On This Day: 11th August

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Fri 11 Aug 2023

Interview: Actor Nick Afoa talks about playing a gay man in ‘Mysterious Ways’
Mysterious Ways is a new film that tells the story of a gay priest in New Zealand and his battle with church authorities over his right to get married his own church...
Links: Andrew Whiteside
Interviews: Nick Afoa, Richard Short and Peter Oremland on Mysterious Ways
Mysterious Ways is a new film that tells the story of a gay priest in New Zealand and his battle with church authorities over his right to get married his own church...
Links: Andrew Whiteside
Oranga Tamariki investigates after youth justice workers' anti-trans and Nazi posts
Contractors working at a youth justice facility compared Jacinda Ardern to Hitler and shared online posts advocating violence towards transgender people...
Links: Stuff
Behind The Tweets: Grimes Shares Insights into Musk’s Views on Gender...
Links: Express
Iraq Cracks Down on Use of Terms “Homosexual” and “Gender” in...
Links: Express

Thu 11 Aug 2022

E oho! Mana Takatāpui (Taiwhanga Kauhau, National Library)
Audio from the E oho! Mana Takatāpui event held at the National Library on 11 August 2022.
Features: Fiona Lam Sheung, Kassie Hartendorp, Kevin Haunui, Lynne Russell, Nate Rowe, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Tīwhanawhana
Links: PrideNZ.com
English ban of trans women playing women’s rugby ‘absurd’, activists claim
With only weeks away from the Rugby World Cup, trans activists are challenging England RFU's decision to ban trans players from the women's game...
Links: Stuff
Episode 101 - Dungeons and Dragons and Rainbows
Edie and Neo chat a bit about their thoughts on Dungeons and Dragons and how it relates to, represents, and interfaces with their rainbow experiences...
Links: InsideOUT
LGBTQI News Roundup – 12th August 2022
New Zealand survey shows LGBTQ kids face tougher home life and more likely to need state care Disproportionately high rates of LGBTQIA+ young people in New Zealand are involved with government child agency Oranga Tamariki and face greater challenges growing up than other youth, a recently published report has found...
Links: Andrew Whiteside
The house from 90s 'Pride and Prejudice' mini-series could be yours
This Georgian mansion, which once appeared in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, is seeking a new owner...
Links: Stuff
Baseball Player Solomon Bates Comes Out: “Gay Men Can Play A...
Links: Express
Gay Dating: The C Word is Compromise!
Links: Express

Wed 11 Aug 2021

Parliament: second reading of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Bill (Parliament buildings)
Second reading of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Bill
Features: Barbara Kuriger, David Seymour, Deborah Russell, Elizabeth Kerekere, Glen Bennett, Jacqui Dean, Jan Tinetti, Jenny Salesa, Louise Upston, Nicola Grigg, Rachel Boyack, Simon O'Connor, Tāmati Coffey, Tangi Utikere, Willow-Jean Prime
Links: PrideNZ.com
Bill allowing trans people to change sex on birth certificates passes second reading unanimously
All parties support the bill allowing trans people to more easily change their sex on their birth certificate...
Links: Stuff
Simple Self-identification One Step Closer
A self-identification process that supports the needs of transgender, non-binary and intersex New Zealanders is one step closer, Internal Affairs Minister Jan Tinetti said today...
Links: Scoop
The Conversation: Gay conversion therapy - why New Zealand's new law is unlikely to criminalise parents
OPINION Given all parliamentary parties have said they oppose conversion practices being performed on LGBTQ+ people, you could be forgiven for wondering why the first reading of the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill...
Links: NZ Herald
Italian Tennis Player Returns To Court Wearing Rainbow Gear Following Use...
Links: Express
Who Is Allowed To Call Themselves Trans?
Links: Express

Tue 11 Aug 2020

Polish MPs Dress as the Rainbow to Protest Anti-Gay President’s Inauguration
Links: Express
RISING AGAIN
Links: Express

Sun 11 Aug 2019

Gay couple have to raise $25,000 for IVF; want fertility treatment funded for same-sex couples
Ryan and Jerome are calling for change to make it easier for same-sex couples to have children...
Links: Stuff
Gender neutral uniforms and toilets, care around pronouns; how schools are embracing gender diversity
Parents of transgender primary kids say schools are finally giving students a fair go...
Links: Stuff

Sat 11 Aug 2018

22 LGBTQ+ athletes represent New Zealand at the Gay Games
Proud to Play NZ – Media Release 22 LGBTQ+ athletes represent New Zealand at the Gay Games Gay Games – Paris 2018 ...
Links: Scoop
Support for measures to allow children to amend gender
Parents of transgender children have joined other groups in the rainbow community in welcoming today’s announced changes to the process for amending gender markers on birth certificates...
Links: Scoop

