On This Day: 30th July

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Sun 30 Jul 2023

Parents, library users split as controversial book âWelcome to Sexâ hits shelves in New Zealand
The book contains information about sexuality, consent, pleasure and sexual positions...
Links: NZ Herald

Sat 30 Jul 2022

Hutt Valley Pride 2022 - Living in Colour (Dowse Art Museum)
Audio from the Living in Colour Pride event held at the Dowse Art Museum in Lower Hutt on 30 July 2022.
Features: Abi Buchhalter, Ana Nia, Awhina Wana, Boo Poi, Calum Bennachie, Cameron Kapua-Morrell, Compass Wilts-Ramsay, Kevin Haunui, Lilly Loudmouth, Louie Zalk-Neale, Michal Salter-Duke, Neo Kenny, Ngā Uri o Whiti Te Rā, Selena Pirika, Sevia Saviour Nua (Saviiey), Shelley Duffin, Tīwhanawhana, Yuval Zalk-Neale
Links: PrideNZ.com
Government plans to eliminate HIV transmission in New Zealand
The Associate Health Minister has unveiled an $18m plan to combat HIV transmission...
Links: Stuff
Government plans to eliminate HIV transmission in New Zealand
The Associate Health Minister has unveiled an $18m plan to combat HIV transmission...
Links: Stuff
Government plans to eliminate HIV transmission in New Zealand
The Associate Health Minister has unveiled an $18m plan to combat HIV transmission...
Links: Stuff
Pride jersey controversy - a reckoning for Australian sport?
A boycott by seven rugby league players over a pride jersey has sparked a massive backlash...
Links: RNZ
The Government wants to eliminate HIV transmission in NZ. What does that mean?
Experts say it's possible within the next 10 years - but only if stigma against HIV-positive people is kicked to the curb...
Links: Stuff
Transgender participation in sport: Are 'open' categories a solution?
Fina has proposed an open category for transgender and gender diverse athletes, but is this a viable option?...
Links: Stuff
Drag Race Down Under Interviews: Hannah Conda
Links: Express
Meet Drag Race Down Under’s Minnie Cooper
Links: Express

Fri 30 Jul 2021

Announcement of the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill (OUTLine NZ)
Audio from the media conference to announce the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill.
Features: Kris Faafoi, Shanan Halbert
Links: PrideNZ.com
A gold and silver day for New Zealand in Tokyo
Our reporter in Tokyo, Maja Burry, joins Karyn to celebrate the fantastic day on the water for Emma Twigg, who won gold in the single sculls, the men's eight who also won gold and the women's eight who won silver...
Links: RNZ
Gender-affirming surgery not a 'nice to have' but 'absolutely essential'
More transgender New Zealanders are seeking privately funded gender-affirming surgeries due to long waits in the public health system...
Links: Stuff
Man exposed to conversion therapy excited the practice will be criminalised for children and teens
Church sessions attempted to force one man to question his sexuality...
Links: Stuff
Man exposed to conversion therapy excited the practice will be criminalised for children and teens
Church sessions attempted to force one man to question his sexuality...
Links: Stuff
Olympic committees and Weightlifting Federation express support for Laurel Hubbard
The New Zealand and International Olympic Committees and International Weightlifting Federation have all expressed support for transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard ahead of her competing in Tokyo on Monday...
Links: RNZ
Exclusive: Government to Ban Conversation Therapy
Links: Express
Exclusive: Government to Ban Conversion Therapy
Links: Express
Lil Nas X Drops “Uncensored” Industry Baby Video …
Links: Express
Out and About | The G.A.Yest Birthday Ever!
Links: Express

Thu 30 Jul 2020

Jana Hocking reveals secret habit men don't know woman have
I have a question for you …...
Links: NZ Herald
Out and About | Prepare To Be Assassinated … by Family Bar’s...
Links: Express
Silver Medal Winning Gymnast Luke Strong Comes Out as Bisexual
Links: Express
TRILOGY Announces New Club Night ‘HUMAN’
Links: Express

