On This Day: 1st August

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Tue 1 Aug 2023

Ensuring accessible appropriate sex education for young people
Educating children about relationships and sexuality is essential to their development...
Links: RNZ

Mon 1 Aug 2022

Australian Correspondent Brad Foster
Today Sydney-based correspondent Brad Foster talks to Jesse about the disbelief amongst Australians over the Manly pride football jerseys...
Links: RNZ
Cricket: Heath Davis becomes first NZ male cricketer to publicly acknowledge he is gay
Three decades after his test debut, Heath Davis has become the first male New Zealand international cricketer to come out as gay...
Links: NZ Herald
Former Black Cap Heath Davis reveals 'lonely' struggle with sexuality
During the days on tour, Heath Davis opened the bowling with blistering pace...
Links: Stuff
Beyoncé Sizzles In Renaissance Promo Pics
Links: Express
Double The Fun! Drag Race Queens From Season 1 and 2...
Links: Express
Faux Fur Discusses Her Time On Drag Race
Links: Express
Kola Gin’s 50th Birthday Extravaganza!
Links: Express

Sun 1 Aug 2021

Advocates question if conversion therapy ban goes far enough
Advocates are questioning whether new legislation to make conversion therapy a criminal act goes far enough...
Links: RNZ
Tokyo olympics: Laurel Hubbard to begin competing today
New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will make history today when she becomes the first openly transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics...
Links: RNZ
1 x Lernberger Stafsing Gift Pack
Links: Express
2 x Double Passes To Lorde’s Solar Power Tour
Links: Express
3 x 12 Month DocPlay Subscriptions
Links: Express

Thu 1 Aug 2019

Challenging gender norms and the threat of female sexuality
Ciara Cremin from the University of Auckland explores the politics of cross-dressing and gender identity in her personal and her professional life...
Links: RNZ
More women, disabled members make debut in Japanese parliament
Japan's parliament opened a special session with its most diverse upper house yet, including more women, two severely disabled members and the first openly gay male lawmaker...
Links: RNZ

Wed 1 Aug 2018

Alaska Airlines accused of forcing gay couple to sit apart so straight couple could sit together
Alaska Airlines is under fire after a man said he and his boyfriend were told to sit apart on a California-bound plane because a straight couple wanted to sit together...
Links: Stuff
The Sex Files: Does Auckland or Wellington have a better gay scene?
Nobody lives in New Zealand for a vibrant and thriving gay scene like you'd find in Sydney or San Francisco...
Links: NZ Herald
Youth Charity Organisation Celebrated
A charity devoted to providing protection and support for young people in New Zealand has been selected as a charity partner by an organisation that celebrates the LGBTI community and its allies...
Links: Scoop
2 x Tickets to Auckland Theatre Company’s Rendered
Links: Express
2 x Tickets to each of Elaine Paige’s NZ Concerts
Links: Express
2 x Tickets to LATE: In Conversation with Helen Clark
Links: Express

Tue 1 Aug 2017

Gareth Farr profile (Wellington)
A profile interview with New Zealand composer Gareth Farr
Features: Gareth Farr
Links: PrideNZ.com
Trump fires Scaramucci in massive White House shake-up
Kathryn Ryan talks to Susan Milligan about the latest moves in Trump's inner circle, Priebus and Scaramucci are out, and Kelly is in...
Links: RNZ
3 x double passes to The Giltrap Audi season of ATC’s...
Links: Express
4 x double passes to New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Damnation of...
Links: Express
Auckland Live’s Cabaret Season
Links: Express
Gay Men Arrested in Nigeria for Seeking HIV Testing and Counselling
Links: Express
LGBT+ Tolerated but Not Accepted
Links: Express
Nearly Half of all Aus Gender Diverse Students Sexually Harassed
Links: Express
Scene: Family Bar and Club
Links: Express