Fri 11 Aug 2017

Medical centre sorry for lumping transgender with sexual orientation
A Wellington medical centre has apologised for inferring on a patient form that transgender was a sexual orientation...
Links: Stuff
Documentary Questions Diversity and Takatāpui Representation in Pride
Links: Express
Marcello’s Has New Owners
Links: Express
Trans Protection Bill Introduced to Pakistan Senate
Links: Express

Thu 11 Aug 2016

Rainbow taonga at Te Papa (Wellington)
History curators Stephanie Gibson and Lynette Townsend showcase some of the many rainbow taonga held in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Features: Lynette Townsend, Stephanie Gibson
Links: PrideNZ.com
August: Ask Agony Uncle Eli
Links: Express
Family’s Fabulous Saturday
Links: Express
Having the Chat: Cissy Rock
Links: Express
Leading Law Firm Celebrate HLR30
Links: Express
No Fear Skin Care
Links: Express
Post Code Envy
Links: Express
Who You Gonna Call?
Links: Express
30 Years on Food for Thought
I have just read the transcript of Justice Muir’s speech at a Rainbow Law gathering last night to mark the 30th anniversary of Homosexual Law Reform...
Links: GayNZ.com
Brazil's first Rio gold medalist comes out
A Brazilian gold medalist at the Rio Olympics has come out publicly for the first time...
Links: GayNZ.com
Get ready to party - Family Bar turns 11!
Auckland’s LGBTI nightlife institution, Family Bar, is celebrating its eleventh birthday this weekend with a birthday spectacular...
Links: GayNZ.com
LGBTI Christian conference offers safe space
A new conference aims to provide LGBTI Christians a safe space to network and worship, with seminar sessions hoping to educate pastors on the issues around sexuality and Christianity...
Links: GayNZ.com
Most Pulse victims were shot multiple times
Many of the 49 victims of the Pulse gay nightclub massacre in Orlando were shot from a distance, with more than a third shot in the head and all but two were shot multiple times...
Links: GayNZ.com
New baby for Urzila Carlson and wife
New Zealand’s favourite lesbian comedian Urzila Carlson and her wife Julie have welcomed a baby boy into the world today...
Links: GayNZ.com
OUTLine elects news board members
Following an Annual General Meeting, New Zealand’s LGBTI support service, OUTLine, has a new board of long-time LGBTI community leaders and advocates...
Links: GayNZ.com
US TV network slammed for ignoring glbti families
Australia's gold medalist at Beijing, Matthew Mitcham The USA's Olympic coverage television network, NBC, has come under fire for all but ignoring partners and family of glbti athletes at the Olympics, while showing the partners and family of straight athletes...
Links: GayNZ.com
Villumsen's 6th place means no Olympic medal
Kiwi cyclist Linda Villumsen has missed out on an Olympic medal, finishing sixth in the Cycling Road Women's Individual Time Trial...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 11 Aug 2015

Larry Kramer Slams Stonewall Critics, Telling Director – “Don’t Listen to...
Links: Express
Consultant members sought for Akl Pride
Auckland Pride Inc is calling for expressions of interest from anyone who’d like to be a Consultant Member...
Links: GayNZ.com
Falcons warming up for a big month
The NZ Falcons kick off their fundraising drive to get to the next Bingham Cup in Nashville with a classy Gala Dinner later this month, before they host some of the big guns in gay rugby from Australia for the Purchas Cup on 5 September...
Links: GayNZ.com
New Plymouth, ChCh dates for Black Faggot
With a new cast, Victor Rodger’s acclaimed play Black Faggot is heading to New Plymouth and Christchurch...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 11 Aug 2014

Kiss and Tell: Penny Pinchers and The Anti Climax.
Links: Express
Lesbian ‘First Kiss’ Viral Video
Links: Express
Uganda Holds Pride March
Links: Express
"Fag is a funny word" comic coming to NZ
"Fag is a funny word" Clay maintains...
Links: GayNZ.com
Kiwi lights Cleveland Gay Games flame
New Zealand athlete Blake Skjellerup has lit the opening flame at the Gay Games in Cleveland...
Links: GayNZ.com
Mana and Beyer bemused by Waititi stance
Georgina Beyer on the campaign trail in Christchurch A claim by gay reality TV star Alby Waititi that he has been incorrectly represented as a supporter of the Mana party has left the party bewildered and the MP he does support bemused...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZAF takes in Asian community feedback
A LYC ad...
Links: GayNZ.com
Party claims McVicar has "common sense"
Garth McVicar says he doesn't have a problem with gay people, but if they get married it will increase crime...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 11 Aug 2013

