On This Day: 11th October

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Wed 11 Oct 2023

“I Don’t Aspire To Be A Trans Activist” Caitlyn Jenner Responds...
Links: Express
NZ Falcons Gay and Inclusive Rugby Team Celebrate Purchas Shield Win
Links: Express
RESENE: Make Your Home Feel New Again
Links: Express
Results: YOUR EX Election Poll of 5000 LGBTQ+ Voters – Even...
Links: Express
The NHL’s Controversial Ban on Pride Tape Stirs Backlash from LGBTQ+...
Links: Express

Tue 11 Oct 2022

China's power play over the US as it unveils terrifying nuclear missiles
It was the Communist Party's 73rd anniversary of founding the People's Republic of China...
Links: NZ Herald
Fifty years of years of pride, protest and parades
Fifty years of Aotearoa's Gay Liberation Movement is being celebrated with the Pride and Protest exhibition as part of the Auckland Heritage Festival...
Links: RNZ
Leaked email chain key to Manly coach Des Hasler's A$1m damages claim over pride jersey saga
The emails will allegedly prove Hasler had no knowledge of the pride jersey until it emerged in the media, days before it was worn in an NRL match...
Links: Stuff
Lee Suckling: The queer successes we should be celebrating in 2022
OPINION: Twelve months ago, before the Taliban entered Kabul, a Taliban judge declared homosexuals should be sentenced to death (either stoned or crushed by a toppled wall)...
Links: NZ Herald
Best of Queenstown’s Crown Jewels: Part One
Links: Express
Crown Jewels: Best of Queenstown Part Two
Links: Express
Hot and Cool: The Best Pics From Winter Pride
Links: Express
MISBEHAVIOUR Resurrected This Saturday!
Links: Express

Mon 11 Oct 2021

Online store addressing gap in market for rainbow community
Agnes and Edie is an online store based out of Taupo that specialises in gender-affirming and queer-centric products...
Links: RNZ
LGBTQ+ Christians In UK Given The Opportunity To Discuss The Impact...
Links: Express
Should Homophobic Nations Be Banned From The Olympics?
Links: Express

Sun 11 Oct 2020

Episode 87 - Queer dissonance
Compass chats to Megan about her research into queer music and if there is a "queer sound"...
Links: InsideOUT

Fri 11 Oct 2019

American Idiot Captivates Auckland On Opening Night
Links: Express
I AM NOT YOUR SECRET
Links: Express
Petition Launched to End Gay Blood Ban In Australia
Links: Express

Thu 11 Oct 2018

Northern Ireland bakery wins case over gay marriage Bert and Ernie cake
A bakery in Belfast has won the right to refuse to make a cake featuring Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie under the slogan "Support Gay Marriage"...
Links: Stuff
Sexual orientation may be set by sex hormones in the uterus - new study by Kiwi and Europeans
Some women may be born gay because of the amounts of male and female sex hormones they were exposed to in the uterus, according to a new study...
Links: NZ Herald
Will and Grace's Debra Messing: 'I didn't know if America was ready for this'
When the TV comedy series Will and Grace launched in 1998, it was credited with normalising gay relationships for mainstream TV audiences...
Links: Stuff

Wed 11 Oct 2017

'Burn. I got you': Gay hairdresser 'laughed down phone as he told victim he'd infected him with HIV'
A hairdresser accused of deliberately infecting a string of lovers with HIV told one alleged victim "I ripped the condom...
Links: NZ Herald
Hairdresser with HIV reveals he sabotaged victim's condom
A hairdresser accused of deliberately infecting a string of lovers with HIV told one alleged victim "I ripped the condom...
Links: NZ Herald

Tue 11 Oct 2016

Best in Class Feature – Part Two
Links: Express
Ding Dong the Plebiscite is Dead
Links: Express
Happy Coming Out Day
Links: Express
Aus marriage equality plebiscite is dead
The Australian public will not be voting on marriage equality as the proposed plebiscite has been blocked by the Labor Party following consultation with LGBTI advocacy groups and health experts...
Links: GayNZ.com
Averting the Trumpocalypse?
Due to a lackluster performance at the first US presidential candidate debate (27 September 2016), Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is in poll trouble again...
Links: GayNZ.com
Glbti people invisible in Homelessness report
The final report of the Cross-Party Homelessness Inquiry strongly urges the Government to take greater steps to address the problem of homelessness in New Zealand but does not mention glbti homeless people...
Links: GayNZ.com
Plebiscite Lost?
We've had comparatively few referenda in New Zealand under the Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993...
Links: GayNZ.com
Plebiscite Lost?
We've had comparatively few referenda in New Zealand under the Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993...
Links: GayNZ.com
UN urges NZ govt to protect intersex children's rights
The United Nations is calling on the New Zealand Government to protect the rights of intersex children, issuing landmark recommendations...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 11 Oct 2015

