On This Day: 21st October

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Mon 21 Oct 2024

Historian Will Hansen is awarded a Judith Binney Trust Fellowship And Writing Award (New Zealand)
The award will support the transformation of his PhD thesis “Queer Activism in Aotearoa New Zealand, 1961-2013” into a manuscript for publication

Sat 21 Oct 2023

Generation queer: Why so many Gen Zers say theyâre gay or bi
Times: One in ten young Brits are gay or bisexual â and itâs no biggie...
Links: NZ Herald

Fri 21 Oct 2022

Jon Stewart Takes On Arkansas Attorney General Over Anti-Trans Laws
Links: Express
Must-See Shows Heading To New Zealand
Links: Express
Pics: Sexy Weekend Fun @ G.A.Y Auckland
Links: Express

Wed 21 Oct 2020

Gay male penguins steal nest from lesbian couple
A pair of gay male penguins at a Dutch zoo have made a desperate bid for fatherhood, stealing an entire nest of eggs from two lesbian penguinsThis isn't the first time the pair of African penguins have tried to start a family, previously...
Links: NZ Herald
Tiger King’s Carole Baskin Comes Out as Bisexual
Links: Express
Why Wellington Drag Is Winning The Race
Links: Express

Mon 21 Oct 2019

OUT and ABOUT | SATURDAY NIGHT @ STAIRCASE BAR
Links: Express
Sipping: Putting the O in Otago
Links: Express
Ugandan Government Claims No Support For Anti-LGBTI Death Penalty Legislation
Links: Express

Sun 21 Oct 2018

10 days after hurricane, football offers a welcome escape
PANAMA CITY, Fla...
Links: NZ Herald
Blanchett defends straight actors playing gay roles
Australian actress Cate Blanchett has defended straight actors playing gay roles in film and television...
Links: RNZ
Homophobic Ban Briefly Lifted - Wanuri Kahiu's film Rafiki
Filmmaker and writer Wanuri Kahiu's film Rafiki was this year the first Kenyan feature film to screen at Cannes, yet this Romeo and Juliet style story of a lesbian teen romance set in the homophobic environment of a Nairobi housing estate has been banned in its home country after censors took offence to its gay subject matter...
Links: RNZ

Fri 21 Oct 2016

England and Wales to Pardon Thousands of Gay Men
Links: Express
Fake It ‘Til You Make It
Links: Express
Corrections hopes to employ LGBTI prison officers
Corrections has launched a major recruitment campaign to coincide with an increase in the prison population, and is seeking interest from the LGBTI community to fill some of these roles...
Links: GayNZ.com
Five new NZAF Life Members named
Nigel Dickson The NZ AIDS Foundation has released the names of the five people who will receive honorary Life Memberships, the highest honour the organisation bestows...
Links: GayNZ.com
Logie recieves identity document petition
Green Party MP Jan Logie has received a petition from members of the trans community this afternoon calling for the Government to address the barriers gender diverse people face when wishing to have their identity documents reflect their self-identity...
Links: GayNZ.com
NPIP calls for prison abolition not LGBTI officers
Emmy Rākete of protest group No Pride in Prisons says hiring LGBTI prison officers will not change “the fundamental violence” prison inflicts on LGBTI people and believes to do so there needs to be opposition of the prison expansion and “the use of rainbow flags to pinkwash the violence of incarceration...
Links: GayNZ.com
Uk to posthumously pardon gay historic convictions
The UK Government has announced it will posthumously pardon the historical homosexual convictions of thousands of gay and bisexual men in an attempt "to put right these wrongs...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 21 Oct 2015

Auckland Pride Seeks to Address Community Concerns
Links: Express
Canada Votes to End Conservative Rule, Electing Pro GLBT Prime Minister
Links: Express
Heritage Boutique Hotels of Penang
Links: Express
50yrs on from Stonewall NY hosts World Pride 2019
World Pride 2019 will be held in New York to celebrate the 50 year anniversary of the historic Stonewall Riots...
Links: GayNZ.com
Multiple concerns raised at Pride community forum
The first Auckland Pride Community Hui was held yesterday, the initiative brought about by the Pride board was received well, with around 40 interested community members in attendance...
Links: GayNZ.com
The Aroha Project launches on Youtube
Following The Aroha Project’s international debut at the IMAGINEnative film festival in Toronto last week, the web series is now available to for all to view on Youtube...
Links: GayNZ.com
The Fall of Stephen Harper
As predicted, the Liberal Party won the latest Canadian federal election...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 21 Oct 2014

