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Tue 12 Sep 2023

  • NZ's Rainbow Games gets $2.25 million Government funding through to 2028
    The government’s Major Events Fund has invested $2...
    Links: Stuff
  • Meet The Queens of Drag Race UK Season 5
    Links: Express
  • New Zealand Has Had No Mpox Community Transmission In 2023
    Links: Express
  • Pics: Sexy Sessions At G.A.Y Auckland
    Links: Express
  • Video: Meet The Queens of Drag Race UK Season 5
    Links: Express
  • Winter Pride DJ Ashley Craig Remembered
    Links: Express

Mon 12 Sep 2022

  • Event: Po’ Boys and Oysters – Sept 2022
    A New Zealand play about a black lesbian couple living in Auckland who wants to adopt a child will finally have its premiere after being forced to shut down twice during the Covid-19 lockdowns...
    Links: Andrew Whiteside
  • Exclusive: Sandi Toksvig returns to NZ for Stand-Up Tour
    Links: Express
  • UK Comedian Says He Was Raped in New Zealand Gay Sauna
    Links: Express

Sat 12 Sep 2020

  • Aotearoa in 20: Alex Ker wants his life to look beyond the rainbow
    After years of feeling disconnected from his body, Alex Ker realised he was transgender talking to a teacher at high school...
    Links: Stuff

Thu 12 Sep 2019

  • A Kindred Spirit: Little Miss Cinnamon Meets Nick Winchester
    Links: Express
  • Bosnians Come Together For First-Ever Sarajevo Pride March
    Links: Express
  • Keeping Our History Alive
    Links: Express

Wed 12 Sep 2018

  • Education Review Office tells schools: teach more about porn
    The Education Review Office says high schools should be teaching about pornography and sexual violence so teenagers learn what's healthy and what's not...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • ERO Should Talk To Parents About Sex Ed
    Family First NZ says that the Education Review Office should talk to parents first before issuing reports about sexuality education in schools ...
    Links: Scoop
  • Family Planning calls for action
    Family Planning hopes a new report on relationship and sexuality education will finally be enough to spur on action...
    Links: Scoop
  • Movie review - McKellen
    McKellen: Playing the Part invites actor and gay rights campaigner Sir Ian McKellen to tell his own story...
    Links: RNZ
  • Sex ed in schools failing many: ERO report
    Nearly 30 per cent of schools are failing in their delivery of sexuality education, according to a new report by the Education Review Office...
    Links: RNZ
  • Why do we keep getting sexuality education in schools so wrong?
    OPINION: The Education Review Office (ERO) has released a new report on sexuality education in New Zealand primary and secondary schools...
    Links: Stuff
  • Chelsea Manning Takes Aim at Current Trans Rights Movement
    Links: Express

Tue 12 Sep 2017

  • Australia posts out ballots in gay marriage survey
    Australians living in New Zealand or who are here for the period of the same-sex postal survey can still vote in the plebiscite, but only if they are already registered with the Australian Electoral Roll...
    Links: Stuff
  • Safe, welcoming and inclusive schools are possible
    Secondary teachers have released a discussion document about how to achieve safe, welcoming and inclusive schools for all young people, community members and teachers...
    Links: Scoop
  • Samoa Health says misquoted on abortion and gay marriage
    Samoa's Ministry of Health says the media have misunderstood its recommendations surrounding abortion...
    Links: RNZ
  • 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