No ‘Gay Gene,’ But Researchers Say Gene Change Formula Can Show...
Links: Express

Sat 11 Oct 2014

Did Miley Cyrus “Bangerz” Show Live up to Expectation?
Links: Express
High Flyers – Eagle Bar
Links: Express
Movers and Shakers – Poof Bar
Links: Express
Shanghai Lil’s Takes Poof’s Place
Links: Express
We Own The Night – Family Bar and Club
Links: Express
Man makes complaint about pool ban
File Photo A gay man has made a Human Rights Commission complaint after being trespassed from a Wanganui swimming pool over allegations, which he vehemently denies, that he was watching children at the complex...
Links: GayNZ.com
South Park: Lorde sees trans acceptance
Lorde has reacted to her joke portrayal on South Park with her impression it contained a message of transgender acceptance...
Links: GayNZ.com
Tributes as respected art historian dies
Respected curator and art historian Jonathan Mane-Wheoki has died...
Links: GayNZ.com
Waiheke hosting 'Pink Books' discussion
A look at gay and lesbian memoirs will be held as part of the Waiheke Book Festival this afternoon...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 11 Oct 2013

The Beyond conference takes place (Wellington, New Zealand)
The conference is organised by the Queer Avengers (Wellington) and aims to address the lived experiences of queer/trans people in relation to identity, race, disability, the media, healthcare, parenting, education and imprisonment (among others).
Links: PrideNZ.com
Beyond conference launches in capital tonight
A Wellington weekend of discussion and action on gender and sexual diversity begins with an official welcome, tea party and party tonight...
Links: GayNZ.com
Dance: Putting the sexy back in gay
The Dust Palace is bringing a hot same-sex circus-dance-cabaret 'same same, but different' to Auckland’s Tempo Dance Festival...
Links: GayNZ.com
Homophobia led to Fry's self-harm attempt
Stephen Fry has revealed the homophobia he found while filming a documentary about the lives of gay people around the world triggered a bout of deep depression...
Links: GayNZ.com
Rainbow Youth workshops making a difference
A new study has found Rainbow Youth’s in-school sexuality and gender diversity workshops have led to improvements in students’ attitudes to GLBTI classmates...
Links: GayNZ.com
Top singer promised for Out in the Square
Out in the Square is promising a celebration of marriage equality next January, which will feature "one of New Zealand's favourite singers" and roll into a pair of parties...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 11 Oct 2012

Georgie - Q12 (Manawatū)
Georgie talks about being young and lesbian in 2012
Links: PrideNZ.com
Capital's "butch bellbird" could be transgender
A report has emerged from Wellington that a local sanctuary could be home to New Zealand’s first-ever transgender korimako...
Links: GayNZ.com
Little surprise at Presbyterian stance on marriage
File photo There’s little surprise at the continued factionalism in the Presbyterian Church when it comes to gay rights...
Links: GayNZ.com
Made a submission yet?
With just over two weeks to go until submissions close for the marriage equality bill, the importance of having your say and sharing how marriage rights would impact you is being highlighted by two MPs from opposite sides of the House, who are both passionate about equality...
Links: GayNZ.com
Man in "sexually motivated" attack in Christchurch
A man walking home from a night out in Christchurch has managed to fight off another man who attacked him, in an incident police believe was sexually motivated...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 11 Oct 2011

Lesbian survivor of deadly 'copter crash still critical
(l-r) Paul Nicholson, Sonia Marra, Hariet Nicholson and Helen Tamaki The family of a lesbian New Zealander who survived a horrific New York helicopter crash in which her partner died say they are being overwhelmed with support but that she is still in a critical condition in hospital...
Links: GayNZ.com
MP Power says he would now vote for Civil Unions
Hon...
Links: GayNZ.com
Phillips case: Jury should consider killer's thoughts
Denis Phillips 11...
Links: GayNZ.com
Polish transwoman following Beyer's footsteps
Fifty seven-year-old Anna Grodzka could become the first transgender person to sit in Poland's parliament after a new anti-clerical party landed an unprecedented third place finish in the nation's parliamentary election...
Links: GayNZ.com
Strong demand for new glbt counselling service
A free face-to-face counselling service has proved a hit with troubled glbt people who need more than a helpful voice at the end of a phone...
Links: GayNZ.com
Teen accused's mother gives evidence
6...
Links: GayNZ.com
Teen witness tells of being "hit on" by Phillips
Denis Phillips 4...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 11 Oct 2010

