the NZ AIDS Foundation's Brent Mitchell...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Mexican star:
    A 22-year-old pop star's announcement that he is gay, making him the first high-profile member of Mexico's show-business elite to "come out" in public, has caused a stir in the deeply conservative Catholic country...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • UK: Nail-bomber of gay bar gets 50 years
    A High Court judge has ruled that the Soho nail bomber should not be considered for release for fifty years...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 5 Mar 2006

  • Review: Respect and Equality - Transsexual and Transgender Rights
    Respect and Equality: Transsexual and Transgender Rights by Stephen Whittle; Cavendish, 2002 In April, Georgina Beyer will introduce her gender identity anti-discrimination bill into Parliament...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 5 Mar 2005

  • The Green Party supports the Don't Hate, Celebrate event (Auckland, New Zealand)
    The event is held in the Auckland University Quad in response to Destiny Church's planned Defend the Legacy march. Green Social Services Spokesperson Sue Bradford said "We have proudly supported the Civil Union Bill, the Prostitution Reform Bill, and the Gender Identity Bill. We likewise support the message of this event: that all New Zealanders - no matter their sexuality, gender, race, religious belief, relationship or family status - should be treated with respect."
    Links: Scoop
  • 1.05 Tiny glbt group standing up to mob
    Although their numbers have swelled glbt and student protesters standing up to the anti-gay Destiny church and political party's Auckland rally number only about 150...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • 1.20 Wild cheers and "It Ain't over yet!"
    Religious leaders at the Destiny/City Impact march against the Civil Unions legislation have received a rapturous reception from the huge crowd assembled in inner-city Auckland as they signal the start of overt political campaigning...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • 1.30 Destiny political leader ignored
    Whilst the huge fundamentalist crowd gathered in inner-city Auckland to be revved up by their religious and political leaders has given unanimous acclaim to messages of religious conservatism and calls for political action they have largely ignored their main political figurehead...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • 11.05: Students confronting Destiny march
    Students appear to be the predominant protesters confronting this morning's Destiny Fundamentalist Christian Defend the Legacy march as it heads up Auckland's main thoroughfare towards an anti-Civil Unions rally in Myers Park...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • 11.30: Lower-key march, low glbt numbers
    Blessed with fine weather and kept under tight control by Destiny minders the anti-gay Destiny church and political party marchers are now well up Queen Street carrying their anti-Civil Unions message decrying what they believe is moral decay in New Zealand...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • 12.08: Sirens and cheers greet Tamaki
    With clockwork precision and heralded by wailing sirens Destiny church and political party guru Brian Tamaki has arrived at the speakers' platform for his Defend the Legacy anti-Civil Unions protest...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • 12.44 Tamaki: Prayer is not enough!
    In a strongly political rallying speech Destiny church and political party guru Brian Tamaki has told his massed followers that they must move beyond their church and get politically active...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • 2.10 Quiet glbt gathering "celebrates life"
    A lone anti-gay protester was the only jarring presence in an otherwise quiet and relaxed pro-glbt gathering held to counter the fundamentalist Destiny march and rally in central Auckland...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Destiny an "embarrassment"-Baptist leader
    As the followers of Destiny prepare for their hate march up Queen Street to protest against legal rights for same-sex couples, the national leader of Baptist Churches has urged other Christians not to take part...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • March is political, says church leader
    While Brian Tamaki may have flip-flopped on comments that today's anti-gay hate march up Queen Street is politically motivated, other churches taking part say that it is...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Protest march will confront Destiny
    A new protest group has sprung up in defiance of the Destiny Church anti-civil union march up Queen Street today, saying it will do everything it can to expose messages of intolerance...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The End of the Yellow Brick Cross?
    The Maxim Institute has finally said something about the Relationship (Statutory References) Bill, but it is little more than an acknowledgement of the inevitability of their defeat on this issue...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 5 Mar 2004

