On This Day: 18th August

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Fri 18 Aug 2023

Shaneel Lal: Being trans is more than gender surgery or hormone therapy
Herald columnist Shaneel Lal gives a younger perspective in episode 7 of TransGenerations...
Links: NZ Herald
Must-See Film: “Mysterious Ways” Sheds Light on LGBTQ+ Love Amid Religious...
Links: Express

Thu 18 Aug 2022

Brisbane mum of transgender girl slams school for discrimination
The mum of a transgender girl who had her application rejected by an all-girls school has launched a discrimination battle against the institution...
Links: NZ Herald
Event: Grief – Sex – Race
Comedian Jess Karamjeet navigates the loss of her dad alongside Sophie Gibson, a bereaved up-and-coming singer/songwriter...
Links: Andrew Whiteside
LGBTQI News Roundup – 19th August 2022
Florida and#8216;donand#8217;t say gayand#8217; law anti-LGBTQ rhetoric surged 400% online Anti-LGBTQ hateand#160;surgedand#160;onlineand#160;following the passage of a Florida law thatand#160;limits classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity, aand#160;new report found...
Links: Andrew Whiteside
Northland principal apologises for 'disturbing' sexuality education handout
WARNING: Sexual content A Northland mum wants sex education in the classroom reviewed after a "disturbing" school handout stole her 12-year-old daughter's innocence, she says...
Links: NZ Herald
13 Reasons Why Star Tommy Dorfman Admits The Series Held Back...
Links: Express
Isle of Man Set To Remove Gay Blood Ban Following Heartstopper...
Links: Express
Jenn Jones: Designing Drag
Links: Express

Wed 18 Aug 2021

Lil Nas X Says He Knew He Was Gay At The...
Links: Express
Rich Lister Convicted of Multiple Indecent Assaults Gets Bail Ahead of...
Links: Express
Tom Daley’s Knitting “Obsession” Inspired By Husband
Links: Express

Tue 18 Aug 2020

Disney will have its first openly bisexual lead character in The Owl House
Luz’s attraction to recurring female character has been explored in the two most recent episodes, while her attraction to males was shown earlier...
Links: Stuff
AUCKLAND SHORTLISTED FOR 2026 GAY GAMES
Links: Express
End of the Shanghai Rainbow – Chinese Pressure Forces Pride Shut...
Links: Express
Out on the Shelves Celebrates Rainbow Stories for the Third Year...
Links: Express
Three Ellen Producers Sacked Over Toxic Workplace Accusations
Links: Express

Sun 18 Aug 2019

Dr Lauren Rosewarne - Sex and Sexuality In Modern Screen Remakes
Dr Lauren Rosewarne from the University of Melbourne has written a new book, Sex and Sexuality In Modern Screen Remakes which raises questions about how women are seen on screen now...
Links: RNZ
HIV Positive Parents Being Separated From Children Under Trump Administration’s Refugee...
Links: Express
Transgender Bathroom Rights Victory In United States
Links: Express

Sat 18 Aug 2018

Drew Hadwen (Wellington)
Drew Hadwen talks about the development of the Devotion dance parties/festivals, and the Beacons of Hope services in Wellington in the 1990s
Features: Drew Hadwen
Links: PrideNZ.com
Trans Student Excluded From Event And Told She’s “Not A Female”...
Links: Express

Fri 18 Aug 2017

Dr David Lim is sentenced to five years in prison for indecently assaulting five male patients (New Zealand)
Dr Lim was sentenced in the Napier District Court
Police say Pastor Logan Robertson committed no criminal offence with his hate speech (Auckland, New Zealand)
In a sermon on 23 July, Robertson from the WestCity Bible Baptist Church in Avondale said "I'm not against [homosexuals] getting married as long as a bullet goes through their head the moment they kiss...that's what should happen". Police issued a statement to Newshub stating "no criminal offence has been committed".
Links: Newshub
The National Day of Silence is held (New Zealand)
The National Day of Silence is a day of action in which students across the country vow to take a form of silence to call attention to the silencing effect of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying, name-calling and harassment in schools.
Links: Day of Silence
Government committee: let people choose gender
A transgender boy is among those celebrating a win for people whose gender does not align with the sex they were assigned at birth...
Links: Stuff
Hamilton Councillor Uses Homophobic Slurs in Meeting
Links: Express
Police Investigate Homophobic Assault of Teenagers
Links: Express