Mon 12 Sep 2016

  • Actress Alexis Arquette passes away
    Links: Express
  • Feel Good Family Saturday
    Links: Express
  • Review: Queen of Ireland
    Links: Express
  • 2 seperate marriage equality bills tabled in Aus
    Two private member marriage equality bills have been tabled in Australia’s House of Representatives today   The first bill was introduced by Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and was directly followed by a cross-party bill co-sponsored by The Greens’ Adam Bandt and independents Andrew Wilkie and Cathy McGowan...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Another long-standing gay politician calls it a day
    Another of our long-standing politicians is stepping down from his role as a Local Board Member this election...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Celebrating Hamilton Pride
    Hamilton Pride week is in the thick of it, after a weekend of events and a fabulous launch party, the celebrations continue today...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Marriage Equality: Going Round in Circles?
    One problem of the Australian federal snap election that precariously returned Malcolm Turnbull and the Liberal/National Coalition to power is that Turnbull is reliant on an anti-equality faction within his own caucus to maintain his own shaky grip on power...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Name change for Cartier Bereavement Trust
    The Cartier Bereavement Trust is to be officially renamed the Cartier Trust, to better reflect the work that is done by the group...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Remembering Mark Bingham
    Gay rugby player Mark Bingham, now remembered by the Bingham Cup for rugby, was one of the passengers who fifteen years ago today tried to overpower murderous terrorists in the infamous 9/11 aircraft attacks on the USA...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Trans actress, activist, Alexis Arquette dies
    American actress and trans activist Alexis Arquette has died, aged 47, surrounded by family...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wigarama raises over $1500 for Cartier Trust
    Over $1500 was raised for the Cartier Trust at the Wigarama fundraising event on Saturday in Auckland...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wigarama's ninth year "absolutely wonderful"
    Wigarama dazzled the Auckland LGBTI scene for the ninth year on Saturday night, with a talented group of performers taking to the stage to raise money for the Cartier Trust...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 12 Sep 2015

  • Des and John - Queer History in the Making (Wellington)
    An interview with Des Smith and John Jolliff, recorded during the community event Queer History in the Making.
    Features: Des Smith, John Jolliff
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Gay Line Wellington - Queer History in the Making (Wellington)
    An interview with John Mayes from Gay Line Wellington.
    Features: John Mayes
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Hugh Young - homosexual law reform (Wellington)
    Hugh Young talks about working with HUG (Heterosexuals Unafraid of Gays) during homosexual law reform.
    Features: Hugh Young
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Introduction and Opening - Queer History in the Making (Wellington)
    Kevin Haunui and Tiwhanawhana introduce and open the community event Queer History in the Making.
    Features: Jac Lynch, Kevin Haunui, Tīwhanawhana
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Jevon Wright - Queer History in the Making (Wellington)
    An interview with Jevon Wright from Naming New Zealand and Tranzform.
    Features: Jevon Wright
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Kawika and Bernard - Queer History in the Making (Wellington)
    An interview with Kawika Aipa and Bernard Lee, recorded during the community event Queer History in the Making.
    Features: Bernard Lee, Kawika Aipa
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Kevin Haunui - Queer History in the Making (Wellington)
    Kevin Haunui, chair of LAGANZ, reflects on the community event Queer History in the Making.
    Features: Kevin Haunui
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • New Zealand AIDS Foundation - Queer History in the Making (Wellington)
    An interview with Anne Holleron from the Awhina Centre, New Zealand AIDS Foundation.
    Features: Anne Holleron
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Open mic sessions - Queer History in the Making (Wellington)
    Audio from the open mic sessions held during the community event Queer History in the Making.
    Features: Adrienne Girling, Bella Simpson, Des Smith, Ellen Faed, Emma-Jean Kelly, Jac Lynch, Jevon Wright, John Jolliff, John Mayes, Karen Harris, Karen Te Wao, Kathleen Winter, Kevin Haunui, Lainey Cowan, LaQuisha Redfern, Leanne Chambers, Lynette Townsend, Malcolm Kennedy-Vaughan, Mani Bruce Mitchell, Pat McIntosh, Simon Fulton, Stephanie Gibson, Tabby Besley, Valda Edyvane, Virginia Parker-Bowles
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Panel discussion - Queer History in the Making (Wellington)
    Audio from the panel discussion on queer history, held during the community event Queer History in the Making.
    Features: Jac Lynch, Kassie Hartendorp, Linda Evans, Paul Diamond, Tony Simpson
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Tabby Besley - Queer History in the Making (Wellington)
    An interview with Tabby Besley from InsideOUT.
    Features: Tabby Besley
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Wellington Frontrunners - Queer History in the Making (Wellington)
    An interview with Steve McVey and Alan Kwok about Wellington Frontrunners - a rainbow running group.
    Features: Alan Kwok, Steve McVey
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Study links homophobia and psych issues
    A new study has found homophobia could be linked to psychological problems...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 12 Sep 2014

