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Wed 19 Apr 2023

  • Cook Islands rainbow community on decriminalisation of same-sex relations: 'It was about equality'
    The Cook Islands road to decriminalising homosexuality has been a "rollercoaster of emotions" but symbolises the country is maturing, a local LGBTQI+ advocate says...
    Links: RNZ
  • Cook Islands rainbow community on decriminalisation of same-sex relations: 'It was about equality'
    The Cook Islands road to decriminalising homosexuality has been a "rollercoaster of emotions" but symbolises the country is maturing, a local LGBTQI+ advocate says...
    Links: RNZ
  • Cook Islands rainbow community on decriminalisation of same-sex relations: 'It was about equality'
    The Cook Islands road to decriminalising homosexuality has been a "rollercoaster of emotions" but symbolises the country is maturing, a local LGBTQI+ advocate says...
    Links: RNZ
  • Sydney’s LGBTQI Museum Finds a Permanent Home in Former Darlinghurst Police...
    Links: Express
  • Uganda’s LGBTQ+ Community Faces Crisis Amid Pending Anti-Homosexuality Legislation
    Links: Express

Tue 19 Apr 2022

  • Marvel fans welcome Thor into gay superhero community
    The new teaser trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder has many fans convinced that Chris Hemsworth’s titular character is gay...
    Links: Stuff
  • Transgender golfer Mianne Bagger on belief elite sport is no place for trans people
    Mianne Bagger has two words for people who call her a "hypocrite" for being in favour of Tasmanian Liberal senator Claire Chandler's so-called "Save Women's Sport" bill: "bad luck"...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • LGBTQ+ References Cut From Fantastic Beasts Film In China
    Links: Express

Mon 19 Apr 2021

  • New Zealand's border opens for the first time in over a year (New Zealand)
    For the first time in over a year, New Zealand's border was opened in a two-way quarantine travel bubble with Australia
  • Court theatre fifty years of ushering
    The Court Theatre in Christchurch has an important milestone coming up this week, it's celebrating 50 years since it first opened...
    Links: RNZ
  • Lesflicks Celebrates Lesbian Day Of Visibility With The Addition Of 5 Lesbian Feature Film Releases
    Lesflicks Celebrates Lesbian Day of Visibility with the addition of 5 Lesbian Feature Film Releases to Boost WLW Representation on Screen and making Lesflicks VOD the largest dedicated collection of WLW series, features and shorts in the world! Lesflicks ...
    Links: Scoop
  • Chris Crocker Sells Ownership of ‘Leave Britney Alone’ Video to help...
    Links: Express

Sun 19 Apr 2020

  • “dolls were for girls and toy soldiers were for boys”
    Links: Express
  • Is Georgina Beyer’s New Zealand’s Most ‘Ground-Breaking’ Woman?
    Links: Express
  • The End of Ellen?
    Links: Express

Fri 19 Apr 2019

  • Super Rugby: All Blacks prop Angus Ta'avao wears rainbow laces to support LGBT community
    All Blacks and Chiefs prop Angus Ta'avao has shown his support for the LGBT community in tonight's Super Rugby match between the Chiefs and the Lions...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Auckland Pride Chair Cissy Rock on: New ‘Director of Pride’ Role,...
    Links: Express

Thu 19 Apr 2018

  • EXCLUSIVE: Recidivist sex offender threatens to give 'many people HIV, HEP C' if released from prison
    An HIV-positive recidivist child sex offender freed on parole with a new name and identity is back behind bars after she was caught trading sexual services for methamphetamine...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Folau comments: Keeping an eye on the wider picture
    Opinion: While Wallabies player Israel Folau has been widely condemned for his comments about homosexual behaviour, they have raised issues that are bigger than any one player, writes David Cohen...
    Links: RNZ
  • Jack by Anthony Lapwood
    An insight into life as a gay man in 1930's Wellington...
    Links: RNZ
  • Sir Michael Jones says Israel Folau a friend, but gay comments lacked 'love and grace'
    Newly elected New Zealand Rugby board member Sir Michael Jones feels for Israel Folau, but said personal beliefs should be expressed with "love and grace"...
    Links: Stuff
  • Transgender woman fined, ordered to pay student after using camera in public toilets
    A 40-year-old transgender woman who used her cell phone beside a man urinating in public toilets has been ordered to pay him $300...
    Links: NZ Herald

