On This Day: 25th August

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Sun 25 Aug 2024

PrideNZ reaches 1000 recordings
PrideNZ records 1,000th slice of Takatāpui LGBTI Rainbow+ History
Links: PrideNZ.com

Fri 25 Aug 2023

Bay author captures global audience with YA novel
Jax Calder is an Amazon best-seller in teen and YA LGBTQIA+ fiction...
Links: NZ Herald
Trans actor Brady Peeti comes home to Timaru: TransGenerations episode 8
In the series finale, Brady returns to her home town of Timaru...
Links: NZ Herald

Thu 25 Aug 2022

Chris Tse is New Zealand's next poet laureate
When the queer Asian-Kiwi writer started reading and writing poetry at age 16, he felt he'd finally found something he could pursue...
Links: Stuff
First recorded case of simultaneous infection with monkeypox, Covid and HIV
Scientists have reported the first known case of a person simultaneously testing positive for monkeypox, Covid-19 and HIV...
Links: NZ Herald
Italian man first person reported to have monkeypox, Covid and HIV at the same time
The man is the first person known to have the three viruses simultaneously...
Links: Stuff
Italian man tests positive for Covid, Monkeypox and HIV at same time
A man has had an exceptionally unlucky holiday after he returned home to find he had contracted Covid-19, monkeypox and HIV all in one go...
Links: NZ Herald
LGBTQI News Roundup – 26 August 2022
Singapore will decriminalise sex between men, Prime Minister says Singapore willand#160;decriminaliseand#160;sex between menand#160;but has no plans to change the legal definition of marriage as beingand#160;between a man and a woman, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loongand#160;said on Sunday...
Links: Andrew Whiteside
Pacific news in brief for August 25
China helping PNG's fight against illegal drugs; Vanuatu chiefs want presidency; and increase in HIV in Fiji ...
Links: RNZ
Pacific news in brief for August 25
China helping PNG's fight against illegal drugs; Vanuatu chiefs want presidency; and increase in HIV in Fiji ...
Links: RNZ
Trans Tasman Medieval Battle
National pride will be on the line in Upper Hutt this weekend in a sport not many people will have heard of...
Links: RNZ
Australian Defence Force Ban On LGBTQ+ Events Revoked By New Deputy...
Links: Express
Vietnam: Rainbow Community Celebrate Huge Step Forward In LGBTQ+ Rights
Links: Express

Wed 25 Aug 2021

Gay Volleyball Coach Forced To Resign From Christian High School In...
Links: Express
Kiwis Surviving Level 4 Lockdown: Ray Wedlake
Links: Express

Tue 25 Aug 2020

Call to Decimalise Homosexuality in the Cook Islands
Links: Express
Call to Decriminalise Homosexuality in the Cook Islands
Links: Express

Sun 25 Aug 2019

To some, this queer couple looks straight. For him, that's okay. But for her, it feels 'like a lie'.
When Kate Murray and Andy Arnold first started dating in their early twenties, they were part of a tight knit group of lesbian friends in Washington, DC...
Links: NZ Herald
Locker Room – The NZ Falcons Strip!
Links: Express
Study Highlights Disturbing Global Reach Of ‘Conversion Therapy’
Links: Express

Sat 25 Aug 2018

Launch of the ILGA World Conference 2019 (Wellington)
Audio from the launch of the ILGA World Conference 2019, held at the National Library of New Zealand on 24 August 2018.
Features: Andre du Plessis, Elizabeth Kerekere, Georgina Beyer, Helen Kennedy, Kevin Haunui, Tīwhanawhana, Tony Nightingale
Links: PrideNZ.com
Chelsea Manning - Traitor or hero?
Chelsea Manning is an activist, politician, and former US army solider...
Links: RNZ
Lizzie Marvelly - Growing up feminist in Aotearoa
Lizzie Marvelly is a musician and multi-media writer and producer...
Links: RNZ

