On This Day: 30th May

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Tue 30 May 2023

Auckland trans man calls for boycott of Unichem pharmacies after he was asked if he was going to heaven
He says the response to his complaint of discrimination disappointed him...
Links: NZ Herald
Stop saying you have OCD if you don't
READER REPORT: A shop assistant tidying said "a bit OCD, I know"...
Links: Stuff
Nī Dekkers-Reihana: Crochet and Colonisation
Links: Express

Mon 30 May 2022

Mixing Up A Masterpiece
Links: Express
Non-Binary New Yorkers Now Able To Choose ‘X’ Gender Markers On...
Links: Express

Sun 30 May 2021

Finding Their Happy Place – The Kiwi Queens Of RuPaul’s Drag...
Links: Express

Thu 30 May 2019

Minister of Finance Grant Robert delivers the Budget which includes $3 million dollars for gender affirmation surgeries (New Zealand)
The Government commits $750,000 every year for the next four years for the surgeries.
Links: Facebook
UN experts hail move to ‘depathologise’ trans identities
GENEVA (29 May 2019) – UN experts say the World Health Organisation’s move to end the categorisation of trans-related conditions as mental and behavioural disorders is a major step towards full respect for human rights connected to gender identity ...
Links: Scoop
Budget 2019: Education,Rainbow Communities and Aid
The education sector had high expectations of this budget...
Links: RNZ
Rainbow Tick refutes claims it's a marketing ploy
The organisation Rainbow Tick is denying claims that its diversity and inclusion certificate is a marketing ploy for corporations...
Links: RNZ
Funding for LGBTQI Services Dramatically Increased in 2019 Budget
Links: Express

Wed 30 May 2018

Cartier Trust Says Goodbye After 16 Years of Service to the...
Links: Express

Tue 30 May 2017

‘Ending AIDS Together’ Memorial
Links: Express
For Art’s Sake
Links: Express
Gay Intimate Partner Violence
Links: Express
Having the Chat: Liam Miscellaneous
Links: Express
June: Ask Agony Uncle Eli
Links: Express
Nike Releases BETRUE 2017 Pride Collection
Links: Express

Mon 30 May 2016

Five To Life With Lick
Links: Express
Having the Chat: Aych McArdle
Links: Express
Hottie of the Month: Bernard Lee
Links: Express
NZAF Appoints New Executive Director
Links: Express
Praise and Criticism for Pride Board
Links: Express
That Bloody Woman!
Links: Express
There is Always Time for Lube!
Links: Express
Thinking Broader Than Our Border
Links: Express
Fabulunch raises 4k for LGBTI youth
The Fabulunch event held yesterday in Wellington raised $4000 for LGBTI youth initiative OuterSpaces - the umbrella group for School’s Out, Naming NZ, Tranzform and the binder project...
Links: GayNZ.com
Hurricane players wear rainbow laces for LGBTI fans
New Zealand’s Super Rugby teams celebrated diversity this weekend, with two players in particular showing their support for LGBTI communities...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 30 May 2015

Kevin Hague Misses Out on Green Party Leadership Bid
Links: Express
Aussies to rally for free marriage vote
A rally will be held in Sydney tomorrow calling for Australian MPs to have a free vote on marriage equality...
Links: GayNZ.com
James Shaw voted new Greens co-leader
James Shaw is the new male co-leader of the Green Party, in a relatively close race with Kevin Hague for the role...
Links: GayNZ.com
PandR: Close and Fade?
Religious social conservatism- falling off a cliff? May 2015 wasn't a good month for religious social conservatives, whether in New Zealand or elsewhere in the world...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 30 May 2014

Break The Silence
Links: Express
One (Mad) Man Show!
Links: Express
Ru Paul’s Drag Race NZ Pit Stop
Links: Express
God Loves Uganda wins second award
A film which exposes the impact American evangelism has had on gay rights in Uganda has picked up another award at the Documentary Edge Festival...
Links: GayNZ.com
The debate: Condoms vs PrEP
Gay Auckland man Paul Kramer thinks the NZAF needs to “end its conservative assault” on HIV prevention drugs, saying condomless sex is happening anyway...
Links: GayNZ.com
The debate: Condoms vs PrEP
Gay Auckland man Paul Kramer thinks the NZAF needs to “end its conservative assault” on HIV prevention drugs, saying condomless sex is happening anyway...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 30 May 2013

