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Mon 10 Jul 2023

  • Spark NZ stands by comment backing transgender activist Shaneel Lal in face of social media boycott threats
    OneNZ and 2degrees made comments of there own, also backing the activist...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Celebrating Seven Decades of Dance: Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Lightscapes
    Links: Express
  • Phillip Schofield’s Treatment Proves Age Isn’t Just A Number
    Links: Express

Sun 10 Jul 2022

  • Monkeypox Arrives in Auckland!
    Links: Express

Sat 10 Jul 2021

  • 'Allan was not a criminal': Thirty-five years since Homosexual Law Reform, men still fight to clear their names
    Thirty-five years since Homosexual Law Reform, men still fight to clear their names...
    Links: Stuff
  • Allegations of homophobia and sexism in the world of elite bowls
    A top New Zealand bowler has been accused of homophobia, sexism, verbal abuse and threatening behaviour in club and elite level bowls...
    Links: Stuff
  • NZ rower Emma Twigg on her first Olympic Games as an out gay athlete
    Emma Twigg will be contesting her fourth Olympic Games for New Zealand, but it will be her first as an out gay athlete...
    Links: Stuff
  • Shame, secrecy and medical distrust: What it's like to be intersex in Aotearoa
    Up to 2 per cent of the population is believed to be intersex, but many have no idea until they go through puberty or try to have children...
    Links: Stuff

Fri 10 Jul 2020

  • Celebrating trans experiences: Rurangi director Max Currie
    Formerly a writer on Shortland Street, director Max Currie is bringing his acclaimed web series Rurangi to the big screen as part of this year's New Zealand International Film Festival...
    Links: RNZ
  • Sports Illustrated hires Valentina Sampaio as first trans swimwear model
    Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue will be graced by its first transgender model as Brazilian Valentina Sampaio makes her debut in the annual edition of glamorous women in gorgeous swimwear...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Valentina Sampaio becomes first transgender model to feature in Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue
    Valentina Sampaio​ has made history as the first transgender model to feature in Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue...
    Links: Stuff
  • ‘The Gayest Person In New Zealand’
    Links: Express
  • Glee star Naya Rivera Presumed Dead
    Links: Express
  • Intersectionality At An Intersection
    Links: Express

Wed 10 Jul 2019

  • Botswana Government Attempts to Re-Criminalise Homosexuality
    Links: Express
  • Japan Accepts First LGBTI Asylum Seeker
    Links: Express

Tue 10 Jul 2018

  • Another gay wedding cake controversy
    Australian couple Moe Barr and Sasha Patrick are getting married in New Zealand because of our same-sex-friendly laws...
    Links: RNZ
  • Calls for NZ to ban gay conversion therapies
    The pressure is on the Government to follow Britain's lead and ban gay conversion therapies...
    Links: RNZ
  • Chris Lynch: The Warkworth baker and the same-sex couple - a slice of homophobia or free speech?
    COMMENT: Should freedom of religious expression be given a free pass when it comes to New Zealand's Bill of Rights?A same-sex couple is upset because their request for a wedding cake has been refused by a baker in Warkworth ...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Hollywood's iconic golden-haired boy Tab Hunter dead, aged 86
    During his life, actor Tab Hunter was the definitive posterboy for the fiction of Hollywood's golden age: adored by millions of women around the world, he was, in his private life a gay man, and known to the world as Tab Hunter, he was in fact born Arthur Andrew Kelm...
    Links: Stuff
  • Pressure mounts for government to ban gay conversion therapy
    The government is under pressure to follow Britain's lead and ban gay conversion therapies...
    Links: RNZ
  • Rainbow Youth urges govt to ban gay conversion therapies
    There are calls for the Government to follow Britain's lead and outlaw gay conversion therapies...
    Links: RNZ
  • Top Stories for Tuesday 10 July 2018
    Turmoil in UK as Boris Johnson quits over Brexit, Four boys, coach remain in Thailand cave, Greens urge govt to scrap plans for missiles, bombs, Defence Force planes purchase 'fair' - Winston Peters, Auckland Central's new state housing apartments announced, Calls for NZ to ban gay conversion therapies, New night shelter for women opens in Auckland...
    Links: RNZ
  • Mark Gatiss: Crafting Queers
    Links: Express

