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Sat 23 Sep 2023

Jamie Wall: It's over for the Warriors but the pride is strong among fans
The mood among New Zealanders after the Warriors' 42-12 loss to the Broncos was not to be sad that the 2023 season had ended, but happy that it happened...
Links: RNZ
Warriors v Broncos: Warriors hit hard by heavy Broncos defeat in preliminary final, despite pride in their progress across 2023 NRL season
The Warriors were significant underdogs in Brisbane but the team had high expectations...
Links: NZ Herald
Warriors v Broncos: Warriors hit hard by heavy Broncos defeat in preliminary final, despite pride in their progress across 2023 NRL season
The Warriors were significant underdogs in Brisbane but the team had high expectations...
Links: NZ Herald
Warriors v Broncos: Warriors hit hard by heavy Broncosâ defeat in preliminary final, despite pride in their progress across 2023 NRL season
The Warriors had been significant underdogs in Brisbane but the team had high expectations...
Links: NZ Herald

Fri 23 Sep 2022

Samesame But Different: Te Whanganui-a-Tara edition (Taiwhanga Kauhau, National Library)
Audio from the Samesame But Different event held at the National Library on 23 September 2022
Features: Cadence Chung, Chris Tse, Emily Writes, Ruby Solly, Sam Orchard
Links: PrideNZ.com
KYLIE MINOGUE TO HEADLINE WORLDPRIDE OPENING
Links: Express
New LGBTQ+ Summer Festival Coming To Queenstown In February 2023
Links: Express
Pride Cook Islands Join GiveOut Day Charities
Links: Express
Talking Positively About Home Ownership
Links: Express

Thu 23 Sep 2021

Home and Living: New Season Decorating Ideas To Bring Home
Links: Express
Meet All The Guest Judges For Drag Race UK Season 3
Links: Express
Watch: Justin Trudeau Struggles to Say “LGBTQ+”
Links: Express

Wed 23 Sep 2020

Covid's return, trans-rights and anti-lockdown celebrities
UK correspondent Hugo Gye joins Kathryn to talk the new rules introduced to pubs, restaurants and sporting events as the daily case number rises above 6000...
Links: RNZ
Episode 86 - Mood boards
Lucy and Compass play 20 questions with Caitlin, Christine and Chaz from Promised Land Books to delve into rainbow representation for children, the process of creating their latest book Raven Wild and all of the mood boards they created along the way...
Links: InsideOUT
Episode 86 - Mood boards
Lucy and Compass play 20 questions with Caitlin, Christine and Chaz from Promised Land Books to delve into rainbow representation for children, the process of creating their latest book Raven Wild and all of the mood boards they created along the way...
Links: InsideOUT
Human rights campaigners urge Cook Island MPs to uphold Constitution
Cook Islands' human rights campaigners are urging MP's to uphold the Constitution and end discrimination against gay men as the Crimes Bill goes before parliament in coming days...
Links: RNZ
Love Island US contestant ditched over alleged gay porn past
Noah Purvis joined the cast on September 17...
Links: Stuff
Schitt's Creek actor François Arnaud comes out as bisexual ahead of Bi Visibility Day
Arnaud, who played the ex-boyfriend of David Rose in an episode of Schitt’s Creek, said being silent wasn't helpful to the community...
Links: Stuff
David Seymour Interview: Freedom of Speech’s Thin Line
Links: Express
Foodie Bites
Links: Express

Mon 23 Sep 2019

First survey on NZ trans health, wellbeing released
Researchers say the first comprehensive survey on the health and wellbeing of trans and non-binary New Zealanders reveals serious health inequities...
Links: RNZ
Kiwi transgender and non-binary people at higher risk of suicide - survey
Transgender and non-binary Kiwis are at a greater risk of psychological distress, suicidal thinking and suicide attempts, a landmark survey has found...
Links: Stuff
Trans and non-binary health and wellbeing report reveals severe inequities
Gender diverse people are rarely counted in national statistics - the first comprehensive study on the health of trans and non-binary NZers is a chance to fill the gaps...
Links: RNZ
A Playwright Like Us
Links: Express
POP SUPERSTAR CARLY RAE JEPSEN ANNOUNCES HER FIRST EVER NZ SHOW!
Links: Express