Fri 25 Aug 2017

Lesbian who invented 15 rapes, sexual assaults jailed for 10 years
By Victoria Ward A fantasist who invented rape and sexual assault allegations against 15 men to get attention from her girlfriend has been jailed for 10 years...
Links: NZ Herald

Thu 25 Aug 2016

Concepts Matter: A Game of Two Halves in The Absurdity of...
Links: Express
Diversity a Key Theme at Gay Ski Week QT
Links: Express
Kiwi GLBT Leader in Germany Diagnosed with Cancer
Links: Express
Calls for LGBTI community to address homelessness
With no mention of LGBTI-specific issues at the first national Homelessness Inquiry held in Auckland - despite 26% of LGBTI youth who come out to family becoming disowned and homeless - an Auckland-based local body representative calls on the LGBTI community to step up, saying we play an important role in addressing these issues...
Links: GayNZ.com
GSWQT opening party sells out
The Gay Ski Week QT opening party has sold out, three days before the largest LGBTI Winter Pride in the Southern hemisphere kicks off...
Links: GayNZ.com
LGBTI community leader diagnosed with cancer
Friends and family of prominent LGBTI community leader Daniel Chorley are reaching out to the community for support after he was recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of lymphatic cancer...
Links: GayNZ.com
New events added to Gay Ski Week QT lineup
The countdown is on until Gay Ski Week QT and organisers have just announced that three new events have been added to the lineup...
Links: GayNZ.com
Over $4k raised for RY at tattoo flash day
Two Hands Tattoo have raised over $4000 today for queer and gender diverse youth support organisation, RainbowYOUTH...
Links: GayNZ.com
Parliament call for submissions on historic convictions
Parliament's Justice and Electoral Committee have announced it will be taking submissions over the next six weeks on a petition calling for historic homosexual convictions to be overturned...
Links: GayNZ.com
Two Hands Tattoo fundraise for LGBTI youth
An Auckland based tattoo parlour is encouraging people to drop by today and be tattooed to show their support for LGBTI youth...
Links: GayNZ.com
What to expect at Gay Ski Week QT
The sun is shining in Queenstown today and the final preparations are underway for Gay Ski Week QT - we chat to organiser Sally Whitewoods about what to expect in the week ahead...
Links: GayNZ.com
WikiLeaks outs gay Saudi men, endangering safety
WikiLeaks has outed gay men in Saudi Arabia - a country in which homosexuality is punishable by death - by publishing government data online...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 25 Aug 2015

Exclusive: Fabulous, Famous and a Queen
Links: Express
Family Celebrates 10 Years! (Part 2)
Links: Express
United Nations Security Council Holds First Ever Meeting on GLBT Rights
Links: Express
Historic church could host same-sex vows
A Bay of Plenty man who has bought a picturesque local church is considering using it as a venue for same-sex couples who want to tie the knot in a chapel...
Links: GayNZ.com
Jerusalem Pride stabber charged with murder
The Ultra-Orthodox Jew who fatally stabbed a teenage girl at Jerusalem’s Pride parade has been charged with murder...
Links: GayNZ.com
Released letters show Turing's "turmoil"
Alan Turing A family member has allowed the publication of three letters Alan Turing wrote to a friend after he was sentenced to chemical castration...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 25 Aug 2014

Family Bars 9th Birthday Part One – Family Bar and Club
Links: Express
Family Bars 9th Birthday Part Two – Family Bar and Club
Links: Express
LYC Chargers Vying For Top Spot In Mixed Grade Touch Tournament.
Links: Express
Labour for 'gays, lesbians' and 'loony left'
Cliff Lyon, NZ First's Epsom candidate A New Zealand First candidate says Labour is a party for "gays, lesbians and the loony intelligent left"...
Links: GayNZ.com
MKR NZ cooks up a sexuality storm
After the first episode of New Zealand’s My Kitchen Rules, the sexuality of a pair of “social media buddies” is, kinda weirdly, as hot a topic as the food...
Links: GayNZ.com
Progress celebrated at Uni pride launch
“We’ve come a long way” was the message from Auckland University’s Queer Rights Officer as he helped launched the institution’s first-ever Pride Week this afternoon...
Links: GayNZ.com
Wall to launch Akl Uni's Pride Week
Louisa Wall with supporters at last night's birthday party for Family Bar Auckland University’s first-ever Pride Week will be launched this afternoon, with Labour MP Louisa Wall as a special guest...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 25 Aug 2013

