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Mon 5 Jun 2023

  • Malaysian PM Pressed To Clarify Government’s Position on the Nation’s LGBTQ+...
    Links: Express
  • Russian Streaming Platform Fined for Violating “Gay Propaganda” Law
    Links: Express

Sun 5 Jun 2022

  • Exploring takatapui and queer objects
    A razor blade left in a gay activist's mailbox and a series of dolls dressed in garments based on costumes worn by contestants in Samoa's first Fa'afafine beauty pageant in the 1980s, are included in an exhibition of takatapui and queer objects...
    Links: RNZ
  • Government boosts funding for rainbow and intersex health services
    An additional $2 million from the Budget is going towards making health care services easier for transgender people...
    Links: RNZ
  • Lesbian icon receives Order of Merit for staunch advocacy to NZ rainbow community
    Miriam Saphira has spent over 50 years supporting marginalised communities - particularly children, women in abusive relationships and the lesbian and gay community...
    Links: Stuff
  • Lesbian icon receives Order of Merit for staunch advocacy to NZ rainbow community
    Miriam Saphira has spent over 50 years supporting marginalised communities - particularly children, women in abusive relationships and the lesbian and gay community...
    Links: Stuff

Sat 5 Jun 2021

  • Transgender Salvadoran killed despite long search for safety
    Rejected by her family, Zashy Zuley del Cid Velasquez fled her coastal village in 2014, the first of a series of forced displacements across El Salvador...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Out and About: Gagging For Saturday Night At G.A.Y?
    Links: Express

Fri 5 Jun 2020

  • French Parliament Tables Conversion Therapy Bill
    Links: Express

Wed 5 Jun 2019

  • US gay tour group gets death threats for planned Ethiopia visit
    Plans for company to visit Ethiopia greeted with anger in the deeply religious and conservative African country...
    Links: Stuff
  • Folau Convinced Not To Remove Homophobic Post By Father: “You’ll Go...
    Links: Express
  • MTV Reboots Dating Show With Sexually Fluid Singles
    Links: Express
  • Our Rainbow History – Years of Progress
    Links: Express
  • Rainbow Tick Programme Manager Hits Back at Criticism
    Links: Express
  • Storytelling in its Truest Form: Auckland Live’s Cabaret Season
    Links: Express

Tue 5 Jun 2018

  • Baker In spotlight after court win in gay wedding cake case
    LAKEWOOD, Colo...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Justices side with US baker over same-sex wedding cake refusal
    The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a Colorado baker who wouldn't make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple in a limited decision that leaves for another day the larger issue of whether a business can invoke religious objections to refuse service to gay and lesbian people...
    Links: Stuff
  • Ricardo Simich: Travelling under a rainbow flag
    The world's not one big, inclusive dance party, writes Ricardo Simich...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Top US court backs baker's gay cake snub
    The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a baker in Colorado who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple...
    Links: RNZ
  • US baker allowed to refuse to make gay couple's wedding cake
    The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a Christian baker in Colorado who refused to custom make a wedding cake for a gay couple...
    Links: RNZ