Police search for Phillip Edwards after a child is abducted. (Auckland, New Zealand)
In 2003 Edwards was found guilty of the manslaughter of interior decorator David McNee.
Links: Gay NZ
"I want to make my mum proud"
A young woman who wants both her mums' names on her birth certificate says she simply wants to honour her parents' 24 year relationship, and have a document which reflects who she truly is...
Links: GayNZ.com
Birth certificate crusader full of thanks
Rowen with Diane and Doreen An Upper Hutt 20-year-old fighting to get both her mums' names on her birth certificate has expressed her thanks to Labour MP Louisa Wall for adopting her case...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay decorator's killer abducts child
Phillip Layton Edwards The man who killed gay celebrity interior decorator David McNee has today abducted a two year old boy from a Panmure home and police have grave fears for the child's safety...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 11 Aug 2012

Lou - Q12 (New Plymouth)
Lou talks about being young, demisexual and panromantic in 2012
Links: PrideNZ.com
Designer "elated" after making finals of comp
Kerry Wong Gay Auckland designer Kerry Wong has a chance to show his mini collection at NZ Fashion Week after making the top ten of the Westpac Fashion Competition...
Links: GayNZ.com
Madonna defies St Petersburg's gay ban
Madonna has challenged St Petersburg's "gay propaganda" ban by handing out pink wristbands at her show...
Links: GayNZ.com
Meet: designer Kerry Wong
Kerry Wong Gay Aucklander Kerry Wong is in the top ten of the Westpac Fashion Competition...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 11 Aug 2011

Editorial: 25 years of freedom for the poncing poofs
Twenty five years ago today horny gay men no longer had to fear the knock on the door of investigating police or the shame of being prosecuted for the crime of having homosexual sex...
Links: GayNZ.com
Number 8's UK distributor hurt by blaze
Number 8 Films' Teddy is on the company's compilation Boys on Film 6 A company which distributes gay movies, including the work of Auckland's Number 8 Films, has suffered a devastating loss of stock in a fire which was started during the riots in London...
Links: GayNZ.com
Petition calls for Bert and Ernie to be wed
Bromance or romance? The debate rages on...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 11 Aug 2010

"I'm not a poofter mate"
I'd be surprised to meet a gay man who hasn't been shot down as a 'fucking poofter' at some stage in his life...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay parents lodge complaints over Twitter rant
"I'm not homophobic" - Wendy Francis Gay parents have lodged hate-speech complaints against an Australian Senate candidate who equated same-sex couples raising children with child abuse...
Links: GayNZ.com
Grindr for lesbians just months away
A typical Grindr home screen The creator of iPhone application Grindr says there could be a version for lesbians by the end of the year...
Links: GayNZ.com
Michael Kirby to speak at anniversary dinner
Michael Kirby Former justice of the High Court of Australia Michael Kirby will be the guest speaker at an Auckland dinner marking 25 years of the New Zealand Aids Foundation...
Links: GayNZ.com
More FM cleared over "poofter" exchange
The Broadcasting Standards Authority has refused to uphold a complaint about the use of the word "poofter" during More FM's breakfast programme...
Links: GayNZ.com
Taiwanese take on flight attendant's escape
YouTube - 11th August 2010...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 11 Aug 2009

Television item (New Zealand)
One News, ref: TZP372812.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Catholic couples should get help 'elsewhere'
A gay Catholics group is suggesting NZ's glbt Catholic couples with problems seek assistance away from the Church, including counselors provided by other Christian denominations...
Links: GayNZ.com
Kids Can... and so can Drag Queens!
Performers, celebrities and ordinary folk from all around the country pulled out all the stops at the weekend to raise almost $2 million through the TV3 Telethon for the Kids Can Charitable Trust...
Links: GayNZ.com
Massive Dancing donation to Rainbow Youth
Glbt youth and support organisation Rainbow Youth is reeling from this morning's announcement that they will receive over a quarter of a million dollars through TVNZ's Dancing with the Stars show...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZ short film up for international award
The New Zealand film voted Best Short Film in this year's Out Takes gay film festival has now been nominated for a prestigious short film prize in the UK...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 11 Aug 2008

Lesbian couple's $35,000 wedding bid
Two women from Belmont, Wellington make up one of five couples in the running to win their entire wedding – worth $35,000 – in a radio station promotion...
Links: GayNZ.com
New magazine for lesbians launches in UK
A new lesbian glossy magazine launches in print in the UK and online this week, promising gay women "a fresh, entertaining and unique approach to gay lifestyle issues and a mix of celebrity interviews, intelligent relationship features, news, advice and a whole lot more...
Links: GayNZ.com
The tangled love-lives of gay White Trash
"Andrew loves Jeremy...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 11 Aug 2007