  • Corrupting our children!
    The AIDS Foundation mentions the three-letter “S--” word and gets huge quantities of a four-letter “S---” word for its trouble...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Georgina Beyer to quit politics
    The world's first transsexual MP, Georgina Beyer, is to quit Parliament at the end of this term...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZAF banned from high school
    A speaker from the AIDS Foundation has been banned from Northcote College in Auckland after the contents of a sex education lecture was complained about by parents...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 5 Mar 2000

Thu 5 Mar 1998

  • Cabaret artist Mika donates a personal collection of materials to LAGANZ (Wellington, New Zealand)
    A ceremony is held in the National Library Auditorium. The collection consists of manuscripts and typescripts from Mika's shows, audio and video recordings, posters, photographs, personal memorabilia and curiosities. There are also props and costumes from the cabarets, such as Carmen's costume jewelry and "Carmen's aerobics leotards" press kits.
    Links: LAGANZ

Tue 5 Mar 1996

  • The Census forms are constructed so the number of same-sex couples can be counted (New Zealand)
    Every person in a household is provided with their own individual form which includes questions about who they are living with. By cross-referencing data the number of same-sex couples living together can be calculated.
    Links: Stats NZ

Sun 5 Mar 1989

Sat 5 Mar 1988

  • Plagiarism Through Time (Press, 5 March 1988)
    In his review published on 5 March 1988, Ken Strongman lauds Peter Ackroyd's novel "Chatterton," released by Hamish Hamilton in 1987. Strongman commends the book as an extraordinary achievement, claiming it surpasses Ackroyd's previously acclaimed work, "Hawksmoor." He urges even those who typically do not purchase novels to make an...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 5 Mar 1986

  • Parliament: Committee of the Whole House - Homosexual Law Reform Bill (5 March 1986) (Parliament buildings)
    Audio from parts of the Committee of the Whole House during the Homosexual Law Reform Bill, 5 March 1986.
    Features: Bill Birch, Doug Kidd, Fran Wilde, George Gair, Graeme Lee, Helen Clark, Jim McLay, John Banks, John Luxton, Maurice McTigue, Merv Wellington, Michael Cullen, Norman Jones, Richard Northey, Richard Prebble, Robert Muldoon, Venn Young, Whetu Tirikatene Sullivan
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • The Committee of the Whole House (Parliament) continues to consider the Homosexual Law Reform Bill (New Zealand)
    Links: PrideNZ.com

Tue 5 Mar 1985

Sat 5 Mar 1983

  • Gays Acknowledge Queen, Too (Press, 5 March 1983)
    On 5 March 1983, San Francisco hosted various events coinciding with the Queen's visit that highlighted the city's diverse and often contentious spirit. One of the most notable events was a "Royal Family look-alike" contest held at The Elephant Walk, a gay bar located in a less glamorous district of...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 5 Mar 1982

  • ‘children’s Civil Rights Changed’ (Press, 5 March 1982)
    The Children and Young Persons Bill has come under scrutiny from the University Students Association (USA), which recently presented its concerns to the Health and Welfare Select Committee. The association argues that the bill grants the police excessive powers that infringe on the civil rights of children and young people....
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 5 Mar 1969

  • Prison Life Described (Press, 5 March 1969)
    On 4 March 1969, a Senate investigation in Washington revealed alarming insights into the lives of young prisoners, particularly focusing on the brutal experiences within the American prison system. A 25-year-old African American inmate, referred to as "John Doe" to protect his identity, provided a poignant testimony about his life...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 5 Mar 1966

  • Man For Trial On Attempted Murder Charge (Press, 5 March 1966)
    The hearing for a charge of attempted murder against Keith Charles Johns, 23, chief steward of the Wellington vessel Durango, resumed in the Magistrate's Court on 4 March 1966. Johns is accused of shooting 20-year-old Anthony Thomas McGuire, an assistant steward, in the stomach in a cabin on board the...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 5 Mar 1964

  • Evidence Ended In Vincent’s Trial (Press, 5 March 1964)
    On 5 March 1964, the Supreme Court in Wellington heard testimony regarding the murder charges against 20-year-old John Vincent, a deckhand on the New Zealand Star, concerning the death of chief steward David Alan Rowe on 1 January. Officer James Edward Clews recounted that during an investigation on 28 January...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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