Sun 5 Jun 2016

  • Queer Leader Honoured With QB Award
    Links: Express

Fri 5 Jun 2015

  • Applications For Rainbow Advisory Panel Members Now Open
    Links: Express
  • Ireland Will Now Accept Trans People’s Own Declaration of Their Gender
    Links: Express
  • Marriage Equality Reaches Guam
    Links: Express
  • Opinion: All Trans Lives Matter
    Links: Express
  • South Korea Bans Pride March to Appease Christian Protests
    Links: Express
  • Wellington Trans Woman Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison For Stabbing...
    Links: Express
  • "Don't steal my slogan!" - Ribena reclaims 'gaypower'
    Auckland drag institution Miss Ribena has hit out at Brian Tamaki for distorting her “gaypower” slogan, saying it’s something that’s all about love – not hate...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Call goes out for Rainbow Panel members
    Cathy Casey Applications open on Tuesday for places on Auckland Council's Rainbow Communities' Advisory Panel...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Comment: Whitewashing service discrimination
    In the United States, one major recent issue for LGBT Americans dealt with "religious liberty"...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Condoms are working!
    Yesterday, it was announced that the annual number of HIV diagnoses amongst men who have sex with men has increased over the past three years to become the highest since the HIV epidemic reached New Zealand...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Condoms are working!
    Yesterday, it was announced that the annual number of HIV diagnoses amongst men who have sex with men has increased over the past three years to become the highest since the HIV epidemic reached New Zealand...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Delightful Divas coming to Palm. North
    There are still limited tickets left for Saturday night’s Delightful Divas event in Palmerston North...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • HIV prevention, a different perspective
    Yesterday, it was announced that the annual number of HIV diagnoses amongst men who have sex with men has increased over the past three years to become the highest since the HIV epidemic reached New Zealand...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • HIV prevention, a different perspective
    Yesterday, it was announced that the annual number of HIV diagnoses amongst men who have sex with men has increased over the past three years to become the highest since the HIV epidemic reached New Zealand...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Trans woman jailed for stabbing stalker
    A transgender Wellington woman has been sentenced to 21 months jail for stabbing a man who had stalked and threatened her...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 5 Jun 2014

  • Television item (Auckland, New Zealand)
    20/20, ref: TZP447312.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Auckland Council Wants Rainbow Pictures
    Links: Express
  • GABA June Mixer – Empire Tavern
    Links: Express
  • Pink T Shirt Day – Out At AUT University
    Links: Express
  • TAMS – Darwin Outgames 2014
    Links: Express
  • Actor apologises for anti-gay outburst
    Wolf of Wall St and Superbad actor Jonah Hill has apologised after shouting “suck my dick, you faggot” at a photographer...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • HIV infections steady, bucking world trend
    Associate professor Nigel Dickson The annual numbers of gay and bi men in New Zealand newly diagnosed with HIV have remained relatively consistent over the past five years according to just-released figures covering 2013...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Review: Sweet Dreams: Songs by Annie Lennox
    Michael Griffiths Sweet Dreams: Songs by Annie Lennox Michael Griffiths Auckland International Cabaret Season In an age of manufactured groups, pop divas and mono-talented wannabes competing for fame Michael Griffiths is something much more rewarding and heart-warming - an all-round entertainer...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Threat made against Carmen's headstone
    As final preparations are made for this weekend's unveiling of a headstone on trans icon Carmen Rupe's grave a threat has been made that it will be removed and replaced by a group unhappy at the way her affairs have been handled...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 5 Jun 2013

  • Britain: Lords knock back wrecking motion
    Britain’s House of Lords has defeated a motion that would have blocked a marriage equality Bill...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gosnell jailed for 18 years for teen's murder
    Gavin Gosnell Gavin Gosnell has been jailed for 18 years for the murder and dismemberment of gay teenager Hayden Miles...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 5 Jun 2012

  • Accused killer 'porn actor' arrested in Berlin
    A gay Canadian 'porn actor' suspected of murdering and dismembering his Chinese lover and mailing his body parts to Canada's top political parties has been arrested in Berlin...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Co-founder of Out! Magazine and Alfies dies
    John Kiddie, one of the men who headed the group of gay businesses which became known as the ‘Out Empire’, has died peacefully in his Auckland home...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gays go Gaga for Mother Monster in Auckland
    Lady Gaga’s adoring gay fans have been treated with a special appearance she made outside her Auckland hotel...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Meet: Joey Macdonald
    New chair of Auckland-based transgender support and advocacy service Genderbridge Joey Macdonald is bursting with energy and enthusiasm for the new role...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 5 Jun 2011

  • Chris Carter may nab United Nations role
    There's a report Chris Carter is set to take up a job at the United Nations before the end of the year...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Dykes on Mics marking one year anniversary
    Musician Jodi Pringle is a regular Dykes on Mics performer Auckland's Dyke on Mics will tonight celebrate a year of bringing a diverse range of women to the stage...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 5 Jun 2010