  • Bianca Del Rio On Route To Auckland’s Encore Cabaret Restaurant
    Links: Express
  • How LYC changed Christchurch’s Condom Culture
    Links: Express
  • Straight Mates Marry At Eden Park
    Links: Express
  • New venue for Bianca Del Rio show
    This Sunday’s Auckland Bianca Del Rio show has been moved to a new K’ Rd venue, as Legend has closed for earthquake strengthening...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Streaker, sex jokes, for straight wedding
    Two straight men have married in a radio wedding punctuated with jokes about ‘reach arounds’ and ‘coming together’, including a streaker and with ‘Darth Vader’ as the celebrant...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • UK: Rainbow laces campaign a hit
    A UK gay rights group has had a brilliant start to its ‘rainbow laces’ campaign designed to “kick homophobia” out of football...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 12 Sep 2013

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    20/20, ref: TZP439895.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Violence committee to report at public meeting
    The committee set up to investigate responses to the high levels of violence against gay people in Auckland's Karangahape Road area is to report back to the gay communities at the end of this month...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 12 Sep 2012

  • [name withheld 9] - Q12 (Manawatū)
    [name withheld] talks about being young and bicurious in 2012
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Alexandra - Q12 (Manawatū)
    Alexandra talks about being young and bisexual in 2012
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Daniel - Q12 (Manawatū)
    Daniel talks about being young and gay in 2012
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Grant - Older Gay Men (Auckland)
    Grant talks about caring for his elderly partner
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Lauren - Q12 (Manawatū)
    Lauren talks about being young and panromantic asexual in 2012
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Logan - Q12 (Manawatū)
    Logan talks about being young and gay in 2012
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Matt - Q12 (Manawatū)
    Matt talks about being young and gay in 2012.
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Tamara - Q12 (Manawatū)
    Tamara talks about being young and bisexual in 2012
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Council forum to focus on GLBTI issues
    Cathy Casey An Auckland Council forum is this month opening its ears to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex community and all are welcome to come along...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • LegaliseLove's Waikato branch ready to roll
    The Waikato arm of marriage and adoption equality LegaliseLove will hold its official launch during Hamilton Pride next week...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 12 Sep 2011

  • Gay and bi teens more likely to binge drink
    A report into young people and alcohol has found gay and bisexual high school students are significantly more likely to drink than their straight peers: and they are also more likely to binge drink, to drink alone, and to have unsafe sex and drink-drive as a result...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Review: Sea Purple
    Sea Purple (Viole di Mare) Genre: Romantic Drama Language: Italian with English Subtitles Director: Donatella Maiorca Cast: Valeria Solarino, Isabella Ragonese, Ennio Fantastichini, Giselda Volodi, Maria Grazia Cucinotta Released: 2009 Duration: 102 Minutes Rating: R16 Violence, sex scenes and content that may disturb In the tradition of tragic tales of forbidden lesbian love, Italian Film Festival feature Sea Purple (Viole di Mare) takes a look at the attempts of two women to be who they are, and be together, in late 19th Century Sicily...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • UK: Gay people more likely to age alone
    A groundbreaking report has found gay men and women in Britain are far more likely to end up living alone and have less contact with family in later life than straight people...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 12 Sep 2010

  • Album Review: Enrique Iglesias - Euphoria
    Despite selling over 55 million records worldwide, it's never really seemed like Enrique Iglesias has achieved that global superstar status you might equate with such sales...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Judge rules against don't ask don't tell
    A California federal judge has ruled the US military's ban on openly gay service members violates the Constitution...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Views sought on state of mental health services
    Anyone who identifies as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex is being asked to take part in a study assessing the state of the nation's mental health services...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 12 Sep 2009

