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Fri 22 Sep 2023

  • 'We are here to entertain': Palmy Drag Fest expands its rainbow connection to Manawatū
    Drag queens aren't 'groomers', and Palmerston North isn't boring - A three-day festival is out to crush misconceptions and build a community...
    Links: Stuff
  • Tagata o te Moana for 23 September 2023
    Lack of civic education leads NZ school leavers 'ill-equipped'; Pacific climate champion says big countries lack 'ambition'; Flying Fijians overjoyed after historic win over Australia in Rugby World Cup; PNG struggle to bring HIV infection rates down; Delay in plans for Rarotonga's mural project; Medical student aims to improve Canterbury healthcare for rheumatic fever patients; Dunedin chocolate factory pledges support for Pacific koko growers...
    Links: RNZ

Thu 22 Sep 2022

  • LGBTQI News Roundup – 22 September 2022
    Fox News host suggests teaching kids about LGBTQ people is a sex crime  Fox News host Tucker Carlsonand#160;unleashedand#160;a hateful tirade against LGBTQ people and their allies this weekand#160;and suggested that teaching children about queer identities is a crime...
    Links: Andrew Whiteside
  • Falcons Inclusive Rugby Team Recruit Wāhine For The First Time
    Links: Express
  • FIFA WORLD CUP: English Captain To Wear LGBTQ+ Anti-Discrimination Armband
    Links: Express

Tue 22 Sep 2020

  • Abuse in Care: Survivor received over 200 ECT treatments for her sexuality
    A woman placed in hospital care for over 12 years and subjected to electroconvulsive therapy over 200 times for being a lesbian says the struggle for redress was "almost as bad as the original abuse"...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Biden Promises To Repeal Trump’s Transgender Military Ban If Elected
    Links: Express
  • Ellen Apologises
    Links: Express
  • Grave Fears For LGBT Rights in United States After Ruth Bader...
    Links: Express
  • Home and Living: Seasonal Switchouts
    Links: Express
  • POP MATTERS!
    Links: Express

Sun 22 Sep 2019

  • Married at First Sight NZ: Couples reveal if they've taken their relationships to the next level
    RECAP: Chris puts his foot in it during a tense encounter with “the gay guys” at the dinner party...
    Links: Stuff
  • Out and About @ Family Bar | 21 September 2019
    Links: Express
  • Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness Reveals HIV Positive Status
    Links: Express

Sat 22 Sep 2018

  • 'There's no space for us' - Auckland Pride Centre plan as K Rd gentrifies
    The gentrification of Auckland's K Rd means the area's gay culture and spaces are being lost, say residents and businesses on the central Auckland street...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Christina Hoff Sommers - Bad feminism or factual feminism?
    Christina Hoff Sommers is an author and philosopher famed for her critique of contemporary feminism...
    Links: RNZ
  • Georgia: UN expert to assess human rights of LGBT persons
    Georgia: UN expert to assess human rights of LGBT persons GENEVA (21 September 2018) – The UN Independent Expert on the protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, will conduct ...
    Links: Scoop
  • A True Living Legend Lights Up The Stage
    Links: Express

Fri 22 Sep 2017

  • The Tin Room Opens Its Doors
    Links: Express

Thu 22 Sep 2016

  • Auckland Philharmonia’s Season Launch Wows Audience
    Links: Express
  • Bill Leaks Strikes Again with Offensive Cartoon
    Links: Express
  • Aus cartoonist campares LGBTI people to Nazis
    An Australian newspaper cartoonist has compared the LGBTI community to Nazi Stormtroopers as the public debate regarding marriage equality heats up...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Member of Rainbow Wellington stands for Council
    A member of Rainbow Wellington is standing as a candidate in the local elections this year...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Signing in and hooking up
    Hook-up boys is the sexy, and slightly dirty, new play by prominent writer and director Bruce Brown that brings to the stage the stories about the apps, snaps and hookups that heavily feature in the modern gay experience...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Takatāpui community advocate stands for ADHB
    Takatāpui Senior Clinical Nurse Leader for the ADHB and LGBTI advocate Sonya Temata is standing for the Auckland District Health Board...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 22 Sep 2015