Television item (New Zealand)
One News, ref: TZP452079.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Egypt Cracks Down on Grindr: LGBT Activists Fight Back
Links: Express
Gay Couple Kicked off London Bus for Kissing
Links: Express
Jan Logie – Green MP Guest Speaker at Rainbow Mental Health...
Links: Express
New Zealand Named Second Most Gay Friendly Place on Planet
Links: Express
Ask our expert: Cervical smears
A woman asks: “I have been told that because I only sleep with women that I don’t need to get regular smears, is this true?” National Cervical Screening Programme Clinical Leader Dr Hazel Lewis responds: The Ministry of Health advises that all women who have ever been sexually active - including lesbian women - should have regular cervical smear tests from the time they turn 20 until they turn 70...
Links: GayNZ.com
Ask our expert: Cervical smears
A woman asks: “I have been told that because I only sleep with women that I don’t need to get regular smears, is this true?” National Cervical Screening Programme Clinical Leader Dr Hazel Lewis responds: The Ministry of Health advises that all women who have ever been sexually active - including lesbian women - should have regular cervical smear tests from the time they turn 20 until they turn 70...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZ ranked among gay-friendliest places
Auckland Museum lit up for Auckland Pride Festival Travel bible Lonely Planet believes New Zealand is the second most gay-friendly place in the world...
Links: GayNZ.com
Panel to look at lgbti mental health
The organiser of an upcoming panel on lgbti mental health says it won’t be all about ‘gloomy statistics'...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 21 Oct 2013

Ambassador's send-off a cracker auction
The US Ambassador to New Zealand David Huebner has been given a rousing farewell from Auckland’s gay community, who presented him and husband Duane McWaine with some special pieces of Aotearoa - while raising a vast amount of cash...
Links: GayNZ.com
Carmen's former Hataitati brothel for sale
Carmen's former infamous brothel in the Wellington suburb of Hataitai is up for sale...
Links: GayNZ.com
Carter has narrow escape from Kabul bomb
Chris Carter Chris Carter has escaped with minor injuries after a car bomb exploded outside his Kabul home, killing at least two people...
Links: GayNZ.com
Eminem to headline Auckland rap festival
Eminem is bringing his 'faggot' laced lyrics to New Zealand to headline a rap festival at Auckland’s Western Springs in February...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 21 Oct 2012

Gay Black Swan in NZGT semis tonight
Gay Auckland dancer Chris Olwage is nervously awaiting tonight’s airing of his semi-final heat in New Zealand’s Got Talent...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay couple wins BandB discrimination case
Black and Morgan A British gay couple have won their discrimination case against Christian bed and breakfast owners who refused to give them a double room...
Links: GayNZ.com
Teenage day dream and other poems
We asked for submissions for our NZ Writing section and the talented Patrick Graham is among those who have responded...
Links: GayNZ.com
US: Study bursts GLBT stereotypes
A new Gallup survey, touted as the largest of its kind, estimates that 3...
Links: GayNZ.com
Young gay comedian up for Billy T Award
Eli Matthewson Gay actor, writer and comedian Eli Matthewson is a finalist for the biggest honour for up and comers in comedy – the Billy T Award...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 21 Oct 2011

Auckland Uni getting Queer Rights Officer
Auckland University's students association will have a Queer Rights Officer after a successful petition resulted in a resounding yes vote this week...
Links: GayNZ.com
Aus GQ apologises over question to Lautner
Taylor Lautner Australia's GQ magazine has apologised over a question it posed to Twilight actor Taylor Lautner...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 21 Oct 2010