Tue 30 Jul 2019

Speak Up For Women urges govt to intervene over trans athletes
The feminist lobby group Speak Up For Women wants the government to step in over the "disadvantaging of women and girls" in sport...
Links: RNZ
Tennis: Alison Van Uytvanck and Greet Minnen share 'special' kiss after first singles showdown
A special moment between two stars during the WTA tournament has melted hearts across the tennis world...
Links: NZ Herald
Hate Preacher Who Called for World’s Gay Population to be Executed...
Links: Express
Japan Elects First-Ever Openly LGBTI Person Into Parliament
Links: Express
Prominent Lesbian Activist Brutally Murdered in Russia
Links: Express
Tinder Introduces New Travel Safety Warning In Anti-LGBTI Countries
Links: Express

Mon 30 Jul 2018

Where are the nurses in the HIV response?
Where are the nurses in the HIV response? Dr Ian Hodgson, CNS (Citizen News Service) (CNS): Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, nurses have been at the forefront of the response to this once fatal infection...
Links: Scoop
Conversion Therapy Ban Signed into Law in Delaware USA
Links: Express
Destiny Church Hui Organiser Likens Homosexuality to Alcoholism
Links: Express
Furry Fridays @ Bulls and Bears
Links: Express

Sun 30 Jul 2017

An extra for the day: My time on set in a 1980s gay nightclub
There was no music in the club; the only sound was the shuffling of the dancers' feet...
Links: Stuff

Sat 30 Jul 2016

Oz newsman apologises for mocking 'trannies'
***image1**The frontman of an Australian TV news programme has apologised for mocking transgender people after one of his station's Olympic Games reporters was allegedly mugged by people she referred to as "transvestites...
Links: GayNZ.com
Speaking out against the silence
InsideOUT have launched a series of teaser films, featuring archival audio from the Homosexual Law Reform campaign, ahead of this year’s Day of Silence...
Links: GayNZ.com
Trans tech celebrity to speak at design symposium
This year Auckland’s design and creative thinking platform, Semi Permanent, is hosting transgender tech celebrity Tea Uglow...
Links: GayNZ.com
Transgender identity not a mental disorder - report
Transgender identity should no longer be considered a mental disorder by the World Health organisation, according to a Mexican study released yesterday...
Links: GayNZ.com
US Navy to name ship after gay activist Milk
Harvey Milk The US Navy is to name a ship after the late Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the United States...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 30 Jul 2015

Auckland Pride Appoints New Co Chairs
Links: Express
Calls to Introduce HPV Vaccine For Men
Links: Express
EXCLUSIVE: Mary Haddock-Staniland Bullied by Other Trans Women Following Changing Room...
Links: Express
Auckland Pride Inc appoints new co-chairs
Two new Board members have been appointed the co-chairs of Auckland Pride Festival Inc...
Links: GayNZ.com
Comment: Trump card or joker's wild?
Hair-raisingly awful? Recently, Donald Trump announced his ambition to run for the Republican nomination and even more surprisingly, he's ahead of the field...
Links: GayNZ.com
Movie review: Holding the Man
Holding The Man (NZ International Film Festival) Starring Ryan Corr and Craig Stott Written by Tommy Murphy and directed by Neil Armfield The big question regarding the movie adaptation of the play Holding The Man, which was itself an adaptation of the memoir Holding The Man, is unavoidably: does the movie do justice to its predecessors? Timothy Conigrave wrote the stunning book soon after his lover John Caleo died due to HIV/AIDS in 1992, at the height of the virus's death toll in Australia and New Zealand...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZ Scouts remain "open and inclusive"
New Zealand scout leaders are welcoming the US decision to end a ban on gay leaders, but say the organisation here has always been open and inclusive...
Links: GayNZ.com
Pressure for HPV vaccine for boys remains
Researcher Adrian Ludlam says the rising rates of anal HPV-related disease in gay and bisexual men raise serious health equity issues...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sam Smith waxes lyrical on Holding the Man
Sam Smith has spoken about how the book and film Holding the Man have changed his life...
Links: GayNZ.com
Tabby's whirlwind journey
She's met the Queen and been honoured for her work with InsideOUT...
Links: GayNZ.com
TPP impact on HIV meds likely substantial
Kevin Hague says he expects the TPPA deal to ultimately have a substantial impact on HIV medications...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 30 Jul 2014