  • "It just gives hope"
    After personally writing to the UN Secretary-General to commend him for his intervention in the case of a Malawian couple jailed for sodomy, New Zealand's first openly-gay MP Chris Carter is encouraging New Zealanders to continue speaking out on global glbt rights...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Carter personally congratulates UN head
    Ban Ki-moon Rainbow Labour MP Chris Carter has written to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to commend him for his intervention in the case of a Malawi couple jailed for sodomy...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Names added to Circle of Friends memorial
    The Circle of Friends memorial Five new names have been added to New Zealand Circle of Friends memorial in Auckland's Western Springs Lakeside Park...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Obama extends same-sex partner benefits
    US President Barack Obama has extended a wider range of benefits to the same-sex partners of eligible federal workers...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 5 Jun 2009

  • New Hampshire is next to get gay marriage
    The Democrat Governor of the US state of New Hampshire has signed an 'equal marriage bill', making the state the sixth in America to approve same-sex marriage...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New night for Wellington women at Club Ivy
    Finger on the Trigger is a brand new dance party event for and by lesbian and bi women,  transgender, intersex, takataapui, fa'afafine and whakawahine and their friends, launching at Wellington's Club Ivy on Dixon Street next Thursday...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Review: Cindy and Eric Go To Hell
    On now at the Maidment Theatre's Musgrove Studio in Auckland: Cindy, Eric and their friend Hans get horribly killed in a car crash… then the fun begins! Todd Emerson, Martyn Wood   ...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 5 Jun 2008

  • Family's Cindy for TV's Stars In Their Eyes
    Family bar's popular fa'afafine karaoke host Cindy Filo will appear on the next episode of TV One's talent show Stars in their Eyes...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay TV makers wait out '08 and consider future
    It's looking increasingly unlikely that NZ On Air and TVNZ will provide a television programme dedicated to LGBT New Zealanders in 2008,  election year...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay weddings boost California business
    California businesses are predicted to do a roaring trade on the back of the state's decision last month to allow same sex marriages...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gov'ment moves on trans issues - Dalziel
    Labour's Associate Justice Spokesperson Lianne Dalziel says the Ministry of Justice is taking significant steps to implement recommendations by the Human Rights Commission for transgender New Zealanders...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • K' Rd: 2 revamped gay bars open in August
    Auckland's gay bar czar Wayne Clark says he'll open two revamped K' Road gay venues in one night, with an exclusive invite-only "dual-opening party"...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Obama succeeds; McCain goes anti-gay
    Now that Barak Obama has the delegates he needs to become the Democratic Party's Presidential nominee, he faces a five-month battle with Republican leader John McCain for Presidency - and their vastly different views on LGBT issues could become a factor in their campaigns...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Review: 'Laramie' - theatre you must, must see
    The cast of The Laramie Project In October 1998, gay 21-year old Matthew Shepard died after being tied to a rural Wyoming fence and savagely beaten because he was a homosexual, a 'lifestyle' many in his home town of Laramie didn't agree with...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 5 Jun 2007

  • AUS: Gay-hate gang killed maths genius?
    When the naked and crumpled body of US maths genius Scott Johnson was found off Sydney's North Head, police dismissed his death as suicide...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Ewan Mcgregor's new gay role
    I've raved about new British film 'Scenes of a Sexual Nature' to several friends...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Future Shlock
    Gordon Copeland MP In the National Library, I sat down and perused two books by the dreary duet of the newly formed Future New Zealand party, Gordon Copeland MP and parliamentary wannabe Larry Baldock...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Kiwi MP:
    Labour MP Charles Chauvel has written to New Zealand’s Russian Ambassador Mikhail Lysenko to express Rainbow Labour’s shock at news of assaulted and imprisoned gay protesters in Moscow...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sportswear wet dreams
    The M2 boys are getting their lasers out for another Salvation Dance Party in Auckland...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 5 Jun 2006

  • Television news report: 25th anniversary of the first CDC report on AIDS (New Zealand)
    TV3 news, ref F93401.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • 100% Human
    100% Human Dir: Trond Winterkjaer  ...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The Laramie Project at Waikato Uni
    Review: The Laramie Project University of Waikato Academy A theatre group travels to Laramie, a city in Wyoming...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 5 Jun 2005