Auckland Council: Numbers Games?
Is Auckland Council confused about the number of street sex workers on Papatoetoe's Hunters Corner? There seem to be conflicting statements and statistics about how many there might be...
Links: GayNZ.com
Bookworm picks: youth novels
Winter’s icy fingers are starting to wrap their way around the country, so what better thing to do than stay at home by the heater and devour some books?! To get you started, GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay French couple says "oui" in first wedding
Two men have become the first gay couple to marry in France, saying "oui" in the southern city of Montpellier while surrounded by tight security...
Links: GayNZ.com
Lack of GLBTI anti-suicide initiatives 'troubling'
Green MP Kevin Hague says it is “mystifying and troubling” that the Government’s latest suicide action plan has no initiatives for the GLBT community, and in fact makes no mention of it...
Links: GayNZ.com
Out Takes opening in Wellington tonight
Gayby is the opening night film in Wellington There are still plenty of seats left in the large theatre that is hosting the Wellington opening of the Out Takes film festival tonight...
Links: GayNZ.com
Police figures show drop in K' Rd violence
Following community concerns about gay men being victims of random attacks on Karangahape Rd, police have revealed figures showing a drop in recorded incidents of violence on and around the gay Auckland hotspot...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 30 May 2012

Bashed gay teen makes police complaint
Zakk was left battered and bruised Auckland teenager Zakk d’Larte has made a complaint to police about an attack which left him out cold in a gutter at Westhaven Marina on Saturday night...
Links: GayNZ.com
Nepal officially recognises 'third' gender citizens
Sunil Pant MP In a long-fought for move the government of Nepal has agreed to extend official citizenship to its glbti people under an 'other' gender category...
Links: GayNZ.com
Out Takes feature interview: Casper Andreas
Going Down in LA-LA Land filmmaker Casper Andreas tells us about making the film, and why he feels telling gay stories on screen is so important...
Links: GayNZ.com
Out Takes Review: Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger
Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger Out Takes Film Festival Dir: Andrew Davies ...
Links: GayNZ.com
Research reinforces condoms and lube stance
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation says new research reinforces its unwavering condoms-and-lube-every-time stance...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 30 May 2011

Church petitions for end to discrimination
Auckland's diversity-embracing St-Matthew-in-the-City church is running a petition urging people to show their support for ending the discriminatory practices that prevent the selection and ordination of LGBTI people...
Links: GayNZ.com
Diversity tour
Blake Skjellerup was among those who met Prime Minister John Key last week...
Links: GayNZ.com
Diversity tour
Blake Skjellerup was among those who met Prime Minister John Key last week...
Links: GayNZ.com
My sweet lady Anne
Given her high profile last year in the United Kingdom, perhaps the biography and documentary accounts of the life of Anne Lister (1791-1840) will be the lesbian hit at this year's OutTakes...
Links: GayNZ.com
Police take woman to 'gay conversion' therapy
Amanda Booker - GA Voice US - A Georgia lesbian is suing police who she says took her to gay conversion therapy instead of a psychiatric hospital for court ordered drug abuse treatment...
Links: GayNZ.com
Queer festival plan continues to gather steam
Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse listens to the submissions (foreground) along with Nikki Kaye and Anne Speir (background) While the name and how it might be funded and managed remain a topic for debate, there is a consensus that any Auckland pride festival should be held either before or after the Sydney Mardi Gras and tie in with established successful glbt events...
Links: GayNZ.com
Review: Stonewall Uprising "Arresting"
Stonewall Uprising 2010...
Links: GayNZ.com
Second 'mardi gras' meeting being held tonight
The second community meeting to canvas the idea of holding a pride event in Auckland is being held tonight...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 30 May 2010

Blake Skjellerup's story
New Zealand Winter Olympian Blake Skjellerup came out this month in an interview with Australia's DNA magazine...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay Olympian seeks to break stereotypes
Blake Skjellerup Out speed skater Blake Skjellerup says gay athletes are still stereotyped and predicts New Zealand will not see an openly-gay All Black before this Rugby World Cup, or the next...
Links: GayNZ.com
Kiwi traveller targeted in Aussie porn search
A gay New Zealander has had first hand experience with new rules in Australia, which give customs officers power to search travellers' laptops and cellphones for pornography...
Links: GayNZ.com
Malawi couple pardoned, to be freed
Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika has pardoned and ordered the release of a couple who were jailed after getting engaged...
Links: GayNZ.com
Out Takes trailer: Strella
Strella (A Woman's Way) Screening in Auckland Sunday 30 May, 8:20pm and Tuesday 1 June, 6:20pm...
Links: GayNZ.com
UK Treasury chief quits over revelations
David Laws Britain's chief secretary to the Treasury has stepped down after it was revealed he used taxpayer money to pay rent to his male partner...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 30 May 2009