Mon 1 Aug 2016

ATC August: Twice as Nice
Links: Express
Botanica Heritage
Links: Express
Drag: Behind the Lashes!
Links: Express
Embracing the Rainbow with Rialto
Links: Express
Ethereal and Corporeal: The Absurdity of Humanity
Links: Express
His Life Is A Carr-Baret!
Links: Express
Hope for ‘End of Aids’ is Disappearing, Experts Warn
Links: Express
NZAF Optimistic Around Eliminating Spread of HIV in Ten Years
Links: Express
Allegations of grope during strip searches
A trans woman who recently spent time in a men’s prison, says she was groped on more than one occasion by male officers when undergoing strip searches...
Links: GayNZ.com
Arrests made regarding sex trafficking of trans women
Members of a criminal gang that is involved in the sexual exploitation of trans women have been arrested in Spain ...
Links: GayNZ.com
Death By A Hundred Cuts
Britain's Attitude magazine has a somewhat familiar take on neoliberal austerity politics in that country, and how LGBTI individuals are being affected...
Links: GayNZ.com
Model Samantha Fox has new partner
Samantha Fox (l) and Birgitte Olsen British pin-up girl and model Samantha Fox has revealed she is in love again after the death from cancer two years ago of her previous partner and manager, Myra Stratton...
Links: GayNZ.com
Penpals with Prisoners
We chat to Sophie, one of the people behind the new initiative that’s pairing LGBTI inmates with people from the LGBTI community on the outside...
Links: GayNZ.com
Pro LGBTI MP seeks position as Speaker
One of Fran Wilde’s right hand men from the Homosexual Law Reform campaign is hoping to become the next Speaker of the House in Parliament...
Links: GayNZ.com
Proud to Play organiser honoured with intl award
Craig Watson of LGBTI sporting festival Proud to Play has been recognised by the international community for his significant contributions to the global LGBTI community...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 1 Aug 2015

Out and About: The Food Show
Links: Express
Gender neutral - "have we gone mad?"
Should transgender people expect anything more than acceptance? When cisgender people attempt to placate us by trying to be creative it serves no one...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 1 Aug 2014

Joel Kefali Aims High with New Katy Perry Video.
Links: Express
Teen Boy Replicates Celebrity Icons
Links: Express
Anti-gay Banks convicted, sentenced
John Banks Anti-gay equality politician and broadcaster John Banks has this morning been convicted of knowingly filing a false electoral return and will have to undertake community detention and community work as punishment...
Links: GayNZ.com
Breaking: Uganda's anti-gay law scrapped
The Ugandan Constitutional Court has ruled the nation's anti-gay law is null and void on the ground it was passed in parliament without the necessary quorum of lawmakers...
Links: GayNZ.com
From the RW Forum: Labour's Maryan Street
This week’s Rainbow Wellington pre-election gathering will be one of the few lgbti-focused forums before the election, so we’re taking a close look at what the candidates had to say...
Links: GayNZ.com
Hauiti among highest spending MPs
Claudette Hauiti talking to media at Parliament Departing National MP Claudette Hauiti is facing fresh criticism over revelations she ranks among the highest spending MPs in Parliament over the last quarter...
Links: GayNZ.com
Kiwi gold medalist a "superstar" - partner
New Zealand cyclist Linda Villumsen is in a relationship with retired English cyclist Emma Trott, who has proudly congratulated her partner on her Commonwealth Games gold medal...
Links: GayNZ.com
MPs help launch Rainbow Tick in capital
Michael Stevens with Louisa Wall and Kevin Hague The Rainbow Tick programme has been launched in Wellington...
Links: GayNZ.com
Rainbow Taranaki is "coming out" tonight
Taranaki’s lgbti youth support group is being launched tonight...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 1 Aug 2013

Television item (New Zealand)
20/20, ref: TZP435282.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Extra screening of Liberace flick in Auckland
An extra Auckland screening of Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra has been announced...
Links: GayNZ.com
Get ready for Kings!
People of Tauranga and beyond! The queer night out you have been waiting for is on its way! Kings will be held on the first Saturday of every month, beginning this Saturday with a right royal launch...
Links: GayNZ.com
The Invisible Man?
Oh look, it's Colin Craig...
Links: GayNZ.com
Trans Auckland rapper Randa gets BDO slot
Randa Auckland rapper and beat-maker Randa has been announced as one of the acts who will be part of the returning Big Day Out in Auckland...
Links: GayNZ.com
Wellington conference to look beyond marriage
***image1***The Queer Avengers will host a weekend of discussion and action on gender and sexual diversity in October...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 1 Aug 2012

