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Thu 24 Aug 2023

LGBTQIA+: Rotorua rainbow community celebrates first pride festival
The festival is run by Rotorua Chamber of Pride...
Links: NZ Herald
Queenstown Winter Pride holds âRide with Prideâ event with Booking.com
However, one company hopes to offer a safe space for rainbow travellers...
Links: NZ Herald
The week that was with Pinky Agnew and Kathryn Burnett
Comedians Pinky Agnew and Kathryn Burnett bring a few laughs - how far would you go for a free train ride? Austria is offering a free rail ticket to anyone brave enough to get a very specific tattoo...
Links: RNZ
Drag Race Stars: Anita Wigl’It Announces Split From Ivana Drink
Links: Express
National MP Stripped Of All Portfolios Following Threatening Incident Towards LGBTQ+...
Links: Express

Wed 24 Aug 2022

Joe Rich - Burnett Foundation Aotearoa (Burnett Foundation Aotearoa)
Joe Rich, Chief Executive of Burnett Foundation Aotearoa talks about how the organisation has adapted during Covid-19. Joe also talks about Monkeypox, the new HIV Action Plan, and the recent name change from the New Zealand AIDS Foundation to Burnett Fou
Features: Joe Rich
Links: PrideNZ.com
Queenstown Pride festival Monkeypox warning 'a bit strange' - organiser
Events at the 10-day festival involve skiing, comedy, karaoke and drag shows - but no sex - the organiser says...
Links: Stuff
Celebrate The Auckland Rainbow Parade And Be A Part Of Art
Links: Express

Tue 24 Aug 2021

Level 4 Lockdown: Kerry Trent Ranginui
Links: Express
Our Rainbow Community in Level 4 Lockdown: Victor Rodger
Links: Express
Queer Kiwis in Level 4 Lockdown: Sarah Helm
Links: Express

Mon 24 Aug 2020

The first ever National Schools Pride Week takes place (New Zealand)
The theme is "Celebrating Pride in every school." The week is co-ordinated by InsideOut.
Links: School Pride
Dad gets engaged to daughter's ex boyfriend while on family holiday
One of Britain's "first gay dads" has proposed to his daughter's ex-boyfriend while on a family holiday...
Links: NZ Herald
“Undeniably Bisexual” | What New Research Has Revealed About William Shakespeare
Links: Express
INAUGURAL SCHOOLS PRIDE WEEK LAUNCHES ACROSS AOTEAROA
Links: Express
Netflix Gives A Sneak-Peak Of New Gay Drama Featuring Jim Parsons
Links: Express
Pool Patrons Attack Gay Couple for Wearing Tight Swimming Trunks In...
Links: Express
The Pleasure Police
Links: Express

Sat 24 Aug 2019

Friday Night @ Family Bar and Club
Links: Express
Out and About @ Auckland’s Staircase Bar
Links: Express
Palestinian LGBTI Rights Group Under Threat From Authorities
Links: Express
Rainbow Pride Auckland Still Planning February 2020 Pride Month Celebrations
Links: Express
This Friday Night … At G.A.Y
Links: Express
Trump White House Attempts To Remove LGBTI Employment Protections
Links: Express

Fri 24 Aug 2018

The Miseducation of Cameron Post: Chloe Grace Moretz shines in Gay conversion therapy drama
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (M)...
Links: Stuff
Zimbabwe LGBTI Rights Group Optimistic Following Latest Election
Links: Express

Thu 24 Aug 2017

2 Texas men plead guilty to hate-crime assaults on a gay men
PLANO, Texas " Two men have pleaded guilty to assaulting men because of their victims' sexual orientation...
Links: NZ Herald
A 1995 TV show surprised him with his gay secret admirer; this week he leaves prison
When the camera snapped on, Jenny Jones - the daytime 1990s US talk show host responsible for mining tabloid drama and human outrageousness for ratings gold - laid a hypothetical on the viewers back home...
Links: Stuff
The Laramie Project
In October 1998 a twenty-one-year old student was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die, tied to a fence on the outskirts of Laramie, Wyoming...
Links: Scoop
Transgender Singaporean, friend jailed in UAE for dressing in feminine way
A transgender Singaporean and her friend have been sentenced to a year in prison in the capital of the United Arab Emirates for dressing in a feminine way, friends and family say...
Links: Stuff
High schoolers attack 10-Year-Old Because of Gender Expression
Links: Express
Jacinda-Mania
Links: Express
NSW Has Lowest Rate of New HIV Notifications Since 1985
Links: Express
Student Life And Experiences: The University of Auckland
Links: Express