Adam Lambert: "It Gets Better"
Watch Adam Lambert's It Gets Better video, where he encourages GLBT youth to be who they are and not give bullies the power to impact them...
Links: GayNZ.com
Bear film to premiere in Auckland tonight
Gay comedy Bear City will have its New Zealand Premiere at the Number 8 Films Auckland Gay Film Showcase at Galatos tonight...
Links: GayNZ.com
Hey you!
Hey you, …...
Links: GayNZ.com
It Gets Better goes viral on the web
A web campaign against gay bullying has gone viral, attracting millions of views and hundreds of follow-up videos...
Links: GayNZ.com
Rocky Horror cast to perform at QWU
The cast of The Rocky Horror Show will perform before the Queen of the Whole Universe is crowned at the Auckland show on November 6...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 21 Oct 2009

"So thoughtless, so foul and so wrong!"
The suddenly ditched Concentration Camp gay party scheduled for Wellington this weekend is attracting a chorus of indignation and disgust, with mounting disbelief that a party by and for gays and lesbians could be based on the horrific abuses heaped upon homosexuals in concentration camps during World War 2...
Links: GayNZ.com
'Concentration Camp' party cancelled after outrage
A gay party planned for this weekend has been cancelled after invited club-goers were offended by its name 'Concentration Camp'...
Links: GayNZ.com
Kevin Hague: 'Homophobia is the enemy of a fair society'
Green Party MP Kevin Hague Green Party MP and spokesperson for LGBT issues, Kevin Hague, reacts below to the latest Kiwi research showing that in the last twelve months more than a third of same/both-sex attracted secondary school students had seriously thought about attempting suicide and around half had deliberately harmed themselves...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sir Elton: "Be proud of who you are"
In a new book in which prominent LGBT people write letters to their 16-year-old selves, Sir Elton John says he now regrets taking so long to have sex with a man...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 21 Oct 2008

An all-singing, all-dancing video update from up north
This is what passes for a gay community event in Paihia: You sing and dnace to It's Raining Men on a street corner...
Links: GayNZ.com
Chelsea Boys come to K' Rd on Saturdays
The Chelsea Boys are heading upstairs to K' Road's Purple bar and promise to provide "a big queer night out for the hip boys and girls looking for something extraordinary...
Links: GayNZ.com
OUTLine launching online chat counseling
Nationwide LGBT telephone counseling service OUTLine NZ is planning to expand its services to the internet starting next month, by adding a free and confidential chat service to its website...
Links: GayNZ.com
Palin breaks with McCain on gay marriage
Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin has signaled her support for a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage – a position John McCain one described is "antithetical in every way to the core philosophy of Republicans"...
Links: GayNZ.com
Smith withdraws NZAF board nomination
Auckland-based event manager Jonathan Smith has this evening withdrawn his candidacy for membership of the NZ AIDS Foundation trust board, citing likely conflict of interest issues...
Links: GayNZ.com
Stage spotlight on a gay sex shocker!
The coathangers are rattling...
Links: GayNZ.com
Summer camp planned for Queenstown
The organizer of Queentown's Gay Ski Week has announced his crew will be back in the 'adventure capital' from 10 to 18 January 2009 with the inaugural Summer Camp NZ...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 21 Oct 2007

A statue of Kylie Minogue for London?
A UK tabloid newspaper story that a group of gay men have applied for planning permission to erect a statue of pop singer Kylie Minogue in a London street is news to Westminster City Council...
Links: GayNZ.com
Harry Potter author outs Wizard School head
British author J...
Links: GayNZ.com
Pacific Islanders talk safe sex at NZ fono
The largest gathering of Pacific Island sexual minority communities in the Pacific region is taking place this Labour Weekend in Auckland...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 21 Oct 2006

Elton John coming to Wellington?
Pop singer Elton John looks set to visit Wellington in apparently his only New Zealand concert, the Dominion Post reports...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 21 Oct 2005

Television news report: Fa'afafine call for a greater voice in the fight against AIDS (New Zealand)
Interviewee Edward Cowley. TV3 news, ref F89550.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound & Vision
Hate-Speech initiatives to be abandoned
The confidence and supply agreement between Labour and United Future includes a promise by the Labour government to abandon any proposals for "hate speech" laws...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 21 Oct 2004

