On This Day: 29th September

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Fri 29 Sep 2023

Bigger and Beer-ier: The Beer Spot’s Annual Festival Set To Take...
Links: Express

Thu 29 Sep 2022

LGBTQI News Roundup – 30 September 2022
Fears for LGBT community after far-right win in Italy The LGBTand#160;communityand#160;has and#8220;very real fearsand#8221; after a conservative bloc dominated by the far-right won Italyand#8217;s generaland#160;election, a leading gay rights campaigner told Reuters...
Links: Andrew Whiteside
Pair plead guilty to burning down Rainbow Youth building
Two men have pleaded guilty to burning down the Tauranga Rainbow Youth building in what the LGBTQIA+ community called “an act of terror”...
Links: Stuff
Pair plead gulity to burning down Rainbow Youth building
Two men have pleaded guilty to burning down the Tauranga Rainbow Youth building in what the LGBTQIA+ community called “an act of terror”...
Links: Stuff
Apologies and Affirmations: Auckland mayoral candidates on leading NZ’s Most Diverse...
Links: Express
Cubans Say Yes to Same-Sex Marriage
Links: Express
So, you fucked up someone’s pronouns. Now what?
Links: Express
Virgin Atlantic: Staff Choose Uniform That Best Represents Their Gender
Links: Express

Wed 29 Sep 2021

Trans Woman Attacked On Her Doorstep In Disturbing Hate Crime
Links: Express

Sun 29 Sep 2019

Out and About @ Eagle Bar
Links: Express
Out and About | Saturday Night @ Family Bar
Links: Express

Sat 29 Sep 2018

'Huge win' as banned Kenyan film is allowed limited showings
NAIROBI, Kenya — The first Kenyan feature film to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival has received overwhelming audience support since a court temporarily lifted a ban imposed by censors over the film's gay content, a lawyer...
Links: NZ Herald
Ask Agony Uncle Eli
Links: Express
Ask Agony Uncle Eli
Links: Express
Foodie Bites
Links: Express
Foodie Bites
Links: Express
More than 500 Kiwis living with undiagnosed HIV
Links: Express
My Pronoun Matters
Links: Express
PrEP: The Facts
Links: Express
The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride
Links: Express

Fri 29 Sep 2017

Hugh Hefner's complex contribution to history
Hugh Hefner has died and left a raging controversy over his legacy - what did he do liberate women's sexuality - really? Vanisa Dhiru - from the national council of women talks about his difficult legacy...
Links: RNZ
Book Review: Tin Man
Links: Express
Egyptian Police Arrest 20 LGBT+ People in Past Week
Links: Express
Surrogacy Seminar Comes to Auckland
Links: Express

Thu 29 Sep 2016

LGBT+ Christian Conference to be Held in Ponsonby
Links: Express
Doubts regarding entry visa for Boy George
A measure of doubt is emerging over whether gay singer Boy George, due to perform in Christchurch and Auckland with Culture Club, will be allowed to enter New Zealand due to a past criminal conviction for violence...
Links: GayNZ.com
HIV prevention: It's time for a change
(You can read part 1 of this conversation with Jason Myers here...
Links: GayNZ.com
HIV prevention: It's time for a change
(You can read part 1 of this conversation with Jason Myers here...
Links: GayNZ.com
Trans child plays Modern Family trans character
A transgender child actor is to feature in the US sitcom Modern Family, playing the transgender friend of one of the regular characters...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 29 Sep 2015

Vladimir Putin Says The Russian GLBT Community Experience ‘No Persecution at...
Links: Express
A heartland NZ romance: West of Eden
A locally-made feature film set in backcountry New Zealand in the 1960s will tell the tale of a forbidden relationship between two men, something its makers hope will help us celebrate the brave from our past, and how far the nation has come...
Links: GayNZ.com
Funders concerned as BP conflict plays out
Funding providers have begin to approach Body Positive's Executive Director asking questions about the conflict between a group of members and the board, according to chair Ashley Barratt...
Links: GayNZ.com
Stonewall and 'straight acting' lead a flop
Heavily-criticised film Stonewall has flopped on its opening weekend at the US box office...
Links: GayNZ.com
Video highlights widespread homophobia in film
Advocacy group, GLAAD, have released a new video that exposes the lack of diversity in the mainstream film industry and highlights the casual homophobia written into a substantial number of films...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 29 Sep 2014

