On This Day: 7th June

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Wed 7 Jun 2023

Georgina Beyer Memorial Set For 18 July
Links: Express
Let the Colours Fly as Registrations Open for the Rainbow Games...
Links: Express

Tue 7 Jun 2022

HIV and the road to zero new infections
The number of people diagnosed with HIV in New Zealand is at its lowest since the 1990s...
Links: RNZ
HIV and the road to zero new infections
The number of people diagnosed with HIV in New Zealand is at its lowest since the 1990s - but what more need to happen to reach the goal of zero new infections by 2025? ...
Links: RNZ
HIV and the road to zero new infections
The Detail - The number of people diagnosed with HIV in New Zealand is at its lowest since the 1990s...
Links: RNZ
Ministry of Health Announces Funding Boost For Rainbow Health
Links: Express
Monkeypox Being Used By Taliban To Target LGBTQ+ Community
Links: Express
UFC Star Hits Back At Homophobic Comments After Wearing Pride Month...
Links: Express

Mon 7 Jun 2021

Former Olympians challenge Government guidelines on transgender people in sport
A group of former Olympians and elite New Zealand athletes are challenging Government guidelines on transgender people playing in sport and calling for wider consultation...
Links: NZ Herald
Sporting Champions Ask Government To Intervene In Closed Consultation On Inclusion Of Transgenders In Sport
Former Olympic champions and New Zealand representative athletes are calling on the Government to extend and widen Sport New Zealand’s consultation on the participation of transgender athletes in sport...
Links: Scoop
Out and About: Urge Takes Over Christchurch
Links: Express

Sun 7 Jun 2020

Violet walk tour - Wellington, New Zealand (Wellington)
Join the team from Walk Tours NZ for the Violet walk tour in Wellington, New Zealand
Features: Gareth Watkins, Roger Smith
Links: PrideNZ.com
Model slams L'Oréal's 'hypocritical' Black Lives Matter post: 'This is not okay'
Activist and model Munroe Bergdorf has spoken out after L'Oréal Paris made a "hypocritical" statement about the Black Lives Matter movement...
Links: NZ Herald

Fri 7 Jun 2019

The Week In Review for week ending Fri May 31 2019
A review of the week's news including...
Links: RNZ
Biden Says Equality Act Number One Priority Should He Become President
Links: Express
Nick Francis: A Pacific Change Maker
Links: Express
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Make History Becoming First British Royals...
Links: Express

Thu 7 Jun 2018

Viewers slam homophobic couple who are 'embarrassed' of their son
Bride and Prejudice viewers have described the moment a gay groom-to-be's parents told him they only feel comfortable at "normal" weddings as "unbearable" to watch...
Links: NZ Herald

Wed 7 Jun 2017

PPTA calls for gender-neutral uniforms and toilets be introduced into schools (New Zealand)
The Taranaki Daily News reports that in its latest voluntary guidelines, the Post Primary Teachers' Association (PPTA) calls for gender-neutral uniforms and toilets be introduced into schools.
Links: Stuff.co.nz
1 x Male and 1 x Female Sex Toy
Links: Express
2 x double passes to APO’s ‘Manon Lescaut’
Links: Express
2 x double passes to New Zealand Dance Company’s ‘Kiss The...
Links: Express
Lacey Baker’s Powerful onePULSE Print
Links: Express
Pacific Dance Festival 2017
Links: Express
Putting Asexuality in the Rainbow
Links: Express

