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Tue 13 Sep 2022

Our Forgotten Epidemic. Part Five - Do we dare to hope? (Aotearoa New Zealand)
Our Forgotten Epidemic is a six-part series about Aotearoa New Zealands response to HIV and AIDS, and some of the many brave individuals who changed the course of history.
Features: Bruce Kilmister, Jane Bruning, Jason Myers, Joe Rich, Michael Stevens, Richard Meech, Rod Ellis-Pegler, Warren Lindberg
Links: PrideNZ.com
Conquering mountains and demons: Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
In her memoir, In The Shadow of The Mountain, Peruvian-American explorer, mountaineer and social entrepreneur...
Links: RNZ
Serbian police cancel EuroPride march, citing security concerns
Serbia's police on Tuesday banned a Pride march planned amid pan-European LGBTQ events being held this week in Belgrade, citing a risk of clashes with far-right anti-gay activists...
Links: NZ Herald
Heartstopper Star, Kit Connor Quits Twitter After Queerbaiting Accusations
Links: Express
Sri Lankan Government Will Not Oppose Bill To Decriminalise Homosexuality
Links: Express
The Best Pics From Palmy Drag Fest
Links: Express
Why Is Musical Theatre So Male Dominated?
Links: Express

Mon 13 Sep 2021

“Close To Tears” – Bi Footballer Talks About Teammates’ Support After...
Links: Express
Gay Dating: What Adam and Steve Taught Us About Temptation
Links: Express
Kiwis in Level 4 Lockdown: Flavio Villani
Links: Express
Record number of submissions for Conversion Therapy Bill
Links: Express

Fri 13 Sep 2019

Scout Barbour-Evans takes second shot at Dunedin mayoralty
A lot has changed for transgender person Scout Barbour-Evans since standing for the Dunedin mayoralty at the last election...
Links: Stuff
Bird is the Word
Links: Express
Drag: September to Remember
Links: Express

Thu 13 Sep 2018

House race will mean state's first black or gay congressman
DOVER, N...
Links: NZ Herald
Kyle MacDonald: Kiwi feminists discriminating against our transgender community
There is little question biological sex is one of the bedrocks of our identity...
Links: NZ Herald
An Ally for Life
Links: Express
Hottie: Andrea Orani
Links: Express
Hottie: Marcelo Lozardo
Links: Express
Subdividing: Easier than you Think
Links: Express

Wed 13 Sep 2017

Australian rugby star Israel Folau slammed over anti gay marriage tweet
Wallabies superstar Israel Folau has sparked a Twitter backlash by revealing he will not support the push for same-sex marriage...
Links: Stuff
Bang : post bang discussion
Following the final of Melody Thomas' series on sex and sexuality - Bang, a discussion with Melody, Bryan and sex therapist, Mary Hodson...
Links: RNZ
Edith Windsor, who helped end gay marriage ban, dies at 88
Edith Windsor, a gay rights pioneer whose landmark Supreme Court case struck down parts of a federal anti-gay-marriage law and paved a path toward legalising same-sex nuptials nationwide, died...
Links: Stuff
Circus and Classical Music Come Together for A Unique Experience!
Links: Express
Greens Pledge $5 Million for LGBTI+ School Support
Links: Express
Mika’s Mana Wahine Day in Response to Suicide Inaction
Links: Express
Trans Model Munroe Bergdorf Hired for New Diversity Campaign
Links: Express

Tue 13 Sep 2016

Kevin Hague profile (Wellington)
On the eve of his departure from Parliament, MP Kevin Hague reflects on his time in politics as well as earlier activism around apartheid, racism, homosexual law reform, public health and HIV AIDS.
Features: Kevin Hague
Links: PrideNZ.com
Eat, Pray, Love your way to happiness
Links: Express
No Pride for Prisons releases Abolitionist Demands manifesto
Links: Express
Whoopi Goldberg explains why asking about a transperson’s junk is not...
Links: Express
Hmltn gay venue owner lashes out at Pride organisers
The owner of a Hamilton gay venue has heavily criticised Hamilton Pride organisers for ignoring his business and for playing it safe with this year’s programme...
Links: GayNZ.com
Review: Brian Lewis Wolfenden's Witnesses
Review: Brian Lewis: Wolfenden's Witnesses: Homosexuality in Postwar Britain: London: Palgrave Macmillan: 2016 Every ten years or so, since 1967, British LGBT communities commemorate the passage of the Sexual Offences Act 1967, which inaugurated the first, hesitant beginnings of decriminalisation of male homosexuality in England and Wales...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 13 Sep 2015