Mon 10 Jul 2017

  • Bang! Coming soon!
    Featuring real stories from real people about sex, sexuality and relationships, Melody Thomas leads a frank and often-entertaining exploration into topics too often shrouded in shame and secrecy...
    Links: RNZ
  • The secret - and not so secret - gay Disney characters
    As Disney announces that its forthcoming live action Beauty and the Beast will feature the studio's "first gay moment", courtesy of Josh Gad's LeFou, we take a look at some of the studio's other (possibly) queer characters...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • An Honest Conversation: Young, Gay, and Illegal
    Links: Express
  • Cardinal Pell Leaves the Vatican to Face Sex Charges
    Links: Express
  • Church of England Rejects Conversion Therapy
    Links: Express
  • Church of England Set to Offer Special Services for Transgender People
    Links: Express
  • Reports Claim Chechnya Has Resumed ‘Gay Purge’
    Links: Express

Sun 10 Jul 2016

  • HLR30 Celebration at Auckland Town Hall
    Links: Express
  • Rainbow Gala Extravaganza at SkyCity!
    Links: Express
  • Rainbow Gala Extravaganza Reception
    Links: Express
  • 700 applaud and party to mark Law Reform 30th
    An estimated 700 people celebrated the 30th anniversary of the passing of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill in downtown Auckland last night in what was the biggest of several events being held around the country to mark the day when Parliament finally decriminalised physical love between gay and bisexual men...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Anti-discrimination MP acknowledged by Wilde
    Homosexual Law Reform hero Fran Wilde last night paid tribute to the MP who helmed the subsequent Human Rights Amendment legislation into place making it illegal to discriminate amongst glbti people in most aspects of life in New Zealand...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Bravery of men who came out for HLR saluted
    Leaders of the 1980s campaign for Homosexual Law Reform last evening paid tribute to the bravery of gay and bisexual men who came out in order to put human faces to the campaign...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Kaye highlights Labour's glbti equality commitment
    In a bipartisan gesture more frequently seen amongst the Rainbow members of Parliament than in the institution in general, high-flyer Auckland Central MP Nikki Kaye, of the National Party, last night acknowledged her Labour colleagues commitment to improving the lives of glbti people...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • More work to be done for transgender, PI, youth
    A strong challenge was issued last night for the wider glbti communities to all stand up for the rights of youth, transgender people and those struggling with being glbti in the Pacific Islands...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Standing ovations for Wilde in Auckland
    Sustained standing ovations were delivered last night to the woman who, as a neophyte MP, fronted the parliamentary campaign to strike down a law which for decades had effectively made gay and bisexual NZ men criminals...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 10 Jul 2015

  • Australian Football Codes Join Together to Voice Support For Marriage Equality
    Links: Express
  • Irish Government Seeks to Introduce New Law Protecting Gay Teachers
    Links: Express
  • Aussie football codes join #TeamEqual
    Australia's three ‘footy' codes have united to show their support for marriage equality...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Dad jailed after years of abusing children
    An Auckland man whose reign of terror on his children included attacking his daughter with an umbrella over 'rumours of lesbianism' has sentenced to seven and a half years' jail...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay couples come to Munich traffic lights
    Munich has gay, lesbian and straight couples walking hand in hand on its traffic lights to mark Pride in the city this weekend...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Urge lives on with regular men's events
    Auckland men’s bar Urge may have closed four months ago, but its owners are keeping the party going by holding events around the country...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 10 Jul 2014

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Passion In Paradise, ref: TZP453987.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • The Good Soul of Szechuan
    Links: Express
  • Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way.
    Links: Express
  • Anti-gay law not anti-gay, Uganda claims
    File Photo The Ugandan Government claims its ‘Anti-Homosexuality Act’ is not anti-gay, but is about “protecting children”...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Morocco: Gay sex convictions upheld
    A Moroccan appeals court has upheld the convictions of men accused of “homosexual acts”...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Specialist support needed for 'all survivors'
    Tania Billingsley...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Video: Woman throws paint at gay Auckland sauna
    The paint was splattered at the entrance...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 10 Jul 2013