MP Georgina Beyer introduces the Human Rights (Gender Identity) Amendment Bill in Parliament (New Zealand)
The Bill offers specific protection from discrimination on the grounds of gender identity. Beyer later withdraws the Bill in August 2006 following an opinion from Crown Law saying that transgender people are already protected under the existing human rights legislation of New Zealand.
Links: Parliament, NZ Herald
Television item (New Zealand)
Qn, ref: TZP300539.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
MAXIMum Impact: Overseas Links
They're campaigning for a vision of what they call 'civil society', but what does this vision bring with it, and what does it mean for glbt people? Certainly all my discussions with Maxim Auckland staff (there are more in Christchurch) have been nothing but pleasant...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 21 Oct 2003

Chief censor a "bragging" homo
NZ First deputy leader Peter Brown has attempted to soften the impact of comments he made last week that suggested Chief Censor Bill Hastings and his deputy should be fired because their homosexuality was a factor in "letting smut" through the system...
Links: GayNZ.com
Triangle rejects Islam complaint
Triangle Television has rejected a viewer complaint over a recent episode of its Voice of Islam programme, which said homosexuals should be put to death and incited Muslims to “clean up” problems in their neighbourhoods...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 21 Oct 1998

Television item (Auckland, New Zealand)
Breakfast, ref: TZP205264.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sat 21 Oct 1995

Georgina Beyer is elected Mayor of Carterton (Carterton, New Zealand)
Beyer becomes the world's first openly transexual mayor.
Links: Wikipedia
The Riding the Rainbow conference takes place (Wellington, New Zealand)
The Pink Health conference focuses on lesbian and gay health and is held at the Wellington College of Education. Speakers include Raz Bloomfield and Neville Creighton.
Links: NZ.com

Sat 21 Oct 1989

Strong Parts And Opinions For Rapid-fire Moody (Press, 21 October 1989)
In a profile by Francesca Price, Elizabeth Moody, a prominent figure in Christchurch's performing arts scene, is depicted as a dynamic and busy artist at the age of 51. Securing an interview with her proves challenging due to her packed schedule involving appointments, rehearsals, and recordings. Moody, who is known...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 21 Oct 1988

Christchurch Gets New A.i.d.s. Clinic (Press, 21 October 1988)
On 21 October 1988, the A.I.D.S. Foundation's new clinic in Christchurch was officially opened by the Minister of Health, Mr Caygill. Named the Ettie Rout clinic, it is the third clinic established by the foundation, joining the Awhina clinic in Wellington and the Bruce Burnett clinic in Auckland. The clinic...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Media reports that the Ettie Rout Clinic opens in Christchurch (Christchurch, New Zealand)
The clinic is the third AIDS clinic to open and is run by the New Zealand AIDS FOundation. The Clinic carries Rout's name until 2003.
Links: Nga Taonga
Television item (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Network News, ref: TZP70515.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (Christchurch, New Zealand)
The Mainland Touch, ref: TZP70529.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Te Karere, ref: TZP70663.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (New Zealand)
Network News, ref: TZP49428.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television news report: Department of Health launches an explicit HIV/AIDS campaign (New Zealand)
Includes an interview with Karen Poutasi. Eyewitness news, ref F95076.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Tue 21 Oct 1986

Letter Drop On A.i.d.s. (Press, 21 October 1986)
On 21 October 1986, it was reported that the A.I.D.S. Support Network had distributed over 100,000 leaflets to households in Christchurch. The initiative aimed to educate the public about A.I.D.S. and counter prevalent myths surrounding the disease. Milan Smith, the coordinator of the network, emphasised the importance of the information...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
New Zealand Men Pale By Comparison (Press, 21 October 1986)
A television programme aired on 21 October 1986 featured the unusual activity known as the Longwood Thump, associated with Morris dancing in Saddleworth, North-west England. The show offered a humorous glimpse into a quirky aspect of English culture, characterised by its primitive, male-dominated rituals. A group of males meets bi-weekly...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 21 Oct 1985