Gays "push poo or use dildos" ranter tells MPs
Green MP Jan Logie has shared one of the stranger emails MPs have received among correspondence on the marriage equality debate, which describes gay men and lesbians as "sexual deviants and dropouts who don't have the mental capacity to be normal" "We've been getting lots of letters about the marriage equality bill...
Links: GayNZ.com
Good morning's new agony aunts
Buffy and Bimbo will be answering questions on anything and everything to do with etiquette in a new segment on Good Morning, which begins this Friday...
Links: GayNZ.com
Good morning's new agony aunts
Buffy and Bimbo will be answering questions on anything and everything to do with etiquette in a new segment on Good Morning, which begins this Friday...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gore Vidal dies in Hollywood, aged 86
Novelist, essayist and playwright Gore Vidal has died in his home in the Hollywood Hills, of complications from pneumonia, aged 86...
Links: GayNZ.com
Maori TV poll shows strong backing for equality
A poll by Maori Television’s Native Affairs programme found strong support for marriage equality...
Links: GayNZ.com
US: Baker refuses to make cake for gay couple
A Colorado bakery which is refusing to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple has been inundated with outraged emails and protestors with signs such as “let the gays eat cake”...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 1 Aug 2011

Aotearoa Rainbow Alliance out of the blocks
The Aotearoa Rainbow Alliance is encouraging people to learn about what it's doing, spread the word and get involved in the process of getting the umbrella body for glbt groups running at full speed...
Links: GayNZ.com
Mrs Tamaki believes lesbians 'hurt by men'
The first lady of Destiny Church Hannah Tamaki says there's nothing wrong with women who love women: except that their sexuality comes down to being badly treated by men...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 1 Aug 2010

Chris Carter: Your views
GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com
Chris Carter: Your views
GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gok Wan comes out for Hikoi on Heels
TV stylist Gok Wan mingled with the crowd attending Hikoi on Heels at Auckland's Family Bar last night...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gok Wan comes out for Hikoi on Heels
TV stylist Gok Wan mingled with the crowd attending Hikoi on Heels at Auckland's Family Bar last night...
Links: GayNZ.com
Teen charged with murdering police officer
3...
Links: GayNZ.com
Victim believed to have frequented gay venues
Denis Phillips 6...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 1 Aug 2009

"No" to 'Sir Witi,' "yes" to 'Dame Deirdre'
Gay author Witi Ihimaera is amongst those who have rejected taking up the title of "Sir" following the government's reintroduction of traditional titular honours...
Links: GayNZ.com
Albania moves towards gay marriage
One of the most conservative countries in Eastern Europe has taken a significant step towards embracing same sex marriage...
Links: GayNZ.com
GLBT counseling service in financial strife
The financial situation is increasingly bleak for the nation's primary glbt counseling and support organisation which is now appealing to its members to donate what money they can spare to help cover day to day running expenses...
Links: GayNZ.com
US troops accused of aiding gay executions
United States soldiers have aided in the execution of gay Iraqis according to two unnamed gay Iraqi refugees speaking during an American Human Rights Campaign fundraising event...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 1 Aug 2008

Foreskins inside out
Guys – are you cut or uncut? And does it really matter? Mark Farnworth does some research...
Links: GayNZ.com
Foreskins inside out
Guys – are you cut or uncut? And does it really matter? Mark Farnworth does some research...
Links: GayNZ.com
Hide bemused by Peters' 'closet gay' slur
NZ First leader and Foreign Affairs minister Winston Peters has played the gay slur card against Act leader Rodney Hide, suggesting that Hide is a closeted gay who uses the public company of women friends to disguise the fact...
Links: GayNZ.com
Melbourne man guilty of HIV-spread parties
A 49-year-old Melbourne man has been convicted of knowingly spreading HIV to other men at orgies he called 'conversion' parties...
Links: GayNZ.com
New rapid syphilis test available from today
From today, a new rapid syphilis test service being piloted at Auckland's Burnett Centre will assist in the early detection of syphilis...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 1 Aug 2007

