AI Chat Search Browse Media On This Day Map Quotations Timeline Research Free Datasets Remembered About Contact
☶ Go up a page

On This Day: 22nd May

Previous Day   Next Day

Mon 22 May 2023

  • ‘Love to Love You, Donna Summer’: A Luminary Journey of an...
    Links: Express
  • INTERSEX STORY ‘WHO I AM NOT’ A HIGHLIGHT OF DOC EDGE’S...
    Links: Express
  • Pics: Heaven Nightclub’s Sexy Grand Opening
    Links: Express

Sat 22 May 2021

  • Australia’s First Bisexual Bachelorette
    Links: Express
  • We Are Family! – Friday Night At Family Bar!
    Links: Express

Fri 22 May 2020

  • Netflix: From a gay clergyman to a working mum, Queer Eye's new season brings back the magic
    The fifth season will launch on June 5...
    Links: Stuff
  • Court Releases LGBT+ People Jailed in Uganda
    Links: Express
  • Simon Bridges’ First (and Last?) LGBT+ Interview
    Links: Express

Wed 22 May 2019

  • 30 Years of RainbowYOUTH
    Links: Express

Tue 22 May 2018

  • Dateline Pacific morning edition for 22 May 2018
    A prominent Niuean New Zealander is seeking a senior post at the World Health Organisation; Thousands of students in Solomon Islands took time out to think about their futures earlier this month at a careers market day in the capital Honiara; Edouard Fritch is re-elected French Polynesia's president; After a month of crisis, top up HIV drugs arrive in PNG, and; Hawaii passes a pesticide control bill...
    Links: RNZ
  • Lawyer says complainant 'made up' sex allegations about spiritual medium
    The lawyer acting for a spiritual medium on trial for indecently assaulting a teen while performing a ritual cleansing has told a jury the teen made up the allegation because he thought the medium was a "weirdo", and because he was gay...
    Links: Stuff
  • Eagle Bar
    Links: Express
  • Family Bar and Club
    Links: Express
  • Israel Folau’s Car Taken Away Over Recent Anti-Gay Comments
    Links: Express
  • Pope Francis Tells Gay Man That “God Made You Like This...
    Links: Express

Sun 22 May 2016

  • Doing the Eagle Rock!
    Links: Express
  • Looking back and looking forward
    Shaun Robinson arrived at the NZAF five years ago at an extremely difficult time for the organisation...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Looking back and looking forward
    Shaun Robinson arrived at the NZAF five years ago at an extremely difficult time for the organisation...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 22 May 2015

  • Irish Working Class Could Prove Decisive in Historic Marriage Equality Victory
    Links: Express
  • Kiwi MPs Announce Cross-Party Working Group on GLBT Rights
    Links: Express
  • "I apologise" - Andrew Little says sorry
    Andrew Little has apologised for a "flippant" comment about gender reassignment surgery...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Cross-party MPs group for glbti issues
    A cross-party working group of parliamentarians has been formed " to provide education, leadership and legislative progress on LGBTI rights...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Little's gender reassignment jokes fall flat
    Labour leader Andrew Little has sparked both anger and bewilderment after making jokes about gender reassignment surgery twice this week...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Pink Shirt Day marked across New Zealand
    Students up and down the country have switched uniforms for pink shirts today, while politicians, lgbti groups, police officers, members of the Defence Force and countless other organisations are backing the initiative...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 22 May 2014