Thu 18 Aug 2016

Auckland Transgender Ball Postponed
Links: Express
Filipino President’s Homophobic Remark to US Ambassador
Links: Express
Indian Film Maker Calls for Collaboration with Canada to End Discrimination
Links: Express
OUTLine Reaches Out For Community Feedback with Survey and Workshop
Links: Express
UN’s Egyptian Envoy Boycotts Mandate to Monitor Anti-Gay Violence
Links: Express
Homophobia also reported in Otago Uni Halls
An Otago University survey has indicated that some students in the Halls of Residence at the University have been on the receiving end of homophobia and it is suggested that a better response to incidents of harassment and homophobia is needed...
Links: GayNZ.com
Indonesia: Getting Darker...
When I last wrote about Indonesia in March 2016, it was obvious that there was a major 'moral panic' underway against LGBT Indonesians...
Links: GayNZ.com
LGBTI youth project is seeking Project Manager
LGBTI youth initiative Outerspaces are currently looking to hire an experienced Project Manager for a short term project in the Wellington region...
Links: GayNZ.com
Students advised to take complaints to Uni and Police
Auckland law firm Ryken and Associates say that depending on the situation, University students facing harassment or assault within a halls of residence may need to make a formal complaint to Police...
Links: GayNZ.com
Talk show host responds to allegations of racism
Ellen DeGeneres has responded to accusations of racism after she posted a meme on her Twitter account that shows her on Olympian Usain Bolt’s back...
Links: GayNZ.com
The Māori, Indigenous and South Pacific HIV and AIDS Foundation
The Māori, Indigenous poverty, housing, addictions, incarceration and access to health services with out stigma and discrimination - mentioned in the UNGASS HLM Political Declaration as an issue for Indigenous Peoples - places Whānau living with and affected by HIV as a very vulnerable community...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 18 Aug 2015

Tony Abbott’s Lesbian Sister Speaks Out on Marriage Equality
Links: Express
Ak Outgames future to be decided tonight
The fate of the 4th Asia Pacific Outgames, scheduled to be held in Auckland in February, hangs in the balance today with a decision due to be made tonight on whether it will go ahead...
Links: GayNZ.com
Ak Outgames future to be decided tonight
The fate of the 4th Asia Pacific Outgames, scheduled to be held in Auckland in February, hangs in the balance today with a decision due to be made tonight on whether it will go ahead...
Links: GayNZ.com
Ak Outgames: Inflexibility and lack of communication
Lack of communication from the board of Auckland Outgames 2016 Inc...
Links: GayNZ.com
Ak Outgames: Inflexibility and lack of communication
Lack of communication from the board of Auckland Outgames 2016 Inc...
Links: GayNZ.com
Half of young Brits not completely straight
Half of the young Brits who have taken part in a new national survey say they are not 100 per cent heterosexual...
Links: GayNZ.com
Singer abused at NZ vs Aus basketball game
A gay Australian opera singer has sparked a rainbow tie campaign after a crowd member shouted he was a “faggot” for wearing one, after he sang the national anthems at the New Zealand vs Australia basketball game over the weekend...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 18 Aug 2014

Television item (New Zealand)
One News, ref: TZP449488.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Jacinda Ardern Answers our Questions
Links: Express
Meet our GLBT parliamentary candidates: Kelly Ellis.
Links: Express
Portia Wows Wife Ellen For Their 6th Wedding Anniversary
Links: Express
"Cleaver" sent to Russian penal colony
Maxim 'Cleaver' Martsinkevich A gay-hating Russian Neo-Nazi who filmed gay men being assaulted and humiliated, driving at least one to later commit suicide, has been sent to a Russian penal colony for five years...
Links: GayNZ.com
"Out in the Park" - a bigger Wgtn fair day
Waitangi Park...
Links: GayNZ.com
A look at Dirty Politics
Among the many claims of murky behaviour in Dirty Politics is that a political strategist has been colluding with blogger Cameron “Whale Oil” Slater to carry out “persistent negative attacks” to get conservative, hard right and ultimately anti-gay MPs into National’s ranks...
Links: GayNZ.com
Aduba wins Emmy for "Crazy Eyes" role
Actress Uzo Aduba has won an Emmy for her role as oddball lesbian Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren on Orange is the New Black...
Links: GayNZ.com
Palmy Pride hits the Manawatu airwaves
Manawatu has a new glbti radio show, which airs every Wednesday night...
Links: GayNZ.com
Report: seven murders in rural Uganda
A purported victim of a Ugandan mob who is said to have later died from head wounds...
Links: GayNZ.com
Star Aussie couple to get married in NZ
Aussie showbiz couple Tim Campbell and Anthony Callea are to marry in New Zealand...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 18 Aug 2013

'Diamond Lil' dies, relatives sought
Marcus Craig...
Links: GayNZ.com
Presbyterians ask ministers to hold fire
The Presbyterian Church is asking its ministers who have agreed to conduct same-sex weddings to hold fire to preserve the unity of the Church...
Links: GayNZ.com
World-wide interest in NZ same-sex marriage
World-wide interest in the availability of same-sex marriage, which becomes legal in New Zealand tomorrow, is growing with applications being downloaded from a number of overseas countries, particularly Australia...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 18 Aug 2012

