On This Day: 30th September

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Sat 30 Sep 2023

Election 2023: Labour releases Rainbow Manifesto, addressing adoption laws; blood donations and refugee support
Hipkins claimed other parties were using the Rainbow community to sew division...
Links: NZ Herald
Election 2023: Labour releases Rainbow Manifesto, addressing adoption laws; blood donations and refugee support
Hipkins claimed other parties were using the Rainbow community to sow division...
Links: NZ Herald
Labour releases Rainbow Manifesto, promising reformed surrogacy laws and LGBTQ+ refugee quota
The party also wants to look at possibly removing the stand-down period for blood donation men who have sex with men currently face...
Links: RNZ
Reclaiming Crip Culture
Just released, Henrietta Bollinger’s debut essay collection, Articulations published by Tender Press speaks to their experiences as queer, disabled and as a twin...
Links: RNZ

Fri 30 Sep 2022

Jacquie Grant ONZM (Wellington)
Jacquie Grant talks about teenage years in Sydney, her time in Wellington in the 1960s and 1970s and her friendships with Carmen Rupe and Chrissy Witoko
Features: Jacquie Grant
Links: PrideNZ.com
How the Mankad got its name - and why it's unfair on the great Indian allrounder
Having something in sport named after you is usually a matter of immense pride - but not for the great Indian allrounder...
Links: Stuff
NZ Rugby wins 'rainbow excellence' award for work to foster LGBTQIA+ inclusion
Four in five Kiwis have witnessed or experienced homophobia in sport...
Links: Stuff
The day Vinoo Mankad went down in cricketing history for all the wrong reasons
Having something in sport named after you is usually a matter of immense pride – but not for the great Indian allrounder...
Links: Stuff
Justice Minister Kiri Allan Engaged
Links: Express

Thu 30 Sep 2021

Love Stories – From Beginning To End
Links: Express
Poem: “It Will Be Okay” by David Stock
Links: Express

Wed 30 Sep 2020

IAS Bids Sad Farewell To Timothy Ray Brown, The 'Berlin Patient'
It is with a profoundly heavy heart that IAS – the International AIDS Society – today mourns the passing of Timothy Ray Brown, the first person to be cured of HIV...
Links: Scoop
Japan Airlines' LGBT statement passengers won't understand
From tomorrow Japan's national carrier is banishing the term "ladies and gentlemen" from its planes...
Links: NZ Herald
Queer History Zine
"Queer History Zine" is a collaboration between LAGANZ (Lesbian and Gay Archives New Zealand) and Wellington Zinefest giving people the opportunity to delve deep into LAGANZ archives, and reflect upon what queer material archives mean for queer communities today...
Links: RNZ
Timothy Ray Brown, the first known person cured of HIV, dies of cancer
"Very sad situation" as Timothy Ray Brown, who made history when he was considered cured of his HIV infection, has died after cancer returned...
Links: Stuff
72% of Kiwis Want Ban on Gay Conversion Therapy
Links: Express
Eric Trump Confirms He’s Not LGBT+ After Accidentally “Coming Out” On...
Links: Express

Mon 30 Sep 2019

2 x Tickets to Carly Rae Jepsen’s The Dedicated Tour
Links: Express
2 x Tickets to Les Misérables
Links: Express
2 x Tickets to RNZB’s Hansel and Gretel
Links: Express
Out and About | K-POP Night @ Staircase Bar
Links: Express

Sun 30 Sep 2018

2 x TICKETS TO ATC’S SHORTLAND STREET THE MUSICAL
Links: Express
2 x TICKETS TO SILO THEATRE’S HERE LIES LOVE
Links: Express
2 x TICKETS TO TAYLOR SWIFT’S REPUTATION TOUR
Links: Express

Sat 30 Sep 2017

'Evie' now lives in fear in Jakarta slum - Obama's nanny
The former nanny who helped care for a young Barack Obama now lives her days in a shelter for transgender women...
Links: NZ Herald
UN rights office on treatment of LGBTI employees
UN rights office issues business standards on treatment of LGBTI employees; major companies on board ...
Links: Scoop
Cabaret Season Launch
Links: Express