Sun 23 Sep 2018

Mark Fisher Calls for Auckland Pride Centre on Mercury Lane
Links: Express

Sat 23 Sep 2017

The General Election sees at least seven rainbow politicians in Parliament (New Zealand)
Louisa Wall, Grant Robertson, Meka Whaitiri, Tamati Coffee and Kiritapu Allan (Labour Party); Jan Logie (Green Party) and Chris Finlayson (National Party)
Links: Gay Express

Fri 23 Sep 2016

Dance, Dance, Revolution!
Links: Express
Intersex Genital Mutilation in New Zealand: A Shameful Silence
Why are medically unnecessary and potentially harmful involuntary 'remedial' surgeries still being carried out on intersex infants in New Zealand? Last week representatives of the New Zealand government were questioned at the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in regards to the rights and care of intersex children...
Links: GayNZ.com
ITANZ: NZ can improve future for intersex children
The Executive Director of ITANZ (Intersex Awareness New Zealand) says during the 73rd Session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, New Zealand representative Dr Patrick Tuohy made comments that seem to point to a confusion between intersex issues and transgender issues...
Links: GayNZ.com
Mental health film series looking for LGBTI participants
Attitude Pictures is looking for members of the LGBTI Auckland communities to participate in a project that aims to help reduce the stigma of mental illness and encourage others to talk about mental health in the workplace...
Links: GayNZ.com
PandR: Dead End?
What is the New Zealand Christian Right up to, and how do we interpret its current behaviour? As noted several weeks ago, Family First is on tour, inflicting Bob McCoskrie on hapless, predominantly rural or provincial parts of New Zealand, which raises some interesting questions about the absence of imported subcultural luminaries from Australia and the United States in this context...
Links: GayNZ.com
Support group formed for older HIV-positive folk
A peer support group for older people living with HIV is to be set up in response to the longer lifespans of people with HIV infection and the health and psychological issues which are emerging...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 23 Sep 2015

HIV Drug Goes From $13.50 a Tablet to $750, Overnight
Links: Express
Book preview: The Adventures of Jonathan Dennis
A new book is being launched in Wellington tonight telling the story of the founding director of the New Zealand Film Archive (now Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision), out and proud gay man Jonathan Dennis...
Links: GayNZ.com
GABA Auction returning to the Hilton
The Gay Auckland Business Association’s annual charity auction will return to the Hilton on Princes Wharf in November and the group is calling for items to go under the hammer...
Links: GayNZ.com
HIV drug is subsidised in New Zealand
UPDATED: US company Turing Pharmaceuticals has backed down on drastically raising the price of an HIV drug...
Links: GayNZ.com
InsideOUT not bothered by name clash
Queer-straight alliance network InsideOUT says it’s excited and fully behind a new educational resource which bears a nearly-identical name...
Links: GayNZ.com
Linda Villumsen takes out first world title
New Zealand cyclist Linda Villumsen has claimed the individual time trial at the Road World Cycling Championships, nabbing the coveted rainbow jersey...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 23 Sep 2014

Classical Brass Returns to Vogue
Links: Express
Foodie Bites: Carb Loading
Links: Express
Ivy’s 5th Birthday – Ivy Bar Wellington
Links: Express
Julia Gillard changes tune on marriage
Julia Gillard Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has declared marriage equality is “inevitable” after inflexibly opposing it while in office...
Links: GayNZ.com
Transgender teen co-writes kids' book
A transgender teenager has co-written a children’s book which she hopes helps other trans youngsters...
Links: GayNZ.com
TV show generating buzz: Transparent
A new web-only TV series which revolves around a Los Angeles family as a parent comes out as transgender is gathering rave reviews in the US...
Links: GayNZ.com
US: Ending blood ban would save lives
A UCLA study says allowing gay and bisexual men to donate blood in the US could help save a massive number of lives...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 23 Sep 2013