GLBTI Asians to share stories at diversity forum
This experiences of being gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex and Asian will be among the topics discussed at the first day of New Zealand Diversity Forum in Auckland this Sunday...
Links: GayNZ.com
Queenstown ready to glam it up for Gay Ski Week
Mandy and Sally Whitewoods A week out from the start of Gay Ski Week, the wife-and-wife team behind it say all indicators are pointing to an outstanding event...
Links: GayNZ.com
Russia: Pussy Riot members jailed for two years
Three members of punk band Pussy Riot have been jailed for two years prison in Russia for on hooliganism charges and, among other things, peddling “homosexual propaganda”...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 18 Aug 2011

An appreciation: Sir Paul Reeves RIP
t Sir Paul Reeves, the religious and civic leader and ex-Governor General, who will be buried today, leaves a remarkable legacy for our gay community...
Links: GayNZ.com
An appreciation: Sir Paul Reeves RIP
t Sir Paul Reeves, the religious and civic leader and ex-Governor General, who will be buried today, leaves a remarkable legacy for our gay community...
Links: GayNZ.com
Criminal Justice Policy and LGBT Concerns
Rehabilitation and punishment have always been the twin poles of criminal justice policy...
Links: GayNZ.com
Hope grows 'looting' charges will be dropped
Arie Smith-Voorkamp was branded 'the face of looting' A gay couple will appear in court again next week over the theft of two light bulbs and a light fitting in the aftermath the February Christchurch earthquake, as supporters wait in hope that charges will be dropped...
Links: GayNZ.com
Levine slams Idol for 'masking' gayness
Adam Levine A spat has broken out between Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine and an American Idol Producers over whether contestants are told to mask their sexuality...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 18 Aug 2010

A tribute to Dana DePaul
Dana at the Gofta Awards in 1987 A Wellington legend will be missed for her glamour as much as her wonderfully brutal honesty...
Links: GayNZ.com
Beyer pulls out of Masterton mayoral race
Georgina Beyer Georgina Beyer has pulled out of the contest for the Masterton mayoralty...
Links: GayNZ.com
Carter to be "treated as independent"
Chris Carter Parliament's Speaker has ruled Chris Carter will be treated as an independent MP, although he is still technically a member of the Labour Party...
Links: GayNZ.com
Goulter to focus solely on Whanganui
Jevan Goulter The gay political candidate who has barely been out of the papers in recent days has announced he is no longer running for the Wellington City Council to focus on his bid for Whanganui Mayoralty...
Links: GayNZ.com
Mexico adds adoption rights for gay couples
Human Rights Watch says a landmark ruling by Mexico's Supreme Court recognising the right of same-sex couples to adopt children in Mexico City upholds the core principle of equality for LGBT people in all aspects of their lives...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 18 Aug 2009

The first reading of the Crimes (Provocation Repeal) Amendment Bill takes place in Parliament (New Zealand)
Links: Parliament
Anti-provocation bill passes 1st reading
Despite fears that the anti-provocation Bill's first reading would be delayed until later this week it has passed through Parliament with a unanimous vote...
Links: GayNZ.com
Obituary: David Milne, aka, Dorabella
OBITUARY: David Milne, (Dorabella) 1955 - 2009 David Milne David Milne, aka Dorabella, a long-term supporter, employee and friend of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation passed away from pneumonia in Brisbane last Thursday 13 August 2009...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 18 Aug 2008

Ellen and Portia marry in white (+pic)
In the biggest celebrity union since California legalized same-sex marriage, Ellen DeGeneres, 50, and Portia de Rossi, 35, wed on Saturday night in an intimate ceremony at their Beverly Hills home...
Links: GayNZ.com
Kitty Glitter and fresh snow for Gay Ski Week
The international guest DJs are confirmed, and fresh snow has been dumped on Queenstown – with much more expected in coming days – so it's all looking good for Gay Ski Week 2008, says organiser Mike Sanford...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 18 Aug 2007

Canadian official wiped 'Gay' on Wikipedia
A computer in a Canadian government office was used to remove Wikipedia's homosexuality listing and replace it with religious anti-gay slurs, a new website has revealed...
Links: GayNZ.com
Flowers and mirrorballs at Morgan's funeral
Almost 200 people gathered to remember and celebrate the life of Auckland and Hamilton nightclub owner Nicholas Morgan yesterday at Hamilton Gardens' Pavilion...
Links: GayNZ.com
Uganda rejects gay equality call
Uganda will not give equal rights to gays and lesbians nor has it plans to legalise homosexuality, Ethics Minister James Nsaba Buturo has said...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 18 Aug 2006

