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Fri 16 Jun 2023

  • Pride Month: 10 films, 10 novels to celebrate
    Here are top 10 essential LGBT-themed novels to read, and films to watch...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Graham Norton Finds Unexpected Silver Lining in Rising Anti-Drag Sentiment
    Links: Express
  • LIFE IS A CABARET
    Links: Express
  • Queensland Passes Historic Law Granting Gender Recognition Rights to Trans and...
    Links: Express

Thu 16 Jun 2022

  • Gender Dynamix building fire labelled 'suspicious' by police
    A building used by Gender Dynamix – an organisation that aims to meet the mental health needs of the transgender and nonbinary community of the Bay of Plenty – was allegedly set alight deliberately...
    Links: Stuff
  • Gender Dynamix building fire labelled 'suspicious' by police
    A building used by Gender Dynamix – an organisation that aims to meet the mental health needs of the transgender and nonbinary community of the Bay of Plenty – was allegedly set alight deliberately...
    Links: Stuff
  • LGBTQI News Roundup – 17th June 2022
    US white supremacists arrested at Idaho gay pride event Police in the US state of Idaho haveand#160;arrestedand#160;31 members of a white supremacist group and charged them with plotting to riot at a gay pride event...
    Links: Andrew Whiteside
  • Making Space Initiative aiming to tackle homelessness in LGBTQI+ communities
    June is international Pride month, but organisations in New Zealand are continuing the fight to address the darker side of life faced by the rainbow community...
    Links: RNZ
  • Project aiming to fight homelessness in rainbow community
    June is International Pride month and the chance to celebrate the Rainbow community...
    Links: RNZ
  • Queer students hurt by school's decision not to fly rainbow flag for pride week
    LGBTQIA+ students at an Auckland school feel marginalised after the school decided not to fly the rainbow flag for all of Schools Pride Week...
    Links: Stuff
  • School told trans student: 'God doesn't make mistakes' - then they tried to kill themselves
    A transgender student at Bethlehem College who was not allowed to wear the uniform of their preferred gender, or be called by their preferred name and pronouns, and who was told by a member of staff, “God doesn’t make mistakes”, was so traumatised they tried to kill themselves...
    Links: Stuff
  • School told trans student: 'God doesn't make mistakes' - then they tried to kill themselves
    A transgender student at Bethlehem College who was not allowed to wear the uniform of their preferred gender, or be called by their preferred name and pronouns, and who was told by a member of staff, “God doesn’t make mistakes”, was so traumatised they tried to kill themselves...
    Links: Stuff
  • School told trans student: 'God doesn't make mistakes' - then they tried to kill themselves
    A transgender student at Bethlehem College who was not allowed to wear the uniform of their identified gender, or be called by their preferred name and pronouns, and who was told by a member of staff, “God doesn’t make mistakes”, was so traumatised they tried to kill themselves...
    Links: Stuff
  • Sport: Cycling becomes first sport to impose stricter rules on trans athletes
    Cycling's governing body has become the first sport to update its eligibility rules for transgender athletes with stricter limits that will force riders to wait longer before they can compete after undergoing any transition treatment...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Tauranga rainbow community building target of possible arson
    A building supporting the rainbow community in Tauranga has been destroyed in a possible arson...
    Links: RNZ
  • Transgender darts player barred from competing in upcoming tournament
    Vee has been told she cannot compete in the upcoming regional darts championships, despite legally being a woman...
    Links: Stuff
  • Transgender darts player barred from competing in upcoming tournament
    Vee has been told she cannot compete in the upcoming regional darts championships, despite legally being a woman...
    Links: Stuff
  • 1 X DOC EDGE FESTIVAL BINGE PASS
    Links: Express
  • Beatle Treadwell: Facing The Pandemic From The Frontline
    Links: Express
  • LGBTQ+ “Crackdown” Sees Rainbow-Coloured Children’s Toys Seized By Saudi Arabian Authorities
    Links: Express
  • Revisiting Auckland’s Marae In The Sky
    Links: Express
  • Tauranga Rainbow Youth Building Destroyed in ‘Suspicious’ Fire
    Links: Express

Wed 16 Jun 2021

  • “Bordered On Rape” – Male Soldiers Sentenced For Consensual Sex By...
    Links: Express
  • Gay Dating: How Will I Know, If He Really Loves Me
    Links: Express
  • Graham Norton Hijacks Aotearoa’s Biggest Screen To Make His New Wine
    Links: Express

Tue 16 Jun 2020

  • US Supreme Court win for LGBT workers
    To the United States where the Supreme Court has ruled that employers who fire workers for being gay or transgender are breaking the country's civil rights laws...
    Links: RNZ
  • Rare Opportunity For Queer-History Lovers In Ponsonby’s Alan Turing Building
    Links: Express
  • UK Government Scraps Gender Self ID Proposal
    Links: Express
  • US Supreme Court Bans Discrimination Against LGBT+ Workers
    Links: Express