  • Marlborough’s Most Memorable Meals Part One
    Links: Express
  • Michael Hootman’s Wonderful World of Gayness Part Two.
    Links: Express
  • There’s Something New About Mary
    Links: Express
  • God Loves Uganda a doco fest winner
    A film about the ‘spiritual virus’ creeping across Uganda has won Best International Film at the Documentary Edge Festival Film Awards in Auckland...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Heta and Geoff: Dancing stars
    The resplendent pair Dance partners Heta Timu and Geoff Melvin are home from the Darwin Asia Pacific Outgames with a haul of no less than seven medals...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • I'm Local: Hamish and Sarah
    Hamish and Sarah from Pleasant Point talk about what it was like growing up gay and lesbian in rural South Canterbury...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • RainbowYOUTH reaches out to rural NZ
    RainbowYOUTH has launched a new project 'I'm Local' which aims to combat homophobia and transphobia in rural areas of New Zealand...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Schools getting ready for Pink Shirt Day
    Events are being held up and down the country tomorrow to mark anti-bullying initiative Pink Shirt Day...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 22 May 2013

  • Anti-gay activist shoots himself at Notre Dame
    Dominique Venner An elderly French anti-marriage equality activist has shocked crowds at one of Paris’ tourist hotspots Notre Dame Cathedral by shooting himself...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Auckland queens camp up TV2's Go Girls
    Auckland drag queens Buckwheat and Ivy Leeague have been spotted on TV2’s Go Girls...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Cartier Trust says thank you for Wigarama
    Wigarama 2013 - all pics thanks to Andrea The weather outside was frightful but there was no shortage of delight at Switch Bar on Saturday 4 May...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Craig blames hackers for ‘kiddy fiddling’ tweet
    Conservative Party leader Colin Craig claims hackers are responsible for a tweet that came from his account, stating ‘gay activists’ approve of same-sex ‘kiddy fiddling’...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Ellen fans campaigning for a visit to NZ
    Momentum is growing for a bid which began in a central North Island town to convince Ellen DeGeneres to visit New Zealand...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Hague: Rights activists "the reverse" of Taliban
    Kevin Hague Gay Green MP Kevin Hague says a counsellor’s attack on GLBT rights activists as being the “Gay Taliban” suggests very strongly that he hasn't thought very carefully about the issues...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Lord fears future with lesbian queen, IVF heir
    Lord Norman Tebbit A conservative member of the House of Lords has expressed worries that marriage equality could lead to a lesbian queen giving birth to a future monarch by artificial insemination...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Marriage equality Bill sails through Commons
    The House of Commons has voted 366-161 to introduce marriage equality in England and Wales...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Moments of Salvation
    This Saturday marks ten years since the Salvation crew ran their first dance party in Auckland...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NIMBYS. Sweden and Street Sex Work
    Not in My Own Backyard" (NIMBY) is a phrase that is currently being used in the Manukau antisoliciting bill debate...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Stolen Generation advocates call for apology
    Pastor Ray Minniecon Advocates for Australia’s Stolen Generations have called for an apology from the Australian Christian Lobby for comparing the forced removal of Indigenous People from their families to same-sex couples marrying and having children...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Teen charged over relationship with girlfriend
    Kaitlyn Hunt Gay rights advocates are concerned an American 18-year-old has been targeted because she is gay, as she faces charges over her relationship with her 14-year-old girlfriend...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wigarama raises nearly $2,000 for Cartier
    Karen Ritchie performing at Wigarama, picture taken by Andrea Auckland high-heeled and even higher-haired charity event Wigarama has raised almost $2,000 for the Cartier Trust...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 22 May 2012

  • Gay Maori HIV stories wanted for Treaty claim
    Marama Pala Gay maori men are amongst those a small HIV peer support and advocacy organisation hopes will come forward with any stories that have of discrimination based on their ethnicity and HIV status...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Nearly half MTF in Asia-Pacific may be HIV+
    A UN report says nearly half of trans-women in the Asia-Pacific region could have HIV, as poor healthcare and high-risk lifestyles push infection rates to "critical levels"...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New Jersey: Spy roommate gets 30 days jail
    Dharun Ravi A US Prosecutor says the 30 day jail sentence given to a man who spied on his gay college roommate with a webcam is insufficient...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wellington: Ivy finds a new home on Cuba St
    Greig and Leon Wilson Wellington gay bar and nightclub Ivy is to reopen in August in a new home on Lower Cuba St, in the old James Smith department store basement...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 22 May 2011