Wed 24 Aug 2016

Flash Day RY Fundraiser
Links: Express
Queer Kiss for Jaden Smith in New Series
Links: Express
Caster Semenya returns home to hero's welcome
South African gold medal athlete Caster Semenya has returned home to a heroes welcome and presented her wife, Violet Raseboya, with the medal at Johannesburg’s international airport...
Links: GayNZ.com
LGBTI homeless not addressed at inquiry
No in-person submissions were made in regards to the LGBTI homeless communities at Monday’s Cross-Party Homelessness Inquiry held in Auckland...
Links: GayNZ.com
Local Bodiless?
In October, New Zealand local authority voters will head off to the polls to elect mayors and local Councillors for another four year term of office...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 24 Aug 2015

Family Celebrates 10 years! (Part 1)
Links: Express
Senegal Jails Seven Men For ‘Being Gay’
Links: Express
Being gay is 'not un-African', study says
A South African study has found homosexuality is “not un-African” and sexual behaviour is naturally varied...
Links: GayNZ.com
Perfect snow conditions for GaySkiWeekQT
The Remarkables skifield this morning As GaySkiWeekQT prepares to kick off this weekend the skiing and adventure holiday resort of Queenstown has excellent ski conditions and more snow is predicted to fall in the coming days...
Links: GayNZ.com
Runners challenged to join NZAF team
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation is looking for more runners to join its Auckland Marathon team, to help raise more cash to share the stories of people living with HIV in New Zealand...
Links: GayNZ.com
Senegal jails seven men for homosexuality
Seven men have been jailed for six months in Senegal for the crime of ‘being gay’...
Links: GayNZ.com
Statue ruffles feathers in US small town
US: A sculpture designed to show locals relying on each other has been moved from prominent display in a small Michigan town because of complaints it looks like a gay orgy...
Links: GayNZ.com
Yana Alana’s queer, bare cabaret
Australian cabaret artist Sarah Ward has brought her on stage alter-ego Yana Alana to New Zealand and will perform at the Auckland International Cabaret Season next week...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 24 Aug 2014

#HearOurStory: Judy Virago
Kiwi transgender performance artist Judy Virago, who now calls Toronto home, takes part in the #HearOurStory project, which speaks to people from across Canada's lgbt community about the issues that impact their lives...
Links: GayNZ.com
Delhi University welcomes trans students
New Delhi: Delhi University has officially accepted transgender men and women for their postgraduate programmes this year and has plans to extend this policy to undergraduate courses as well...
Links: GayNZ.com
Family bar celebrating ninth birthday
Auckland gay club Family is going large to mark its ninth year on K’ Rd, and all are invited to join the party...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZ part of lgbt history at US museum
The Smithsonian Museum of American History has added the diplomatic passports of the first openly-gay US Ambassador David Huebner and his husband Duane McWaine to a special lgbt collection...
Links: GayNZ.com
Whaledump and Whale Oil - a gay reading
It's been an interesting week in politics as revelations centred on the Whale Oil political blog contained in investigative journalist Nicky Hager's book Dirty Politics have been aired, and with the subsequent publishing of some of the Facebook conversations on which the book is based...
Links: GayNZ.com
Whaledump and Whale Oil - a gay reading
It's been an interesting week in politics as revelations centred on the Whale Oil political blog contained in investigative journalist Nicky Hager's book Dirty Politics have been aired, and with the subsequent publishing of some of the Facebook conversations on which the book is based...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 24 Aug 2013

Remembering Marcus Craig, aka Diamond Lil
Diamond Lil Remembering: Marcus Craig aka Diamond Lil (1940 - 11 August 2013) [Editor's note: The following brief sketch of Marcus' life was provided through associates in Queensland It appears that when he died he was out of contact with any New Zealand relations and the person attending to his estate is eager to contact any NZ kin or friends...
Links: GayNZ.com
Remembering Marcus Craig, aka Diamond Lil
Diamond Lil Remembering: Marcus Craig aka Diamond Lil (1940 - 11 August 2013) [Editor's note: The following brief sketch of Marcus' life was provided through associates in Queensland It appears that when he died he was out of contact with any New Zealand relations and the person attending to his estate is eager to contact any NZ kin or friends...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 24 Aug 2012