Fri 16 Jun 2017

  • LGBTI rainbow advocate Aaron Fleming receives a Blake Leader Award from the Sir Peter Blake Trust (Wellington, New Zealand)
    The award was presented to Fleming by the Governor General Her Excellency Dame Patsy Reddy at Government House in Wellington.
    Links: Stuff
  • Mika X is confirmed as The Opportunities Party (TOP) candidate for the Auckland Central Electorate (Auckland, New Zealand)
    TOP was founded by philanthropist Gareth Morgan in November 2016.
    Links: Scoop
  • Purple Onion - a dance work inspired by the drag venue - is performed by Le Moana at the Hannah Playhouse (Wellington, New Zealand)
    The dance work had two performances - Friday and Saturday night at 9.30pm
    Links: Stuff
  • A Year of Remembrance: Forgotten Victims of Gay Bar Shooting
    Links: Express
  • Mika Set to Stand in Auckland Central
    Links: Express

Thu 16 Jun 2016

  • Royal Cover for Attitude Magazine
    Links: Express
  • Ak Family bar to host Orlando fundraiser Sat nite
    Miss Ribena Family bar in Auckland is to hold a special fundraiser evening this Saturday night to contribute to funds being collected to assist the victims of last weekend's Orlando gay nightclub massacre...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Cliff Richard cleared of male sex assault claims
    British singer Sir Cliff Richard has been cleared of allegations that he sexually offended against four males, including young boys, between the 1950s and '80s...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Do some lives count more than others?
    Following the events that have unfolded in the past few days, LGBTI community member Ollin, who grew up in Xalapa and is now based in New Zealand, shares her thoughts...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Index of reports of Orlando massacre and aftermath
    Glbti people and their friends and families in Orlando gather if grief for a mass candlelight vigil 8...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Orlando victim from Mexican state w/ gay bar shooting
    One of the victims of the Orlando mass shooting was from the state of Veracruz in Mexico, the same state that recently suffered it’s own gay bar shooting in the city of Xalapa...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Prince William makes history on gay mag cover
    Prince William has made history and appeared on the cover of a gay magazine in which he condemns the bullying of LGBTI people...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Xalapa gay bar's Instagram post after mass shooting
    La Madame gay bar in Xalapa, posted a message on Instagram expressing their shock and heartbreak shortly after the shooting at the bar in which a group of gunman killed at least 7 and as many as 15 people...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Xalapa shooting video circulates, official numbers rise
    More news has emerged regarding the mass-shooting at a gay bar in Xalapa, Mexico that took place just over three weeks ago and a surveillance video has been published in the Spanish-language media from Mexico...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 16 Jun 2015

  • ‘Gay Icon’ Colin Mathura Jeffries Gets Booted Off Dancing With The...
    Links: Express
  • Family’s Onesie Fiesta
    Links: Express
  • Israeli Government Votes Down Proposed GLBT Anti Discrimination Law
    Links: Express
  • Moroccan Gay Couple Facing Jail For Violating ‘Public Modesty’ After Holding...
    Links: Express
  • Thousands Attend Warsaw ‘Equality Parade’
    Links: Express
  • Mexico court strikes down marriage bans
    Mexico’s Supreme Court has effectively legalised same-sex marriage with a precedent-setting ruling...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 16 Jun 2014

  • Barack Obama Inclusive of all Dads
    Links: Express
  • GLBT Rights Bill Introduced in the US Senate
    Links: Express
  • 10 facts about NZ’s relationship with Brunei
    New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade says we have a ‘friendly and positive relationship’ with Brunei, a nation which is phasing in laws that will lead to gay men and lesbians being stoned to death...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Christchurch community calls for change
    A rainbow bookstore is among the suggestions Glbti people in Christchurch are calling for more events and venues, such as a ‘rainbow hub’ or a bookstore, as well as an inclusive campaign like posting ‘Welcome to Christchurch –we are a gay-friendly city’ signs at the Airport...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • US groups stand against TPP with Brunei
    Jerame Davis from Pride at Work says Brunei's new laws are an affront to human rights and basic decency...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Watch: Being 100%OK
    Dan News - 16th June 2014    ...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 16 Jun 2013

  • ABs manager responds to Dagg's 'fag' tweet
    Israel Dagg called a Blues player a 'fag' in a tweet...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • All Black calls another player a 'fag' on Twitter
    All Black fullback Israel Dagg has called another rugby player a "fag" on twitter...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Fighter should "leave talking to smart people"
    Josh Thomson The head of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) says a fighter who questioned whether marriage equality would lead to incest “should leave talking to smart people”...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sir Anand's progress update
    Nearly 200 submissions have been made to a group set up by the Anglican church to look at whether it should bless same-sex relationships, and ordain people in them...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Submissions flow in on Anglican stance
    Sir Anand Satyanand Nearly 200 submissions have been made to a group set up by the Anglican church to look at whether it should bless same-sex relationships, and ordain people in them...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Watch: Jonathan Allen
    Jonathan Allen was kicked out of home for being gay when he turned 18...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 16 Jun 2012