New Direction on the Horizon for Award Winning LYC Campaign
Links: Express
Rainbow Youth’s Artistic Debut at Artweek 2014
Links: Express
Indonesia: lashes law violates human rights
Amnesty International is demanding the immediate repeal of a bylaw which allows a sentence of 100 lashes for gay or lesbian sex in Indonesia’s ultra-conservative Aceh province...
Links: GayNZ.com
Labour's new "Game of Thrones"
And so, Grant Robertson is once more in contention for the Labour leadership...
Links: GayNZ.com
Q-Youth full of praise for Maryan Street
Nelson’s Q-Youth is paying tribute to the work and advocacy of its Patron Maryan Street, who was the queer youth group’s first ever Chair...
Links: GayNZ.com
Registrations open for Wellbeing Game
Lgbtti New Zealanders are being encouraged to join the Mental Health Foundation’s Wellbeing Game, which it says is a fun and easy way to improve mental health...
Links: GayNZ.com
Review: Sarah Waters' The Paying Guests
Girl meets girl...
Links: GayNZ.com
Robertson wants to be judged on ability
Grant Robertson is playing down media suggestions his sexuality will be relevant in his contest for the Labour leadership...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 29 Sep 2013

Many NZ African MSM aren't "homosexual"
Mark Henrickson Issues of self-identification will need to be addressed if HIV prevention programmes are to effectively reach New Zealand-resident black African men who have sex with men (MSM)...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZ Writing: The Strange
The Strange by Jern Ng The night was still and dark...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 29 Sep 2012

Sacked teacher given five reasons for firing
Nigel Studdart on Close Up after he was suspended A week and a half after being sacked, Whangarei teacher Nigel Studdart has been given five reasons for his dismissal from Pompallier Catholic College, after he supported students who protested in favour of marriage equality...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 29 Sep 2011

If Ever a Whever a Wiz There Was...
I was so pissed when my husband told me he got tickets to go see the Wizard of Oz at the Civic...
Links: GayNZ.com
Jump in HIV testing rates reported
Dr Peter Saxton More gay and bisexual men in New Zealand are testing for HIV, according to a keynote paper delivered at the Australasian HIV Conference in Canberra...
Links: GayNZ.com
Outgames crew honoured with award
The organisers of the March AsiaPacific Outgames are the Supreme Winner of the 2011 Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards...
Links: GayNZ.com
Passage of bill shows "disdain" for students
The national student union is slamming what it sees as the "disdain" the Government has for students in supporting the passage of a bill which is predicted to have a heavy impact on queer university groups...
Links: GayNZ.com
Petition launched against 'gay son' app
Gay rights group All Out is running a petition against an Android application which asks 20 offensively stereotypical questions in order to rule on whether or not the survey taker's son is gay...
Links: GayNZ.com
Update: Re-Valuing Your Vote
As Investigate magazine has included some additional information from the Family First leaders and party surveys, I thought I'd provide an update of what risks and opportunities are posed for LGBT communities from the electoral quarter...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 29 Sep 2010

Aus Greens reintroduce Marriage Equality Bill
The Australian Green Party has made good on its promise to reintroduce the Marriage Equality Bill into Parliament...
Links: GayNZ.com
Community urged towards self-sufficiency
As Gay Crisis Month is about to swing into action, the GABA Charitable Trust is already looking at ways it can help make the GLBT community self-sufficient for the future...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay lecturer in final three of 'Academic Idol'
Dean Knight A gay Victoria University lecturer has made it into the second to last round of campus popularity contest Academic Idol...
Links: GayNZ.com
Police raid Beijing cruising spot
At least 80 gay men were taken away for questioning after raids on a popular Beijing cruising spot...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 29 Sep 2009