All Black's support for marriage rights "special"
Dean Knight The founder of Wellington’s gay rugby team says All Black Adam Thomson’s support for marriage equality is heartening, especially coming from a place which occupies such a powerful space within New Zealand’s culture and character...
Links: GayNZ.com
HRC: Ministers will not have to marry gay couples
The Human Rights Commission has confirmed the passage of Louisa Wall's marriage equality Bill would not prevent religious ministers from refusing to marry gay couples...
Links: GayNZ.com
Seventh Heaven
Polly Petrie GLBT nightclub Family Bar will this Sunday mark seven years at the centre of Auckland’s Karangahape Road with an Australian legend crossing the ditch to join the party...
Links: GayNZ.com
Singapore: anti-gay law to be challenged
Singapore's highest court has cleared the way for a constitutional challenge against a law criminalising sex between men...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 24 Aug 2011

Ghana: Homosexuality 'not a human rights issue'
Lauretta Lamptey The new head of Ghana's Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice says she doesn't think homosexuality should be legal, and claims it's a criminal law issue not a human rights issue...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 24 Aug 2010

HRC releases report card, seeks feedback
The Human Rights Commission is vowing to push for the gathering of data on how New Zealanders identify, as it believes it's one of the areas where the nation is falling short...
Links: GayNZ.com
Meet Mr Gay Waikato 2010!
The brand spanking new Mr Gay Waikato is not only super cute, he is also incredibly sweet...
Links: GayNZ.com
Vivien Leigh a "serial bisexual adulterer"
Vivien Leigh A new biography claims Gone with the Wind siren Vivien Leigh was bisexual – and liked to sleep with male prostitutes...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 24 Aug 2009

Drinks, drag s 4th birthday
One hour's worth of free drinks helped encourage hundreds of K' Road's camp Family bar punters through the door early yesterday evening as the famous LGBT venue celebrated its fourth anniversary...
Links: GayNZ.com
Single Steve Gray reveals drag queen past
Newly-single gay morning TV host Steve Grey has revealed his drag queen past in this week's Woman's Day magazine, and reckons "every gay man should do drag in their 20s...
Links: GayNZ.com
University silent on gay 'joking' concerns
Otago University is maintaining silence in the face of concern over its allegedly lax position on co-worker jokes about a person's sexuality, as indicated by evidence in the recent Weatherston trial...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 24 Aug 2008

Family First: Not beyond the law...
According to the Sunday Star Times, the Christian Right's Family First pressure group has found itself unable to distribute an implicitly partisan 'voters guide' under the Electoral Finance Act...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay Aussie diver Mitcham wins gold
Openly-gay Australian diver Matthew Mitcham has stunned China with a set of spectacular dives tonight which earned him Olympic gold...
Links: GayNZ.com
Website gives westie lesbians the Lowdown
A new website launched this month aims to keep lesbian and bi women living in West Auckland connected and informed...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 24 Aug 2007

"Fuck off, I'm gay": the politics of Sir Ian McKellen
Sir Ian McKellen During an appearance on British TV comedy panel show 'Have I Got News For You" in 2003, Sir Ian McKellen revealed that when he visited the Conservative Environment Secretary Michael Howard in 1988 to lobby against Section 28 (a controversial bill which would ban LGBT educational material in schools), Howard refused to change his position but asked McKellen to leave an autograph for his children...
Links: GayNZ.com
"Fuck off, I'm gay": the politics of Sir Ian McKellen
Sir Ian McKellen During an appearance on British TV comedy panel show 'Have I Got News For You" in 2003, Sir Ian McKellen revealed that when he visited the Conservative Environment Secretary Michael Howard in 1988 to lobby against Section 28 (a controversial bill which would ban LGBT educational material in schools), Howard refused to change his position but asked McKellen to leave an autograph for his children...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZ sexuality education "must improve"
The Education Review Office has reported on its evaluation of how well sexuality education is being taught in state schools and found that the majority of programmes are not as effective as they should be...
Links: GayNZ.com
Rent packs a punch
RENT Book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson Musikmakers, Hamilton Directed by Lawrie Johnnson Musical Director Steven Smith At the Riverlea Theatre, Hamilton Productions of this rock opera seem to be spreading like mushrooms...
Links: GayNZ.com
Style Pasifika Hero award's HIV message
Style Pasifika, the biggest annual Pacific event in the world, is happening again in Auckland on Friday September 7, supported by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation's Pacific Peoples Project...
Links: GayNZ.com
The provocation defence in criminal law
Charles Chauvel MP The recent debate over allegations of historical sexual offending and the Child Discipline Bill reminds us that there are groups, such as women and children, who suffer from unacceptable levels of bullying and outright violence in New Zealand...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 24 Aug 2006