Television item (New Zealand)
Marae Investigates, ref: TZP436640.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Gay-friendly MP polling well for leadership
Jacinda Adern Although she has ruled herself out contention for the Labour leadership, gay-friendly MP Jacinda Ardern is polling remarkably well according to research results released on TVNZ's Q+A programme this morning...
Links: GayNZ.com
Robertson, Jones, Cunliffe are in the race
Grant Robertson 7...
Links: GayNZ.com
Williams: Robertson's sexuality a problem
Grant Robertson Grant Robertson's homosexuality could work against him in his bid to become the next leader of the Labour party, according to a past president of the party...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 25 Aug 2012

Changes made to Gay Wellington's board
Gay Wellington has elected two new co-chairs...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay Ski Week is ready to roll
Sally and Mandy Whitewoods It's the opening day of the inaugural Gay Ski Week QT and organisers Sally and Mandy Whitewoods have had a pretty calm build up to today's launch...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay Ski Week is ready to roll
Sally and Mandy Whitewoods It's the opening day of the inaugural Gay Ski Week QT and organisers Sally and Mandy Whitewoods have had a pretty calm build up to today's launch...
Links: GayNZ.com
Rufus Wainwright gets hitched in New York
Rufus Wainwright and Jorn Weisbrodt Musician Rufus Wainwright has married his long-time partner Jorn Weisbrodt in Long Island...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 25 Aug 2011

Adoption laws: a dog's breakfast
Victoria University Law Lecturer, law blogger and London School of Economics PhD candidate Dean Knight says in a nutshell, our adoption laws are outdated and a complete dog's breakfast: Much of the focus is on the question of who is entitled to adopt - or not...
Links: GayNZ.com
Adoption laws: a dog's breakfast
Victoria University Law Lecturer, law blogger and London School of Economics PhD candidate Dean Knight says in a nutshell, our adoption laws are outdated and a complete dog's breakfast: Much of the focus is on the question of who is entitled to adopt - or not...
Links: GayNZ.com
Mika's Aroha Mardi Gras set to entertain
A bit of gay culture will be thrown into the melting pot of entertainment that is on the boil for Mika's Aroha Mardi Gras...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 25 Aug 2010

Actor/Dancer looking for Mate and Lover
Paora Taurima and Ronald T Nelson (background) - picture by Gareth Watkins Wellington director Ronald Trifero Nelson is on a quest to find the perfect man...
Links: GayNZ.com
Carter has no immediate plans to quit
Chris Carter Chris Carter says he has no immediate plans to quit Parliament...
Links: GayNZ.com
Carter may resign from Parliament - report
Chris Carter Chris Carter is reported to be considering resigning from Parliament...
Links: GayNZ.com
Editorial: 25 years on, has the NZAF lost the plot?
It's increasingly clear that the changes in structure and management of the NZ AIDS Foundation in recent years, particularly its HIV prevention services, have not been for the best...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay bars voice concern about 4am spill
Owners of some of the nation's gay bars have been reading the Government's proposed liquor law reforms with interest...
Links: GayNZ.com
Goulter flatly denies Laws' accusations
Wanganui mayoral candidate Jevan Goulter is categorically denying he approached the five-year-old daughter of broadcaster and current Mayor Michael Laws as she left school, in an attempt to serve legal papers on her...
Links: GayNZ.com
Soldiers don’t want gay roommates
General James Conway The top US Marine General James Conway claims most soldiers would prefer not to share a room with a gay colleague...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 25 Aug 2009

