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Tue 16 May 2023

  • Coming out in a black jersey: Campbell Johnstone and Honey Hireme-Smiler
    NZ Rugby has put "a stake in the ground" to make clear its support for the rainbow community, two openly gay national representatives say...
    Links: RNZ
  • Google Hit with Fine by Russian Court Over YouTube Content Allegedly...
    Links: Express
  • Judy Virago Is Loud and Queer
    Links: Express
  • Players’ Refusal to Support Anti-Homophobia Initiative Rattles French Football Club
    Links: Express
  • Trans Rights Advocate Stages Surprise Intervention at Posie Parker Rally
    Links: Express

Mon 16 May 2022

  • Blackpool FC midfielder Jake Daniels comes out as gay
    Seventeen-year-old Blackpool FC midfielder Jake Daniels has become the first mens professional footballer in the UK in more than 30 years to come out as gay...
    Links: RNZ
  • Coming out as gay a relief for Blackpool footballer
    Blackpool footballer Jake Daniels has announced that he is gay, becoming the first active male British professional player to do so since the late Justin Fashanu in 1990...
    Links: RNZ
  • Football: English player Jake Daniels says he is gay
    English football player Jake Daniels said he is gay today in a trailblazing moment for the European men's game...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Football: English player Jake Daniels says he is gay
    English football player Jake Daniels today said he is gay in a trailblazing moment for the European men's game...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Road to acceptance: Lyndon Bray says it's time to talk about being a gay man in rugby
    On International Day Against LGBTTQIA+ Discrimination, the ex-ref-turned Tasman chief wants to start a conversation about whre the game needs to go...
    Links: Stuff
  • Road to acceptance: Lyndon Bray says it's time to talk about being a gay man in rugby
    On International Day Against LGBTTQIA+ Discrimination, the ex-ref-turned Tasman chief wants to start a conversation about where the game needs to go...
    Links: Stuff
  • Road to acceptance: Lyndon Bray says it's time to talk about being a gay man in rugby
    On International Day Against LGBTTQIA+ Discrimination, the ex-ref-turned Tasman chief wants to start a conversation about where the game needs to go...
    Links: Stuff
  • Chef Anna Weir: Mixing Up A Masterpiece
    Links: Express
  • Star-Studded Line-up Announced For The Return Palmy Drag Fest In 2022
    Links: Express

Sun 16 May 2021

  • International AIDS Candlelight Memorial (2021) (Tararua Tramping Club)
    Audio from the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, held at the Tararua Tramping Club in Wellington on 16 May 2021
    Features: Cole Hampton, El Prior, Kate Spencer, Kim Wheeler, Kjel Griffiths, Nikki Carlson, Phil Rogers, Richard Benge, Richard Tankersley, Ron Irvine, The Glamaphones, Tim Hope, Tīwhanawhana
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Greens Call On Labour To Urgently Support Members Bill To Protect The Human Rights Of Rainbow Communities
    The Green Party spokesperson for Rainbow Communities Dr Elizabeth Kerekere is calling for the Labour Party to support her members bill to protect the rights of takatāpui, in particular, trans, intersex, and non-binary people...
    Links: Scoop

Sat 16 May 2020

  • Alison Mau: Champagne and homophobia on the menu at first party of a new era
    OPINION: If this is what the party lifestyle looks like in the post-lockdown era, I'll pass, writes Alison Mau...
    Links: Stuff

Thu 16 May 2019

  • A mystery illness killed a boy in 1969. Years later, doctors learned what it was: AIDS
    The 16-year-old boy had the kind of illness that wouldn't be familiar to doctors for years: He was weak and emaciated, rife with stubborn infections and riddled with rare cancerous lesions known as Kaposi's sarcoma, a skin disease...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Diverse mix of couples revealed for Wife Swap New Zealand
    On the New Zealand version, the swappers are a diverse mix – the 16 families comprise single mums, a gay couple and whānau both big and small...
    Links: Stuff
  • New Zealand is heading to become HIV-free
    The goal to virtually eliminate HIV transmission in New Zealand by 2025 suddenly looks attainable...
    Links: Stuff
  • Australian Pro-Footballer Comes Out As Gay
    Links: Express
  • Dramatic Decline In HIV Diagnoses Continues In New Zealand
    Links: Express
  • Meet a Former US Surrogate and Egg Donor – Free Family...
    Links: Express