Meet The New Board Members For APFI
Links: Express
Mens Rowing Team Gets Naked For Gay Rights
Links: Express
Young and Gay: Jamaica’s Gully Queens – Full Documentary
Links: Express
Guy twerks in every room of his house
Here's a piece of complete and utter twerk candy the team at Love Your Condom spotted online...
Links: GayNZ.com
Rainbow Tick expanding into Wellington
The Rainbow Tick will be officially launched in Wellington tonight at a gathering at Parliament...
Links: GayNZ.com
Schools offered trans inclusive ideas
Unisex toilets, safe changing rooms, plus inclusive uniforms and sports teams are among the recommendations for schools, in the wake of research showing just how tough life is for trans youth...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 30 Jul 2013

Pope Francis: Who am I to judge gay people?
Pope Francis says gay people should not be marginalised, but rather “integrated into society”...
Links: GayNZ.com
Review: Behind the Candelabra
Behind the Candelabra Director: Stephen Soderbergh Starring Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Dan Akroyd, Debbie Reynolds...
Links: GayNZ.com
Tolley recognises vulnerability of trans prisoners
Anne Tolley The Corrections Minister has acknowledged trans prisoners are a vulnerable group with highly-complex needs, as progress is being made on the issue of where they are housed...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 30 Jul 2012

Television item (New Zealand)
One News, ref: TZP416775.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (New Zealand)
One News, ref: TZP416776.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Anti equality site goes down after "attack"
Bob McCoskrie A website set up purely to oppose marriage equality has been removed from the web on its launch day, after a "large-scale denial of service attack"...
Links: GayNZ.com
Band demanding removal of song from site
The new site's logo American band Train is demanding its song be removed from an anti-marriage equality site launched by a handful of conservative New Zealand group...
Links: GayNZ.com
Family First leads crusade to "protect" marriage
Bob McCoskrie Conservative group Family First has launched a website which it says is designed to protect the current definition of marriage as “one man one woman”...
Links: GayNZ.com
Key may support marriage equality - all the way
John Key Prime Minister John Key has indicated he is likely to support Louisa Wall’s marriage equality Bill right through all three readings...
Links: GayNZ.com
Wedding Belles: Hating the hate
It’s been an emotional and draining ride for GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 30 Jul 2011

Aussie Census to include married gay couples
For the first time, the Australian Census will count same-sex couples who are married...
Links: GayNZ.com
Baby steps
Jacinda Ardern (left) is urging Simon Power(right)to look at the issue...
Links: GayNZ.com
Baby steps
Jacinda Ardern (left) is urging Simon Power(right)to look at the issue...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 30 Jul 2010

Carter dinner auction pulled from Trade Me
Chris Carter An auction for dinner with Chris Carter has been removed from Trade Me after it was pelted with homophobic comments...
Links: GayNZ.com
Ellen bows out as American Idol judge
Ellen DeGeneres will not return as an American Idol judge, after just one season on the reality show...
Links: GayNZ.com
Goff is 'spinning a story' - Carter
Chris Carter The Chris Carter saga continues, with the MP accusing his party leader Phil Goff of 'spinning a story' over revelations about a trip to China...
Links: GayNZ.com
Opinion: Road to Nowhere
Chris Carter was unjustified in his recent attack on Phil Goff's leadership...
Links: GayNZ.com
Tired Carter helps GABA celebrate 25 years
Carter at tonight's GABA function 11...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 30 Jul 2009

A celebration of lives lived out loud
When sensitive yet sassy Tim fell for John, the hunky captain of their Catholic high school football team it all sounded like the opening scenes from a cheesy '70s porno movie...
Links: GayNZ.com
DENMARK: Hit by hate at gay games
Hate crimes at gay games (pic: wsvn...
Links: GayNZ.com
Provocation Bill drawn from ballot
Just a week after Leanne Dalziel MP sought leave to introduce the Crimes (Abolition of Defence of Provocation) Amendment Bill her private member's Bill was today drawn from Parliament's ballot box...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 30 Jul 2008