AKL gallery: Gender-blend nudes and leather
Auckland's Morgan Street Gallery's latest exhibitions include a collection of cliché-busting photoshopped nudes and an exploration of leather art...
Links: GayNZ.com
Buddhism: Traversing the Mountain Path
Buddhism is now the second largest organised faith in New Zealand behind Christianity...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay couple will join Desperate Housewives
According to Desperate Housewives' openly-gay creator, Wisteria Lane is ready for a resident gay couple...
Links: GayNZ.com
History: The Problem with William...
William Wilberforce At their AGM, the Society for the Promotion of Community Standards enthused about nineteenth century British antislavery campaigner, William Wilberforce (1759-1833)...
Links: GayNZ.com
RENT comes to a Hamilton stage soon
The award-winning rock musical RENT is on its way to Hamilton's Riverlea Theatre stage for a three-week season...
Links: GayNZ.com
TV doco to tell Kiwi stories of gays and God
'Don't tell me Jesus loves me until you are ready to love me too' will be a television documentary exploring the relationship between Christian faith and coming out...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 1 Aug 2006

Television item (New Zealand)
Kiwifruit, ref: TZP325483.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
2007 HERO Festival dates announced
Preparations for the next HERO Festival, to be held in Auckland next summer, are well underway...
Links: GayNZ.com
Full of Sound and Fury...
Meaning of Marriage: Jean Bethke Elshtain and Robert George (ed) Spence, 2006...
Links: GayNZ.com
Little Zealand?
New Zealand, New Zealand, New Zealand...
Links: GayNZ.com
Out Games reports
GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 1 Aug 2005

GLBT mental health crisis "unsurprising"
It's unsurprising that gay and lesbian youth in New Zealand show a higher risk of mental illness, say GLBT community and welfare groups...
Links: GayNZ.com
Liquidation sale at Peron bookstore
After being refused re-entry to the country by the Immigration Service following allegations that he was once an advocate of paedophile material, gay US immigrant Jim Peron is to have a liquidation sale at his Auckland bookstore Aristotle's...
Links: GayNZ.com
Mental health worse in gays
The latest release from Otago University's long-running Christchurch Health and Development Study continues to show a strong link between sexual orientation and mental health problems...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZ couple's Fiji killer released already
The man who slashed to death a gay New Zealand couple in Fiji in 2001 has been discreetly freed from a psychiatric hospital there...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 1 Aug 2004

Return of the Drag Kings
Enough of the drag queens, bring on the drag kings – Wellington's favourite "sons" are back from Australia to tour their new show Return of the Drag Kings in the capital city...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 1 Aug 2003

Chief Censor Bill Hastings
Of course being openly gay attracts more than its share of battles, but I view these battles as opportunities to demonstrate in public that intolerance, fundamentalism and bigotry will never win in the long run...
Links: GayNZ.com
Dunne in the Dark Ages
United Future leader Peter Dunne's comments this week that the government is trying to change the way people think by supporting civil union legislation has been rubbished by the executive director of the Institute for Liberal Values...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 1 Aug 2002

Television item (New Zealand)
Qn, ref: TZP260717.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Gay cop: Turning scandal into success
From being outed in a "Gay Cop Internet Scandal" to being congratulated by the Prime Minister as an out gay police officer, Auckland Senior Sergeant Mark Richards is at the forefront of changing police attitudes to gays and gays in the force...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 1 Aug 2001

Injecting a bit of masculinity into sex
Now, it was one of those Internet encounters that you have when you are bored...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 1 Aug 2000

Television item (New Zealand)
Queer Nation, ref: TZP231452.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sun 1 Aug 1999

Television item (New Zealand)
Trading Places, ref: TZP218225.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sat 1 Aug 1998

Alt My Heart, one of the forerunners of PrideNZ.com is awarded a Rainbow Award (New Zealand)
Founder of PrideNZ.com Gareth Watkins had a number of audio site in the late 1990s and early 2000s before PrideNZ.com was launched. The site Alt My Heart won a Rainbow Award in August 1998.
Links: Internet Archive