"The perfectness of it all"
Jess Lawrence and Kate McClenahan are settled back into their Newcastle, Australia, home now, reflecting on the dream wedding which saw them flown to Queenstown, just days after Gay Ski Week, for the best day of their lives...
Links: GayNZ.com
Body Positive interested in Pride Centre concept
Bruce Kilmister Although HIV positive people's organisation Body Positive has yet to be approached about an Auckland 'Pride Centre' proposal it is keen to look into the idea...
Links: GayNZ.com
Bright colours for Taylor service this afternoon
A colourful memorial service will be held this afternoon for the late Peter Taylor, who died a week ago after a two-decades fight to stay well despite two debilitating infections...
Links: GayNZ.com
Help for HIV children given in Taylor's name
Rodney Coleman and Joan Taylor with Peter Taylor's hibiscus-planted ashes A series of scholarships are to be given out to assist children in Africa affected by HIV, those attending the service of thanksgiving for the late Peter Taylor heard this afternoon...
Links: GayNZ.com
New Labour line-up includes gay and pro-gay MPs
Shadow Leader of the House, gay MP Grant Robertson Three gay MPs and several of their proven pro-gay colleagues are in Labour's new shadow cabinet after changes were announced by new party leader David Cunliffe this afternoon...
Links: GayNZ.com
Rainbow soccer laces campaign draws criticism
A campaign to encourage support form programmes to stop abuse of glbti people may have backfired after boxes of sponsored rainbow laces were dropped off at UK soccer clubs...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 23 Sep 2012

Dancer's graceful Black Swan excites NZGT judges
Christopher Olwage's Black Swan outfit Gay Auckland dancer Christopher Olwage has made it through to the next round of New Zealand’s Got Talent after a sexy tutu-clad take on the Black Swan...
Links: GayNZ.com
Regress Australia Unfair?
A snapshot from an Australian marriage equality ad In Australia's federal Parliament, both houses rejected marriage equality this week...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 23 Sep 2011

Aroha Mardi Gras ready for kick off
Mika with Haka Punks Mika is taking over downtown Auckland tonight for an explosion of culture and diversity in the wide-ranging Aroha Mardi Gras...
Links: GayNZ.com
Harder to find sperm donors for lesbians - expert
Dr Richard Fisher would welcome an 'army' of gay donors A leading fertility expert says it's harder to find donors who are willing to allow their sperm to be used by lesbian couples, and his team would be delighted if there was a rush on gay men willing to help out with the situation...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 23 Sep 2010

Candy Bar to close, monthly night planned
The original Candy Bar crew on launch weekend in April Auckland lesbian venue Candy Bar is to close, due to low attendance since winter began, however a new monthly night is being planned...
Links: GayNZ.com
Carter claims he's still a Labour MP
Chris Carter Chris Carter has issued a statement from his office at Parliament, saying he still considers himself a Labour MP...
Links: GayNZ.com
Florida's ban on gay adoption struck down
A Florida appeals court has ruled there is no rational reason to prevent gay people from adopting children, in a ruling which upheld a gay man's adoption of two young boys...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay couple allege anti-gay meddling by CYF
A gay Upper Hutt couple fostering a troubled teenage relative allege they have been discriminated against by Child, Youth and Family because of their sexuality...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay couple allege CYF discrimination
File photo A gay Upper Hutt couple have lodged a Human Rights Commission complaint, alleging they have been discriminated against by Child, Youth and Family because of their sexuality, something CYF denies...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZAF slammed over "deeply hated" honouree
5...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZAF to honour Mama Tere and past chairs
Sir Anand Satyanand 12...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 23 Sep 2009

Mates and Lovers play by Ronald Trifero Nelson premieres at Bats Theatre (Wellington, New Zealand)
Links: Theatre Review
Akld's 'Out Fest to unite singers
Gay and lesbian choirs from Cairns, Brisbane, Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Auckland, Wellington and North America will perform in a mass concert in Auckland at Easter 2010...
Links: GayNZ.com
Mills held over for November hearing
10...
Links: GayNZ.com
Pop star Mika: "Call me bisexual"
Normally cagey about his sexuality, Lebanese pop sensation Mika has now told a gay Dutch magazine to "just call me bisexual"...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 23 Sep 2008