"Adventurous, loyal" Greg Brice farewelled
Greg Brice, the gay man found dead in an inner-city Auckland street last Friday morning, was this afternoon remembered by friends and family as a loyal and supportive friend with sparkling eyes and a wry sense of humour...
Links: GayNZ.com
$2,500 prize package for Mr. Gay Auckland
On Sunday 7 September, this year's Mr Gay Auckland will take home a Grand Prize Package worth over $2,500, Family bar's drag hostess Miss Ribena has revealed...
Links: GayNZ.com
AUS: Steroids found in 'Gay Lube Oil'
Australian Customs has seized more than 100 bottles containing illegal liquid steroids hidden inside bottles marked 'Gay Lube Oil'...
Links: GayNZ.com
Cyprus: Gay Iranian faces death if deported
The Government of Cyprus may be at risk of sending a man to his death because of his sexual orientation, their Ombudswoman has warned...
Links: GayNZ.com
TV doco director/producer Deb Faith
Deb Faith With 30 years' experience as a camera operator capturing countless LGBT event and stories, Deb Faith is used to being asked "where's your camera tonight?" when she's out at events! Now she's ready to roll as Producer/Director on shows for Triangle TV...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 30 Jul 2007

Civil Union Bill minister leaves cabinet
After a drawn-out high level row last week, the Minister who was in charge of New Zealand's Civil Union legislation as it passed through Parliament has now resigned from cabinet...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gore is "inclusive, receptive and accepting"
The Mayor of the small South Island town of Gore says the local community is "inclusive, receptive and accepting" of all people regardless of their sexuality...
Links: GayNZ.com
Japan: Lesbian candidate lost vote for seat
A lesbian battling to become Japan's first openly gay parliamentarian has lost out in her race for a seat in the Upper House, despite her party winning the election convincingly...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 30 Jul 2006

Fade to Black. Roll Credits.
Standing on the beach, watching the children skimming stones on the flat, dead sea, I couldn't help but be reminded of so many movies I'd seen where the hero, devastated by the end of the relationship (substitute death of his mother/father/lover or loss of his glamorous job in movies/tv/music) stands gloomily looking out at an angry sea as the picture fades to black and the credits roll...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gore Boy?
You are eighteen...
Links: GayNZ.com
Holiday Romance
The pretty young girl behind the desk looked up...
Links: GayNZ.com
I am detached to you, not from you
(for myself) "I am detached to you not from you" I am the boy, if still a boy, with bruises about the eyes sighs again...
Links: GayNZ.com
Joy
lastnight walking barefoot on the lawn at four in the morning sipping chamomile and honey and watching a waning moon present and dissolve above the dark illumed clouds you were also present,your spirit spoke and the calm was placed inside my skull then I feltjoy the naked skin opened and was gently fucked by a delicious breeze porebypore delerious on the sound of the crickets singing my song am I gay and joyous at thismoment that does not register what appears is the happiness of being human - my very cells are smiling later I celebrate an erection in the wonder of those early wakeful hours handstogenitals imbibing pleasure and strength I see men and moremen the curve of the mansneck thrills in its beauty i am homosexual and human...
Links: GayNZ.com
Leave me Alone
Inspired by Destiny Church Verse 1 Did you really thing that picket sign, would make me change inside? Did you really think that maybe it's just something in my mind? Maybe if I read your book I'll learn from it to hide The very thing that makes me who I am, do I deny? Pre-Chorus I'm not the one spreading the hate Just want to be me, and liberate Chorus Would you leave me alone? Cos I'm only human Can't help who I am, exist as I stand Nothing you say, will make me go away Just leave me alone Enough separation Do we have to take sides, another divide Nothing you pray, will make me go away Verse 2 Ignorance, intolerance you've become a big excresence, Marching down the streets with signs, to rid of my existence So to love the same's a sin, and thats my biggest crime? Think the worlds got bigger things, with which to spend your time Pre- Chorus I'm not the one spreading the hate, I will be me, and you exasperate Chorus Outro I breathe, I eat, I sleep, I weep...
Links: GayNZ.com
Max
As he relieved the pressure on his bladder, Max had the oddest feeling he was being watched...
Links: GayNZ.com
Old Man Praying
I saw an old man praying, in Starbucks, on Karangahape Road...
Links: GayNZ.com
Soul Sisters
You understand the moments when I cannot communicate My nonsensical trivia bounces off into oblivion Without judgment...
Links: GayNZ.com
Standing in the Shadows of Love Love Love
Brad was bored...
Links: GayNZ.com
The Courage to Stop
The mid-afternoon sun shone brightly on our naked bodies, and as our tongues danced together I heard the growing sound of somebodys voice, I knew it was Duane, he had come to find me...
Links: GayNZ.com
The Death of Gay Culture...
The Death of Gay Culture as Observed From a Fast Car, Six Years After the Turn of the Millennium, in Auckland New Zealand by Conrad Connor Black ‘You still haven't decided where we are going,' Robert said, flooring it, as we took the dip of Bond Street, like he always did...
Links: GayNZ.com
The First Encounter
I expect nothing much to happen that night, just some of that same ole same ole, but thankfully I'm proved wrong I round the corner and there he stands...
Links: GayNZ.com
The Real Me
The shadow following me Through boy to man Questions my life First at a distance but ever closer Now right in front of me, it Pierces my flesh Grabs my heart Attacks my mind Wrestling my resistance Its slow asphyxiating power Forces submission Then acceptance It breathes new life into me And becomes my friend...
Links: GayNZ.com
Three poems by Leonard Foote
A Wild Windy Night Walking home at night A wild wind was blowing Coloured lights everywhere As the moon shines above My mind open to the wind Feeling freely flowing I can hear the trees Rustling leaves busily talking Rushing from head to toe My soul expands ever outward With my body ready to take fly The unseen and I are one on A wild windy night Hearts Desire On a strong foundation A life's work is building Slowly, steadily getting it right From a holding of hands To seeing a sunrise together forever the final prize Shey "A" Chen Man child or woman child In today's worldly form MAle or female doesn't matter Just like everyone else Our souls cry out One who loves one like one's self A Shey"a"chen is born GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com
Two of a Kind
1 Carson and Paul 'One day when you are beside me invite me to speak…' That was all right...
Links: GayNZ.com
Who am I
I am a gay man...
Links: GayNZ.com
Your Kiss
When we kissed… The velvet wet softness of your lips Transported me to another realm...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 30 Jul 2005