  • Gay "wedding" headline was a statement says editor
    Calling Tamati Coffey's civil union a 'wedding' was a deliberate move on the part of the country's longest-serving women's magazine, according to its editor...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Pro-condom message going on dance party tour
    Innovative drag performer Tess Tickle will headline a series of nationwide dance parties to promote safe sex across June and August...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 16 Jun 2011

  • New Rainbow Alliance announces first AGM
    "We've built the house, now we are inviting you to come in and make yourselves at home," is the message from the newly-formed Aotearoa Rainbow Alliance (ARA), a group formed to bring the diverse community together and advocate for change...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 16 Jun 2010

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Close Up, ref: TZP385948.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Gay man attacked for "winking" at soldiers
    Accused soldiers Keil Cronauer and Christopher Stanzel Anger is growing in the US over the case of a gay man who was attacked by two soldiers in Savannah, Georgia, because they thought he winked at them...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Get Carter?
    Chris Carter He is a man lauded with proudly representing the gay community, whose name is almost synonymous with the phrase 'New Zealand's first openly-gay MP', but has Chris Carter's long and admirable political career reached a turning point? The Te Atatu MP's scamper from the press gallery pack through the halls of Parliament made ideal primetime news footage last night...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Lady Gaga: The Remix
    Capitalizing on the massive success for her first two studio albums, Lady Gaga returns to our ears with a remix album, simply named The Remix...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Widened funding of antiretrovirals proposed
    Pharmac is seeking feedback on a proposal to widen funded access to antiretrovirals...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 16 Jun 2009

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    One News, ref: TZP369477.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    One News, ref: TZP369478.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Close Up, ref: TZP369533.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • 'HIV Predator' name withheld, new charges
    A suppression order on the public identification of the man charged two weeks ago with knowingly infecting several young men with HIV has been continued until this Friday and eight new charges have been laid against him...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Calling all Sexually Adventurous Men - Meet SAM!
    Meet SAM: The NZ AIDS Foundation's newest safe sex info service "It's OK to be nervous," says SAM...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Calling all Sexually Adventurous Men - Meet SAM!
    Meet SAM: The NZ AIDS Foundation's newest safe sex info service "It's OK to be nervous," says SAM...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • LGBT groups plan Annual General Meetings
    It's the time of year when several LGBT societies around New Zealand are having their Annual General Meetings...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Milk screenwriter apologises for sex tape
    The Oscar-winning writer of the Milk movie has made a public apology following leaked photographs of him having unprotected sex with a former boyfriend were leaked and shown on Perez Hilton's blog...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 16 Jun 2008

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    One News, ref: TZP352549.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Chch: Miss Mole's underground Toga Party
    The basement level of Christchurch's Civic Centre on Manchester Street will be the setting for a decedent Roman Toga-themed party this Saturday night, says the Garden City's drag veteran Miss Mole...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay and lesbian brains are different - UK study
    Scientists in London investigating human sexuality have found that the brains of gays and lesbians have structural and functional differences from those of straight people...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay blood donors OK if no sex for 5 years
    At a time when the New Zealand Blood Service says the need for people to regularly donate blood is more urgent than ever, an independent expert review has confirmed that men who have had anal or oral sex with other men in the last five years should still be excluded from donating their blood...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • High drug use and infection rates linked
    High use of recreational drugs such as P definitely goes hand in hand with higher levels of unsafe sex and resulting risk of contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, according to reports emerging from a major sex survey...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Iraq: Out of the gathering darkness
    Once again, DNA magazine's Middle Eastern correspondent Clive Simmons has penned a horrifying account of what LGBT Muslims have to endure in the Middle East and South West Asia...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Lesbian manager for OUTLine NZ
    For the first time, a lesbian will be running the Auckland-based national LGBT telephone support counseling network OUTLine NZ, as past Chair Lesley Balcham has today been announced as the new General Manager...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 16 Jun 2007

  • Church leaders speak out on gay bishops
    Leaders of the Episcopal Church have told worldwide Anglican bishops they had no authority to try to make the church's US branch change its stand on the consecration of gay bishops...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Ian and Jason
    Hamilton-born Jason Hanks, 29, and UK ex-pat Ian Niven, 41, civilly united in front of friends and family at Glamz caberet venue in the heart of Hamilton on Saturday the 2nd of June...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sydney:Goodbye to Oxford St leading lady
    She’s been called the mother of gay Sydney, and now Dawn O’Donnell, the woman who turned Oxford Street into the golden mile has died after a long battle with ovarian cancer...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 16 Jun 2006