Wed 16 May 2018

  • Courtney Act Stars in New Ending HIV Campaign
    Links: Express

Tue 16 May 2017

  • TropOut 2017: New Caledonia
    Links: Express

Mon 16 May 2016

  • Pride Board Responds to EJP Symposium Questions Regarding Corrections
    Links: Express
  • Sir Ian McKellen to Inaugurate Kashish 2016
    Links: Express
  • "Community, testing and meds will stop HIV"
    An HIV rapid test kit A concerted community response, testing, drug treatments and condoms are all now needed if NZ is to see the end of the HIV epidemic, according to the NZ AIDS Foundation...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Annual HIV figure tipped to rise yet again
    The number of newly-diagnosed cases of HIV infection looks set to continue its upward trend with a slight increase in the 2015 figures expected...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Corrections deny claims made at Equal Justice forum
    Corrections has responded to claims - made last Wednesday evening at the Equal Justice Project forum - that prisons are unsafe for trans prisoners...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Death of Bangladeshi activist:Islamic militant arrested
    A man has been arrested for the murder of Bangladeshi  LGBTI magazine editor Xulhaz Mannan, who was murdered late last month...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Germany: Historic Offences v Asylum Policy
    Although Germany's Christian Democrat/Social Democrat "grand coalition" government won't legislate for marriage equality, it seems that it is open to other pro-LGBT legislative reforms, such as the announcement of a "historic gay sexual offences' bill...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Surrogate search continues as woman pulls out
    The Auckland gay couple who announced they were successful in finding a someone to carry their child, have found out that the woman can no longer go through with the surrogacy...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 16 May 2015

  • First NZ lgbti appeal funds sent to Nepal
    Blue Diamond Society members sheltering in a tent...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Luxembourg's PM marries his partner
    Luxembourg's Prime Minister has become just the second leader in the world to marry a same-sex partner...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Newlywed Aussie couple show defiance
    Lee Bransden and Sandra Yates marry at last "Stick that up you Tony Abbott" grinned Lee Bransden in a forceful message to their anti-same sex marriage Australian Prime Minister as she and fellow Australian Sandra Yates held their marriage certificate following a moving ceremony held in Rotorua...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The importance of personal histories
    Renee wants us to write our histories...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Urzila Carlson in running for a FRED Award
    Urzila Carlson has been nominated for The FRED Award, which honours the best show by a New Zealand comedian...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 16 May 2014

  • Television item (New Zealand)
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    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • ASB commits to GLBT inclusion by joining Rainbow Tick
    Links: Express
  • Express introduces… Julia Deans
    Links: Express
  • Foodie Bites: So Much Beefiness
    Links: Express
  • 'Anything's better than more standing still'
    ‘Anything (is) better than more standing still’ was among the tweets from the Vicar of St Luke's Mt Albert Clare Barrie as she and others urging the Anglican Church to move forward tried to digest an announcement from leaders that they will “explore ways that the blessing of same gender relationships could be part of Church life”...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • ASB among big guns hunting Rainbow Tick
    Michael Stevens and Barbara Chapman ASB has proudly trumpeted becoming the first New Zealand bank to commit to The Rainbow Tick...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • LYC filming dads with gay sons in new vid
    After the phenomenal success of its ‘gay first kiss’ video, safe-sex promoter Love Your Condom is today beginning work on two new flicks...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 16 May 2013

  • A new gay anthem?
    Sara Bareilles’ new track Brave was inspired by a friend who was struggling to come out...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Auckland Council: Ignoring sound advice about street sex work
    A French Sister of Perpetual Indulgence demonstrates against France's anti-sexworker anti-soliciting laws (July 2012) In the third article in this continuing series on Auckland street sex work, Asenati Lole-Taylor's proposed bill and Ministry of Justice advice are discussed...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Candlelight memorial: tributes and memories sought
    This Sunday is the 30th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Candlelight memorial: tributes and memories sought
    This Sunday is the 30th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Counsellors to wear pink in anti-bullying stand
    The New Zealand Association of Counsellors is urging all 2,500 of its members to wear pink in a show of solidarity against all forms of bullying tomorrow...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Drunk-driving killers find love behind bars
    Two women who were sent to jail for eerily similar killings have revealed they fell in love behind bars...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • From The UN: The Riddle
    From the UN's human rights office: 76 countries still criminalize consensual same-sex relationships and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people everywhere continue to suffer violent attacks and discriminatory treatment...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • HIV organisations silent on safe-sex discord
    Both the NZ AIDS Foundation and Body Positive are remaining tight-lipped regarding the cover story of the most recent issue of HIV NZ which questions the NZAF's safe-sex promotion strategy...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Shane Bosher bowing out from Silo Theatre
    Gay theatre maestro Shane Bosher is leaving Silo Theatre after 13 years as its Artistic Director, during which he has brought numerous gay productions to Auckland...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 16 May 2012