  • Collecting gender/sexuality stats researched
    Research on the merits and methods of collecting gender and sexual orientation information has been completed by Statistics NZ...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Review: Kveikur by Sigur Ros
    We are providing you with lists and lists of GLBT books to warm you up this winter, so how about a soundtrack to go along with them? May we recommend Sigur Ros’ latest contribution to the cause of eerie beauty, Kveikur...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The Transgender Prisoners Debate
    Given a hiatus in news items related to street sex workers and the machinations of Asenati Lole-Taylor and the Auckland Council, this item will focus predominantly on the question of transsexual prisoners in gender-appropriate prisons...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Veterans invited to march in Pride Parade
    OverWatch in this year's Pride Parade Veterans from all the armed forces are being invited to be part of OverWatch’s entry in the next Auckland Pride Parade...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 10 Jul 2012

  • Anglican Synod about to debate gay issues
    Glynn Cardy 1PM: Things are heating up in Fiji as the Anglican General Synod debates gay issues today...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Melbourne loses much-loved drag performer
    A Melbourne drag performer has died from a suspected heart attack, leaving friends in utter shock...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 10 Jul 2011

  • Ideas: 25th anniversary of homosexual law reform (Aotearoa New Zealand)
    Chris Laidlaw leads a discussion on the 25th anniversary of homosexual law reform. Speakers include former MP Fran Wilde, activist Bill Logan and Phylesha Brown-Acton from the New Zealand AIDS Foundation
    Features: Bill Logan, Chris Laidlaw, Fran Wilde, George Gair, John Banks, Neil Costelloe, Norman Jones, Phylesha Brown-Acton, Tighe Instone
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Group assembled for pride festival grunt work
    (Pictured L-R: Simon Randall, Antony Ovens, Vaughan Meneses, Sam Shore, Gresham Bradley, Lindsay Rea, Anne Speir, Tony Walker and Nick Lange) A 10-person volunteer steering group has formed to do the initial 'boring' groundwork for the proposed Auckland pride festival...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • We did it! But how did we get there?
    What are some of the factors which combined to put New Zealand in a place where it was able to forge forward and pass the Homosexual Law Reform Bill? Historian and campaigner Alison Laurie explains the ingredients which allowed us to cook up change...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • We did it! But how did we get there?
    What are some of the factors which combined to put New Zealand in a place where it was able to forge forward and pass the Homosexual Law Reform Bill? Historian and campaigner Alison Laurie explains the ingredients which allowed us to cook up change...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 10 Jul 2010

  • Bearracuda set to be a bear essential
    Matt Mikesell They may be hibernating for the long, cold winter, but bears now have something to mark on their spring calendar...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Review: Semi Precious Weapons, You Love You
    “I can't pay my rent but I'm f Justin Tratner, Stevie Pyne, Cole Whittle and Dan Crean should be happy, because they've released what I believe is one of the best albums of 2010 and have proven that they've got the talent, and energy to compete with Lady Gaga in terms of stage presence and glamour...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 10 Jul 2009

  • Ferdinand Ambach is convicted of the manslaughter of Ronald Brown (Auckland, New Zealand)
    Ambach is initially charged with murder, but the charge is downgraded after Ambach's lawyer successfully argued the provocation (gay panic) defence. Ambach is sentenced to twelve years imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of eight years.
    Links: Stuff, Nga Taonga
  • Auckland City supports Mika Haka project
    While no Auckland City Council Community Group Assistance Fund cash was granted to several LGBT community groups who applied for it recently, Takataapui entertainer Mika says he's grateful that the Mika Haka Foundation's similar request for funding was approved this year, in addition to other Council support...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Bruno's world: Gay life in Austria
    Some Austrians have been bristling at Sasha Baron Cohen's outrageous gay Austrian Bruno character - labeling him "cheap, crass and offensive"...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Provocation defence "a travesty" says MP
    A high-powered gay lawyer and now MP says the current partial defence of provocation, or gay panic defence, often used in court to justify violent attacks, is a travesty and must be done away with...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • UK gay man facing jail for helping ill partner to die
    In the United Kingdom, a gay man may receive a prison sentence because he aided the suicide of his lover...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • UK: Vigilantes publish pics of cruising men
    An anti-cruising website based around Devon in South-West England is publishing uncensored photos and car license plate numbers of men cruising for sex in parks, reports PinkNews...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 10 Jul 2008