Wed 19 Apr 2017

  • Rainbows in a Monochrome World - Shift hui 2017 (Te Horouta Marae)
    Navigating the world as someone from rainbow communities brings with it many challenges, taking different forms for different people
    Features: Dani Pickering, Jaye Barclay, Lee Eklund, Tarn Billingsley
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Study Shows Married LGBT+ Are Happier Than Singles
    Links: Express
  • Chechen leader claims a distortion of reality
    The leader of Chechnya has accused international organisations of distorting reality and attempting to blacken the Chechen society and traditions following world reports that gay men in the region are being tortured and detained...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Nominations open for Rainbow Wellington Board
    Nominations for the Rainbow Wellington Board are now open ahead of the annual general meeting in May...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The Way We Were
    In this, the first of three Politics and Religion farewell articles, I'll be doing an historical retrospective of LGBTI life and times in New Zealand/Aotearoa covered by Gaynz over the last decade and a half...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The Way We Were
    In this, the first of three Politics and Religion farewell articles, I'll be doing an historical retrospective of LGBTI life and times in New Zealand/Aotearoa covered by Gaynz over the last decade and a half...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Universities provide menstrual products for trans men
    A number of Universities in the US are making menstrual products available in men's bathrooms to cater for transgender men on campus...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 19 Apr 2016

  • Stay Gay in Europe
    Links: Express
  • Andreas Derleth celebrity judge for Mr Gay World
    Mr Gay World 2012, New Zealand’s own Andreas Derleth, will be the celebrity judge for this year's competition which kicks off today in Malta...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Defence: 'Three key issues" in murder trial
    Ihaia Gillman-Harris The defence for the two young men charged with murdering Ihaia Gillman-Harris has identified three "key issues" in his summing up of the case for the Jury at the High Court at Auckland...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Dramatic final speeches to murder trial jury
    Ihaia Gillman-Harris In dramatically-worded and -presented speeches to the jury the defense lawyers for the two young men charged with murdering gay man Ihaia Gillman-Harris have queried the part a violent confrontation between the three men played in the death...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Queering the Auckland Writer's Festival
    The Auckland Writers Festival is back for another year, we take a look at three LGBTI writers to check out this year...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 19 Apr 2015

  • Participants - Shift hui 2015 (Tapu te Ranga Marae)
    Connor talks to Shift hui participants.
    Features: unidentified voice(s)
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Ask Agony Aunt Lisa: I Can’t Go Home
    Links: Express
  • Friday Night at Family Bar
    Links: Express
  • Stroppy Old Women Excerpt: Passion Play
    Links: Express
  • Vatican rejecting gay French ambassador
    The French government is holding to its decision to appoint an openly gay Catholic man as its ambassador to the Vatican in the face of pressure from the Catholic head office to withdraw him...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 19 Apr 2013

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Seven Sharp, ref: TZP430500.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Aussies push for o'seas weddings to count
    Rodney Croome Australian marriage equality advocates are backing a Green initiative to recognise overseas same-sex marriages in Australian law...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Hamilton East MP explains switched vote
    David Bennett Hamilton East’s David Bennett was the only MP who switched to supporting marriage equality at the final vote...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Jobs being cut at Human Rights Commission
    To Be Who I Am is one of the HRC's many GLBTI-related initiatives...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Marriage equality Bill officially signed into law
    Governor-General Sir Jerry Mataparae The Governor General has this morning given the Royal Assent and signed the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Bill into law...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Marriage equality vids hit 500,000 views
    More than half a million people have watched the videos of the third reading of the Marriage Amendment Bill via the Parliamentary video archive website www...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Nat MP's speech makes him a global hero
    Maurice Williamson Long-serving National MP Maurice Williamson has won fans all over the world after his memorable “big gay rainbow” speech at the final reading of the marriage equality Bill, with talk show offers rolling in...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZ couple gets engaged in New York
    Smith and Baker show off their typically over the top rings Well-known Auckland couple Jonathan Smith and Kevin Baker are engaged after a romantic proposal in New York’s Central Park...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Predictions of doom continue from critics
    Colin Craig is hoping the move will get his party into Parliament Colin Craig says the “day of reckoning” is still to come and Family Life International is predicting the complete destruction of marriage and families, following New Zealand's move to marriage equality...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Social change will take time, Olympian says
    Blake Skjellerup Gay New Zealand Olympian Blake Skjellerup has welcomed the passage of the marriage equality law, saying it reflects the fact that New Zealand stands resolutely against discrimination, but points out there is still progress to be made...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Video: Louisa offers thanks
    MPs Louisa Wall, Kevin Hague and Conrad Reyners from the Campaign for Marriage Equality speak after the Bill passes...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Video: The Bill passes
    Relive the moment the marriage equality Bill passes and Parliament breaks into song...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 19 Apr 2012