  • "Don't Say Gay Bill" passes first mark
    A bill has passed in Tennessee's State Senate banning teachers in the American state's junior schools from "discussing homosexuality in prepared materials or instruction"...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Cartier Trust full of thanks after Wigarama
    A generous private donor added $200 to the collection buckets at Wigarama, boosting the amount raised at the Auckland fundraiser to $630...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Global Commission on HIV and the Law update
    UNDP GLOBAL COMMISSION ON HIV AND THE LAW EASTERN EUROPEAN REGIONAL DIALOGUE 18-19 MAY, CHISINAU, MOLDOVA SUMMING UP by CHARLES CHAUVEL MP, COMMISSIONER The Importance of Regional Dialogues in an Evidence-Based Process We have now come to the end of the third regional dialogue sponsored by the Global Commission on HIV and the Law...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Global Commission on HIV and the Law update
    UNDP GLOBAL COMMISSION ON HIV AND THE LAW EASTERN EUROPEAN REGIONAL DIALOGUE 18-19 MAY, CHISINAU, MOLDOVA SUMMING UP by CHARLES CHAUVEL MP, COMMISSIONER The Importance of Regional Dialogues in an Evidence-Based Process We have now come to the end of the third regional dialogue sponsored by the Global Commission on HIV and the Law...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Priscilla actor Bill Hunter dies
    Bill Hunter (r) and Terrence Stamp in Priscilla Bill Hunter, the Australian actor who played a mechanic who couples up with a transgender woman in the movie Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, has died, aged 71...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 22 May 2010

  • NSW politician resigns after gay sauna visit aired
    David Campbell A New South Wales cabinet minister has resigned after being outed in prime time by TV network Channel 7...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 22 May 2009

  • Black Eyed Fergie "definitely bisexual"
    Another high-profile singer, Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas, is the latest celebrity to come out as bisexual...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Chch's Cruz Awards trophies revealed
    The winners of the prestigious Christchurch Teen Queen, Outstanding Gayness, Hottest on the Dancefloor and other awards will take away hand-made trophies – unveiled today – plus a dinner for two at a top local restaurant...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Queer art show ruffles feathers in Christchurch
    Here's a few glimpses of the 'Queer Takes' art show happening for Chch Pride Week, including one image which turned out to be too risqué for the Garden City...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • School project on Milk banished from class
    The American Civil Liberties Union is threatening to sue a San Diego school for refusing to let a student present a report on gay rights leader Harvey Milk until her classmates got their parents’ permission to hear it...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sydney Mardi Gras shake-up for 2010
    Sydney's legendary Mardi Gras Parade and Party, traditionally held on the same night, are now planned on different weekends for 2010...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Two years' jail for one gay bar punch
    An Australian man has been jailed for breaking a fellow drinker's jaw in a fight over his boyfriend at a Brisbane gay pub...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 22 May 2008

  • Green Party candidate Kevin Hague
    New Green lister Kevin Hague Ranking at #7 on the Green Party's list means Hague, 48, has a pretty good chance of becoming our next openly-gay MP after this year's election...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 22 May 2007

  • 'Safe on our Streets' rally in Wellington
    Openly-gay Labour MP Charles Chauvel will call for the abolition of the ‘homosexual panic defence' at a ‘Safe On our Streets' rally in Wellington this Sunday...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • 1 in 100 are intersex, says visiting expert
    People of ambiguous gender are more common than society realises and many do not even know they blur the line between male and female, a expert visiting New Zealand says...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay writers poised for AKL literary fest
    Among the speakers in Auckland for this week's Writers and Readers Festival are openly-gay writers Peter Wells and Stevan Eldred-Grigg...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZ leaders call for unity against HIV
    With the theme 'Lighting the Path to a Brighter Future', Sunday's services around New Zealand united communities affected by HIV/AIDS...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Top Gear
    Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been criticised by the UK media watchdog for describing a car as "very ginger beer", rhyming slang for "queer"...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • UK: Gay flamingos
    A pair of gay flamingos in the UK have become proud foster parents after taking an abandoned chick under their wings...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • VIDEO: Out Takes Film Fest
    This year's Out Takes Film Fest presents several transgender true stories from around the globe, plus you're sure to fall head over heels for transsexual sex-worker Marieta in the opening night film '20 Centimetres': 20 Centimetres plays on the opening night of the festival, in Auckland on May 24, Wellington on May 31, and Christchurch on June 7...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 22 May 2006