It's a drag-o-licious Queen's Birthday
Big diva shows and contests aim to drag more punters into Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua and Wellington's gay bars over this long weekend...
Links: GayNZ.com
LA school elects Sergio prom queen
A gay teenager has been crowned Prom Queen at his Los Angeles high school after telling classmates "I'm not your typical prom queen candidate, there's more to me than meets the eye...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 30 May 2008

"We found ourselves in unexpected realms"
Rebecca Swan's 'Assume Nothing' exhibition challenged preconceptions of gender...
Links: GayNZ.com
Body Positive: "The human heart of the city"
10PM: "Body Positive House is the human heart of the city, and long may it make sure there is a name and a place for everyone with HIV," proclaimed the Hon...
Links: GayNZ.com
Drag sister Bambi dies peacefully
12...
Links: GayNZ.com
New York recognises gay marriages
New York's Governor David Paterson has instructed state agencies to immediately change their policies and recognise gay couples who wed in other jurisdictions...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 30 May 2007

Dancing star Stefano's 'wonderful journey'
Suzanne Paul's openly-gay dancing partner, teacher and now "life-long friend" Stefano Olivieri tells GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com
Lesbian Ball to celebrate eras of style
The theme for this year's Auckland Lesbian Ball is ‘Style Through The Ages' and organisers say it will be a unique opportunity to join in a celebration of the styles that have defined past eras and to let your imagination and creativity run loose...
Links: GayNZ.com
No
The spectacular Queen of the Whole Universe pageant will return to Auckland in 2007, but plans for the show to be staged in Wellington have been shelved – at least for this year...
Links: GayNZ.com
Poland watchdog backs off
A day after she received international scorn for telling a Polish publication she had asked for a report on whether Tinky Winky and other Teletubbies are promoting homosexuality to children, the country's ombudsman for children is backing down...
Links: GayNZ.com
Quick decision after
After a technical fault meant a selection of short film screenings could not be completed, an audience at the Auckland ‘Out Takes' Film Festival last night was asked to make a snap decision of a replacement film to view...
Links: GayNZ.com
Two local all-girl bands call it quits
Two popular bands on the lesbian scene – one in Wellington and one in Auckland – have broken up within days of each other...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 30 May 2006

Television item (New Zealand)
Kiwifruit, ref: TZP324137.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Hilde's Journey
Review: Hilde's Journey Dir: Cristoff Vorster Switzerland, 2004, 35mm, 90mins SwissGerman with English subtitles This charming movie is a serene and sad comedy of modern manners, about laying a ghost to rest...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZAF defends own prize trip to Hawaii
7...
Links: GayNZ.com
Polyester Keepers?
The fundamentalist 'Promise Keepers' are gearing up for another attempt to convert Kiwi blokes, but are they likely to get very far? Probably not...
Links: GayNZ.com
Samuel Holloway
Samuel Holloway Meet a gay composer/writer who's graduated Master of Music, works on JACK magazine and in a library, teaches music theory, DJs at a gay bar, and lots more! Who are you and what's your background? I'm a composer and writer, Pukekohe-born and raised, now aged 24...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 30 May 2005

'Boys in the Band' revived on AKL stage
A controversial gay play from the late sixties, derided for its uncompromising portrayal of life in the closet at the time, is set to return to the Auckland stage next month...
Links: GayNZ.com
'Sleeping On The Floor' Ball Game!'
SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR Dir: Ross Bevan NZ, 2005 DVD, 78 mins It's been three years since All About Reinalda, the last guerilla-budget local feature to play at Out Takes, arrived with a storm of publicity...
Links: GayNZ.com
Brother to Brother
Dir: Rodney Evans USA, 2004 35mm, 94mins Being young and gay in the increasingly fundamentalist USA is never going to be a picnic, but add being African/American into the mix and you've got a whole host of extra problems...
Links: GayNZ.com
Dealing with "faggot" put-downs
I'm a delivery guy who often finds myself in really homophobic environments, like mechanics, etc...
Links: GayNZ.com
HIV among middle-aged men tackled
In response to the alarming number of middle-aged gay and bisexual men contracting HIV, the AIDS Foundation has launched a groundbreaking new health promotion campaign to target the forty-pluses...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 30 May 2004

Cry for help from NZAF
The AIDS Foundation has issued a cry for help to the gay community as it struggles to understand the largest increase in HIV infections among MSM in nearly ten years...
Links: GayNZ.com
TV Dream Homes and Put The Camera On Me
PUT THE CAMERA ON ME Dir: Darren Stein ...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 30 May 2003