  • Poster Boy
    POSTER BOY Dir: Zak Tucker USA, 2004 DVD, 97mins Poster Boy isn't so much a movie as a thinly-disguised party political broadcast, heavy-handed and sloppily constructed, which is a shame given the promising-sounding premise – a gay son of an ultra-conservative US senator campaigning on "family values" is bullied into helping endorse his dad's campaign...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 5 Jun 2004

  • Bishop dreams of gay backlash
    The new head of the Anglican Church in New Zealand is a Maori who blames Europeans for homosexuality amongst his people and fantasises about a future backlash against gays and lesbians...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 5 Jun 2003

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Qn, ref: TZP273800.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • HIV+ man signs up for 'positive energy cure'
    UK-based New Zealander Warwick Powell, with the approval of his doctor, is exclusively treating his HIV+ condition via an alternative therapy centre which requires meditation in special rooms for up to twelve hours per day, seven days a week...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 5 Jun 2001

Wed 5 Jun 1991

Tue 5 Jun 1990

Mon 5 Jun 1989

  • A South Island lesbian conference is held at Christchurch Polytech (Christchurch, New Zealand)

Fri 5 Jun 1987

  • New A.I.D.S. Therapies Undergoing Tests (Press, 5 June 1987)
    On 5 June 1987, Robert Kearns reported that several promising therapies for AIDS are being tested, and the preliminary evaluation of an anti-AIDS vaccine may start within the next couple of years. During the Third International Conference on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Dr Samuel Broder from the United States National...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 5 Jun 1986

  • ‘Gay’ Bill Nearer Law (Press, 5 June 1986)
    A significant development occurred in New Zealand's Parliament regarding the Homosexual Law Reform Bill, a long-standing and contentious issue. On 4 June 1986, Parliament completed the committee stages of the bill, which aims to decriminalise homosexual acts between consenting adults. The legislation is now set to proceed to its third...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Christchurch Entry In ‘gay’ Directory (Press, 5 June 1986)
    On 5 June 1986, it was reported that a Wellington reporter from Christchurch was featured in "Spartacus '85," a global directory catering to homosexuals. The publication has been brought to attention by Mr Graeme Lee, a National Member of Parliament representing Hauraki, who is a vocal critic of the Homosexual...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Democrats Pick Taxi-driver (Press, 5 June 1986)
    On 5 June 1986, Mr Bill Smith, a 45-year-old taxi driver from Burnside, Christchurch, was chosen unanimously as the Democratic Party’s candidate for the Fendalton electorate in the upcoming General Election. Mr Smith, who is married and has five children, has no prior experience in election campaigns. However, he expressed...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Law Reform (Press, 5 June 1986)
    In a letter published on 5 June 1986, a law student named S. C. England expresses their views on the ongoing debate around homosexual law reform in New Zealand. The writer highlights the existing legislation as unjust and unenforceable for the homosexual community, suggesting that lengthy arguments about the technical...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • The Day In Parliament (Press, 5 June 1986)
    On 4 June 1986, members of the New Zealand Parliament convened at 2 p.m. to address various matters. During this session, Ministers responded to three questions of the day and 13 on notice. Following this, members engaged in a two-hour general debate. Once the debate concluded, several bills progressed through...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Van Grafhorst Family Leaves Australia (Press, 5 June 1986)
    On 4 June 1986, the van Grafhorst family departed Australia after enduring nearly a year of challenges regarding the acceptance of their three-year-old daughter, Eve, who is an A.I.D.S. victim. Eve contracted the virus as a result of blood transfusions received after her premature birth, which occurred three months early....
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Television item (Hawke's Bay region, New Zealand)
    Today Tonight, ref: TZP10798.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Wed 5 Jun 1985