  • Johnny Croskery dies (Wellington, New Zealand)
    Croskery was a female impersonator, volunteer and activist.
    Links: Tapatoru
  • Adoption reform "will be considered" - Collins
    Justice Minister Judith Collins Justice Minister Judith Collins says work on adoption law reform "will be considered alongside other pressing issues in the justice sector"...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Memorial services now organised by HIV+ people
    The running of the annual Candlelight Memorial services has been handed over to HIV support and advocacy organisation Body Positive after being organised for several decades by the NZ AIDS Foundation...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Tennessee : "Don't say gay" bill progresses
    A bill that would make it illegal to talk about anything gay in grades below nine within schools in the US state of Tennessee has progressed further, and is now heading to the House for consideration...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Where does the Justice Minister stand?
    Judith Collins Political lobbying masters Rainbow Wellington have canvassed the isssues of adoption, marriage, To Be Who I Am and bullying with Justice Minister Judith Collins, and shared her response for GayNZ...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Young thespians challenge 'so gay' on stage
    A group of queer Wellington students are hitting the stage next week with their production ‘That’s So Gay’...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 19 Apr 2011

  • Chauvel "appalled" by release of teen's killer
    Charles Chauvel The decision to release one of the killers of teenager Jeff Whittington from prison despite being “a high risk of reoffending” has provoked Labour's Justice Spokesman Charles Chauvel to include a review of the parole system into the party's draft justice policy...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Irish transwoman wins 'ground breaking' case
    Louise Hannon (centre) An Irish transwoman has been awarded more than $60,000 in what is being lauded as a 'ground breaking' decision against her employer, who asked her to switch to and from a female and male identity on request...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Opening night Out Takes films announced
    A French drama starring an icon of European cinema and a look at US military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy are the two films which will open Out Takes: A Reel Queer Film Festival 2011...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Tess the hostess to spread her wings on K' Rd
    From Dame Kiri to Susan Boyle, Tess Tickle will bring all her onstage magic to Kamo ...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 19 Apr 2010

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Close Up, ref: TZP381862.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Glee on song at GLAAD awards
    Hit musical TV series Glee has won best comedy series at the GLAAD Media Awards for its positive portrayal of gay characters...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New films announced by Out Takes
    Another four films have been announced by Lil Cameron, the Auckland coordinator of the Out Takes Reel Queer Film Festival, which runs from May 27 to June 9 in Auckland and Wellington: First up we have Strella, alternate title A Woman's Way...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Under The Rainbow "a huge success"
    Out Wellington Inc...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wait till May for campaign decision says Beyer
    Georgina Beyer says she will wait until early May before making a firm announcement about whether she will return to politics by campaigning for the Masterton mayoralty...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 19 Apr 2009

  • 'Straight Acting' winner Bray Croft
    'Straight Acting' winner Bray Croft 24-year-old Bray won a part on Shortland Street and many other star-making prizes in the outrageous game show 'Straight Acting' on K' Road...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Shirt-swapping rugby stars win gay fans
    A sexy new Adidas promotion is earning five well-known Kiwi rugby players some global gay appreciation...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Terrified Iraqi gays fear for their lives
    The BBC has obtained amateur video footage from Baghdad showing a terrified Iraqi boy being questioned by authorities over wearing women's clothes...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 19 Apr 2008