Tue 7 Jun 2016

Kiwi Icons Get Camp with Dragons: Cold Snap!
Links: Express
Kelly Ellis: Trans rights are going backwards
A prominent transgender advocate and lawyer says she believes while Lexie Matheson’s much-deserved recognition is to be congratulated, the New Zealand Government should be ashamed of its stance on gender identity in the Human Rights Act...
Links: GayNZ.com
LGBTI youth changemakers: Alex Bramwell
Alex Bramwell was recently recognised for her work with Waikato Queer Youth and recieved a Youth Week Changemaker Award...
Links: GayNZ.com
May the Best Woman Win...
While Donald Trump is now the heir presumptive to the Republican presidential nomination, senior Republican figures like Paul Ryan and Jeb Bush loathe him...
Links: GayNZ.com
Rock 'amazed' at honour for 'old, lesbian westie'
Lesbian community events organiser and activist Cissy Rock, who yesterday was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen's Birthday Honours, says she is amazed "a National party-led government" saw fit to honour "an old lesbian from west Auckland...
Links: GayNZ.com
Rock's honour first to be openly glbti-exclusive
The MNZM badge The Queen's Birthday honour given to West Aucklander Cissy Rock appears to be the first New Zealand national honour specifically and exclusively worded as being earned "for services to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex communities...
Links: GayNZ.com
Roz Ward returns to La Trobe Uni
Roz Ward of Safe Schools Australia has returned to work, fist clenched in the air as she walked through a guard of honour...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 7 Jun 2015

Foodie Bites: Cook The Books
Links: Express
Foodie Bites: Greek Mammas
Links: Express
Lights, Camera, Action at Family Bar
Links: Express
NZAF Responds to Criticism It isn’t Doing Enough to Combat HIV
Links: Express
Pride Parade in Kiev Ends in Violence as Protestors Attack Ukraine’s...
Links: Express
Increasing HIV+ numbers strain services
Mark Fisher The increase in numbers of gay and bi men diagnosed with HIV is placing a strain on the community organisation set up to provide peer support for men living with the virus...
Links: GayNZ.com
Miss Capital Drag 2015: Mama DeZiyah
Mama DeZiyah is the winner of Wellington’s Miss Capital Drag 2015...
Links: GayNZ.com
Station urged to can 'trans for a day' stunt
Agender is urging radio station The Edge not to go ahead with a “tacky” plan to make host Dom Harvey a “woman for a day Harvey is the same host who walked in the Auckland Pride Parade in underwear as a “Queen for a Day” when he lost a bet...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 7 Jun 2014

Foodie Bites: Blue Breeze Pride
Links: Express
She Chose Purple!
Links: Express
Auckland to bid for 2016 AsiaPac Outgames
Auckland swimmers at the Darwin games Moves are underway to put together a bid for Auckland to host the 4th Asia Pacific Outgames in 2016...
Links: GayNZ.com
Carmen's unveiling in pictures
Carmen's headstone has been unveiled at Sydney's Rookwood cemetery, in the presence of friends and family...
Links: GayNZ.com
Don't rely on lowered HIV load says expert
Nigel Dickson A leading epidemiologist at Otago University's Medical School has joined in urging gay and bi men not to rely on the possibly reduced level of HIV in their sex partner's system as an escuse to engage in unprotected anal sex...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gossiping 'friends' anger Mathura-Jeffree
Mathura-Jeffree at his recent Bond-themed birthday bash Colin Mathura-Jeffree has hit out at ‘friends’ who have run to the media with details about the love in his life...
Links: GayNZ.com
Lawless to guest edit the NZ Herald
The woman who stole lesbian hearts the world over when she played Xena will guest edit the New Zealand Herald next Friday...
Links: GayNZ.com
Trans 'sisters' unveil Carmen's headstone
Two and half years after the death of Carmen Rupe, her headstone has been unveiled at Sydney's Rookwood Cemetery...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 7 Jun 2013

Gay rights activist, 18, dies after Paris attack
Clément Méric An 18-year-old gay rights activist has died after being attacked by a group of skinheads in Paris...
Links: GayNZ.com
GenderBridge's future to be discussed
Auckland trans support and advocacy organisation GenderBridge is next week holding a Special General Meeting to discuss its future...
Links: GayNZ.com
Rainbow hub/rainbow tick among hui notions
Proposals to bring services and support for Auckland's GLBTI community under one roof and a 'rainbow tick' of certification for organisations and businesses are two ideas which emerged from a hui in the nation's biggest city today...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sexuality+spirituality to intersect at OUTLine
OUTLine is holding the first of regular spirituality and sexuality talks in Auckland tomorrow...
Links: GayNZ.com
Watch: What R U Having?
"Couples are used to preparing their world so their children have all the opportunities they had...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 7 Jun 2012