Allegation of sexual assault at Family
5...
Links: GayNZ.com
Dunedin's Pride Week is well underway
Dunedin Pride: The Mardi Gras Street Parade on Friday "We've been doing rather well… for Dunedin," said Pride Week's organiser South Murdoch when GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay 'Survivor' winner back in jail
The winner of the first 'Survivor' TV adventure game show has again been sent to prison, just three months after he served a three-and-a-half-month sentence for tax evasion...
Links: GayNZ.com
Kiwis won 14 medals at World Outgames
The Kiwis who travelled to Copenhagen recently for the World Outgames did New Zealand proud, taking away 14 medals...
Links: GayNZ.com
This Top Model contestant has a little something extra
"Some people might say I'm transgender, some people might say transsexual...
Links: GayNZ.com
Whangai: The Maori Stake in Adoption Reform
Why shouldn't any reform of the Adoption Act 1955 incorporate Maori values and family structures? We'll have to face this question when the reform takes place, so I thought I'd help shift the discussion forward now...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 25 Aug 2008

111 staffer "pestered caller for oral sex"
A 34-year-old male has quit his role as a call-centre employee at the police's National Headquarters following allegations he pestered a male 111 caller for oral sex and used a confidential police database to browse for hook-ups with men...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay comedian plans Diverse Dads talk
Gay and disabled comedian Philip Patston says he's about to delve into the experience of the men we may not always think of as fathers – disabled and gay dads...
Links: GayNZ.com
Kiwis "relaxed and accepting"
The new Lonely Planet guide to New Zealand says Kiwis are "fairly relaxed and accepting about homosexuality," but notes that homophobia does still exist...
Links: GayNZ.com
Lesbians bring home Olympic medals
As well as out Australian Matthew Mitcham scoring gold with sensational diving, six of the 13 out lesbian and bisexual women competing at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing ended up winning gold, silver, or bronze medals...
Links: GayNZ.com
Review: Mark Morris Dance Group's Mozart Dances
The Mark Morris Dance Group's Mozart Dances with The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra...
Links: GayNZ.com
Same sex marriage in doubt says Barnett
The retiring MP who spearheaded the successful campaign to legally acknowledge same sex relationships in New Zealand, via the controversial Civil Unions legislation, has tonight thrown doubt on whether legal same-sex marriage will become available to glbt Kiwis any time soon, or ever...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 25 Aug 2007

AUS: Candidate's husband now a woman
Janet Rice, a Green Party candidate from Maribrynong in the small South Australian centre of Williamstown, has revealed her husband's decision to become a woman...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay and lesbian living legends
Aorewa Mcleod receives her award from Mayor Hubbard On 28 June 2007 Aorewa Pohutukawa McLeod received a Mayoral Living Legend award from Auckland's mayor Dick Hubbard...
Links: GayNZ.com
MP Collins questions 'Buckwheat's' new role
National MP Judith Collins is upset over what she describes as drag queen Buckwheat's future role as motivational trainer for the Ministry of Social Development...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sir Ian McKellen's Shortland Street plan
Out and proud actor Sir Ian McKellen may have a cameo role on Shortland Street, if he doesn't decide to head to bed instead, reports the NZ Herald...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 25 Aug 2006

Chch gay bar embroiled in sex case
A barman from a Christchurch gay bar has been convicted of having non-consensual sex with a 22-year-old male patron, after allegedly plying him with alcohol and putting him to bed on the premises...
Links: GayNZ.com
New Mika show hits primetime TV
A new television series hosted by Auckland performer Mika, hits New Zealand primetime television this Sunday evening at 8pm...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 25 Aug 2005