  • Hundreds attend NZ Candlelight services
    Hundreds of people braving rain and wind to attend Candlelight Memorial services last night heard the Governor General describe the resurgence of HIV in New Zealand described by the Governor General as an avoidable tragedy...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Hundreds brave weather for AIDS services
    Candlelight Memorial service at St-Matthews-In-The-City Last night's Candlelight Memorial services, held throughout the length of New Zealand, were well attended according to observers, with many folk braving the rain and wind to remember the hundreds of gay men who have died of AIDS, and to recommit to fighting the spread of HIV...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Hunky analyst is Mr Gay Akl 2006
    Mark Sawyer, a 24yo risk analyst, has been crowned Mr Gay Auckland at a competition held at Family Bar last night...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 22 May 2005

  • Beautiful Boxer
    BEAUTIFUL BOXER Dir: Ekachai Uekrongthom, Thailand, 2004, 35mm, 116mins You can just imagine how the Hollywood pitch meeting would have gone – "It's Rocky for trannies!" – but that would belittle the majesty of this wonderfully uplifting, action-packed and compassionate true story of the Thai kick-boxer who, as the tag-line appropriately puts it, fought like a man to become a woman...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Serious switch from "Drag Bitch"
    A young Wellington film-maker hopes his latest work, to be screened at the Out Takes festival this year, will spread the safe-sex message...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sports and gays - like oil and water?
    I'm a gay man who really enjoys going to the rugby but all my gay friends make me feel like some sort of leper...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 22 May 2004

  • "Partner" term the fault of gays
    The widespread use of the word “partner” to describe one's significant other is the fault of gays and has contributed to the moral erosion of society, says a Christian lobby group...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Civil unions in Question Time
    Constituents are concerned about MPs supportive of the Civil Union bill, according to NZ First leader Winston Peters...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 22 May 2003

Tue 22 May 2001

Thu 22 May 1997

  • The third annual Out Takes film festival takes place (Wellington, New Zealand)
    Films were shown at the Paramount Theatre and City Cinema

Mon 22 May 1995

Sun 22 May 1994

  • International AIDS Candlelight Memorial services are held (New Zealand)
    A memorial service is held at St Matthew-in-the-City in Auckland. Following the service the New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt is carried outspread in a candlelit parade via Hobson and Wellesley Streets to Aotea Square.
    Links: New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt

Fri 22 May 1987

  • A Flat-footed Effort (Press, 22 May 1987)
    On 22 May 1987, A.K. Grant reflected on a panel discussion that followed the airing of "A.1.D.5.: The New Lepers," a programme about A.I.D.S. which was broadcast by the 8.8.C. channel. The discussion highlighted the complexities and misconceptions surrounding A.I.D.S., particularly in response to a caller's question about whether lesbians...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Britain’s Conundrum ... (Press, 22 May 1987)
    In a reflection on Britain's intelligence services, William Garner discusses the internal complexities and rivalries between MI6, the Secret Intelligence Service, and MIS, the counter-intelligence service. Garner highlights that MI6 operates primarily on foreign spies, particularly within Soviet bloc countries and the Republic of Ireland, while MIS is tasked with...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 22 May 1986