  • Back Benches to brew up marriage debate
    Marriage equality will be among the topics up for discussion on TVNZ7’s political panel show Back Benches tonight, with gay Labour deputy Grant Robertson among the guests...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Indonesia may ban Lady Gaga from performing
    Indonesian police have banned Lady Gaga from performing her sell-out June show due to threats from Islamic extremists...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Ss to host 'fun' service for adored icon
    A remembrance service for much-loved Wellington gay community icon Johnny Croskery will be held at S  ...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 16 May 2011

  • Adelaide anti-homophobia rally turns violent
    Picture: ABC News A rally against homophobia turned violent in Adelaide as some of those gathered clashed with Christian protestors...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Enthusiasm runs high for new Ak glbt festival
    Meeting chair Gresham Bradley 7...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Masterchef's Jax comes out in woman's mag
    Jax Hamilton finished second in the tough reality cooking show The runner-up for in the second season of Masterchef Jax Hamilton has stated she is in love with a woman in what a woman's rag is headlining as a "shock" revelation...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZAF looking for new social media whiz
    The New Zealand AIDS Foundation is looking for a new Social Marketing Coordinator whose role will be to use technology to encourage condom use among gay and bisexual men...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 16 May 2010

  • International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held
  • Australians march for same-sex marriage
    Thousands of Australians have marched for the right to marry in Equal Love rallies right across the nation...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 16 May 2009

  • Actress Megan Fox says she's bisexual
    One of the world's hottest women has told Esquire magazine there is "no question in my mind" that she is bisexual...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay Ski Week returns with new events
    Queenstown's 7th annual Gay Ski Week NZ is set to rock with over 300 room nights sold at the base hotel already, and lots of new events planned, says organiser Mike Sanford...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sex venues shut doors to HIV 'predator'
    Auckland's largest sex on site venues have closed their doors to the alleged HIV predator at the centre of allegations that he has knowingly infected a number of young gay men with HIV...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 16 May 2008

  • Chch: Cruz unveils Awards trophies
    The owner of Christchurch's Cruz nightclub says he's pleased - and a little surprised - at how many scene-goers have nominated themselves and their friends in the venue's inaugural awards ceremony tonight...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Robin Isaacs Pt1: Searching for HIV treatments
    Dr Robin Isaacs "I was always interested in science," says ex-Auckland medic Robin Isaacs, "and I wanted to do good things for people...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 16 May 2007

  • AKL: Two gay birthday parties for June
    Karangahape Road's Finale drag cabaret venue, and ever-popular Auckland gay dance party Salvation are both having their fourth birthdays in June, and have elaborate parties planned...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Beyer won
    Contrary to speculative media reports at the time Georgina Beyer left Parliament recently, the ex-Rainbow Labour MP has now revealed she is not planning to stand for Mayor of Wellington in the upcoming local body elections...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Chch Pride Week: Half-time round-up
    Christchurch Pride Week organiser Brent Mitchell says we're halfway through the busy calendar of events, and has updated us on what's been happening...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Moscow bans gay pride parade again
    The Moscow government has again officially rejected the organisation of gay pride parade in Russia's capital...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • USA: Anti-gay Reverend Jerry Falwell dies
    The Reverend Jerry Falwell, 73, has died after being found 'unresponsive' in his office at Liberty University on Tuesday morning...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • VIDEO: Out Takes Film Fest
    Gorgeous gals, classic cowgirls, transgender tales, queer comics, and a feast of foreign film… yes, the Out Takes Film Festival is back! There's a great line up for women this year including the nine-time festival award winner The Gymnast...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 16 May 2006

  • Television item (New Zealand)
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    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • GAP announces Anti-Homophobia Day
    The Wellington based network of gay and lesbian professionals (GAP) has thrown their support behind the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO), to be observed around the world tomorrow, May 17...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Review: The Gay Archipelago
    The Gay Archipelago, by Tom Boellstorff...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sex, Saints and Sectarianism
    In the context ofIslamic/gay understanding, the incident of Saint Pelagius of Cordoba is cause for some interest, even if it did happen back in the tenth century CE...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 16 May 2005