'Rainbow room' launched in Parliament
A select committee room in Parliament has been dedicated to New Zealand's LGBT history, and a sizable group which included some of the country's recent queer history-makers met in Parliament yesterday evening for its launch event...
Links: GayNZ.com
GABA starts LGBT student scholarship
The Gay Auckland Business Association is offering a $2,000 scholarship to a talented LGBT student, in a move welcomed by young people's support service Rainbow Youth and labeled as "skirting discrimination" by the NZ Listener magazine...
Links: GayNZ.com
GayNZ.com goes live with winning logo
GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com
NSW lesbian mothers gain legal rights
An estimated 1,000 same-sex parent families in the Australian state of New South Wales have been granted legal rights under new laws which came into affect yesterday...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 23 Sep 2007

'Mika' times three - What's in a name?
UK pop star Mika has been threatened with a lawsuit over the use of his stage name by another 'Mika' - a female Belgian reggae star - and now our local gay Maori artist Mika has also revealed a legal battle to use his name...
Links: GayNZ.com
Argentina: Gay Soccer World Cup kicks off
Latin America is hosting the Gay Soccer World Cup for the first time in the tournament's 16-year history as the event kicks off this weekend in Buenos Aires...
Links: GayNZ.com
AUS: Opposition's 'gay dirt' on minister
An ugly fight between Australia's Federal Government and Opposition is in danger of spinning out of control with fresh allegations that a Coalition Minister regularly visits gay bath houses...
Links: GayNZ.com
Exgays?... Really??
As the Yarhouse/Jones gay conversion study Exgays? nears its official launch date, concerns are rising about whether or not it actually provides as much as the US Christian Right are boasting about their case for the 'changeability' of sexual orientation...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 23 Sep 2006

Wellington
UniQ Victoria — the representative group for LGBT students at Victoria University — has announces the details of Proud 2006, Wellington's queer pride week...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 23 Sep 2005

Fa'afafine supreme winner at Style Pasifika
Fa'afafine fashion designer Lindah LePou has been named the supreme winner at this year's Style Pasifika Fashion Awards in Auckland...
Links: GayNZ.com
Nat MP in candid anti-gay TV moment
Former National MP for Epsom Richard Worth has been caught on camera in a candid anti-gay moment from his election night party, broadcast last night on the Holmes TV programme...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 23 Sep 2004

Television item (New Zealand)
Qn, ref: TZP299255.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
First trans-Tasman gay rugby match
The first trans-Tasman gay rugby match is to be held this Saturday in Auckland between the Ponsonby Heroes and the Brisbane Hustlers...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay link to child abuse dismissed
Leading local authorities in the field of psychology have dismissed claims of a link between homosexuality and child abuse by a Christian lobby group as misleading, homophobic, and containing inferences of poor scientific methodology...
Links: GayNZ.com
Moderate Maxim vs Diehard Destiny
Gay families came under fire from Destiny, and were partially defended by the Maxim Institute last night on TV One's Insight programme on the New Zealand family, which endeavoured to look at the family in all its forms...
Links: GayNZ.com
Psychologists rubbish gays/paedophilia claim
New Zealand Psychological Society responds to: "The link between homosexuality and child sex abuse", a 17 September 2004 press release from the Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc, the Christian-based lobby organisation previously headed by the late Patricia Bartlett...
Links: GayNZ.com
Review: Diversity without depth on State of the Family
Last night TVNZ screened a debate entitled State of the Family, which is to be commended for its pluralist and inclusive stance toward New Zealand families in all their varieties...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 23 Sep 2003

First female director at AIDS Foundation
Rachael Le Mesurier will be the first woman to become Executive Director of the NZ AIDS Foundation, taking over from Kevin Hague on 10 November...
Links: GayNZ.com
Male teachers afraid of Ellis syndrome
A new study blames the "Peter Ellis syndrome" for the low proportion of males among primary school teachers...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 23 Sep 2002