  • Half-hour Dramas (Press, 22 May 1986)
    On 22 May 1986, four New Zealand-produced dramas, each lasting approximately half an hour, were set to be screened at the Academy in Christchurch at 5 p.m. on the following Sunday. These films are part of a collection of seven created by Bridget Ikin and John Maynard from Hibiscus Films,...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Virus Scare At Prison (Press, 22 May 1986)
    In May 1986, a transvestite inmate at Mount Eden Prison in Auckland caused alarm when he tested positive for A.I.D.S. antibodies following a self-mutilation incident. The inmate slashed his hand with a broken bottle and threatened prison guards while being held in the isolation ward of the medical block. This...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    6:30pm News, ref: TZP116519.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    6:30pm News, ref: TZP11412.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    6:30pm News, ref: TZP60493.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Tonight, ref: TZP452140.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Wed 22 May 1985

  • ‘reform Necessary To Remedy Injustice’ (Press, 22 May 1985)
    On 22 May 1985, the Human Rights Commission in New Zealand publicly advocated for the decriminalisation of private homosexual acts between consenting adults, in response to the Homosexual Law Reform Bill. The commission highlighted that the proposed legislation aimed to address a significant issue of injustice that had persisted for...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Labour Youth Wants Gst Aborted (Press, 22 May 1985)
    The Labour Party's youth wing, Labour Youth, has called for the cancellation of the proposed goods and services tax (GST) following its annual national conference held in Christchurch, which concluded on 20 May 1985. The conference's spokesman, Mr. Steven Bright, indicated that delegates expressed a desire for more comprehensive information...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Students’ Council Supports ‘gay’ Reform Bill (Press, 22 May 1985)
    On 22 May 1985, the University Students' Association expressed strong support for the Homosexual Law Reform Bill during their May Council meeting at Lincoln College. The delegates voted unanimously in favour of the bill, particularly endorsing the proposed age of consent of 16 years, which would apply equally to homosexuals...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Television news report: the Human Rights Commission supports homosexual law reform (New Zealand)
    6.30 news Top Half, ref F81812.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, University of Auckland
  • The Human Rights Commission comes out in support of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill (New Zealand)

Tue 22 May 1984

  • Television: Sue Billing of the Family Planning Association interviewed about sex education for young children (New Zealand)
    ref: TZP21820.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • The New South Wales government votes to decriminalise male homosexual acts (New South Wales, Australia)
    The age of consent is set at 18 (it is 16 for heterosexual and lesbian couples). The law is enacted on 8 June 1984.
    Links: Wikipedia

Sat 22 May 1982

  • Constantly Upset By Granny Buckle (Press, 22 May 1982)
    Richard Buckle's autobiography, "The Most Upsetting Woman," published in 1981, focuses primarily on his grandmother, Lily Buckle, rather than his renowned career as a ballet critic and author. In the book, Buckle, who gained a C.B.E. in 1979 for his contributions to the ballet world, dedicates himself to recounting the...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 22 May 1975

  • Mr Muldoon Argues About Privilege Charge (Press, 22 May 1975)
    On 21 May 1975, it was announced that an alleged breach of Parliamentary privilege involving the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Muldoon, would be referred to Parliament’s Privileges Committee. This followed a ruling by the Speaker, Mr Whitehead, who stated that an article written by Mr Muldoon for the publication...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 22 May 1915

  • Lagged For Life (NZ Truth, 22 May 1915)
    On 22 May 1915, significant courtroom developments unfolded in Auckland concerning the individual John Leslie Lander, known colloquially as Leslie. This case had previously garnered public attention when a fellow accused, Edward McGurk, received a seven-year sentence for a grave offense. McGurk's conviction stemmed from a serious crime identified as...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

This list of events is generated from a number of different sources: media items on PrideNZ.com, archived pages from GayNZ.com, our rainbow timeline and links to rainbow-related stories on other media sites. There may be some inaccuracies - please let us know if you find anything that needs changing. If you would like to see a full list of dates click here