  • The Vintner's Luck has its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival
    The film is based on Elizabeth Knox's novel
    Links: Wikipedia
  • "Get it On!" condom campaign launched
    The NZ AIDS Foundation's new condom promotion "Get it On!" starts today with a new website, text service, ad campaign and launch events planned in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • "Get it On!" condom campaign launched
    The NZ AIDS Foundation's new condom promotion "Get it On!" starts today with a new website, text service, ad campaign and launch events planned in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • British PM apologises for Turing's plight
    British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has apologised on behalf of the British Government for the treatment of gay World War II hero Alan Turing, who was forced to undergo chemical castration because he was a homosexual...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Rainbow Wellington: "End provocation defence now"
    In Parliament on Thursday 10 September, the chairperson of LGBT advocacy group Rainbow Wellington voiced a blistering attack against New Zealand's controversial 'gay panic' defence - labeling it "a homophobic hangover which should long have been done away with...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 12 Sep 2008

  • Review: The Boy From Oz shows local talent
    It's the jukebox musical which was always in the shadow of Priscilla, but now that the glittering drag-bus has trundled out of the queen city, the Auckland Music Theatre gets a chance to shine with another Aussie gay stage classic – The Boy From Oz...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Second Waipouri killer gets 15 years' jail
    Palmerston North teenager Andre Gilling – guilty of the gruesome murder of gay man Stanley Waipouri – has today been sentenced to life imprisonment...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 12 Sep 2007

  • Gay leader in deaf community dies
    Daniel (Danny) Beech, who in the late 1990's was instrumental in setting up New Zealand's first group for gay deaf people, died peacefully yesterday...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Miss Mole plans her last Chch Oscars night
    Christchurch's best-known drag icon Miss Mole, known only to herself as 'Barbra Streisand's daughter' has revealed next month's elaborate 25th annual Chch Oscars show will be her last...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Newsweek's global look at gay equality
    The international edition of Newsweek magazine this week highlights the struggle for gay equality around the globe...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sri Lankan paper calls for anti-gay action
    Sri Lankan newspaper Divaina last week published a feature about the growth of homosexuality and effeminate men in Sri Lanka and has called for urgent action to be taken in the Buddhist country...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • US TV campaign to battle homophobia
    The US-based Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has launched a television ad campaign starring actors from hit shows Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy and Brothers    Ref: GLAAD, Buddy TV (m)...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 12 Sep 2006

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Kiwifruit, ref: TZP326819.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Brethrengate Reopened?
    Granted, Labour overspent on its electoral campaign, but at least it didn't try to conceal its source of funds, from a predatory Australian based fringe religious group...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Condoms for oral sex 'unrealistic'
    Our local Gay Men's Health organisation has responded to comments made by Australian sexual health experts in our 8 September news article 'STIs on rise through unsafe oral sex'...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Doubt: A Parable, by John Shanley
    Set in 1964, John Shanley's brilliant Doubt is a timely examination of the modern crisis of endemic clergy paedophilia within the Catholic Church...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Doubt: A Parable, by John Shanley
    Set in 1964, John Shanley's brilliant Doubt is a timely examination of the modern crisis of endemic clergy paedophilia within the Catholic Church...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 12 Sep 2005

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    The Outhouse, ref: TZP311933.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Banning Same-Sex Marriage?
    While National has ruled out repealing civil union legislation, it hasn't said whether it still intends to ban same-sex marriage...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Blumsky: Why I Left United Future
    National's Wellington Central candidate Mark Blumsky has revealed that he gave up his position as party president for United Future when he realised that the wider party were "fanatical" in their desire to unite religion with politics...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Glammies Kick off GlamSlam Week
    Wellington UniQ's gay pride festival began this weekend, with the Glammies, the capital's gay and lesbian community awards, held last night at Parliament's Grand Hall...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 12 Sep 2004

  • Faith and politics rarely mix well
    It's interesting that Destiny Church guru Brian Tamaki hasn't been evaluated from one particular perspective as yet, although Peter Lineham made an excellent start in this week's New Zealand Listener...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • In the centre ring: The Candidates!
    MC Joe Gilfillan opens the GABA Mayoral Candidates Forum with sometimes tongue in cheek portraits of the Auckland candidates...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New Express editor appointed by Christian activists
    Express editor Oliver Hall has confirmed he has not been replaced by GayNZ...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Off with the wheels and a new foreshore claim?
    FRIDAY REPORT Things are rocking along in Queenstwon for Gay Ski Week...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 12 Sep 2003