"Tax Cuts" and HIV/AIDS
How will Don Brash's phantom "tax cuts" affect public health spending, particularly in the case of HIV/AIDS? It's difficult to say...
Links: GayNZ.com
"Tax Cuts" and HIV/AIDS
How will Don Brash's phantom "tax cuts" affect public health spending, particularly in the case of HIV/AIDS? It's difficult to say...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 30 Jul 2004

Gay-bashing letter campaign exposed
In addition to encouraging children to send submissions to Parliament against civil unions, the Maxim Institute also wants married couples to associate homosexuality with paedophilia and incest...
Links: GayNZ.com
Red-blooded straight men in trouble
Labour MP John Tamihere has stood up for the rights of "red-blooded heterosexual men" in a speech given at St Peter's College last night...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 30 Jul 2003

Drink Spiking 'happens to gays too'
"Drink spiking isn't just something that happens to straight females, it happens to gay men and women too," Managers of Pound, Wellington's only gay bar, Malcolm and Scott Kennedy-Vaughan are trying to stress to members of the Gay and Lesbian community in a recent interview with UP Newspaper, Wellington's Gay Newspaper...
Links: GayNZ.com
Dunne slams gay marriages
United Future leader Peter Dunne has truly nailed his colours to the mast in an opinion piece in the New Zealand Herald, in which he slams gay marriages, the gay-friendly Care of Children bill, and accuses the government of “pink-think”...
Links: GayNZ.com
McNee murder accused remanded
A 23-year-old man accused of murdering celebrity designer David McNee appeared in the Auckland District Court yesterday...
Links: GayNZ.com
Religion key factor in hate crimes
Religion is the key factor amongst the immense number of homophobic hate crimes in Northern Island...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 30 Jul 1998

Television item (New Zealand)
Queer Nation, ref: TZP203546.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sun 30 Jul 1989

Television item (New Zealand)
Network News, ref: TZP57483.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sat 30 Jul 1988

An Elected Thai P.m. (Press, 30 July 1988)
General Prem's recent decision not to seek another term as Prime Minister of Thailand marks a significant shift in the country's political landscape, particularly with the nomination of Mr Chatichai Choonhavan as a potential successor to form the next government. If Mr Chatichai, an elected member of Parliament, secures the...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 30 Jul 1987

National Policies (Press, 30 July 1987)
In a letter to the editor published on 30 July 1987, Grant Mangin critiques Mr. Bolger's speech at the National Party family rally, where Bolger asserted that a National Government would restore honesty and trust in government. Mangin argues that such a claim underestimates the intelligence and memory of New...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 30 Jul 1986