  • AKL: More people use new Burnett Centre
    The New Zealand AIDS Foundation says the relocation of its's HIV testing and counselling service, The Burnett Centre, has resulted in an increase in the number of people using its services...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Brown witness regrets delay calling 111
    12...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • IBM heir's lesbian adoption annulled
    An adult adoption involving two lesbian partners has been annulled, putting the adopted woman's claim to a share of the IBM family fortune in jeopardy...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • TV3 fined for dragging up Buckwheat story
    The Broadcasting Standards Authority has fined TV3 $2,500 for broadcasting news items claiming the Ministry of Social Development had hired popular Auckland drag queen 'Buckwheat' to motivate staff...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 10 Jul 2007

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    The Outlook, ref: TZP345858.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Meet to save AKL Lesbian Business group
    The future of Auckland's Lesbian Business Association (ALBA) may be at risk, as a number of its key committee members have made plans to resign...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • USA: Gay magazine comes out unwrapped
    'The Advocate', one of the most respected gay publications in the world, has decided to stop concealing itself from the world...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 10 Jul 2006

  • Law Reform, AIDS and the Christian Right
    It's the most repulsive aspect of the Christian Right's crusade against homosexual law reform - in which it deliberately sought to spread misinformation about HIV/AIDS and victimise the ill and dying...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New gay MP enters NZ Parliament
    3PM: Gay Wellington lawyer Charles Chauvel has become New Zealand's sixth openly gay MP...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Tributes flow at HLR exhibition launch
    Speakers paid tribute to the activism of David Hindley at yesterday's launch of his photo exhibition, “What Are You Afraid Of?”, which opened at Wellington's Turnbull House...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 10 Jul 2004

  • 18th anniversary of HLR celebrated
    Yesterday was the 18th anniversary of homosexual law reform, and some of the key players in that reform gathered last night at Premier House in Wellington for a celebration...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Tamaki counter-protest planned
    Destiny Church pastor Brian Tamaki will find himself shoulder-to-shoulder with gays and lesbians next month as he stands outside Parliament to protest civil unions...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 10 Jul 2003

Tue 10 Jul 2001

Fri 10 Jul 1998

  • Presbyterian General Assembly bans ordination of practising gay men or lesbians for one year (New Zealand)
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    One Network News, ref: TZP201454.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Wed 10 Jul 1996

Wed 10 Jul 1991

Mon 10 Jul 1989

  • ‘message To Bigots’ In Reform Of Gay Law (Press, 10 July 1989)
    On 10 July 1989, Fran Wilde, a Member of Parliament who played a pivotal role in passing the Homosexual Law Reform Act in 1986, spoke in Wellington, reflecting on the outcomes of the law reform. She asserted that the reform had not led to the moral decay that some detractors...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 10 Jul 1987

Thu 10 Jul 1986

  • Five Votes Pass Homosexual Law Reform (Press, 10 July 1986)
    On 9 July 1986, the New Zealand Parliament passed the Homosexual Law Reform Bill, which establishes the age of consent at 16, with a narrow vote of 49 in favour and 44 against. The public galleries were filled with supporters, who erupted in applause upon the announcement of the result,...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • God ‘testing Moral Fibre Of The People’ (Press, 10 July 1986)
    The passage of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill by the New Zealand Parliament on 9 July 1986 has elicited strong reactions from various groups and individuals across the country, with a division of opinions marking the discourse surrounding the legislation. The bill was passed by a narrow margin of 49...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • M.p. For ‘normal’ Life Now (Press, 10 July 1986)
    On 10 July 1986, Fran Wilde, the Member of Parliament for Wellington Central and a key figure in New Zealand's homosexual law reform, expressed her desire to lead a more conventional political life following her successful advocacy for the legislation. Commenting on her win, which saw the bill pass with...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • The Day In Parliament (Press, 10 July 1986)
    On 9 July 1986, two petitions were presented to the New Zealand Parliament when it convened at 2 p.m. Mr J. A. Banks, a member of the National Party representing Whangarei, introduced a petition from George Ernest Tiller, alongside 6,436 other signatories. This petition requested that Parliament urgently reassess the...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Today Tonight, ref: TZP11468.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Te Karere, ref: TZP11476.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    6:30pm News, ref: TZP11469.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    6:30pm News, ref: TZP141382.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Top Half, ref: TZP141393.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television news report: the Coalition of Concerned Citizens continues its battle against homosexual law reform (New Zealand)
    6.30 news, ref F58082.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Wed 10 Jul 1985