Carter to front disciplinary hearing tonight
Chris Carter 2...
Links: GayNZ.com
Iran: Homophobia and Injustice
Ebrahim Hamidi (18) is a young Iranian man who is not gay...
Links: GayNZ.com
Le Mesurier's resignation from NZAF confirmed
4:50PM: The New Zealand AIDS Foundation Trust Board has confirmed the resignation of Executive Director Rachael Le Mesurier...
Links: GayNZ.com
Le Mesurier's resignation from NZAF confirmed
4:50PM: The New Zealand AIDS Foundation Trust Board has confirmed the resignation of Executive Director Rachael Le Mesurier...
Links: GayNZ.com
Le Mesurier's resignation from NZAF confirmed
4:50PM: The New Zealand AIDS Foundation Trust Board has confirmed the resignation of Executive Director Rachael Le Mesurier...
Links: GayNZ.com
Mitcham delighted with springboard silver
Matthew Mitcham Gay diver Matthew Mitcham won silver in the men's one metre springboard competition at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi overnight...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZAF head to be remembered as a strong leader
Rachael Le Mesurier 6...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZAF launching HIV discussion series
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation is launching a new series of public discussions on HIV, the first of which will take place at its national office in Auckland on Monday 18 October...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZAF launching HIV discussion series
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation is launching a new series of public discussions on HIV, the first of which will take place at its national office in Auckland on Monday 18 October...
Links: GayNZ.com
Protesters and police clash at Serbia pride march
Photo: AP Serbian police have clashed with rioting protesters trying to disrupt yesterday's Gay Pride parade in the capital, Belgrade...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 11 Oct 2009

Boyzone's gay star Stephen Gately found dead
Boyzone singer Stephen Gately has died suddenly while on holiday in Majorca, a British tabloid reports...
Links: GayNZ.com
Urge bar's Slave Auction makes $6K for OUTLine
Punters at K' Road's Urge bar dug deep to help OUTLine October last night, raising an impressive $6,000 to benefit the cash strapped GLBT service...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 11 Oct 2008

Another US State legalises gay marriage
Connecticut's Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry, making the northeastern State the third behind Massachusetts and California to legalise gay and lesbian unions...
Links: GayNZ.com
Complaints over EastEnders gay kiss
A passionate gay kiss on British soap EastEnders resulted in 145 complaints to the BBC – but the broadcaster has defended itself by saying it treats gay relationships the same way as straight ones...
Links: GayNZ.com
GABA needs your goods for Xmas Auction
The Gay Auckland Business Association Charitable Trust Annual Christmas Auction returns this December in an exciting new location, and your kind donations of unique items and services are now being taken...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay school proposed for Chicago
The chief of Chicago's public school system has proposed that one of twenty likely new schools in the area be aimed at gay, lesbian and transgender teenagers...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 11 Oct 2007

Gay springtime concerts
The Gay and Lesbian Singers will return with songs from the heart, house and garden in their last two concerts for 2007, entitled Don't Fence Me In...
Links: GayNZ.com
Rainbow Youth's mum Linda Farr retires
Linda Farr Nine years volunteering at Rainbow Youth - that's a huge number of Linda Farr's trademark bubbly chats and supportive hugs...
Links: GayNZ.com
Same-Sex Marriage and Obnoxious Antilesbian Agendas
I hesitate to write a piece on the Society for Promotion of Community Standards again, but they've really rather outdone themselves expending much vitriol and little substance over same-sex marriage...
Links: GayNZ.com
UK: Man guilty of spying on lesbian couple
A peeping Tom from the UK's West Midlands has been found guilty of spying on a lesbian couple having sex in their bedroom, and put on the sex offenders register...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 11 Oct 2006

The Films of Pedro Almodovar
Fele Martinez and Gael Garcia Bernal in Bad Education (2004) Not unexpectedly, Spain wants to forget its four decades of Franco era fascist austerity and insularity, and represent itself as a modern nation...
Links: GayNZ.com
The Strategy of the Exclusive Brethren
Now that Brethrengate II has died down, it's possible to evaluate what the Exclusive Brethren's political strategy is...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 11 Oct 2005

Still as little Vision...
Remember Vision New Zealand, the national fundamentalist church network? Well, they didn't go away during the election, and I thought I'd drop in to see what was happening...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 11 Oct 2004