AKL: Dresses and suits ready for Lesbian Ball
The highlight annual event on the Auckland lesbian scene calendar is tonight from 8pm at the Langham Hotel – the 24th Annual Lesbian Ball, with the theme Style through the ages...
Links: GayNZ.com
Eighteen gay Nigerians face Sharia death
Eighteen men have been remanded in prison following their arrest for alleged sodomy in northern Nigeria, the state-owned news agency, Nan, reports...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 11 Aug 2006

TV spelling bee nets $10K for NZAF
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation is thrilled to receive $10,000, courtesy of theatrical singing star Helen Medlyn, who won the latest heat on TV One's “Great New Zealand Spelling Bee...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 11 Aug 2005

Gay Night Coming to TV2
From 5 September, Monday nights will bring two new gay shows to our screens on TV2...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZ immigrants will be screened for HIV
Changes to health screenings for new migrants to New Zealand will not automatically exclude those with HIV, the AIDS Foundation understands...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 11 Aug 2004

Television item (New Zealand)
One News, ref: TZP293142.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
McNee jury asks questions of judge
11AM: The jury in the David McNee murder trial have asked for answers to two questions as they enter their third day of deliberations...
Links: GayNZ.com
P teacher jailed for two years
Former teacher David Arthur, who filmed teenagers smoking P at his Auckland home, has been jailed for two years but given leave to apply for home detention...
Links: GayNZ.com
Third day of deliberations in McNee trial
Jury deliberations in the David McNee murder trial have now entered their third day...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 11 Aug 2003

Marshall challenged to publish his address
Sacked Queer Nation presenter Jonathan Marshall has been issued a challenge to publicly reveal his own address, after an announcement at the weekend that celebrity addresses will be published on a new tabloid-style website set up by Marshall and former Queer Nation director David Herkt...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 11 Aug 2002

GayNZ.com reports that Newtown Primary School has declined to host future Gay and Lesbian Fairs (Wellington, New Zealand)
The fair had utilized the venue for the last 17 years.
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 11 Aug 1997

Television item (New Zealand)
Breakfast, ref: TZP187829.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Mon 11 Aug 1986

I Have Been Killeddrag Queen (Press, 11 August 1986)
Vikki de Lambray, a drag queen whose real name was David Gibbon, was found dead in his London flat on 11 August 1986. His death came shortly after he made a distressing phone call to the Press Association, where he claimed that he had been given a lethal dose of...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Kate And Allie Strike It Rich (Press, 11 August 1986)
In a recent edition of David Hartnell's column, news from Hollywood highlights the successful pay negotiations of actresses Susan Saint James and Jane Curtin, the stars of the hit sitcom “Kate and Allie.” Both actresses have reportedly secured contracts worth $550,000 each for the show’s 22 episodes, earning them a...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Mr Lange ‘not Worried’ By Poll (Press, 11 August 1986)
On 11 August 1986, New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange commented on recent opinion poll results indicating a significant narrowing in the support between the Labour and National parties. Speaking at a news conference in Suva, Lange expressed confidence despite Labour's support declining to 48 per cent, a drop of...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 11 Aug 1984

Seminars On A.I.D.S. (Press, 11 August 1984)
A new and concerning disease, A.I.D.S. (acquired immune deficiency syndrome), is expected to emerge in New Zealand, according to Mr Bruce Burnett, co-ordinator of the newly established A.I.D.S. Support Network. This statement was made during his visit to Christchurch, where he was holding seminars aimed at educating both the homosexual...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 11 Aug 1979

Govt To Pay $1.7m For Doping Soldier With Lsd (Press, 11 August 1979)
On 11 August 1979, it was reported that the United States Government has decided to pay $1.7 million to a former soldier, James Thornwell, rather than facing a trial over the administration of the hallucinogenic drug LSD during a covert Army experiment nearly two decades earlier in France. The agreement...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Television: National Gay Rights Coalition (NGRC) making recommendations to the Human Rights Commission (New Zealand)
ref: TZP28741.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Fri 11 Aug 1978

Sexual Crimes Drop During Driving Blitz (Press, 11 August 1978)
The number of crimes associated with anti-social behaviour saw a significant decline of 70.4 per cent during a two-week campaign aimed at tackling drunk driving, as reported by police data released on 10 August 1978 by Marilyn Waring, the National MP for Raglan. The campaign, which took place from 15...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Thorpe Wins Morale Boost (Press, 11 August 1978)
Jeremy Thorpe, the former leader of the British Liberal Party, is facing a charge of conspiracy to murder relating to Norman Scott, a former male model who claims they had a homosexual relationship. Despite the seriousness of the allegations, Thorpe has received a vote of confidence from his supporters in...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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