Fri 30 Sep 2016

Attend to Me
Links: Express
Matt Akersten takes on new role
Links: Express
Donation page set up following teacher's death
A Give a Little page has been set up by a close friend to assist with expenses incurred when a notable lesbian secondary school teacher died while returning from an overseas visit to family in Canada...
Links: GayNZ.com
It's official: Wonder Woman is at least bisexual
A writer for DC Comics has confirmed that the iconic comic book, television and movie character Wonder Woman has loved and had relationships with other women, but says the concept of being 'gay' or 'lesbian' isn't applied in her all-women Amazonian homeland...
Links: GayNZ.com
Remembering Carol: teacher, glbti advocate, friend
In 2011 when Juliet Leigh and Lindsay Curnow's Northland business Blooming Bulbs was burned to the ground and their home sprayed with anti-lesbian abuse, in a homophobic hate crime for which the perpetrator has never been identified, one of the first to rush to their assistance was long-time friend Carol Bartlett...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 30 Sep 2015

Major Corporations Form Group to Push For GLBT Rights Globally
Links: Express
"Sky is the limit" for new drag comp
An 'anything goes' alternative drag competition begins in Auckland this weekend, and the organisers plan to make it a regular community event...
Links: GayNZ.com
A new gay bar on the way for K' Rd
Auckland’s famous strip is about to get another gay bar - Twist...
Links: GayNZ.com
Concerns raised at UN Human Rights Council
LGBT rights have been raised as an issue of importance during the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council which is currently taking place in Geneva...
Links: GayNZ.com
Dunedin Pride kicks off this weekend
The week of celebrations kicks off this Saturday with the Pride Opening Party at Sammy’s...
Links: GayNZ.com
It's time to get writing
Lgbti New Zealanders are being urged to get their creative juices flowing for The Wallace Arts Trust Prize short fiction contest...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 30 Sep 2014

Alternative Bindings express Magazine Short Story Competition – Meet the Judges
Links: Express
Ask Agony Aunt Lisa: Are Dating Apps Just Hook-Up sites in...
Links: Express
Beckham Takes AIDS Stand
Links: Express
Robertson: I would be PM!
Links: Express
Something for Everyone: APO New Season Launch
Links: Express
Try Vietnam for Something Fresh
Links: Express
ASB awarded Rainbow Tick certification
ASB has become the first bank to be awarded a Rainbow Tick...
Links: GayNZ.com
Editorial: Grant Robertson's gay. Get over it.
Cue the music, dim the lights, here we go again with another round of the popular game show “Is New Zealand Ready for a Gay Prime Minister!” It’s already begun...
Links: GayNZ.com
Local lesbian legend dies in Wellington
Porleen Simmonds at the Lilac Library stall at Out in the Square...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sio makes support for Cunliffe clear
Su'a William Sio One of the few Labour MPs to vote against marriage equality has insinuated Grant Robertson’s personal life will have an impact on support from Pasifika Labour members...
Links: GayNZ.com
US: Supreme Court discusses marriage
The US Supreme Court’s nine justices have met to discuss whether they should take up the issue of marriage equality...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 30 Sep 2013