Murder at well-known Sydney beat
Police are appealing for calm after a body was found at a well-known gay beat in Sydney's Centennial Park at the weekend...
Links: GayNZ.com
New research focuses on rainbow families
Lesbians and gay men can face significant challenges as they seek to create and maintain families that include children - but in most cases they overcome these challenges with considerable success, new research funded by the Families Commission has found...
Links: GayNZ.com
Peaches confirmed for Big Day Out
Bisexual electronica musician and gay icon Peaches will return to Auckland for January's Big Day Out music festival, its promoters confirmed this morning...
Links: GayNZ.com
Spinning solid gold hits: Murray 'Muzza' Inglis
Murray 'Muzza' Inglis Muzza spends his afternoons happily playing his favourite discs from the swinging '60's and seductive '70's...
Links: GayNZ.com
Takataapui meet for Hui this weekend
Te Mahurehure Marae in Auckland's Point Chevalier will host a Hui this weekend which aims to celebrate "our life, our Takatapuitanga – our Takataapui Identity...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 29 Sep 2008

Lucy Lawless says she's on The L Word
New Zealand-born actress Lucy Lawless has revealed on her blog that she'll be in the last season of The L Word...
Links: GayNZ.com
Mika Haka Kids: Sweat, tears and lime-green tights
"This is Kasina...
Links: GayNZ.com
Tall 20-year-old takes Mr. Gay Auckland
The competition was tough last night at Family nightclub for the Mr...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 29 Sep 2007

AKL: 2008 HERO Festival dates announced
Several confirmed dates for next February's HERO Festival have now been announced, timed to work in with Sydney's 30th Anniversary Mardi Gras Festival to provide a 'Down-Under Tour' package of events for international travellers...
Links: GayNZ.com
Breaking up is hard to do…
‘Carly' writes: How do you break up with someone without breaking their heart? Help! A J Marsh comments: What are your reasons for breaking up with this person? Should you not be able to tell them the truth, then come up with an elaborate twist on the truth or a believable lie if it means their feelings are somewhat spared...
Links: GayNZ.com
Nintendo's Junior Scrabble allows 'LESBO'
A concerned Irish dad contacted computer software manufacturers after discovering a homophobic term in Junior Scrabble 2007, a game on the Nintendo DS system...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 29 Sep 2006

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Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
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Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Australians don
There is no need for all Australian adults to be tested for HIV, experts said this week in response to recommendations by the US government to screen almost the entire American population for the virus...
Links: GayNZ.com
Bob Clarkson
Members of the Exclusive Brethren have more than likely distributed National Party leaflets on behalf of Tauranga MP Bob Clarkson - and he's not about to turn his back on them...
Links: GayNZ.com
Comment: Conservative Smut?
What lies beneath Ian Wishart's unhealthy obsession with the private lives and alleged pasts of the Prime Minister, her Cabinet and her husband? Does Wishart want to be a Starr in his own mind? Remember, Ian Wishart is a self-confessed fundamentalist, and New Zealand fundamentalists usually source their twisted alternate views of reality from US fundamentalist media, websites et al, in order to create a wholly blinkered worldview...
Links: GayNZ.com
Decision saddens Progressive Presbyterians
Progressive Presbyterians at the General Assembly were deeply saddened that the Assembly today rejected partnered gay and lesbian people, and people living in de facto relationships, as ministers and elders...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay clergy decision saddening, says NZAF
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation says it is saddened by today's majority decision in the Presbyterian Assembly to ban the ordination of gay and lesbian clergy within the Church...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay MP spoke at Brethren school
National List MP, Chris Finlayson, has admitted he recently gave a speech to students at an Exclusive Brethren school in Wellington...
Links: GayNZ.com
Henare Te Ua:
Henare Te Ua Much-loved radio broadcaster for forty years, and now in his mid-seventies, Henare Te Ua is the NZAF's Kaumatua...
Links: GayNZ.com
Presbyterians vote to exclude gay ministers
The Presbyterian Church today voted to ban anyone in a sexual relationship outside marriage from its leadership roles...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 29 Sep 2005