Hamilton Pride Opening Party
Links: Express

Sat 13 Sep 2014

Casual Encounters – Poof Bar
Links: Express
Changes Afoot – Family Bar and Club
Links: Express
Seducing the Wrong Sex?
Links: Express
Wind Down – Eagle Bar
Links: Express
"Why is it so important to vote?"
We asked a range of people a simple question, ‘why is it so important to vote?’ A week from Election Day, they share their thoughts on why your voice matters...
Links: GayNZ.com
Comment: (Not Sweet At All) Charity
As sometimes happens, the New Zealand Supreme Court has overturned a string of decisions at lower jurisdictions; in this case, related to Greenpeace and its exclusion from the Charities Act 2004, which governs access to registered charitable group status in New Zealand...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 13 Sep 2013

Gay men need HPV vaccine before first sex
Peter Saxton Gay men should be vaccinated against a common sexually transmitted infection which can cause genital warts and precursor lesions for male cancers, including anal and penile cancer, before their first sexual encounter according to a sexual health researcher...
Links: GayNZ.com
Pride change was behind Smith's withdrawal
Jonathan Smith just prior to the start of last year's Pride Parade This year's Auckland Pride Parade coordinator Jonathan Smith withdrew his proposal to run next year's parade after the Pride Festival Trust advised him at the last minute of a structural change which would have seen him no longer reporting directly to the Trust Board...
Links: GayNZ.com
Scenes from a wedding
Amidst all the big white frocks and horse-drawn carriages and the breathless live reporting from sponsoring radio stations and celebrity-endorsed mile-high marriages which caught the headlines on August 19 it would have been easy to miss two lesbians who slipped in to the Auckland Registry office to become one of the first couples in the country to receive their marriage license...
Links: GayNZ.com
Whitney and Mara are married at last
Mara Milano and Whitney Keller exchange their vows before registrar Jessica Woodcock, In a simple registry office ceremony conducted this afternoon two trans-Tasman lesbians upgraded their relationship from a Civil Union to a marriage...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 13 Sep 2012

Beth - Q12 (Manawatū)
Beth talks about being young and lesbian in 2012
Links: PrideNZ.com
Danny - Q12 (Manawatū)
Danny talks about being young and gay in 2012
Links: PrideNZ.com
Emma - Q12 (Manawatū)
Emma talks about being young and bisexual in 2012
Links: PrideNZ.com
Auckland gay bar DNA announces closure
Gay Auckland bar and nightclub DNA has been closed after a year, which its owners say is a “business decision”...
Links: GayNZ.com
Aussie PM backs Convicts' hosting bid
Members of the Sydney Convicts after they won the Bingham Cup Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is backing a bid for Sydney to host the 2014 edition of global gay rugby championship the Bingham Cup – but she is still opposed to gay couples being allowed to marry...
Links: GayNZ.com
St James to host celebration of "Nana's" life
A celebration of the life of Geoffrey “Nana” Busch will be held at Wellington’s St James Theatre tomorrow afternoon...
Links: GayNZ.com
Submissions open on marriage equality bill
Submissions have opened on Louisa Wall’s bill which would allow same-sex couples to marry, and a number of initiatives have been set up to help the GLBTI community have its say...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 13 Sep 2011

FIFA to investigate homophobia in women's game
The world’s governing football body FIFA has announced it will look into the issue of homophobia in the women’s game, starting with Nigerian coach Eucharia Uche...
Links: GayNZ.com
Weekend: Beyond the one night stand
Still by Quinnford and Scout At Auckland’s gay film night this month, Number 8 Films presents the award-winning UK film Weekend, about a one-night stand that becomes something more...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 13 Sep 2010