SF health authorities and NZAF warn against spermicide
San Francisco is considering a ban on personal lubricants containing the spermicide Nonoxynol-9...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 23 Sep 1988

Dancer’s Mission To Motivate Self-esteem (Press, 23 September 1988)
On 23 September 1988, Deborah McPherson reported on Charles Neho, the first artist in residence at the Kingslea Resource Centre in Auckland. Neho, a 25-year-old dancer, expressed his embarrassment over a nickname given to him by local teenagers who teased him for wearing black-tinted glasses, calling him "tranny" due to...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Reporter’s Diary (Press, 23 September 1988)
A puzzling situation arose when Leeza Gibbons, known for her role as a television personality, arrived at Christchurch airport for Telethon in 1988. John Worthington contacted the media after his son received an autograph from Gibbons that read “Leeza Wells,” which baffled him because there was no known connection to...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 23 Sep 1986

A.I.D.S.-scare Prisoner Isolated At Court (Press, 23 September 1986)
Tai Te Pania, a 30-year-old beneficiary from Mangere, was sentenced to 12 months in jail for threatening to kill and assaulting another transvestite at a cafe. Following his sentencing at the Auckland District Court, special precautions were implemented due to Te Pania's medical history, which included positive A.I.D.S. antibodies and...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
N.Z. Women Face Risk Of A.I.D.S.—brochure (Press, 23 September 1986)
On 23 September 1986, the A.I.D.S. Foundation in New Zealand released a brochure aimed at educating women about the risks of acquiring and spreading the A.I.D.S. virus. According to the foundation, women in New Zealand could be at risk, mirroring trends in other regions such as the United States, where...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 23 Sep 1985

Sexual Preference (Press, 23 September 1985)
In a letter to the editor dated 16 September 1985, Varian J. Wilson expressed his support for Professor Ney, who had faced disapproval from colleagues. Wilson accused others of using his name without permission to damage his reputation. He stated that he was withdrawing his active opposition to law reform,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Television news report: the anti-homosexual law reform petition is presented to politicians on the steps of parliament (New Zealand)
Eyewitness news, ref F57731.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, University of Auckland

Fri 23 Sep 1983

Not The Town Hall (Press, 23 September 1983)
On 23 September 1983, the Michael Fowler Centre, also known as the Wellington Town Hall, was officially opened with a blend of grand spectacle and unrefined entertainment. The opening ceremony was marked by an air of sophistication, featuring music that, while vibrant, was somewhat disjointed. The event commenced with a...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Television: documentary on playwright Bruce Mason (New Zealand)
ref: TZP9606.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Mon 23 Sep 1974

"Political Suspended Animation” (Press, 23 September 1974)
David Mitchell, the leader of the Progressive Kiwi Party, recently visited Sydenham to prepare for the upcoming by-election. During his visit, he engaged with local residents to gauge their political sentiments. He reported in a release to The Press that the feedback from 21 people he spoke to revealed a...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 23 Sep 1967

Magistrate’s Court Three Months Gaol For Theft And... (Press, 23 September 1967)
On 23 September 1967, the Magistrate’s Court addressed several criminal cases, notably sentencing James William Burgess, a 27-year-old grocer, who faced multiple charges of theft and false pretences. Burgess, previously convicted 14 times for theft and nine times for false pretences, appeared for sentencing over offences committed between 19 August...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 23 Sep 1960

Crimes Bill Held Over (Press, 23 September 1960)
On 23 September 1960, it was reported that the Crimea Bill, which had been introduced to the New Zealand Parliament in 1957, was unlikely to advance during the current session. The Minister of Justice, Mr Mason, stated that the final decision on the bill's progression rested with the Prime Minister,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 23 Sep 1959

Penalties In Crimes Bill (Press, 23 September 1959)
On 22 September 1959, in Auckland, the president of the Holy Name Society, Mr. W. S. Otto, expressed grave concerns from Catholic men regarding certain provisions of the Crimes Bill currently under consideration in Parliament. While he acknowledged the legislators’ intent to increase penalties for specific offences against morality and...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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