  • GABA Charitable Auction Date and Venue Revealed
    Links: Express
  • Akl Council Rainbow Panel begins its work
    Auckland Council’s Rainbow Panel is up and running, with its members inducted at its first administrative meeting...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Anger over massive HIV drug price hike
    A US company has sparked outrage by purchasing the rights to an HIV drug and raising the price from $US13...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • HIV prevention: We risk being left behind
    A leading New Zealand HIV researcher believes we can dramatically alter the trajectory of the epidemic among gay and bi men by adding enhanced testing, immediate treatment and targeted use of PrEP to condom use...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • HIV prevention: We risk being left behind
    A leading New Zealand HIV researcher believes we can dramatically alter the trajectory of the epidemic among gay and bi men by adding enhanced testing, immediate treatment and targeted use of PrEP to condom use...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Youth resource a response to teachers' pleas
    RainbowYOUTH says its new Inside Out resource has been created in response to the dozens of calls it’s receiving every week from teachers desperate for information to answer students' questions around sex, gender and sexual diversity...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 22 Sep 2014

  • Brazil: School Boys Protest by Wearing Skirts to Support Trans* Class...
    Links: Express
  • Foodie Bites: Divine Dumplings
    Links: Express
  • Meet Your Community: Paul Young
    Links: Express
  • Ex-MP Carter backs David Cunliffe
    Chris Carter now works for the UN in Kabul...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Ivy assault accused pleads not guilty
    Steven Mawhinney says he was punched seven or eight times...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Key win buoys Oz marriage advocates
    Rodney Croome Australian marriage equality advocates believe the re-election of John Key will encourage supporters of same-sex marriage within the Australian Coalition...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Street's been a "great and inspiring" MP
    Maryan Street Rainbow Wellington is paying tribute to one of its Vice Patron Maryan Street who, based on provisional Election results, has not been re-elected to Parliament...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 22 Sep 2012

  • Get It On safe sex brand reaches most gay/bi men
    Just-released research indicates that the Get It On safe sex brand launched by the NZ AIDS Foundation in 2009 to promote condom use quickly bedded in with 80% of its target group, men who have sex with men, according to researchers...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Louisa Wall disappointed by teacher's firing
    Louisa Wall Marriage equality bill author Louisa Wall says the sacking of a Catholic school teacher who supported students in a protest against their principal’s opposition to the law change is very disappointing...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Marriage equality: a video submission
    This guy wanted to make a submission on the marriage equality bill...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Paris apologies for gays are "disgusting" quip
    Paris has apologised Paris Hilton has apologised for calling gay men “disgusting” in a conversation with a friend in a New York taxi...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Zac Quinto confirms he's dating Glee star
    Groff (left) and Quinto (right) Gay actor Zachary Quinto has confirmed he is in a relationship with Glee’s Jonathan Groff, telling Out magazine: “I’m incredibly happy, I’m incredibly lucky...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 22 Sep 2011

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    20/20, ref: TZP406695.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • "Not the Lesbian Ball" coming to Wellington
    Those mourning the apparent demise of Auckland's annual Lesbian Ball are being invited to head to the capital and get their bad selves on the dance floor for 'Rockstar Halloween' at the James Cook Hotel on Saturday 29 October...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • DNA sneak peek
    We popped into K' Rd's new gay bar DNA ahead of its official opening for a sneak preview of what you can expect from the venue...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • From Marlborough?
    Gay, lesbian, bisexual trans and intersex people who went to school in Marlborough are being asked to share their experiences from the schoolyard and the classroom, in a campaign driven by the local police Diversity Liaison Officer to push local schools to wake up to the reality of life for queer teenagers...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • From Marlborough?
    Gay, lesbian, bisexual trans and intersex people who went to school in Marlborough are being asked to share their experiences from the schoolyard and the classroom, in a campaign driven by the local police Diversity Liaison Officer to push local schools to wake up to the reality of life for queer teenagers...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Give Us Shelter (Part One)
    In the first of two articles on housing policy and LGBT needs, I'll be focusing attention on the situation overseas...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Lauded NZ-born musicologist dies in Spain
    Christopher Small was 84 New Zealand-born gay writer and musicologist Christopher Small has dies in Sitges, Spain, aged 84...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Outgames legacy fund recipients announced
    The first of the legacy grants from the proceeds of the March Wellington AsiaPacific Outgames have gone to everything from a hui for queer youth, to projects to research our history, a national GLBTI swim meet and further development of a programme for schools...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Rockers R.E.M. announce peaceful split
    R...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Tasmanian vote "sends a message of hope"
    The vote in favour of same-sex marriage in Tasmania's Lower House is expected to send a powerful message to the rest of Australia that the time for change has come...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 22 Sep 2010