A public meeting is held to discuss safety on Karangahape Road. (Auckland, New Zealand)
The meeting follows an increase in violence towards rainbow people in the Karangahape Road area.
Links: K Road Community Safety
Aunty Wai was "wise, earthy, compassionate"
Aunty Wai Mason as she appeared in a safe sex promotional video Aunty Wai Mason, the NZ AIDS Foundation kaumatua who died at the weekend in Auckland, is being remembered as compassionate, knowledgable and as the possessor of an earthy sense of humour...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay men's health - it's time to get angry!
Shaun Robinson In a major speech on gay men's health, delivered on Friday, NZ AIDS Foundation boss Shaun Robinson highlights the health issues where gay and bisexual men are over-represented but which New Zealand's health system ignores...
Links: GayNZ.com
K' Rd safety public meeting tonight
A community meeting in Auckland tonight will enable the K'Rd Community Safety group to report back on the progress of initiatives to address violence against people on and around Auckland's gayest street...
Links: GayNZ.com
More changes for transgender prisoners needed
While commending the Corrections minister for the change in policy on housing transgender prisoners, a leading advocate for the change says there are more changes needed...
Links: GayNZ.com
More focus needed on gay and bi men's health
Nigel Dickson More health system resources and more regular sexual health checkups for gay and bi men are urged by two leading HIV and health experts, with one likening the NZ health system's lack of focus on gay health to that faced "by women and Maori back in the 1970s...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZAF kaumatua Aunty Wai Mason dies
Aunty Wai Mason Faith Christine Takuwai Makiri Mason, aka Aunty Wai, the NZ AIDS Foundation kaumatua who has led formal ceremonies for the organisation for many years, has died in Auckland...
Links: GayNZ.com
Still no complaint received in Findlay case
Paul Findlay Christchurch police say they became aware of the controversy surrounding gay political contender and youth group board member Paul Findlay after an allegation had appeared on a blog site and was subsequently reported by the media...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 30 Sep 2012

"We need marriage equality"
The team at marriageequality...
Links: GayNZ.com
"We need marriage equality"
The team at marriageequality...
Links: GayNZ.com
HK lesbian urges dad to drop "marriage bounty"
Gigi Chao Hong Kong lesbian Gigi Chao is urging her billionaire father to dump his offer to pay any man who can win her heart a $78 million “marriage bounty”...
Links: GayNZ.com
US: Gay couples could get deportation reprieve
File photo US immigration officials have been ordered to recognise same-sex partners as family members in deportation cases...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 30 Sep 2011

Hip hop collective to spew homophobia at BDO
A much-hyped and much-defended California hip hop collective is bringing its bagful of homophobic, misogynistic and violent lyrics to the January Big Day Out, led by a frontman who says he is not homophobic but uses the word faggot because it "hits and hurts people"...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 30 Sep 2010

Elizabeth Taylor and PM donate to charity auction
A personally autographed photograph of movie goddess Elizabeth Taylor will be a headlining item in an upcoming auction raising funds for the Cartier Bereavement Trust...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gillard rules out gay marriage conscience vote
Julia Gillard Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has already ruled out a conscience vote on same-sex marriage...
Links: GayNZ.com
GLBT workers worried about 90-day rule
The Council of Trade Unions is warning the 90-day rule could be used to discriminate against GLBT employees...
Links: GayNZ.com
Review: Dog Sees God - Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead
It's not often you walk out of a show thinking 'I want everyone I know to go and see this'...
Links: GayNZ.com
Teen takes own life after cyber-bullying
Tyler Clementi A New Jersey university student has taken his own life, after two of his roommates secretly filmed him having sex with another man then posted it on the internet...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 30 Sep 2009

'Sexercise' keeps GayNZ.com readers fit
A straw poll of almost 300 GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com
Cleveland chosen for 2014 Gay Games
The city of Cleveland, Ohio has been chosen to host 2014's Gay Games, with 15,000 athletes and 28 events expected...
Links: GayNZ.com
Pink Flight to Mardi Gras will return
Air New Zealand has confirmed its Pink Flight from Auckland to Sydney Mardi Gras will return next year...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 30 Sep 2008

AUS: 'Public confidence' in gay blood ban
A senior HIV researcher says Tasmania's ban on blood donations from gay men is "conservative" but maintains "public confidence...
Links: GayNZ.com
Cheers to the volunteers!
Fun Matt Akersten - 30th September 2008...
Links: GayNZ.com
Family First: Wrong, Key
Value Your Vote: Family First's new website is a strategic nightmare Have Family First bungled their "values voters" website launch? Logically, for a Christian Right organisation, they would be trying to maximise social conservative influence within the next Parliament...
Links: GayNZ.com
Google says no to same-sex marriage ban
Web-searching success story Google has taken a public stand against Proposition 8, an anti-gay marriage measure on the November ballot in California...
Links: GayNZ.com
Warwick Broadhead film gets Rialto release
Rubbings From a Live Man, the movie of the life of 'out' Kiwi entertainer Warwick Broadhead that bewitched audiences at this year's NZ International Film Festival, will be released in Rialto cinemas around New Zealand this November...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 30 Sep 2007