Rainbow Youth concert
The ‘We Are Family' Rainbow Youth concert was “well supported” by gay and straight performers, and attracted MPs from both sides of the political divide, say organisers...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 18 Aug 2005

Anti-gay vandals' guerilla-style electioneering
The hoardings of heterosexual Labour MPs are being targeted with spraypainted anti-gay abuse, but religious opponents are having problems of their own...
Links: GayNZ.com
Christchurch launch for Cocksure campaign
Just because you're gay and over 40 doesn't mean you're sexually unattractive or "over the hill" says a new innovative health campaign by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation's Gay Men's Health programme that is being launched in Christchurch this Saturday...
Links: GayNZ.com
Making the pitch: Candidates take the podium in Wellington
The following addresses were made by a variety of political candidates on behalf of their parties at the recent GAP organised election forum...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 18 Aug 2004

"Homosexual panic defence must go"
The homosexual panic defence must go, says Dr Alison Laurie in the wake of the David McNee verdict...
Links: GayNZ.com
Second group joins anti-Destiny protest
A second group has joined the Rally for Human Rights in standing up to Brian Tamaki's Enough is Enough hate march to Parliament on 23 August...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 18 Aug 2003

McNee murder accused had been on parole
It has been revealed that the man accused of murdering David McNee was freed from prison less than a month before the killing, having served only half of a two-year prison sentence for an unknown crime...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 18 Aug 2002

A man is arrested in connection with the killing of John Rogers. (Tauranga, New Zealand)
Rogers was found near a public domain toilet block in central Tauranga.
Links: Gay NZ
Tauranga murder suspect charged
A 34 year old Auckland man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing murder of a Tauranga gay man...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 18 Aug 1997

Television item (New Zealand)
Midday, ref: TZP188146.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sun 18 Aug 1991

A television debate is broadcast on whether there should be ordained homosexual ministers in the Christian Church (New Zealand)
The debate was broadcast on TV1.
Television item (New Zealand)
Tagata Pasifika, ref: TZP75359.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sat 18 Aug 1990

A lesbian ball is held (Auckland, New Zealand)

Thu 18 Aug 1988

More Men Seek Help From Mensline (Press, 18 August 1988)
A survey by Mensline has revealed a growing trend among Christchurch men seeking assistance for issues related to violence and anger. Since its inception in March 1987, the telephone counselling service has received approximately 150 calls, with about one-third of the callers expressing concern over their violent and angry feelings...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
N.z. Mothers Speak Out About Their Experiences (Press, 18 August 1988)
In a 1988 interview, Jenny Phillips shared her personal struggles with motherhood, stating that her experience deviated from the idealised portrayals often seen in television advertisements. She felt a range of emotions such as loss of confidence, depression, and anger while managing her life at home with young children. Realising...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 18 Aug 1986

Call To Drop Charges (Press, 18 August 1986)
On 18 August 1986, the Gay Task Force in Auckland urged the police to withdraw pending sodomy charges in light of the new legislation that took effect on 15 August 1986. This change resulted from the passing of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill in Parliament. Mr Peter Wall, spokesman for...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 18 Aug 1984

Watching Out For The Morepork (Press, 18 August 1984)
New Zealand Short Stories, edited by Lydia Weavers and published by Oxford University Press in 1984, presents a collection of narratives that capture the essence of the New Zealand short story from 1972 to 1982. The anthology draws from a pool of over 1,000 stories, showcasing the various thematic and...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 18 Aug 1971

Comment On Editorial (Press, 18 August 1971)
In an editorial published on 12 August 1971 in "The Press," the claim was made that "few men come before the courts because of mutually consenting homosexual behaviour." This statement was met with criticism from Mr. J. W. Goodwin, the secretary of the Homosexual Law Reform Society, who labelled it...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 18 Aug 1970

Homosexual Law (Press, 18 August 1970)
On 16 August 1970, the Wellington Methodist Synod addressed the issues faced by homosexuals under the existing legal framework during their meeting. The Rev. C. D. Clark highlighted that homosexual individuals lived under the constant threat of blackmail due to the current laws. He argued that this risk could be...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 18 Aug 1966

Calls For Inquiry Into N.s.w. Police Force (Press, 18 August 1966)
On 17 August 1966, a significant court ruling in Sydney highlighted severe concerns regarding the New South Wales Police Force. Judge Goran, presiding over the appeal of 18-year-old Michael Clifford Cathels, found that a police constable had committed perjury during the hearing of an indecency charge against Cathels. The judge...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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