"Every gay or bisexual man needs to get tested"
A World Health Organisation announcement that gonorrhoea is becoming drug resistant comes as a cluster of organisations are issuing warnings about an outbreak of gonorrhoea that is infecting Auckland’s gay and bisexual men...
Links: GayNZ.com
Auckland exhibition explores queer narratives
Rebecca Swan "Personal Taste" Photographer Rebecca Swan has curated an exhibition exploring queer narratives, which is now showing as part of the Auckland Festival of Photography...
Links: GayNZ.com
Educational problems
How will the government's current educational policy problems affect the welfare of LGBT students? Antigay and transphobic bullying are core issues that affect younger members of our communities...
Links: GayNZ.com
John Victor Kiddie: 1947-2012
Family members and old friends have farewelled John Kiddie, a man whose name will remain forged in New Zealand’s gay history, but who will also be remembered as an incredibly kind and giving man, and most of all a gentleman...
Links: GayNZ.com
Marriage and adoption equality campaign mobilising
The call is going out for anyone who wants to be part of a community campaign for marriage and adoption equality to come forward, with some of those involved in the civil unions movement stepping up to once again lead the charge...
Links: GayNZ.com
Mates and Lovers coming to Hamilton stage
Mates and Lovers will return to the stage for three shows at Hamilton’s Fuel Festival later this month...
Links: GayNZ.com
QWU newsflash!
QWU rehearsals are in full swing under the instruction of choreographer Sarah Boocock The producers of the upcoming Queen of the Whole Universe pageant have confirmed all its contestants are residents of their respective nations, in the wake of the controversy which has struck Miss Universe New Zealand...
Links: GayNZ.com
Trust Board members sought for Auckland Pride
The Gay Auckland Business Association-led Auckland Pride Festival Steering Committee is calling for people to stand for the new Auckland Pride Festival Trust...
Links: GayNZ.com
Young women most likely to back marriage equality
File photo A new poll shows women aged between 18 and 34, who are not religious and vote for the Green Party, are most likely to back marriage equality...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 7 Jun 2011

Miss Drag Waikato: Summer Salt
The fabulous Summer Salt has won the title of Miss Drag Waikato...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 7 Jun 2010

Disgraced American pastor tries again
US Pastor Ted Haggard Claiming that being sexually molested as a child gave him gay urges, a disgraced evangelist is having another crack at bringing his brand of religion to the American faithful...
Links: GayNZ.com
Kylie makes a Splash in New York
Kylie previewing Aphrodite at Splash in New York...
Links: GayNZ.com
LGBT Labour booted out of London pub
The LGBT wing of the UK Labour Party is demanding an apology after its members were evicted from a London pub...
Links: GayNZ.com
Nikita wins Miss Drag Wellington
Nikita van der Kamp A former Aucklander has stolen the show at Wellington's Next Top Drag Queen...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 7 Jun 2009

AUS: Transgender footy player joins team
Australia's first openly transgender professional football player says "I'm just an ordinary guy who wants to play football, just with slightly different circumstances of how I came to be a guy...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay 'wife swap' for TV home makeover
Would you trade your spouse for a better house? One Auckland gay couple leapt at the chance...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 7 Jun 2008

Beth Ditto to launch plus-sized fashion range
Openly-lesbian rocker Beth Ditto has signed a NZ$512,000 deal with a fashion retailer to design a clothing range for fuller-figured women...
Links: GayNZ.com
California will not delay gay marriage
Gay couples in California rushed to set wedding dates this week after the California Supreme Court's unusually quick rejection of challenges to its historic decision permitting same-sex couples to wed...
Links: GayNZ.com
Stats NZ: No gay question in 2011 Census
Statistics New Zealand has announced that no new topics will be introduced into New Zealand's next Census in 2011, so the possibility of gaining more quantitative information on the country's LGBT communities a slim one...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 7 Jun 2007