George Michael regrets early career in closet
UK pop singer George Michael has revealed how years of hiding his homosexuality from the public took a deep psychological toll - but he did it so his mother wouldn't have to worry about AIDS...
Links: GayNZ.com
Review: 'Angels in America' at Downstage
Angels In America by Tony Kushner At the Downstage Theatre, Wellington until October 6, 2007 Director: Willem Wassenaar Running time: 3 hours and 30 minutes, including two intervals of 20 minutes...
Links: GayNZ.com
Students and teachers say gays feel unsafe
95% of New Zealand students believe their gay, lesbian and bisexual classmates feel unsafe in their own schools, according to an Otago University study - and their teachers almost exactly reflect that view...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 30 Sep 2006

Television item (New Zealand)
Marae, ref: TZP326994.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
AKL Church responds to Presbyterian vote
Auckland's LGBT Community Church will respond to the Presbyterian Church General Assembly decision regarding gay, lesbian and unmarried people in ministry, with a special sermon tomorrow evening...
Links: GayNZ.com
Burning Rainbow Farm
In late August 2001, Michigan rural gay couple Tom Crosslin and Rollie Rohm were gunned down at their Rainbow Farm home after escalating hysteria about their advocacy of cannabis decriminalisation...
Links: GayNZ.com
NSW
Crystal meth use has reached crisis point, warns police and health professionals in New South Wales this week...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZAF forums get gay male feedback
Engagement with communities of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men is crucial in both the fight against HIV, and ensuring the general wellbeing of these communities in society...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 30 Sep 2005

Capill supporter rejects calls to quit
Christian Heritage Party board member and policy director Mark Munroe has rejected calls to resign for openly supporting convicted pedophile Graham Capill, and saying the former leader's crimes did not meet the biblical definition of rape...
Links: GayNZ.com
Outhouse presenter Greg Mayor
Greg Mayor TV2's Outhouse co-presenter Greg is a Ngati Pukenga, Ngati Pikiao and Chitty Malacca (Malaysia) army brat "who grew up all over the shop...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 30 Sep 2004

Television item (New Zealand)
Qn, ref: TZP299408.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television programme: Takataapuhi (New Zealand)
This episode looks at AIDS. Takataapuhi, ref F82563.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Insults continue at select committee
The litany of fear and insults continue at the select committee hearings on civil unions, with opponents trotting out the same message – civil unions will lead to incest, bigamy, and paedophilia, and homosexuality is "unnatural"...
Links: GayNZ.com
Readers letters slam beauty queen
NZ Herald readers have hit back at former beauty queen Sharee Adams proclamation that the Civil Union Bill would undermine society...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 30 Sep 2002

Cleo cool with gay "bachelor" entrant
An openly gay man is getting media attention as he competes to become the Cleo Bachelor of the Year...
Links: GayNZ.com
World AIDS Day - 2002
WHEN TO START TAKING HIV DRUGS Summary: Toxic side effects associated with protease inhibitors, one of the main drug categories used to control HIV] are leading international medics to start treatment later, rather than soon after infection...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 30 Sep 1995

The third annual Hamilton Pride Party takes place (Hamilton, New Zealand)
The party takes place in the Quadrangle next to the gay Next Door Bar. The theme is Greek gods and goddesses.
Links: NZ.com

Wed 30 Sep 1992

Television item (New Zealand)
Network News, ref: TZP109484.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sat 30 Sep 1989

Television item (New Zealand)
Misc-documentary, ref: TZP89113.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Tue 30 Sep 1986

Television item (New Zealand)
6:30pm News, ref: TZP139135.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television news report: a world authority says HIV can survive in untreated water (New Zealand)
The Health Department asks public swimming pool operators to guard against the spread of AIDS. Interviewee John Kingi. 6.30 news, ref F131768.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Mon 30 Sep 1985