  • City Awards For Transvestites (Press, 5 June 1985)
    On 5 June 1985, a public ceremony in Jakarta marked a significant event for 45 Indonesian transvestites, who were given professional diplomas that enable them to work as hairdressers and dressmakers. The participants, aged between 35 and 45, donned traditional batik sarongs and elegant outfits, showcasing their new identities while...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Homosexual Law Changes (Press, 5 June 1985)
    In a recent correspondence published on 5 June 1985 in "The Press," individuals expressed differing views on the contentious Homosexual Law Reform Bill. Mark D. Sadler articulated his perspective that while he does not believe homosexual behaviour among consenting adults should be criminalised, he holds concerns about the potential influence...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • The Day In Parliament (Press, 5 June 1985)
    On 4 June 1985, the Governor-General of New Zealand, Sir David Beattie, granted the Royal Assent to the Imprest Supply Act during a parliamentary session that started at 2.30 p.m. Various petitions were presented by members of Parliament (MPs) on that day. Mr J. B. Bolger from the National Party...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Television news report: gay activists are learning to fight back as gay bashing increases (New Zealand)
    ref: TZP14411.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television news report: gay bashings increase (New Zealand)
    Features interviews with Neil Costelloe, Rob Lake and Philip Peek. Eyewitness news, ref F82229.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, University of Auckland
  • Television news report: Kate Leslie remembers Bruce Burnett, co-founder of the AIDS Support Network (New Zealand)
    6.30 news Top Half, ref F82228.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, University of Auckland
  • Television: funeral held for Bruce Burnett, pioneering AIDS activist (New Zealand)
    ref: TZP139202.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • The media reports self-defense courses for gay men are becoming more popular (New Zealand)
    This follows a reported increase in gay bashings as the Homosexual Law Reform Bill moves through Parliament.

Tue 5 Jun 1984

  • Education (Press, 5 June 1984)
    On 5 June 1984, a letter to the editor was published expressing concern from the staff of Addington School regarding comments made by Mr David Waghorne, the president of the Education Boards’ Association. Waghorne had praised the Minister of Education for his "back-to-basics" approach to education, asserting that it aligned...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Young Nats Move To Right At Conference (Press, 5 June 1984)
    During a conference held over the weekend of 5 June 1984, the Young Nationals, a youth wing of the National Party in New Zealand, significantly shifted their political stance to the right. Delegates at the conference rejected a proposal aimed at reforming laws pertaining to homosexuality and instead passed remits...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 5 Jun 1981

  • CDC reports five previously young, healthy gay men in Los Angeles having PCP (United States of America)
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report later is acknowledged as the first published scientific account of what would become known as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
    Links: CDC (1), CDC (2)

Thu 5 Jun 1980

  • Views On Homosexuality (Press, 5 June 1980)
    On 5 June 1980, Dr R. A. Moodie, the secretary of the New Zealand Police Association, clarified that his recommendations to the Human Rights Commission regarding changes to laws on homosexuality did not originate from the Police Association itself. In response to a letter by Varian J. Wilson published in...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 5 Jun 1979

  • U.s. Church Support For Homosexual Priests (Press, 5 June 1979)
    On 5 June 1979, a commission from the American Episcopal Church recommended that homosexuals should be permitted to be ordained as priests, provided they are “able and willing to conform their behaviour to that which the Church affirms as wholesome.” This recommendation is part of a broader discussion to be...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 5 Jun 1975

  • Something Of What The Children Saw (Press, 5 June 1975)
    On 5 June 1975, a review was conducted of various children’s television programmes while the reviewer was confined to bed due to a cold, metaphorically comparing their illness to a conflict between Marxist guerilla viruses and Western medicine. The reviewer regretted missing "Play School" but managed to watch "Spot On",...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 5 Jun 1973

  • Court View On Homosexuality (Press, 5 June 1973)
    On 5 June 1973, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Auckland, Sir Richard Wild, addressed the legal limitations surrounding homosexuality while sentencing 28-year-old Michael Paul Stone, a take-away bar assistant. Stone received a 12-month prison sentence after being found guilty by a jury of committing an indecent act....
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 5 Jun 1972

  • A Gay Open Day is held in Albert Park (Auckland, New Zealand)
    The rally is organised by Gay Liberation Front Auckland and takes place on Queen's Birthday Monday
    Links: Craccum

Sat 5 Jun 1971

  • Two Earlier N.z. Novels (Press, 5 June 1971)
    The reviews from 5 June 1971 discuss two notable works of early New Zealand fiction: "The Land of the Lost" by William Satchell and "Allen Adair" by Jane Mander, both published by Auckland University Press in collaboration with Oxford University Press. William Satchell's "The Land of the Lost" is critiqued for...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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