  • Chris Carter's sick leave officially runs out
    Chris Carter Chris Carter's sick leave runs out today, but it remains unclear when he will return to Parliament...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • D-Day looms for queer student groups
    The national body representing tertiary students is urging the Government to listen to the overwhelming chorus against making student union membership voluntary...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Don't Ask, Don't Tell repeal blocked in Senate
    An effort to lift the US military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy has failed in the Senate, with Democrats failing to win the 60 votes they needed to advance a defence bill that included a conditional repeal...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Hopelessly out of step?
    You can't help but wonder whether the people educating our kids are stuck in some tired, dusty old Fox Trot routine, remaining ridiculously out of step with their own students when it comes to school balls...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The longest kiss ever
    Two male students from The College of New Jersey have broken the world record for the recorded "Longest Continuous Kiss"...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Two gay gaffes from National baffle Labour
    As political campaigning heats up seven weeks out from the General Election, misjudged gay-related comments from National campaigners are concerning Labour's openly-LGBT candidates in two high-profile electorates...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 22 Sep 2009

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Misc-cip, ref: TZP374422.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Album review: Cascada's 'Evacuate the Dancefloor'
    Here it is, the third album by German trio Cascada...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • GABA gives a grand to help OUTLine
    As New Zealand's LGBT telephone counselling service OUTLine struggles to stay afloat amid a financial crisis, the Gay Auckland Business Association is donating $1,000 to help keep the organisation going...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay pub will remove Catcha Cray machine
    Responding to widespread alarm over its 'Catcha Cray' game, the management of K' Road's gay Naval machine...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gays 'morally wrong' say 39% of Kiwis
    A newly-published study of the morals of New Zealanders has found that only 61% believe that "homosexual relations are morally acceptable...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Name, logo and team confirmed for 2010 Fest
    Auckland's new LGBT Festival next February will be called OurFest, it has just been announced, and its official logo can now be unveiled...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Queens on Cadillacs for Boobs on Bikes
    Dozens of luscious ladies are set to bare their breasts again for Auckland's Boobs on Bikes parade tomorrow - but GayNZ...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Teacher jailed for lesbian sex with student
    A teacher at a prestigious central London school who admitted having a sexual lesbian relationship with a 15-year-old student has been jailed for 15 months...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 22 Sep 2008

  • Family First: Satellite Lies
    The Christian Right pressure group Family First really should get its facts straight before rushing into print with its UK Christian Right-derived media release "Children as young as five to be taught the pleasures of 'gay sex'"...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Indie music-meister Guy Blackman goes solo
    He's been a band member, music journalist and record label boss, and now this baby-faced gay indie performer has his own debut album out – and is on his way to NZ...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Two gay asylum seekers deported from UK
    Two gay men who were afraid their lives could be at risk if they were forced to return to their home countries have been sent out of the UK, reports Pinknews...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 22 Sep 2007

  • Hillary Clinton: "I'm not a lesbian"
    A reporter for American LGBT current affairs magazine The Advocate has asked presidential candidate Hillary Clinton: "How do you respond to the occasional rumour that you're a lesbian?" "People say a lot of things about me, so I really don't pay any attention to it," Clinton replied...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Imerst cabaret for 'Angels in America' cast
    The cast of Angels in America - beginning at Wellington's Downstage Theatre on Saturday 29th September - will perform a one-off fundraising drag cabaret show tonight at Imerst nightclub...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • UK: Schools told to fight 'cyberbullies'
    The UK government's Schools Secretary is urging schools to take stronger action against 'cyberbullying' and homophobic insults, following a new study into bullying of young people...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Weird Science?
    The New Zealand Christian Right is at its most amusing when it behaves as if its subcultural 'social scientists' can pass rigorous muster...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 22 Sep 2006