  • Louisa Wall: My journey in Parliament begins
    Louisa Wall MP Labour's new MP says the rainbow crew will continue to pursue elimination of legal barriers to equality, and defend the dignity of all LGBT New Zealanders...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Miss Mole's game for Chch Sleaze Ball
    Christchurch's dirty drag diva Miss Mole promises the city's upcoming Swingers Sleaze Ball is "going to be a bit… well… sleazy, really," and has been invited to MC one of the night's raunchiest competitions...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • USA: Cross-dresser drives into lingerie store
    A man dressed in woman's clothing repeatedly crashed his car into a Detroit area lingerie store this week in anger at the store's management for refusing to give him a job...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 19 Apr 2007

  • Book: Wounded, by Percival Everett
    The spectre of Matthew Sheppard hangs over 'Wounded' by Percival Everett, a novel set in the American mid-West replete with horses and cowboys, homophobia and racism...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Hero parade return delayed until 2009
    12...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Parade 2009:
    3...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Parade 2009:
    3...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Parade 2009: "Clich
    4pm: Julian Haldane, director of the 2001 and 2002 Hero Parties, Jack magazine editor and long-time event promoter, has confirmed he will not be making a bid to organise the 2009 Hero Parade...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Stage: Corner of 4am and Cuba
    I have to admit I was a little hesitant about going to see Corner of 4am And Cuba...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 19 Apr 2006

Tue 19 Apr 2005

  • $10,000 anonymous donation to NZAF
    The New Zealand AIDS Foundation has received an anonymous $10,000 donation to assist in its work preventing the transmission of HIV and supporting people affected by HIV and AIDS...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Graham Capill: A Hypocrite's History IV: Phone Sex, Group Sex and
    From 1999, former Christian Heritage Party leader Graham Capill's career descended into a mire of scandals and allegations, culminating in his exposure as the sexual molester of a small child...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Stats NZ: Newman misused gay data
    ACT MP Muriel Newman is unfairly using Census data about same-sex couples who live together to count the total number of GLBT citizens in New Zealand, say Statistics New Zealand...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 19 Apr 2004

  • Cautious reaction to 3-parent ruling
    Reactions to the Family Court ruling which gave a child three parents – the lesbian couple he lives with and his biological father – have been mixed, with some same-sex parents wary and social conservatives up in arms...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • CU opponents "gay-bashers in disguise"
    Opponents of the civil union bill are merely gay-bashers in disguise, says GayWatch's Clare Gummer in this morning's Herald...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 19 Apr 2001

  • Dallas Peneha, Daniel Beams and Jack Blance attack Jeff Pinfold and Peter Kitchen in Napier
    Kitchen died in hospital a number of days later

Mon 19 Apr 1999

  • What Did You Call Me? (Wellington)
    A group of gay men reflect on words that are used to describe and define them
    Features: Michael Moore, Rod McLeod Morrison, unidentified voice(s)
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Ralston Live, ref: TZP213170.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Fri 19 Apr 1996

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    One Network News, ref: TZP168589.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • The Pride Centre opens at its new premises (Auckland, New Zealand)
    The Centre is located at 33 Wyndham Street,between Albert and Hobson St, inside the Peoples Centre.
    Links: NZ.com (1), NZ.com (2)

Sun 19 Apr 1992

Wed 19 Apr 1989

  • Reporter’s Diary (Press, 19 April 1989)
    On 19 April 1989, a humorous incident unfolded involving the Doyle family and a second-hand stove they ordered for their holiday house in Moana, Lake Brunner. The stove was booked for installation through a Greymouth store, where arrangements were made for collecting the key to their house. However, upon the...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 19 Apr 1988

  • Nostalgia Recorded In Photographs (Press, 19 April 1988)
    Michael King, a historian and author, reflects on the pivotal years of 1956 and 1968 as significant milestones in New Zealand's history within the context of his new book, "After The War: New Zealand Since 1945," published in April 1988. He expresses a personal connection to 1956, the year of...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 19 Apr 1986

  • Enough Sex To Turn Penguins Purple (Press, 19 April 1986)
    In a review published on 19 April 1986, Margaret Burrell examines two novels: "Tantalus" by Amanda Hemingway and "Bliss" by Jill Tweedie, both produced by Penguin. Burrell suggests that the Penguin publishing house ought to adopt a new logo for such works, proposing a bright purple instead of the traditional...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 19 Apr 1985