  • A.i.d.s. ‘not Gay Disease’ (Press, 10 July 1985)
    On 10 July 1985, concerns were raised within the homosexual community regarding the potential for increased public hysteria following the confirmation that a child, who was a haemophiliac, had been exposed to the A.I.D.S. virus. Mr Bill Logan, a representative from the Gay Task Force, expressed fears that the public...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Artist Fined Over Tv Bomb Hoax (Press, 10 July 1985)
    During Telethon weekend in 1985, a bomb scare in Auckland led to a significant emergency response, as reported in the District Court. Duncan Sheamus Evan Lucas, a 24-year-old graphic artist from Grey Lynn, caused alarm when he informed a security guard that he was planting a bomb in protest against...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • The Day In Parliament (Press, 10 July 1985)
    On 9 July 1985, Parliament resumed its session in Wellington, where the Speaker, Dr Wall, announced several messages from Governor-General Sir David Beattie during the afternoon meeting. Among the key developments was the royal assent granted to the Social Security Amendment Act, the College House Act, and the Stockman-Howe Marriage...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Van Gogh’s Brain Disturbed — Doctor (Press, 10 July 1985)
    According to a report published on 10 July 1985, research from Dr Shahram Khoshbin at Harvard Medical School suggests that Vincent van Gogh's erratic behaviour and prolific output of paintings may have stemmed from a brain abnormality, specifically a disturbance in the temporal lobe. This area of the brain is...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 10 Jul 1981

  • Wellington Mayor Michael Fowler is picketed (San Francisco, United States of America)
    A Chamber of Commerce dinner honouring Michael Fowler is picketed. Fowler had earlier stopped lesbian support notices being placed in Wellington City Council buses.
    Links: Bay Area Reporter (1), Bay Area Reporter (2)

Wed 10 Jul 1974

  • 'gutsful Of Prejudice’ (Press, 10 July 1974)
    On 9 July 1974, J. W. Goodwin, the secretary of the Homosexual Law Reform Society, responded sharply to New Zealand Prime Minister Norman Kirk's statement opposing the reform of laws concerning homosexuality. Kirk had indicated that he would not support legislation that recognised homosexuality as “normal behaviour.” Goodwin expressed frustration...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Homosexual Law Bill Likely (Press, 10 July 1974)
    On 9 July 1974, Mr V. S. Young, a National Party member representing Egmont, indicated that a bill regarding changes to homosexual law could be introduced in the New Zealand Parliament later in the year. He expressed strong confidence that the issue of homosexual law reform would be debated and...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Homosexuality And Politics (Press, 10 July 1974)
    Since 1967, consensual homosexual acts in private have been legal in the United Kingdom, which has not seen any significant rise in reported cases of homosexuality over the past seven years. This situation is attributed to the challenges in noting the incidence of these acts before they were decriminalised. With...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 10 Jul 1973

  • Homosexuals And The Law (Press, 10 July 1973)
    In a discussion regarding the treatment of transvestites within the judicial system, Mr Justice Speight expressed strong concerns about the impracticality of incarcerating transvestites in all-male prisons. He made a statement reflecting on a specific case where a one-year prison sentence was quashed, highlighting the challenges faced by individuals who...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 10 Jul 1963

  • Officials Gaoled (Press, 10 July 1963)
    In July 1963, a significant legal crackdown on homosexual practices was conducted by the Fiji police, leading to the convictions of eight men for offences related to indecency. This special initiative resulted in their appearance in the Colony's Courts throughout June. Among those convicted, Noel John Cloke, a Government social...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 10 Jul 1895

  • Miles Radcliffe is born (Wellington, New Zealand)
    Radcliffe was later killed, aged 50, on 5 February 1946.

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