50 Cent's Twitter rant riles GLAAD
50 Cent's tweet The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has launched a campaign against 50 Cent over threatening and homophobic comments he tweeted to blogger Perez Hilton...
Links: GayNZ.com
A flaming tragedy
On Wednesday evening, 8th October, Sara Schwartz, the ambassadress at Dot's Bar was set on fire as she stood sentinel outside the bar in Symonds St...
Links: GayNZ.com
Family escapes damage from arson attack
2...
Links: GayNZ.com
Goulter to debate in drag and pageant crown
Jevan Goulter It's been a number of days since Jevan Goulter made waves in Wanganui with his mayoral campaign, but that's likely to end tonight...
Links: GayNZ.com
Key groups perching on the financial brink
The financial state of affairs of a number important Auckland-based GLBT community groups is increasingly dire, with two in particular staring down the barrel of imminent fiscal crisis...
Links: GayNZ.com
Suspicious fire in Family toilets investigated
10...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 13 Sep 2009

Labour considers cut-price condoms
Gay MP's at the Labour Party's annual conference this weekend have proposed subsidising shop-bought condoms to cut down on STI's and unplanned pregnancies, reports the Herald on Sunday...
Links: GayNZ.com
Who will be Welly's new best Fag Hag?
Wellington will again crown its best girl-who-hangs-around-gays-too-much in its 2nd annual Miss Fag Hag competition hosted by Club Ivy soon...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 13 Sep 2008

Banking on romance at work
A bank manager is wondering if he should take things a little further with a young employee...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay greenie stands against gay MP
A gay student is campaigning against gay Labour MP Chris Carter in Auckland's Te Atatu electorate, in what is believed to be the first time in New Zealand that two openly gay candidates have contested the same general election electorate...
Links: GayNZ.com
Lennon was hot for McCartney, says book
A new book by renowned biographer Philip Norman has claimed that John Lennon wanted to have a gay relationship with Beatle bandmate Paul McCartney...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 13 Sep 2007

Dance party 50th for AKL lesbian socialite
One of Auckland's best-known lesbian socialites is turning 50 with a massive dance party at Galatos this Saturday night - featuring her favourite DJ's and several drag diva appearances...
Links: GayNZ.com
Fading Blue?
National party leader John Key Based on a comparative international analysis of centre-right oppositions and governments, I would have to ask whether our own National Opposition will neccessarily win the next New Zealand general election...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay internet dating fuels HIV in Hong Kong
The number of HIV cases in Hong Kong has surged partly because of men finding sexual partners over the internet and spreading the virus, the territory's health director said this week...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gossip writer swipes at gay TV host
Long-time entertainment gossip reporter David Hartnell has lashed out at TVOne's Good Morning co-host Steven Gray in his latest NZ Truth newspaper column, saying Gray's 'overblown ego' is not needed on the show...
Links: GayNZ.com
Iranian lesbian wins asylum in UK
An Iranian lesbian facing deportation from Britain has been freed from detention and will be allowed to continue her fight remain in the UK with a legal hearing at the Court of Appeal...
Links: GayNZ.com
John Spong: Christian Liberal Rationalist
Bishop John Shelby Spong Retired US Episcopalian Bishop of Newark John Spong is about to pay one of his periodical visits to our shores...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sean Penn to play murdered gay politician
Sean Penn has been lined up to play gay 1970s San Francisco politician Harvey Milk - the first prominent American political figure to be out of the closet - and Matt Damon will play his assassin...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 13 Sep 2006

Television item (New Zealand)
One News, ref: TZP325344.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
"How Christian is hate?" asks NZAF
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation says it is shocked by the anonymous hate campaign being carried out within the Presbyterian Church, which describes gays as “a cancer”...
Links: GayNZ.com
Ahoy! Aussies plan all-gay cruise
'Bingay' will replace bingo when Australia launches its first all-gay cruise ship charter next year...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay Hate stickers upset NZ church members
Bumper stickers stating "gays are a cancer" in the Presbyterian Church have been sent to the Presbyterian Assembly's 500 members nationwide as they prepare to vote on a ruling banning homosexual ministers...
Links: GayNZ.com
Tonga's new king an 'eccentric bachelor'
Tonga's Crown Prince Tupouto'a, the poverty stricken nation's new king, is an eccentric bachelor who collects toy soldiers, studied at an exclusive British military academy and has a penchant for wearing self-awarded medals...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 13 Sep 2005

Propaganda could hijack a CU referendum
Moves to initiate binding referenda to "solve" issues like civil unions are not the simple solution they might seem, says Labour's Napier MP Russell Fairbrother...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 13 Sep 2004