Demand Instead Of Handshake (Press, 30 September 1985)
On 30 September 1985, a significant incident occurred during a National Party event in West Auckland involving Norman Jones, the National member of Parliament for Invercargill. While preparing to address a gathering at a wine and cheese evening, Mr Jones was unexpectedly confronted by Neil Bartlett, the chairman of the...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Homosexual Law Changes (Press, 30 September 1985)
In letters published on 30 September 1985, several correspondents expressed views on the topic of homosexuality, consent, and societal perceptions of sexual relationships, particularly involving minors and teachers. M. Viney critiqued the Anglican Church’s stance on determining an appropriate age for consent to sodomy by drawing an analogy to the...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
M.p. Bet Bottom Dollar —and Lost It (Press, 30 September 1985)
On 30 September 1985, Graeme Lee, the National MP for Hauraki, engaged in a wager regarding a telephone survey conducted by Waikato University social scientists, which assessed the opinions of Hamilton East voters on an anti-homosexual law reform petition. Lee, who had initially expressed confidence in the overwhelming support for...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 30 Sep 1977

Evonne On Form (Press, 30 September 1977)
On 30 September 1977, Evonne Goolagong Cawley made a notable return to competitive tennis after giving birth to her daughter just four months prior. Competing in the women's semi-finals of the World Invitational Tennis Classic held in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, Goolagong Cawley faced fellow Australian Kerry Melville-Reid and...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 30 Sep 1974

No Toning Down For Mr Muldoon (Press, 30 September 1974)
In an interview conducted by Cedric Mentiplay, New Zealand's Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Muldoon, expressed his determination to maintain a strong public image and not adopt a "lower profile" as the country approaches an election year. He articulated his belief that leaders in opposition should actively seek to capture...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 30 Sep 1971

War On Moral Pollution (Press, 30 September 1971)
On 30 September 1971, around 30,000 campaigners gathered in Trafalgar Square, London, for the "Festival of Light," an event aimed at combating pornography and moral degradation in society. Armed with hymn sheets and backed by notable figures such as Prince Charles and singer Cliff Richard, the attendees sang loud choruses...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 30 Sep 1968

Homosexuality And Society (Press, 30 September 1968)
At a seminar organised by the Canterbury Association for Mental Health on 28 September 1968, Dr L. K. Gluckman from Auckland presented an argument regarding the implications of societal acceptance of homosexuality. He proposed that acceptance could lead to the emergence of other non-conventional forms of sexual expression. Dr Gluckman...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Many “experts” On Sexual Problems (Press, 30 September 1968)
On 30 September 1968, at a Canterbury Association for Mental Health seminar, Mr D. F. Mackenzie, a senior research officer with the Department of Justice, addressed the complexities surrounding public perceptions of homosexuality. Speaking as an individual rather than in an official capacity, Mackenzie noted that societal attitudes towards sexual...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Some Causes Of Homosexuality (Press, 30 September 1968)
At a seminar on homosexuality held on 28 September 1968 at Christchurch Hospital, Dr R. W. Medlicott from Ashburn Hall in Dunedin presented controversial claims regarding the origins of homosexuality. Asserting that genetic factors had been largely discredited, Dr Medlicott argued that homosexuality was primarily rooted in problematic familial relationships,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 30 Sep 1957

Dr. Fisher On Vice Laws (Press, 30 September 1957)
On 28 September 1957, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher, expressed his views on the vice laws in Britain, particularly in relation to the recently released Wolfenden Committee report concerning homosexuality and prostitution. He emphasised the idea that every individual possesses a "sacred realm of privacy," which should not be...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 30 Sep 1936

To Wanganui (Evening Post, 30 September 1936)
On 30 September 1936, news emerged from Auckland regarding a young man arrested for theft while disguised as a girl. Phillip Walter Darcy Stewart, aged 19, was apprehended at a hotel in the city after allegedly stealing a car valued at £230, which belonged to Jack Herbert Luxford of Wanganui....
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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