Television item (New Zealand)
20/20, ref: TZP310244.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (New Zealand)
One News, ref: TZP309305.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Brash quizzed on civil unions
At a Grey Power meeting in Kapiti yesterday, National Party leader Don Brash was quizzed about his party's views on homosexuality, family values and prostitution...
Links: GayNZ.com
Brash: "I am not a feminist"
After being labelled a "gentleman" by supporters for claiming he "went easy" on Prime Minister Helen Clark because she is a woman, Don Brash has now commented on women's rights, asserting "Let me assure you, one thing that I am not is a feminist...
Links: GayNZ.com
GABA members dine with PM
GABA members and friends turned out in force for a very glamorous and special event on 18th August at Sorrento Restaurant in One Tree Hill, joining the Prime Minister, Helen Clark, for dinner...
Links: GayNZ.com
Living the gay life, Queenstown-style
When the idea of Gay Ski Week was first mooted in Queenstown, apparently the local police weren't too keen on the idea, or so goes a rumour I heard while I was there...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 25 Aug 2004

The Dominion Post publishes a Tom Scott cartoon mocking the Enough is Enough march (Wellington, New Zealand)
The text on the cartoon reads "I know this is not the right place or time, Kev, but you're really hot in those black pants".
Links: Alexander Turnbull Library
From under a slimy rock, hissing... and some support too
Wednesday 25 August: "It was good to see Geogina Beyers manifesting in the parliament grounds yesterday You see satan does not like the true word of God and cannot bear to hear the name of Jesus so he manifests just like what happened yesterday! Its about time that some of the population are going to stand up for what is right, I know that I am, and I will not tollerate homosexuals and lesbians anywhere They are a sick lot...
Links: GayNZ.com
School hires hall to TV church
Students at Wellington High are sickened by their school prostituting itself to Destiny by hiring out its hall to the television church at weekends...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 25 Aug 2003

Hone Edwards new Maori adviser for TVNZ
Hone Edwards has been appointed a role as kaihatu at TVNZ, in a job where he will advise the network on its Maori content...
Links: GayNZ.com
Rise and Shine - The Graeme Kennedy Story
At 24 years of age, Graeme Kennedy had just experienced the death of his partner after a long illness...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 25 Aug 1993

Television item (New Zealand)
Fair Go, ref: TZP129713.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sun 25 Aug 1991

Singer Sue Dunlop performs at the North by Northwest cafe (Wellington, New Zealand)
Dunlop's performance includes Better than normal.

Fri 25 Aug 1989

Familiar Auck. Crew Go Fad-hopping (Press, 25 August 1989)
The review on the Auckland group Sistermatic highlights their single "Million Dollar," released on disc Propeller X 14647. The band, comprising Mark Clare, Syd Pasley, Benny Staples, and Sina Saipaia, previously performed as part of the Newmatics, a notable ska-inspired dance band from the early 1980s. Critics noted that "Million...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 25 Aug 1988

N.z. Censorship Compared With Ancient Rome (Press, 25 August 1988)
On 25 August 1988, the Society for Promotion of Community Standards (S.P.C.S.) expressed serious concerns about New Zealand's censors' standards for film and video, particularly in relation to sex and violence, claiming that these standards were more lenient than those in countries like Britain and Australia. The director of the...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 25 Aug 1983

Coalition Welcomes A.I.D.S. Decision (Press, 25 August 1983)
On 25 August 1983, the National Gay Rights Coalition expressed its support for the Minister of Health's decision to classify Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) as a notifiable disease. The coalition's general secretary, Mr Hugh Gaw, highlighted that this classification is essential for controlling the disease and conducting research to...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Deferred Sentence For Stabbing (Press, 25 August 1983)
On 25 August 1983, a transsexual named Sybil Jane Damon, also known as Desmond Wayne MacDonald, was given a deferred sentence for three years after she was found guilty of stabbing a woman, Gina Parata, three times during a violent altercation in a flat on Peterborough Street. The incident occurred...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 25 Aug 1982