"Planet Trotter" and Identity Politics
I certainly regard myself as being on the Left, so I groaned in disbelief when I read yet another harangue from ageing neanderthal workerist Chris Trotter about "identity politics...
Links: GayNZ.com
Agender
New Zealand's transgender advocacy group is “relieved” not to have to face a “barrage of negativity”, in Parliament and in public, following a favourable Crown Law opinion that removes the need for Labour MP Georgina Beyer to pursue her private member's bill that sought to clarify human rights protections for transgender people...
Links: GayNZ.com
HRC: opinion timely as inquiry underway
The Human Rights Commission says the Crown Law opinion on protection against discrimination for transgender people is “timely” as they have just launched an inquiry into the human rights situation for transgender people...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 24 Aug 2004

Georgina Beyer and Brian Tamaki debate civil unions (Auckland)
Georgina Beyer and Brian Tamaki debate civil unions, live on the Holmes television programme
Features: Brian Tamaki, Georgina Beyer
Links: PrideNZ.com
Destiny Church's Brian Tamaki is interviewed about the Enough is Enough march in Wellington. (New Zealand)
The interview broadcasts during the Holmes programme on TV1.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision, TVNZ
Television item (New Zealand)
Holmes, ref: TZP292375.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (Wellington, New Zealand)
Holmes, ref: TZP292377.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
"Beginnings of a Nazi movement"
The sight yesterday of chanting men in their meticulous rows was too much for Wellington shopper Frank Macskasy, whose Hungarian grandmother was rescued from a German concentration camp in World War II...
Links: GayNZ.com
Beyer abused by marchers
MP Georgina Beyer found herself being abused by the children of Destiny at yesterday's hate march, egged on by their parents...
Links: GayNZ.com
Bible misused by Destiny
There are some Christians tired of hearing the Bible and the God of love used to bash gay and lesbian people, said Presbyterian minister Dr Margaret Mayman in the face of black-shirted Destiny Church protesters who surrounded a group of civil union supporters on the steps of Parliament...
Links: GayNZ.com
Brian's Black T Shirts and Echoes of the Past
Oh, dear...
Links: GayNZ.com
Destiny no-show surprises Select Committee
MPs on the Select Committee into the Civil Unions Bill are expressing surprise that Destiny Church appears not to be making a submission on the Bill it publicly despises...
Links: GayNZ.com
Enough Fascist iconography is Enough!
Susan Sontag wrote a classic essay about the rehabilitation of fascist aesthetics in the early eighties...
Links: GayNZ.com
Hate march children manipulated
There are concerns Destiny Church is manipulating children, after hundreds of youngsters took part in yesterday's hate march to Parliament against the Civil Union Bill...
Links: GayNZ.com
King rejects Destiny
The Destiny Church is continuing to invoke the name and ideology of the late civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King, despite having a request for endorsement officially rejected...
Links: GayNZ.com
Long-time gay GP dies of cancer
One of New Zealand's long-time openly gay GPs, Dr Chris Thomas of Auckland, has died after a short struggle with cancer...
Links: GayNZ.com
The Tamaki Teachings: Brian's messages on gays
Brian Tamaki Here's a few excerpts from Pastor Brian Tamaki's Destiny Church TV programme speeches illustrating his teachings on glbt "perverts...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 24 Aug 2003

P dance party not what it seems
An Invercargill social event for gays and lesbians has created an unfortunate double entendre due to its name – The 'P' Dance Party...
Links: GayNZ.com
Teenagers will testify against Ellis
Teenagers who have expressed a desire to testify against Peter Ellis in a parliamentary select committee hearing will have access to the financial support they need for legal representation...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 24 Aug 1999

Television item (New Zealand)
Queer Nation, ref: TZP218766.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (New Zealand)
One Network News, ref: TZP217568.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sat 24 Aug 1996