Gender identity bill shelved
A bill that would have added 'gender identity' to the Human Rights Act has been put on the backburner...
Links: GayNZ.com
Half empty, half full
The media has been full of articles about our 'divided society' of urban and rural splits...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 29 Sep 2003

An entirely level entry
New immigration rules have made it easier for same-sex couples to gain residency, and refreshingly, don't take heterosexual marriage at face value...
Links: GayNZ.com
Anti-gay slurs anger viewers
An anti-gay Islamic programme broadcast on Auckland's Triangle Television has angered members of the gay community who see it as threatening New Zealand's atmosphere of tolerance and freedom...
Links: GayNZ.com
Thank god for queer makeovers
It's amazing what five flamboyant gay "lifestyle experts" can do for your personality – John Bargeman, aspiring actor and country boy, says his life will never be the same again after appearing on surprise hit US TV show Queer Eye For The Straight Guy...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 29 Sep 1987

A.I.D.S. Test For Migrants? (Press, 29 September 1987)
On 29 September 1987, the New Zealand Government announced that it was considering the introduction of A.I.D.S. testing for all immigrants. This decision is being explored by the director of immigration, Mr Don Bond, who noted that his department, alongside the Health Department, is involved in the discussions regarding the...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Health Department Warns On A.I.D.S. (Press, 29 September 1987)
The Health Department of New Zealand has projected that by 1996, more than 20,000 residents could be affected by A.I.D.S., highlighting the severe economic implications of this growing public health issue. In a briefing to Health Minister Mr Caygill, the department indicated that to effectively manage the rising number of...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Robot Horror Story (Press, 29 September 1987)
A new film titled "Deadly Friend," directed by Wes Craven, is set for release by Warner Bros in October 1987. Unlike the light-hearted film "Short Circuit," "Deadly Friend" presents a darker narrative about the potential of computers and robots to possess human-like thoughts. The film stars Matthew Laborteaux, known for...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 29 Sep 1984

Herpes-related Virus Common (Press, 29 September 1984)
A little-known virus linked to herpes, known as cytomegalovirus (C.M.V.), poses significant health risks, particularly to unborn children in New Zealand, according to estimates cited by researcher Dr. Martin Tobias on 29 September 1984. Each year, the virus is estimated to contribute to the birth of around 50 children with...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 29 Sep 1980

Gay Rights Complaint (Press, 29 September 1980)
The National Gay Rights Coalition has announced its intention to take legal action against Wellington's Mayor, Mr. Michael Fowler, and the city council's transport committee for their decision to refuse advertising from homosexuals on public buses. In a statement issued on 29 September 1980, the coalition indicated that they had...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 29 Sep 1979

Untitled (Press, 29 September 1979)
A cartoon featured in July's newsletter of the Police Association has sparked controversy, particularly from Marilyn Waring, the National MP for Waipa. Waring labelled the cartoon, which focuses on policewomen's trousers and was created by Peter Winnington, as degrading and sexist. She has taken her complaint to the Human Rights...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 29 Sep 1976

M.p. Does Not Intend To Quit (Press, 29 September 1976)
Miss Marilyn Waring, the National Member of Parliament for Raglan, announced on 29 September 1976 that she has no intention of resigning her parliamentary seat and plans to stand for re-election in 1978. Recently, there has been speculation regarding her political future, particularly after she was reported to be feeling...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 29 Sep 1973

Magistrate’s Court Fines Imposed For Painting... (Press, 29 September 1973)
On 29 September 1973, the Magistrate’s Court imposed fines on three individuals for vandalising properties with Gay Liberation slogans. The defendants, Lindsay lan Taylor (23), Andrew John Rhodes (18), and Raymond James Farrelly (21), were fined $30 each and ordered to pay restitution of $30 after pleading guilty to damaging...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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