  • AKL safe sex studs launch condom drive
    Two muscle studs will take to the stage tonight with iconic drag entertainer Miss Ribena, to push the safe-sex message in Auckland...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Brain Burning: Lesbians, gay men and psychiatric abuse
    Although lesbians weren't criminalised as gay men were in New Zealand, they didn't escape their share of institutionalised homophobic abuse, especially from psychiatric quarters...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Editorial: Out Takes soap exposes community dilemma
    Confused by the legal and moral dramas whirling around this year's Out Takes film festival? Here's a brief guide to this convoluted and on-going soap opera...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 16 Jun 2005

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    One News, ref: TZP306009.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Election: Reject the right!
    For the good of our communities, as well as the good of our country, the Right must not be allowed to win the next New Zealand general election later this year...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Maori Queen attending Brian's ordination
    The Maori Queen, Dame Te Atairangi Kaahu, will be in attendance when Destiny Church's guru Brian Tamaki elevates himself to the title of Bishop this Saturday...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZAF "should keep focus on gays"
    The AIDS Foundation's priority commitments to both the HIV+ and gay communities should be stronger than its desire to reflect Treaty of Waitangi commitments with quotas for Maori board members, says Body Positive spokesman Bruce Kilmister...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Unsafe condoms may be in NZ
    NZ Customs and health authorities are concerned that a shipment of unsafe condoms may have entered New Zealand...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 16 Jun 2004

  • Beyer unconcerned by Govt. backtrack
    MP Georgina Beyer says she is unconcerned that the Relationships Bill will now be a conscience vote, and that the gay community has to do more than sit on the sidelines and take potshots at the few MPs in a position to make a difference...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Close vote expected for CU bill
    A close vote is expected for the first reading of the Civil Union bill next Thursday, with two party leaders confirming their opposition to it...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gvt backtracks on Relationship Bill
    The Government has backtracked on its promise to make recognition of gay and lesbian relationships a party vote...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • MP Carter's fatherhood called "disturbing"
    MP Chris Carter's fatherhood and family arrangements have been labelled "disturbing" by National MP Wayne Mapp, and sneered at by United Future MP Paul Adams...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 16 Jun 2003

  • Protection promised for prison bashing victim
    Gay prison bashing victim Thomas Owen has been promised protection for the remainder of his sentence, following an attack by several prisoners at the weekend which saw him hospitalised...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 16 Jun 1997

Fri 16 Jun 1995

Sat 16 Jun 1984

  • Seduced Into Fulfilment (Press, 16 June 1984)
    "Getting It Right" is a novel by Elizabeth Jane Howard, published in 1983, and is reviewed by Diane Prout. The story follows Gavin Lamb, a 31-year-old virgin hairdresser in London, who is caught in a struggle to understand his sexual orientation. His journey begins when he accepts an invitation to...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 16 Jun 1979

  • ‘thorpe Ruined By Unholy Trio’ (Press, 16 June 1979)
    On 16 June 1979, the Old Bailey was the setting for the closing speech in the trial of former Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe, who faced accusations related to his complex and tumultuous relationship with Norman Scott. During this session, Thorpe's counsel, George Carman, Q.C., described his client's situation as one...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 16 Jun 1975

  • Parents’ Association Explains Its Stand (Press, 16 June 1975)
    On 16 June 1975, the Concerned Parents' Association responded to an accusation made by Christchurch psychiatrist Dr J. R. E. Dobson, who described the group as “a pressure group trying to keep young people ignorant.” This statement came in light of the association's stance against the inclusion of topics such...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Underground Gay Lib.? (Press, 16 June 1975)
    On 16 June 1975, the Gay Liberation Front expressed concerns regarding a proposed amendment to the Crimes Amendment Bill suggested by Dr G. A. Wall. Mr P. R. H. Maling, the organisation's publicity officer, stated that if this amendment were enacted, it would push the gay community back into secrecy,...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 16 Jun 1973

  • Bleak Future For U.s. Draft Dodgers (Press, 16 June 1973)
    The Vietnam War has officially ended, with all American prisoners returned and the last combat troops withdrawn. However, around 32,000 American deserters still face uncertainty. These individuals fled the conflict, unable to support a cause they didn't believe in, and now seek amnesty from the U.S. government. They reside in...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 16 Jun 1967

  • Homosexual Law (Press, 16 June 1967)
    On 16 June 1967, a number of letters were published in response to a discussion on the legal and moral implications of homosexuality, triggered by comments from Varian J. Wilson. These correspondents express varied views regarding the nature of homosexuality and its treatment under the law. K. Chamberlain criticises Wilson's assertion...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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