Auckland to host annual UniQ conference
Queer student groups ‘UniQ Auckland’ and ‘Out @ AUT’ are hosting this year's UniQ National Conference, where LGBT student leaders from around New Zealand will meet to discuss the question: 'What are we doing in our communities?' UniQ is a support network for non-heterosexual students and operates at many tertiary institutions throughout New Zealand...
Links: GayNZ.com
Dunne's Faustian dilemma
Peter Dunne Given the recent exchanges between United Future leader Peter Dunne and the apostate Gordon Copeland and Larry Baldock of Future New Zealand, some might be feeling confused...
Links: GayNZ.com
Europe: Anti-gay violence on the rise
A new survey of hate crimes in Europe by a leading human rights organisation finds a rising level of crimes committed against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation...
Links: GayNZ.com
GABA Trust distributes $15,500 fund
Six LGBT groups left yesterday evening's Gay Auckland Business Association Fruits in Suits meeting with cheques for much-needed funds, as the GABA Trust dispensed its money for worthy local projects...
Links: GayNZ.com
Negative feedback for Hero Parade 2009
Hero Festival chairperson Michael Bancroft revealed last night that the feedback he’s received about plans for the Hero Parade to return to Auckland in 2009 has been ‘overwhelmingly negative’...
Links: GayNZ.com
Out Takes WGN: Intersex films to re-screen
By popular demand, a second screening is planned for a selection of intersex-related short films at Wellington's Out Takes Film Festival – this Saturday evening...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 7 Jun 2006

NZ Trans to protest at Portuguese Consul
The brutal torture and murder of a transgender sex-worker by 14 boys in Portugal, and the failure of the Portuguese government to bring the perpetrators to justice has outraged transgender communities around the world, and New Zealand's trans community is calling on sympathetic New Zealanders to join with them in protest outside the Portuguese Consulate in Wellington tomorrow...
Links: GayNZ.com
Rainbow Labour launches Fiji petitions
Rainbow Labour, the LGBT branch of the New Zealand Labour Party, has waded into the controversy surrounding the Out Takes Reel Queer Film Festival prize offer of a trip to Fiji – a country that still retains anti-gay legislation on its books...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 7 Jun 2005

Chch Pride success despite lack of coverage
The first annual Christchurch Pride Week has been declared a huge success, with more than a thousand people attending the week's events, despite it being completely ignored by the mainstream media...
Links: GayNZ.com
Newspaper columnist mocks lesbian parents
Columnist Rosemary McLeod has delivered a stinging backhander to same-sex parenting couples and politically-minded lesbians...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 7 Jun 2004

"Archbishop should resign" - Ihimaera
Respected gay author Witi Ihimaera has called for the resignation of new Anglican Church head Archbishop Vercoe following statements released at the weekend that revealed he dreamed of a future backlash against gays...
Links: GayNZ.com
Beyer: Vercoe Nazi-like, demented, uneducated
A plainly angry Georgina Beyer MP has hit out at comments by newly-appointed Anglican Archbishop Vercoe that he envisioned a world without gays, describing his stance as Nazi-like, "demented" and "uneducated...
Links: GayNZ.com
Standing ovations for Beyer at Stilettoes
In a night of glamour, muscle and laughter the cream of Auckland's Drag divas were honoured at the annual Golden Stilettoes awards last night...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 7 Jun 2003

Charlotte Yates returns with "direct" album
Wellington singer/songwriter Charlotte Yates has just released her fourth album, Plainsong, which some critics are calling her most lyrically direct album to date, due to its frank portrayals of girl/girl relationships...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 7 Jun 1998

Television item (Australia)
60 Minutes, ref: TZP200320.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Wed 7 Jun 1989