A.I.D.S. Virus Variants May Provide Immunity (Press, 30 July 1986)
Researchers have discovered that infection with one strain of the AIDS virus may provide protection against other strains, potentially aiding vaccine development. A study published in the journal "Science" highlighted findings from a team at the University of Alabama Medical Centre, which included collaborations with several other institutions. It was...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 30 Jul 1985

Homosexual Law Changes (Press, 30 July 1985)
In a letter published on 30 July 1985, Philip G. Ney responded to Dr Max Abbott's news release claiming unanimous support for the Homosexual Law Reform Bill among participants of a Mental Health Foundation conference. Ney, a participant and board member of the foundation, expressed his disagreement with the proposed...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 30 Jul 1982

Another Guard Quits (Press, 30 July 1982)
On 30 July 1982, the "Sun" newspaper reported the resignation of a second senior British police officer following the revelation of a homosexual affair. Inspector Robert Berry, aged 39 and part of the elite Diplomatic Protection Group responsible for guarding VIPs and diplomats, resigned after his gay relationship was disclosed...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 30 Jul 1981

Newspaper comment: San Francisco Supervisor Harry Britt comments on the Wellington bus advertisement controversy (San Francisco, United States of America)
Links: Bay Area Reporter

Mon 30 Jul 1979

Young Nats Critical (Press, 30 July 1979)
At the Young Nationals' conference held in Christchurch on 29 July 1979, the National Party's policy-making process faced significant criticism. The chairman, Mr M. Gummer from Auckland, emphasised the need for a more vigorous approach to policy formulation, urging party members to engage with the community to gather insights from...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 30 Jul 1974

Homosexual Law Reform Supported (Press, 30 July 1974)
On 29 July 1974, the National Party's conference in Auckland showed a significant level of support for homosexual law reform. However, it was noted that this endorsement did not equate to an acceptance of homosexual behaviour as normal. The discussions during the conference included some criticism of the Gay Liberation...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Shakespeare’s Women (Press, 30 July 1974)
In July 1974, Mervyn Thompson announced a unique casting decision for his upcoming production of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," scheduled for September. In a significant departure from traditional practices, only two male roles will be played by men, while the remaining cast will be composed exclusively of women....
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Speculation On Shakespeare (Press, 30 July 1974)
On 29 July 1974, Martin Seymour-Smith published an article in the "British Journal of Sexual Medicine" asserting that William Shakespeare was not homosexual, but rather a heterosexual who unexpectedly experienced homosexual feelings. Seymour-Smith argued that this shift in passion could be inferred from Shakespeare's "Love Sonnets," particularly sonnets 34 to...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Students Deplore Mr Kirk’s Stand (Press, 30 July 1974)
On 30 July 1974, the University of Canterbury Students’ Association expressed strong disapproval of the Prime Minister Mr Kirk's stance on homosexual law reform. Dr J. J. Benefield, the president of the association, criticised the Prime Minister for his opposition to the repeal of certain sections of the Crimes Act...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sun 30 Jul 1972

A public meeting takes place about gay liberation (Wellington, New Zealand)

Thu 30 Jul 1970

Conference Vote Reform Move Welcomed (Press, 30 July 1970)
The New Zealand Homosexual Law Reform Society has expressed strong support for a resolution passed at the National Party conference, which calls for the Government to consider liberalising laws regarding homosexuality. The society's secretary, Mr J. W. Goodwin, stated that this resolution positions the National Party to align New Zealand...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Homosexuals And The Law (Press, 30 July 1970)
On 30 July 1970, discussions concerning homosexual conduct and the legal frameworks surrounding it in New Zealand intensified following a decision by the National Party at their recent conference in Rotorua. The New Zealand Crimes Act currently allows for a maximum of five years of imprisonment for indecent assault committed...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 30 Jul 1960

Prison Term Imposed (Press, 30 July 1960)
Charles Stanton Turner, a 60-year-old clerk, was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment by Mr Justice Macarthur in the Supreme Court on 30 July 1960 after being charged with attempted indecent assault on a boy on 15 April. Turner, who had one prior conviction for a similar offence dating back 13...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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