  • "Gay" is the new naff
    University of Otago researchers have confirmed what many have been observing over the last decade – a second metamorphosis in the meaning of the word “gay”...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Ellis book author protests biased interview
    Peter Ellis book author Lynley Hood has lodged a formal complaint with TVNZ over the treatment she received as a guest on “Edwards At Large” last month...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 12 Sep 2002

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Qn, ref: TZP265420.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Kiwifruits fundraiser calendar launch this weekend
    A fundraising gay community calendar will be launched this Sunday in Auckland...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 12 Sep 2000

Sun 12 Sep 1993

Thu 12 Sep 1985

  • Homosexual Law Changes (Press, 12 September 1985)
    On 12 September 1985, a group of four academic psychiatrists from the Christchurch Clinical School publicly clarified their stance on the Homosexual Law Reform Bill amidst impressions that Professor P. G. Ney's views represented their department's official position. They emphasised that Professor Ney had not made his official stance clear...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Television news report: condoms are now being sold in supermarkets. (New Zealand)
    6:30pm News, ref: TZP135389.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Wed 12 Sep 1984

  • A.i.d.s. Question (Press, 12 September 1984)
    In a letter published on 12 September 1984, P.S. Watson expresses agreement with V.J. Gaddes, who had previously commented on A.I.D.S. Watson suggests that A.I.D.S. could be viewed as nature's way of addressing human actions that defy its laws. He advocates for an understanding of the power of nature and...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • New Parliament ‘likely To Be More Liberal’ (Press, 12 September 1984)
    A survey published in the September-October issue of "Pink Triangle," a newspaper catering to the lesbian and gay community, indicates that most new members of Parliament in New Zealand would support the decriminalisation of male homosexual acts. Conducted in early August 1984, the survey found a shift towards more liberal...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 12 Sep 1983

  • Paris Police Move To Oust Transvestites (Press, 12 September 1983)
    In September 1983, the Paris vice squad initiated efforts to clear out approximately 500 Brazilian transvestite prostitutes from the Bois de Boulogne, a wooded area on the city's outskirts. Their growing presence had begun to attract not only local Parisians but also tourists, vendors, and thieves, leading to increasing complaints...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 12 Sep 1981

  • Homosexual March (Press, 12 September 1981)
    On the evening of 11 September 1981, members of the Gays and Lesbians Against Discrimination organisation staged a peaceful march in protest of an alleged ban on serving them at the Cantabrian Tavern and Shades Tavern. The march, drawing an estimated 150 participants according to police, highlighted the group's grievances...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 12 Sep 1978

Mon 12 Sep 1977

  • Gay Call For Apology (Press, 12 September 1977)
    The National Gay Rights Coalition has demanded an apology from "The Press" for alleged discrimination after the newspaper declined to run an advertisement that called for social equality for homosexuals and advocated for homosexual law reform. The coalition, which convened in Christchurch for a seminar focused on "public education in...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 12 Sep 1970

  • From The New Fiction Lists (Press, 12 September 1970)
    The review covers several novels published in 1970, presenting a mix of crime, social commentary, and romance. "Sweet Poison" by Douglas Clark recounts a police investigation into the poisoning of a widow who owned a holiday camp, along with her dogs. The case, led by Detective Inspector George Masters, reveals...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 12 Sep 1967

  • A Paper Of Letters (Press, 12 September 1967)
    A new independent fortnightly newspaper titled "Platform" has launched in Taihape, aiming to provide a platform solely for letters discussing topical and intellectual subjects. The paper specifies that it is not affiliated with any political or other organisation. The inaugural issue features tightly formatted tabloid pages filled with letters on...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 12 Sep 1958

  • Court Sentences (Press, 12 September 1958)
    In a letter published on 12 September 1958, a writer responds to views on the penalisation of homosexual relationships, emphasising that the concept of penal servitude amounts to extreme slavery. The writer contrasts this with the nature of slavery in ancient Greece, which they argue was considered to be more...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 12 Sep 1861

  • Painter Dorothy Richmond is born (Auckland, New Zealand)
    Links: Te Ara

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