Television item (New Zealand)
Network News, ref: TZP55253.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sat 7 Jun 1986

Bill Stance ‘concerns Voters’ (Press, 7 June 1986)
In Te Atatu electorate, West Auckland, concerns are mounting among voters regarding their MP, Dr Michael Bassett's support for the Homosexual Law Reform Bill. The Coalition of Concerned Citizens revealed that over 74 per cent of the 320 respondents to their questionnaire expressed dissatisfaction with Dr Bassett's voting on the...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 7 Jun 1985

Gay School Opens In N.y. (Press, 7 June 1985)
New York City has established The Harvey Milk School, a public high school specifically designed for homosexual students, with classes commencing in April 1985. Named after Harvey Milk, a prominent gay activist who was assassinated in 1978, the school is located in a church in Greenwich Village. Its launch is...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Homosexual Law Changes (Press, 7 June 1985)
On 7 June 1985, a letter published in a newspaper revealed the ongoing public debate regarding homosexuality, prompted by prior columns that included input from various writers. Keith Wignall responded to Mark Sadler's assertion that homosexuality prevents men from experiencing the fulfilment of parenthood. Wignall challenged this view by pointing...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Invercargill M.p. In Row Over A.i.d.s (Press, 7 June 1985)
On 7 June 1985, a confrontation in the New Zealand Parliament highlighted tensions surrounding the issue of A.I.D.S. (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) becoming a notifiable disease. Norman Jones, the Member of Parliament for Invercargill and an outspoken opponent of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill, accused the Minister of Health, Dr....
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
London Borough Gets Homosexual Mayor (Press, 7 June 1985)
On 7 June 1985, A.A.P. reported from London on the impending appointment of Councillor Bob Crossman as the new Mayor of the Islington borough, marking a noteworthy shift in the council's leadership. Crossman, who is openly homosexual, plans for his live-in partner, Martin, to hold the title of “Mayoress.” He...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
The Day In Parliament (Press, 7 June 1985)
On 7 June 1985, the Speaker of Parliament, Dr Wall, received approval from members for photographers to capture images of the Minister of Finance as he presented the Budget the following Thursday evening, with no objections raised by members during the afternoon session which began at 2.30 p.m. During the...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Television news report: a women against pornography vigil is held at Parliament (Wellington, New Zealand)
ref: TZP14596.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Tue 7 Jun 1983

A.i.d.s Virus Link (Press, 7 June 1983)
On 7 June 1983, a report emerged from Sydney concerning Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), which is linked to approximately 500 deaths. Jane Teas, an American researcher from Harvard School of Public Health, suggested in a letter published in the April issue of the medical journal "Lancet" that there might...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Blood Ban (Press, 7 June 1983)
On 7 June 1983, it was reported that a national ban has been recommended in Australia on the collection of blood from promiscuous homosexual or bisexual men. This recommendation aims to minimise the risk of spreading Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in blood transfusion centres. The decision follows concerns from...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 7 Jun 1977

Media Ban ‘will Hurt Movement’ (Press, 7 June 1977)
Reporting from the United Women’s Convention in Christchurch reveals widespread discontent among North Island journalists, particularly regarding the complete ban on media coverage, including female reporters. Approximately ten women journalists attended the convention at their own expense, initially believing that only male reporters would be barred from certain seminars. However,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 7 Jun 1967

Homosexuality Laws Defended (Press, 7 June 1967)
In a speech to the Christchurch Lions Club on 6 June 1967, Detective Superintendent F. A. Gordon expressed strong opposition to any relaxation of laws against homosexuality. He argued that allowing homosexuality to be normative would expose the youth to significant degradation and societal dangers. He projected a grim vision...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 7 Jun 1954

Computer scientist and mathematician Alan Turing dies (United Kingdom)
An inquest determined Turing had committed suicide. However Turing's mother believed that the cyanide poisoning was accidental, resulting from her son's careless storage of laboratory chemicals.

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