Television item (New Zealand)
Express Report, ref: TZP174684.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Mon 24 Aug 1992

Television item (New Zealand)
Holmes, ref: TZP107375.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sat 24 Aug 1985

Homosexual Law Changes (Press, 24 August 1985)
In a letter to the editor published on 24 August 1985, A. H. Gardner expresses concern over the frequent correspondence by Varian J. Wilson regarding homosexuality and related topics. Gardner highlights that Wilson has submitted 17 letters since March, frequently using terms such as "obsessive-compulsive" to describe his thoughts. The...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Part ‘gay’ Law Reform Likely (Press, 24 August 1985)
The ongoing efforts to reform New Zealand's laws regarding homosexuality are capturing significant public interest and parliamentary attention, as discussed in an article published on 24 August 1985. The Homosexual Law Reform Bill is currently under review by a Parliamentary select committee, which is gathering opinions and evidence from the...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
The Press Saturday, August 24, 1985. No Moral... (Press, 24 August 1985)
An article published on 24 August 1985 discusses the challenges and implications of a perceived moral decline in society, particularly in the context of a rising coalition between the moralistic Right and Pentecostal churches. This coalition advocates for the replacement of "liberal" members of Parliament with those who hold "traditional"...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 24 Aug 1984

AIDS Awareness roadshow continues in Rotorua (Rotorua, New Zealand)
Bruce Burnett from the newly formed AIDS Support Network continues a one person roadshow to educate at risk communities about HIV/AIDS. The roadshow lasts a month and covers Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Palmerston North(?), Rotorua and Auckland.

Fri 24 Aug 1979

Homosexual Law Reform (Press, 24 August 1979)
In a letter published on 24 August 1979, Hugh K. Gaw, the co-editor of "Pink Triangle," responded to Mr Freer's bill aimed at reforming laws regarding homosexual acts for men over 20. Gaw highlighted significant opposition from the National Gay Rights Coalition, which comprises 35 homosexual groups and associated organisations,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 24 Aug 1976

National MP Marilyn Waring is outed by the NZ Truth newspaper (New Zealand)
The headline on the front page reads "MP's Odd Love Affair". The story begins "Marilyn Waring, National Member of Parliament for Raglan, is a lesbian. Her lover is a former Hamilton housewife and mother of three, who left her husband and children about three months ago to share a Wellington love nest."

Fri 24 Aug 1973

Accused To Have Tests (Press, 24 August 1973)
On 24 August 1973, authorities in Houston took significant legal steps regarding two young men implicated in a horrific case of multiple homicides involving 27 boys. A judge, William Hatten, mandated psychiatric evaluations for Elmer Wayne Henley, 17, and David Owen Brooks, 18. This decision came after the prosecution argued...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 24 Aug 1972

F.b.i. Agents Kill Gunman (Press, 24 August 1972)
On 23 August 1972, an intense hostage situation unfolded at a Chase Manhattan Bank branch in Brooklyn, New York. Two armed men, one identified as John Wojtowicz, robbed the bank of $529,000. Following the robbery, they took nine bank employees hostage as police arrived. As the situation escalated, the gunmen...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Television current affairs: sex education in New Zealand (New Zealand)
Gallery, ref TZP87786.
Links: TVNZ

Thu 24 Aug 1967

Toleration Urged (Press, 24 August 1967)
On 22 August 1967, the Wellington District Methodist Synod in Masterton expressed support for the legal toleration of homosexual acts between consenting male adults. This affirmation aligns with a stance taken by the national synod in 1961, which identified significant “anomalies” in the existing laws regarding homosexual offences. The synod...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 24 Aug 1961

Nelson District Methodist Synod (Press, 24 August 1961)
On 23 August 1961, the Nelson District Methodist Synod convened in Westport, where attendees expressed deep concern regarding global poverty and the substantial needs of the world. The gathering featured comments from various representatives, including the Rev. A. Newman from Greymouth, who highlighted the urgency of addressing this pressing issue,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Supreme Court Men On Trial On Robbery Charge (Press, 24 August 1961)
On 24 August 1961, a Supreme Court trial began concerning a robbery and assault case involving a salesman, Vincent Thomas Revell. Revell testified that on 3 July, he was attacked and robbed by three young men while driving along Cashihere Road, near the Princess Margaret Hospital. Initially, Revell had been...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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