  • Homosexual Law Changes (Press, 19 April 1985)
    In April 1985, New Zealand was engaged in a heated debate over the Homosexual Law Reform Bill. This bill aimed to decriminalise homosexual acts and had sparked significant public discourse around issues of morality, belief systems, and societal norms. A letter published on April 16 by Kerry McGill highlighted the...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Homosexuality, The Bible Discussed (Press, 19 April 1985)
    In a recent lecture at the University of Canterbury, Professor Lloyd Geering, a prominent theologian and former principal of Knox Theological College, shared his views on homosexuality and its relation to biblical interpretation. He asserted that homosexuality is a normal condition for a minority of the population, which challenges traditional...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Television news report: Catholic bishops don't want to take a firm stand for or against homosexual law reform (New Zealand)
    Features an interview with Cardinal Tom Williams, Archibishop of Wellington. 6.30 news Top Half, ref F57603.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, University of Auckland
  • Television: supporters of homosexual law reform holding a meeting in Auckland Town Hall (Auckland, New Zealand)
    ref: TZP134473.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sat 19 Apr 1980

  • Where Does Sex Education Go Now? (Press, 19 April 1980)
    On 19 April 1980, J.W. Taylor, the principal of Chisnallwood Intermediate School, shared his views on the recently announced decision by the Minister of Education regarding sex education in schools, in response to recommendations from the Johnson Report. Taylor noted that the Minister's decision was politically advantageous, likely to cause...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 19 Apr 1979

  • The Courts 15 Months Jail For Transvestite (Press, 19 April 1979)
    On 19 April 1979, Andrew Ngawhika, a 28-year-old transvestite known as “Angel”, was sentenced in the Magistrate’s Court for committing an indecent act and sodomy against a 15-year-old boy. Magistrate N. L. Bradford expressed that such offences are regarded seriously and with disgust by the community. Ngawhika received a 12-month...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 19 Apr 1976

  • Italy's Election May Mark Europe's Turning Point (Press, 19 April 1976)
    Italy is gearing up for an early General Election, likely to take place in mid-June 1976, following a period of political turmoil and uncertainty. This election is regarded as potentially transformative for Europe, as it raises the question of whether the Italian electorate will vote the Communists into power, potentially...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 19 Apr 1975

  • Ship’s Crew Questioned (Press, 19 April 1975)
    On 19 April 1975, Christchurch detectives conducted interviews with 50 crew members of the motor vessel Laurentic, which had docked in Lyttelton the previous day. The investigation stemmed from the death of a guest, William Thomas Bradley, a cabaret entertainer who was performing as a female impersonator under the stage...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 19 Apr 1973

  • Homosexuality Among Priests (Press, 19 April 1973)
    On 18 April 1973, Archbishop of York Dr Donald Coggan addressed the topic of homosexuality within the Church of England during a British Broadcasting Corporation radio programme. He acknowledged that many clergymen within the church were homosexual and expressed understanding for their struggles against acting on those tendencies. Dr Coggan...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 19 Apr 1971

  • Squabbles At Conference (Press, 19 April 1971)
    An International Women’s Liberation conference taking place in Toronto has encountered significant racial and sexual tensions among its delegates. Reports indicate that divisions have emerged in discussions centered around peace and oppression. One unidentified delegate highlighted issues of interaction, stating that Black Panther women refuse to engage with white women...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 19 Apr 1967

  • Homosexual Law (Press, 19 April 1967)
    A public meeting held in Wellington on April 18, 1967, urged for legal reforms regarding homosexual acts between consenting adults in private. Organised by the newly established Wolfenden Association, the meeting attracted around 150 attendees. Key speakers included Wellington city councillor and barrister Mrs O. E. Smuts-Kennedy, Mr P. Blizzard,...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 19 Apr 1965

  • Students To Unite In Airing Grievances (Press, 19 April 1965)
    At the Easter conference in Christchurch, held over the weekend of 19 April 1965, the council of the New Zealand University Students’ Association decided on the necessity of presenting a united front to address student grievances. The council resolved to set priorities and organise national petitions to effectively represent students'...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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