STD's may join HIV as notifiable diseases
The Health Ministry is considering making common STDs such as chlamydia and genital warts notifiable diseases, joining a list which includes HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 30 May 2002

Television item (New Zealand)
Qn, ref: TZP257944.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Tue 30 May 2000

Television item (New Zealand)
Queer Nation, ref: TZP229227.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Thu 30 May 1996

The High Court rules that marriage in common law means between a man and woman (New Zealand)

Mon 30 May 1988

International AIDS Candlelight Memorials are held (New Zealand)
Links: Bay Area Reporter

Sat 30 May 1987

A.i.d.s. Campaign For Prisons 'educational’ (Press, 30 May 1987)
A campaign initiated by the Justice Department aims to curb the spread of A.I.D.S. in New Zealand prisons, but it will not address the distribution of condoms, as this could be perceived as legitimising both homosexual and heterosexual acts during visits, according to Acting Secretary for Justice, Mr Mel Smith....
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Falwell Bars Bakker’s Return To Ministry (Press, 30 May 1987)
In May 1987, Jim Bakker, a prominent television evangelist and former host of the Praise the Lord (P.T.L.) ministry, was officially barred from returning to the ministry due to serious allegations of adultery, "homosexual problems," and financial misconduct that involved the potential misuse of millions of dollars. Rev. Jerry Falwell,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 30 May 1986

Sex Education (Press, 30 May 1986)
On 30 May 1986, letters published in response to ongoing discussions surrounding the Family Planning Association (F.P.A.) highlighted contrasting views on sexual education and morality for young people. Paul Johnstone, a secondary school counsellor, expressed frustration with what he termed the “moral minorities” who accuse the F.P.A. of promoting casual...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Television item (New Zealand)
6:30pm News, ref: TZP141591.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (New Zealand)
Kaleidoscope, ref: TZP20465.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Thu 30 May 1985

A Month Of Nostalgia Will Mark 25 Years Of Tv (Press, 30 May 1985)
On 30 May 1985, Television New Zealand (TVNZ) announced plans to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of its first regular television transmissions, which began on June 1, 1960. To celebrate this milestone, TVNZ will dedicate the entire month of June to nostalgia, featuring programming from the early days of New Zealand...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Homosexual Law Changes (Press, 30 May 1985)
In a recent edition of "The Press," E. R. L. Wilson responded to advertisements that derided homosexuals, claiming that they inaccurately quoted data from the Kinsey Report. Wilson clarified that the data referenced actually comes from a book titled "Homosexualities," authored by Bell and Weinberg, which focuses specifically on the...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Labour Eyes Parochialism (Press, 30 May 1985)
The campaign for the Timaru seat ahead of the by-election on 15 June 1985 will see the four main political parties—Labour, National, Social Credit, and the New Zealand Party—compete with diverse issues and strategies. Labour leader Mr Lange emphasised a psychological approach aimed at appealing to local sentiments, hoping to...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Mr Jones—honesty First (Press, 30 May 1985)
On 30 May 1985, Bob Jones, the leader of the New Zealand Party, expressed his commitment to an election campaign focused on the theme of honesty in politics. Acknowledging the government's positive economic measures, Jones aimed to differentiate his party by attacking the credibility of the other three main political...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
National Sees Close Links (Press, 30 May 1985)
In the early stages of the by-election campaign, the Labour Party has chosen to underplay various issues, in contrast to National Party leader Mr McLay, who has addressed a range of concerns primarily linked to a prolonged drought affecting both rural and urban communities in the Timaru electorate. Mr McLay...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Socred Offers “difference” (Press, 30 May 1985)
In a statement made on 30 May 1985, Social Credit leader Bruce Beetham expressed optimism about his party's chances in the upcoming election for the Timaru seat, citing their success in Pakuranga during the snap general election the previous year. During that election, National had expected to win but ultimately...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Television news report: National Party leader Jim McLay claims that his Birkenhead electorate backs his opposition to Homosexual Law Reform Bill (Auckland region, New Zealand)
ref: TZP13827.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Tue 30 May 1972

Most Life Line Callers Women (Press, 30 May 1972)
In Christchurch, the Life Line organisation reported concerning statistics regarding mental health in its annual summary for 1972. The data revealed that out of 4003 calls made to the phone counselling service, a significant majority, 2890, were from women, while 1113 were from men. Mrs N. Johnston, the organisation's secretary,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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