  • Brash too busy for gay community
    National Party leader Don Brash is too busy to speak to the gay community about its concerns over the party's blanket support for a Bill which would ban gay marriage, according to a spokesman...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Planet Wishart does the Time Warp, again
    In some alternate universe, Auckland-based fundamentalist tabloid 'editor' Ian Wishart's lurid social conservative fantasies are reality...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 16 May 2004

  • International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held
  • Television news report: Solomon Islands expect a major increase in HIV diagnoses (New Zealand)
    The news comes after it was revealed that blood products hadn't been screened for the last four years. One news, ref F81625.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound & Vision

Fri 16 May 2003

  • Mayor Banks another "paparazzo" target
    Auckland Mayor John Banks has reportedly been another target of Queer Nation's moonlighting paparazzo, Jonathan Marshall...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZ: Go Girl exhibition going to Sydney
    A photographic and video exhibition of Auckland transgender personalities from past decades is to be shown in Sydney...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Queer Nation pair fired in paparazzi fall-out
    Queer Nation presenter Jonathan Marshall and researcher/director David Herkt have been fired from gay TV programme Queer Nation following a week of semipublic battling with the programme's makers...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sacked QN presenter taking legal action
    Sacked Queer Nation presenter Jonathan Marshall has instructed a lawyer to take legal action after being fired from the company which produces the gay TV programme...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Straight parents' suitability "never questioned"
    The suitability of straight couples to conceive and raise children is never questioned, says an editorial in the Hawkes Bay Today newspaper...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 16 May 2002

Tue 16 May 2000

Sun 16 May 1999

  • International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held (New Zealand)

Thu 16 May 1996

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Assignment, ref: TZP169785.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Sexual Healing? a documentary featuring former homosexual Noel Mosen is broadcast on TV One (New Zealand)
    A number of people complain to the Broadcasting Standards Authority about the content. The complaints are upheld in November 1996.
    Links: BSA

Tue 16 May 1989

  • Call For Changed View Of A.i.d.s. (Press, 16 May 1989)
    On 16 May 1989, a significant discussion document titled “The H.I.V.A.I.D.S. Epidemic: Towards a New Zealand Strategy” was launched in Wellington. This initiative was orchestrated by the National Council on A.I.D.S. during a national conference named “A.I.D.S. — Facing the Next Five Years.” The document emphasises the necessity for a...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Nearly 130 Cases Notified (Press, 16 May 1989)
    As of May 1989, nearly 130 cases of A.I.D.S. had been reported in New Zealand, according to insights shared during a national conference on the disease. Dr Robert Carlson, an epidemiologist, revealed that by the end of April that year, there had been 128 notified cases - comprising 126 in...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Prevention 'main Strategy’ (Press, 16 May 1989)
    On 16 May 1989, a policy discussion document addressing the H.I.V./A.I.D.S. epidemic in New Zealand was released in Wellington by the National Council on A.I.D.S. Titled "The H.I.V./A.I.D.S. Epidemic: Towards a New Zealand Strategy," the document emphasised that prevention should be the primary strategy as there were currently no effective...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 16 May 1988

  • Alcohol Link With A.i.d.s. Suggested (Press, 16 May 1988)
    Researchers are increasingly exploring the potential link between alcohol consumption and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (A.LD.S.), as highlighted in the newsletter from the Alcoholic Liquor Advisory Council published on 16 May 1988. Mr Ian Mac Ewan from Alcohol Concern in London notes that while the human immunodeficiency virus (H.I.V.) is...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Television item (New Zealand)
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    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television item (New Zealand)
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    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sat 16 May 1987

  • A.I.D.S. Special (Press, 16 May 1987)
    A documentary titled "A.I.D.S. — the New Lepers" is set to air on 17 May 1987 at 9.5pm on One, focusing on the changing public perceptions surrounding AIDS sufferers. The film illustrates the increasing stigma associated with the disease, drawing parallels to the Biblical lepers who were ostracised by society....
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Rugby Tour Talk (Press, 16 May 1987)
    On 16 May 1987, various letters to the editor were published, reflecting a strong public reaction to New Zealand's sporting ties with South Africa amid its apartheid policies. Isabel Witty expressed dismay over reminders of South Africa's apartheid system, describing it as a refusal to acknowledge mixed marriage and portraying...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Video Ratings (Press, 16 May 1987)
    In a recent statement, Dennis Amiss, the executive secretary of the Video Retailers’ Federation, articulated that the intention of the Video Recordings Bill is to provide consumer guidance rather than to impose censorship. However, concerns have been raised about the bill's potential to exploit societal vulnerabilities by promoting access to...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 16 May 1985