‘cloud Nine,' Court (Press, 21 October 1985)
"Cloud Nine," a play written by Caryl Churchill and directed by Alex Gilchrist, is being performed at the Court Theatre from 19 October to 16 November 1985. The play presents a comedic yet thought-provoking exploration of alternative sexual practices within a staunchly British family, juxtaposing a Victorian setting with a...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Homosexual Law Changes (Press, 21 October 1985)
In a letter to the editor dated 16 October 1985, J. Miller, Chairman of the Selwyn Electorate National Party, expressed surprise at remarks made by Mr Gordon Dennis regarding the response to homosexual law reform within the Selwyn electorate branch. Miller attended nearly all annual general meetings (A.G.M.s) and found...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Homosexual Reform Move Angers Group (Press, 21 October 1985)
On 21 October 1985, the Women’s National Abortion Action Campaign expressed strong opposition to proposed amendments in New Zealand’s Homosexual Law Reform legislation that aimed to raise the age of consent from 16 to 20 years. This initiative was led by National Party MP Philip Burdon, who claimed the change...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Television item (New Zealand)
6:30pm News, ref: TZP133772.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (Auckland, New Zealand)
Top Half, ref: TZP136417.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television news report: testing of all blood products for AIDS antibodies begins (New Zealand)
6.30 news Top Half, ref F88556.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, University of Auckland
Testing of all donated blood for AIDS antibodies begins (New Zealand)

Fri 21 Oct 1983

A.i.d.s. On Agenda (Press, 21 October 1983)
The National Gay Rights Coalition is set to convene in Wellington for its annual meeting this weekend, with a primary focus on the deadly disease A.1.D.5. Participants will discuss strategies for addressing the potential arrival of this illness in New Zealand. In addition to the health crisis, the two-day gathering...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Bishops Seek A New Belief In Sin (Press, 21 October 1983)
The Roman Catholic Church is currently grappling with the concept of sin, as highlighted by an ongoing month-long bishops' synod in Rome that began earlier this month and is set to conclude on 25 October 1983. Over 200 bishops are participating in the synod, which focuses on "reconciliation and penance...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 21 Oct 1981

Dead Man’s Throat Cut, Back Stabbed (Press, 21 October 1981)
An autopsy conducted on 20 October 1981 revealed that Gerald Leslie Cuthbert, a 27-year-old New Zealand man, had been brutally murdered in a Paddington flat in Sydney. He was stabbed 64 times and had his throat slashed. The police suspect that Cuthbert, believed to be homosexual, may have unknowingly invited...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Teachers To Get P.n.g. Jobs Back? (Press, 21 October 1981)
On 21 October 1981, it was reported that a British teaching couple, John and Elizabeth Mendzela, who had been dismissed by the Papua New Guinea Education Department due to their allegations of maladministration against a group of homosexual officials in the department, might be reinstated following an inquiry by the...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 21 Oct 1980

Born-again Christians A Political Force (Press, 21 October 1980)
In the article from the Economist published on 21 October 1980, the debate surrounding the integration of religion and politics in the United States is explored. The discussion emphasizes that both fields are fundamentally concerned with human behaviour in this world before transitioning to the next, prompting the question of...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 21 Oct 1978

“public Tolerance” Of Homosexuality (Press, 21 October 1978)
In a letter published on 21 October 1978, J. Chetwynd responds to Robert Holmes's comments regarding "sodomy," highlighting the misuse of the term to describe homosexual behaviour. Chetwynd points out that the Biblical account of Sodom emphasizes sins of greed and laziness rather than homosexuality. He criticises Holmes for promoting...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 21 Oct 1975

Mr E. G. Crockett ‘more Drainage Money Needed’ (Press, 21 October 1975)
Mr E. G. Crockett, the Social Credit candidate contesting for the Lyttelton electorate in 1975, has outlined his priorities for the region, highlighting the need for improved drainage in the hill areas and a well-managed container port to avoid labour issues. This marks Mr Crockett's first candidacy; he is a...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 21 Oct 1974

March In Auckland (Press, 21 October 1974)
On the night of 21 October 1974, approximately 360 civil-liberties demonstrators staged a march down Queen Street in Auckland, advocating for the dissolution of the Auckland police task force. This event was organised by the Auckland Council for Civil Liberties, with participants carrying placards and chanting slogans against what they...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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