Sun 1 Aug 1993

Television item (San Francisco, United States of America)
Frontline, ref: TZP125876.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Wed 1 Aug 1990

Television item (New Zealand)
Network News, ref: TZP92857.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (New Zealand)
Network News At Ten, ref: TZP92862.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Tue 1 Aug 1989

Television news report: a sex worker is being held in hospital after testing positive for HIV (Sydney, Australia)
Eyewitness news, ref F97199
Links: Nga Taonga Sound & Vision

Fri 1 Aug 1986

Television item (Hastings, New Zealand)
Today Tonight, ref: TZP11921.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Thu 1 Aug 1985

A.i.d.s. In N.z. A Disease Of Both Sexes (Press, 1 August 1985)
On 1 August 1985, Dr John Clements, assistant director of the Health Department in New Zealand, expressed concerns regarding the potential spread of AIDS in a way that could affect both sexes, unlike trends observed in other countries. He emphasised the necessity for health education programmes about sexual behaviour to...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 1 Aug 1984

A.i.d.s. Blood Test Soon (Press, 1 August 1984)
A blood-screening test for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is anticipated to become available in New Zealand within a year, according to Dr Graeme Woodfield, the director of the Auckland Blood Transfusion Service. The decision to develop this test comes in the wake of a scare in Australia, where it...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Cable Briefs (Press, 1 August 1984)
The news from 1 August 1984 highlights several significant events, both in the UK and around the world. A male prostitute, Michael Rauch, aged 38, was found dead in a North London flat, reportedly from a drug overdose. Rauch was known for his involvement in a scandal that led to...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Twins’ Future Rated Highly (Press, 1 August 1984)
On 1 August 1984, it was reported that Win Htut and Lin Htut, Siamese twins from Rangoon, Burma, successfully underwent a complex 17-hour surgery that separated them and included a gender reassignment for Win Htut. Surgeons, Dr Robert Filler and Dr Geoffry Barker, announced that both twins had a 95...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 1 Aug 1983

Hard Going At Film Festival (Press, 1 August 1983)
The Christchurch International Film Festival is in progress, showcasing a diverse selection of films. Among the highlights is "Diva," a thriller with an operatic setting. A noticeable trend at this year's festival is the emphasis on American films, such as "The King of Comedy" and "Diner," that audiences would typically...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 1 Aug 1981

Friendship Ended (Press, 1 August 1981)
Martina Navratilova, the former Wimbledon champion, is contemplating going public about her personal life following the conclusion of her long-standing friendship with American lesbian activist Rita Mae Brown. This development was reported by the "London Sun" on 31 July 1981. The article indicated that Navratilova is motivated to speak out,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 1 Aug 1980

Reporter's Diary (Press, 1 August 1980)
In early July 1980, the South Pacific Forum held talks in Kiribati, and an article in Australia's "National Times" pointed out an intriguing observation regarding the arrival of various prime ministers. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser arrived in a Range Rover, New Zealand Prime Minister Robert Muldoon in a Jeep,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 1 Aug 1975

Athleticism Was Show’s Highlight (Press, 1 August 1975)
The review discusses the late-night show “One of Nature’s Gentlemen,” which was performed by the Australian Performing Group at The Court Theatre from July 31 to August 2, 1975. Directed by Kerry Dwyer, the show attempts to blend vaudeville with a dramatized love comedy, resulting in a light-hearted and entertaining...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 1 Aug 1974

Gay Lib. And The Law (Press, 1 August 1974)
On 1 August 1974, a controversy arose following a statement made by the Minister of Tourism, Mrs Whetu Tirikatene Sullivan, regarding groups advocating for homosexual rights, specifically mentioning the Gay Liberation Front (GLF). Mr P. R. H. Maling, the liaison officer for the GLF in Christchurch, expressed strong objections to...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 1 Aug 1970

From The New Fiction Lists (Press, 1 August 1970)
The reviews published on 1 August 1970, cover a range of novels spanning various themes and genres. "The Glass Virgin" by Catherine Cookson tells the story of Annabella Lagrange, the pampered daughter of wealthy glass-works owners in northern England. On the eve of her seventh birthday, Annabella encounters disturbing events...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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