  • Beauty Has Lonely Life (Press, 16 May 1985)
    Linda Evans, the blonde star of the popular soap opera "Dynasty," is reportedly searching for true love, despite her status as a captivating and glamorous figure on television. Although many men find her attractive, she feels completely unattached and lonely in her personal life. Evans has expressed that she would...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Doctors Will Advise Minister Of Dangers Of... (Press, 16 May 1985)
    On 16 May 1985, the Medical Association expressed its concerns regarding the deadly disease A.I.D.S. and at-risk populations to the Minister of Health, Dr Bassett. The association's council voted to ensure that Dr Bassett was informed of the medical implications related to A.I.D.S., especially following a proposal from Hamilton surgeon...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Homosexual Law Changes (Press, 16 May 1985)
    On 16 May 1985, a letter from The Rev. Martin Rees, Chairman of the Public Questions Committee for the Associated Churches of Christ in New Zealand, clarified that an advertisement concerning the Homosexual Law Reform Bill, published in "The Press," did not represent the views of the Associated Churches. Rees...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Homosexual's Wife Tells Her Story After 10 Years,... (Press, 16 May 1985)
    is, and how it affects families. Angela, a Christchurch woman, shares her story of shock and adjustment after her husband, Brian, came out as gay after over ten years of marriage. They had a seemingly normal life, raising two children, but tension had been building for years. Angela became increasingly...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Played Rugby, And Did Not Feel He Fitted ‘into Gay... (Press, 16 May 1985)
    Brian reflects on his journey of recognising his homosexuality, describing it as a gradual process rather than an overnight decision. He began to understand his sexual preferences around the age of 12 or 13 but initially resisted acknowledging them, adhering to stereotypes of homosexuality that he felt he did not...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Pope Rejects Changes To Catholic Sex Rules (Press, 16 May 1985)
    Pope John Paul II concluded a four-day visit to the Netherlands amidst significant protests and criticism from young Catholics regarding the Church's teachings on sexuality. During this visit, which was marked by small crowds and public dissent, the Pope firmly reiterated the Catholic Church’s stance on various sexual matters, declaring...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Rights Bill Has ‘narrow Range’ (Press, 16 May 1985)
    On 16 May 1985, New Zealand's Minister of Justice, Mr Palmer, expressed his opposition to including controversial economic and social rights clauses in the proposed Bill of Rights. Speaking at a public seminar at Waikato University, he drew on the negative reactions to similar clauses in Australia, which have faced...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 16 May 1984

  • Television: Judith Carver from New Zealand Childcare Association interviewed about sex role stereotyping in children (New Zealand)
    ref: TZP21816.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Fri 16 May 1980

  • Sir Keith Shows A Leg (Press, 16 May 1980)
    On 16 May 1980, the opening of Parliament in New Zealand was briefly disrupted by an incident involving the Governor-General, Sir Keith Holyoake. As he prepared to open Parliament for the final time, he proudly lifted his trouser leg to reveal where he would wear his Garter after being installed...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 16 May 1975

  • Miss Bartlett Talks On Law (Press, 16 May 1975)
    On 16 May 1975, Miss Patricia Bartlett, the national secretary of the Society for the Promotion of Community Standards, addressed the annual conference of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Law Students. She spoke on the topic of "morality and the law," emphasising the necessity of a return to...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Viewers’ Views (Press, 16 May 1975)
    On 16 May 1975, a discussion surrounding the New Zealand television series "Close to Home" sparked various viewer reactions and critiques. A viewer raised a question about a specific moment in the episode where a character was seen listening to a horse race on a transistor radio, noting that the...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 16 May 1973

  • A Violent Women’s Lib. (Press, 16 May 1973)
    On 16 May 1973, a report highlighted the emergence of a vigorous women's liberation movement in France, a country historically known for its feminine allure. Despite having a relatively small number of militants compared to other Western nations, French feminists demonstrate a notable inclination towards aggressive tactics. This was exemplified...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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