  • Comment: Brethrengate Australia: Union Blues?
    Despite the best efforts of the New Zealand National Party, the Melbourne Age continues to run articles of interest about the role of the Exclusive Brethren in Australian politics...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Kiwi gay sex DVD: The lead actor speaks
    James West James West, New Zealand's first gay porn DVD star reveals all in this surprisingly frank interview… Auckland landscaper James West, 25, is the lead actor in “John', New Zealand's first-ever professionally-produced gay porn DVD...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Kiwi gay sex DVD: The lead actor speaks
    James West James West, New Zealand's first gay porn DVD star reveals all in this surprisingly frank interview… Auckland landscaper James West, 25, is the lead actor in “John', New Zealand's first-ever professionally-produced gay porn DVD...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZOA research: TV's Kiwifruit 'too shallow'
    70% of gay and lesbian television audiences do not like our LGBT programme, NZ On Air has found...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 22 Sep 2005

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    One News, ref: TZP311002.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television news report: the World Health Organisation warns of the growing AIDS issue in the Pacific (New Zealand)
    Interviewees include Dr Bernard Fabre-Teste, Rachel Le Mesurier and Dr Mark Jacobs. One news, ref F89489.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Gay rape charges against NZer dropped
    Gay rape charges against Wellington businessman James Bernard Quin have been dropped by Vanuatu police, after the two young accusers admitted sex was consensual...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 22 Sep 2004

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Tonight, ref: TZP294345.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • (Still Awaiting) Evidence - Abstract assertions and Maxim
    I purchased Spring 2004's Evidence today...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • CU opponents would turn clock back
    Opponents of the Civil Union Bill making submissions to the select committee would, if given the chance, turn the clock back even further and recriminalise homosexuality...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 22 Sep 2003

  • Barrymore's Kiwi retreat
    Michael Barrymore may move to New Zealand after his latest failed attempt to be accepted again by the British public...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Straight Faggs
    "Not as Ponsonby as the name suggests" reads the billboard's lead line...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 22 Sep 2002

  • Ald sauna premises closed by building owners
    Auckland's second oldest sex on site venue has closed its doors, apparently for good...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 22 Sep 1987

Sun 22 Sep 1985

Sat 22 Sep 1984

  • Soviet Emigre Turns Sour (Press, 22 September 1984)
    Edward Limonov, a notable figure in Russian literature, presents his fictional memoir "It's me, Eddie," which has stirred controversy among emigre circles due to its provocative content. Originally published in Russian in 1979, the memoir reflects Limonov's experiences as a Russian emigrant in New York after leaving the Soviet Union...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 22 Sep 1975

  • Unwanted Characters Go Out With A Bang (Press, 22 September 1975)
    On 22 September 1975, the Australian television series "Number 96," set in a fictional apartment block in Paddington, Sydney, gained intense publicity following a dramatic plot twist that involved a bomb explosion. This explosive event was orchestrated by one of the show's more villainous characters, resulting in the deaths of...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Vice Racket Trial Ends (Press, 22 September 1975)
    On 21 September 1975, Charles Hornby, a well-known figure in London's social elite, faced serious criminal charges. The 33-year-old, educated at Eton and noted for his charm and good looks, was convicted after a three-month trial at the Old Bailey for conspiracy to procure acts of gross indecency involving males...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Whicker Speaks To Gay California (Press, 22 September 1975)
    On 22 September 1975, Alan Whicker presented a thought-provoking programme on TVI that explored the gay liberation movement in California. The documentary delved into various aspects of the lives of homosexuals, offering a multifaceted view of the challenges and victories faced by those within the community. Whicker examined a unique...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 22 Sep 1973

  • Studying Man’s Aggression (Press, 22 September 1973)
    In his book "Man’s Aggression: A New Approach," published in 1973, Professor Gregory Rochlin presents a complex analysis of aggression, asserting that it originates as a defence mechanism against threats to self-respect and narcissism. He suggests that aggression can become a means to ensure success and recover a sense of...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 22 Sep 1954

  • Co-educational Schools (Press, 22 September 1954)
    On 21 September 1954, a report from a committee investigating moral delinquency among juveniles was released, highlighting various opinions regarding post-primary co-education. The committee noted a lack of systematic communication between homes and schools concerning juvenile issues, as the headmasters, traditionally responsible for this connection, have found their roles increasingly...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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