Banks: Auckland needs more gay cops
Auckland's "most accessible mayor ever" says his city should have more gay police officers...
Links: GayNZ.com
Editorial: HIV: "It's just a few pills a day"
We're so lucky in the New Zealand gay community! We can bonk around without fear of getting HIV and dying the often miserable deaths that an earlier generation suffered...
Links: GayNZ.com
Onan the Barbarian!
The Christian Right is fond of using a device entitled the 'slippery slope' in debate...
Links: GayNZ.com
Protesters disrupt Destiny service
A group of three protesters made a nuisance of themselves outside a Destiny Church service in Christchurch last night, with reports of verbal abuse on both sides and a protester allegedly being hit by a car...
Links: GayNZ.com
Snakes and ladders - LGBT tactical voting
As the latest Colmar Brunton poll shows a dead-heat amongst both major parties, what should we do in terms of tactical voting? I am assuming a politically pluralist LGBT community here...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 13 Sep 2003

Classic Illiberals: The Social Conservative Invasion of ACT?
Where has most of the opposition to the government's current queer-inclusive Care of Children Bill come? No, not United Future, despite Peter Dunne's repetitious sniping at the Civil Unions Bill, without providing any actual evidence that same-sex parenting harms children...
Links: GayNZ.com
Stereotype show heads south
An Australian version of the surprise American hit TV show of the year, Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, is to be made...
Links: GayNZ.com
Tabloid teen in teacher video
It has been revealed that one of the teenagers appearing on Auckland teacher David Arthur's videotape, parts of which feature scenes of students allegedly taking drugs, is tabloid website founder Jonathan Marshall...
Links: GayNZ.com
Taking a risk to tell the truth
William Taylor is one of New Zealand's most popular authors of books for children and young adults...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 13 Sep 1988

The Dirty Tricks S. Africa Uses Against Its... (Press, 13 September 1988)
David Beresford, writing for the Guardian on 13 September 1988, highlights a troubling case in Cape Town involving the military's intimidation tactics against anti-apartheid activists, particularly those in the End Conscription Campaign (E.C.C.). The case revolves around an application for an interdict against the Minister of Defence and a local...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 13 Sep 1985

800,000-plus Signatures (Press, 13 September 1985)
More than 800,000 signatures are predicted to be gathered for a petition opposing the Homosexual Law Reform Bill, set to be presented to the New Zealand Parliament in two weeks. Graeme Lee, a National Party member of Parliament for Hauraki and a prominent figure in the opposition campaign, indicated that...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Conservatism Likely To Grow In N.z. Education (Press, 13 September 1985)
On 13 September 1985, Alan Mcßobie, a senior lecturer at Christchurch Teachers' College, expressed concerns about the possibility of conservative education groups in New Zealand starting independent schools. He noted that parents were becoming increasingly involved in their children's education and predicted a growth in conservative sentiments in the country....
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
A march in support of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill takes place (Wellington, New Zealand)
People assemble in Bunny Street at 6.30pm. They then walk along Lambton Quay. Some scuffles break out between marchers and anti-reform protesters.
Links: Te Papa
Television news report: approximately 2,000 people march in support of Gay Liberation (Wellington, New Zealand)
Eyewitness News, ref: TZP12504.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television news report: Paraparaumu residents and businesses are annoyed by posters in support of homosexual law reform (New Zealand)
Today Tonight, ref: TZP12606.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television news report: scuffles with pro-homosexual law reform marchers in Wellington (New Zealand)
Eyewitness news, ref F86286.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, University of Auckland

Sat 13 Sep 1980

U.s. Bar To ‘gays' (Press, 13 September 1980)
On 13 September 1980, the United States announced a new immigration policy aimed at preventing homosexuals from entering the country. The Justice Department stated that this policy was intended to align immigration regulations with existing US law that prohibited the admission of homosexual individuals. Previously, US immigration officials had allowed...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 13 Sep 1957

Relaxation In Cyprus (Press, 13 September 1957)
On 12 September 1957, the Governor of Cyprus, Sir John Harding, announced significant relaxations to anti-terrorist laws on the island. These changes include the abolition of the death penalty for carrying firearms, which has been replaced with life imprisonment. Additionally, the mandatory death penalty for discharging firearms and throwing bombs...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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