Destiny NZ leader's dodgy police record
Destiny NZ leader Richard Lewis has acknowledged that revelations about his dodgy police record are damaging for his church and its political offshoot...
Links: GayNZ.com
Fag hags suck, says Nissen
Fag hags suck, columnist Wendyl Nissen has declared, in a politically incorrect jab at the psychology of women attracted to Queer Eye stereotypes and those testosterone-challenged gay men themselves...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 11 Oct 2003

Foreskins a potential HIV deathtrap
An new study involving over 2,000 men has shown that being uncut is a higher HIV risk – you are 8 times more likely to be infected than your cut peers...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 11 Oct 2001

Keep your legs together in front of the Queen
When lesbian con Artists Evelyn Burton and Lyla Andre were found living in Auckland's Herne Bay two years ago, they were arrested and sent to Britain to face charges that they had conned millions out of the royal set and associates...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 11 Oct 1995

A coming out party is held to celebrate National Coming Out Day (Wellington, New Zealand)
The party is held at the National Library of New Zealand and organised by the National Library Lesbian and Gay Network, and the Friends of the Lesbian and Gay Archives of New Zealand (LAGANZ). The party starts at 5.30pm.
Links: NZ.com, Wikipedia

Tue 11 Oct 1994

Television item (New Zealand)
Holmes, ref: TZP149542.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sun 11 Oct 1992

Television item (Auckland, New Zealand)
Network News, ref: TZP110305.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Fri 11 Oct 1985

Campaign To ‘work Against Radical Right’ (Press, 11 October 1985)
On 11 October 1985, it was reported that Wellington has established an organisation named Campaign for Tolerance, following Auckland's lead, with the aim of countering the activities and influence of the Coalition of Concerned Citizens. Ms Sue Driver, spokesperson for the new group, explained that the organisation's focus would be...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 11 Oct 1984

Attitude To A.i.d.s. A Threat, Says Expert (Press, 11 October 1984)
On 11 October 1984, an expert in the psychology of A.I.D.S., Mr. David Miller, expressed concerns regarding the New Zealand Government's complacent approach towards the potential A.I.D.S. epidemic. Speaking in Auckland, Miller, who is based at St Mary’s Hospital in London, warned that the current "head-in-the-sand" mentality could jeopardise efforts...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Sexual Diseases Now Of ‘epidemic Proportions’ (Press, 11 October 1984)
On 11 October 1984, it was reported that sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in Australia have reached epidemic levels, significantly contributing to birth deformities and infertility, according to Dr Basil Donovan, vice-president of the National Venereology Council. During the Australian Medical Writers’ Association’s first annual conference, Dr Donovan urged for a...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Television: Close Up on the "unlawful love" of a gay couple (New Zealand)
ref: TZP9052.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sat 11 Oct 1980

Pop, Pot And Heaven (Press, 11 October 1980)
The Australian election in 1980 has brought forward a variety of fringe parties and candidates, highlighting unique perspectives in the political landscape. One notable candidate is Joylene Thornbird Hairmouth, a 24-year-old transvestite punk rocker from New South Wales, who is standing for the Senate. As a member of the group...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Synod Rejects Report (Press, 11 October 1980)
At the opening of the Christchurch Anglican Synod's annual meeting on 11 October 1980, an attempt to have a report on homosexuality rewritten was unsuccessful. A petition signed by 306 individuals from 17 parishes advocating for the complete abolition of the report did not progress to the discussion stage. The...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 11 Oct 1979

Synod To Consider Homosexuality Report (Press, 11 October 1979)
A report on attitudes toward homosexuality titled “The Church, the Law and Society” is set to be presented to the Christchurch Diocesan Synod during its annual meeting. This report, prepared by the Christchurch diocesan committee on homosexuality, follows two years of investigations and consultations. It advocates for fostering open, honest...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 11 Oct 1978

‘public Tolerance’ To Homosexuality (Press, 11 October 1978)
On 11 October 1978, a sociological survey conducted by R. Bowman from Victoria University revealed positive community attitudes towards homosexuality in two electorates in Wellington. The survey indicated that residents were willing to accept homosexuals as full members of society, suggesting a level of acceptance that many may find surprising....
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 11 Oct 1968

Rabbit Farm Comment (Press, 11 October 1968)
On 10 October 1968, concerns were raised regarding a proposal to establish a commercial rabbit farm in New Zealand, with a Department of Agriculture official highlighting the high investment costs associated with such a venture. The official mentioned that while fur production alone might not be viable, there could be...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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