Tv Censorship (Press, 25 August 1982)
The controversy surrounding the censorship of the television serial "Brideshead Revisited" in New Zealand has sparked a debate over the priorities and decision-making of the country's censorship authorities. Letters published on 25 August 1982 express differing viewpoints on the issue. J.P. Stuart criticises the censors for their narrow-minded approach, highlighting...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 25 Aug 1980

Vincent Price Superb In Wilde Role (Press, 25 August 1980)
Vincent Price performed in “Diversions and Delights,” a one-man show directed by Joseph Hardy, at the James Hay Theatre on 23 August 1980. The performance featured Price embodying Oscar Wilde, creating a profound connection with the audience while delivering a series of reflective aphorisms. Price’s portrayal of Wilde was masterful,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 25 Aug 1976

‘Truth’ Article Condemned (Press, 25 August 1976)
On 25 August 1976, Mr Trevor Barber, the secretary of the National Party’s Waikato division, publicly condemned the "Truth" newspaper following its report that suggested Raglan Member of Parliament, Miss Marilyn Waring, is a lesbian. The front page of "Truth" featured a headline proclaiming an "M.P.'s odd love affair," accompanied...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Games Postponement Thought Unlikely (Press, 25 August 1976)
Mr A. W. Barrett, the executive director of the New Zealand Games Organising Committee, expressed strong opposition to the idea of postponing the 1977 New Zealand Games, scheduled for late January, in light of the Montreal Olympics boycott. His comments followed remarks by Mr H. C. Blazey, a senior committee...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 25 Aug 1975

'Most Fathers Failures’ (Press, 25 August 1975)
In a speech delivered at the northern rally of the Social Credit Political League in Auckland on 24 August 1975, Rev. Felix Donnelly, a senior lecturer in the community health department at the University of Auckland Medical School, voiced concerns about the failures of New Zealand men as fathers. He...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Children Go From Court (Press, 25 August 1975)
On 25 August 1975, it was reported that three children, estimated to be between eight and 12 years old, were asked to leave the Woolnough abortion trial taking place in the Supreme Court in Auckland. This occurred while a defence witness was providing evidence regarding the interviewing procedures at the...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 25 Aug 1970

Criticism Of Interview (Press, 25 August 1970)
On 23 August 1970, the Rev. I. S. Kemp, minister of the Auckland Baptist Tabernacle, expressed strong criticism regarding an interview featuring a male homosexual that was broadcast during a women’s radio programme. In his sermon, Mr Kemp described the event as potentially unprecedented for New Zealand, noting that while...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 25 Aug 1961

Supreme Court Three Guilty Of Assault With Intent... (Press, 25 August 1961)
In a Supreme Court case that concluded on 25 August 1961, three young men were found guilty of assaulting Vincent Thomas Revell with intent to rob him, although they were acquitted of the more serious charge of robbery. The accused are Peter Charles Yeatman, 23, Thomas Ian McGlinchy, also 23,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Synod Seeks Medical Aid For Homosexuals (Press, 25 August 1961)
On 25 August 1961, a significant report advocating for sweeping changes in laws related to homosexuals was presented at the annual meeting of the Hawke’s Bay-Manawatu Methodist Synod in Palmerston North, New Zealand. The report, delivered by Rev. J. B. Dawson of Napier, called for increased legal tolerance of homosexual...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 25 Aug 1958

Court Sentences (Press, 25 August 1958)
On 25 August 1958, a letter to the editor addressed the sentences handed down by the Supreme Court in three separate criminal cases, highlighting a perceived disparity in the societal attitudes towards different offences. The cases included shop-breaking, indecent assault on young girls, and consensual sexual intercourse between adult males....
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 25 Aug 1954

Murder Charge (Press, 25 August 1954)
On 25 August 1954, the trial of Pauline Yvonne Parker, 16, and Juliet Marion Hulme, 15, continued as they faced charges for the murder of Honora Mary Parker, Pauline’s mother, which occurred on June 22, 1954, in Christchurch. The defence introduced an insanity plea, claiming the girls were mentally ill...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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