On This Day: 26th October

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Thu 26 Oct 2023

Covid leads to record high numbers of HIV cases in PNG
An NGO wants Papua New Guinea to realise the country is experiencing an alarming rise in new HIV infections...
Links: RNZ
HIV infections increase by 91% in three years in Papua New Guinea - non-profit
Papua New Guinea is experiencing an exponential surge in HIV infections, a health advocate in the country says...
Links: RNZ
Intersex awareness day: Aotearoa's journey towards change
This Intersex Awareness Day, the country's only intersex-led national organisation talks about the importance of language and the changes it says are still needed...
Links: RNZ
James Mustapic plans on being the final white, blonde and gay winner of Celebrity Treasure Island
“Even before the season ended, a lot of people were like ‘ugh, another white blonde gay winning!’, and I say, it’s probably enough now,” the champion comedian says...
Links: Stuff
Pacific Waves for 27 October 2023
Cyclone Lola destroys schools and more than 10,000 homes in Vanuatu; covid leads to record high numbers of HIV cases in PNG; and more than 60 researchers are in Samoa to set up a Pacific science academy...
Links: RNZ
Trans activist Eli Rubashkyn to stand trial over Posie Parker juice incident
A protester accused of pouring tomato juice on British anti-trans campaigner Posie Parker has failed to have their charges dismissed...
Links: RNZ
Isn’t It Time Drag Race Down Under Was Filmed In Australia?
Links: Express
James Mustapic Wins $107,500 for Gender Minorities Aotearoa
Links: Express
Who are you calling ‘Deviant’?
Links: Express

Wed 26 Oct 2022

Neuroscientist asks 'Why am I gay?' in new documentary
Neuroscientist Dr Angelo Tedoldi seeks to find out if there are biological reasons to explain why he is attracted to men...
Links: Stuff
Survey reveals sexual harassment cases at Christchurch schools
More than twenty rapes or near rapes and thousands of cases of sexual harassment have been revealed in a survey of students at two Christchurch high schools...
Links: RNZ
Qatar Police Arrest LGBTQ+ Campaigner Just 26 Days Before World Cup
Links: Express

Tue 26 Oct 2021

A-League football: Adelaide United's Josh Cavallo comes out as gay in 'world first'
Adelaide United's Josh Cavallo has publicly announced himself as the only current gay male professional footballer in the world after coming out in an emotional post on social media...
Links: NZ Herald
Chlöe Swarbrick: NZ paying Covid price for structurally unfair political system
As activists, we're used to a scrap...
Links: NZ Herald
Intersex children routinely undergoing unnecessary surgery – that needs to change
Analysis - Until very recently, people with intersex variations have often been unseen, stigmatised and routinely discriminated against...
Links: RNZ

Mon 26 Oct 2020

Women slam Tampax over tweet celebrating the 'diversity of all people who bleed' amid calls for boycott
Tampon brand Tampax faced a backlash yesterday after claiming "not all people with periods are women"...
Links: NZ Herald
DARLING, THE TIME HAS COME TO PARTY!
Links: Express
Exclusive: Intersex Operation Numbers in New Zealand Questioned by Advocates
Links: Express

Sat 26 Oct 2019

A Rainbow in the Village (2019) (Paekākāriki)
Organisers, participants and spectators talk about the worlds (unofficial) shortest pride parade - held during Paekakarikis annual pride festival.
Features: Andrew Needs, Ann-Marie Stapp, Anna Walsh, Christopher Drinkwater, Coral Trimmer, Corinne Guldmann, Danielle Burns, Donna Reed, Hugh Young, Jac Lynch, Jessica Bryan, Jon Trimmer, Linda McLaughlan, Mark Amery, Pat McIntosh, Rob Sumby, Robert O'Shea, Val Little, Will Walsh
Links: PrideNZ.com

Fri 26 Oct 2018

Caitlyn Jenner: I thought Trump would help trans people. I was wrong.
These past two years under US President Donald Trump have given me the opportunity to reflect on a lot of topics that have come up in the LGBTQ community and in our nation...
Links: Stuff
Not all black and white. Re-thinking identity
Gender...
Links: RNZ
Meet The Future of Queer Pop
Links: Express
Trump to Leave Over One Million Trans Americans Without Discrimination Protection
Links: Express

Thu 26 Oct 2017

Intersex Awareness Day - 26 October 2017
Today marks Intersex Awareness Day and is the anniversary of what was considered the first public demonstration by intersex people in North America, on October 26, 1996, outside the venue in Boston where the American Academy of Pediatrics was holding ...
Links: Scoop
Auckland Pride Announce Important Dates
Links: Express

Wed 26 Oct 2016

Review: Cassia
Links: Express
Theta Project Hosting Another Fabulous Party
Links: Express
Gay couple among those killed in Dreamworld tragedy
A gay couple has been named as two of the victims of the tragedy that occurred yesterday at Dreamworld in Australia...
Links: GayNZ.com
UN steps up for intersex awareness
Today marks Intersex Awareness Day and this week the United Nations has launched its first ever intersex awareness campaign, a groundbreaking move that increases the visibility of intersex rights and provides informative resources in four different languages...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 26 Oct 2015

Germaine Greer Says Transgender Women are “Not Women”
Links: Express
Labour Weekend at Family – Featuring Hot Male Strippers
Links: Express
Same Sex Couples Join in Mass Wedding in Taiwan
Links: Express
$20k seed grant to Ak Outgames may be lost
The regional body which licenses organsations to run the Outgames has confirmed that following the resignation of the Auckland Outgames board in July and abandonment of the February 2016 event a $20,000 seeding loan has not been returned...
Links: GayNZ.com
Intersex Awareness Day: A few words from Mani
Today marks Intersex Awareness Day, a day that started with the intention of sharing stories and finding voices...
Links: GayNZ.com
Work of trans students, academics celebrated
The University of Auckland's social group and advocacy network, Trans on Campus, are hosting an event to highlight and celebrate the work of transgender and gender variant students and academics...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 26 Oct 2014

Thousands March in Taipei Pride Parade
Links: Express
Vatican Decision Disappointing, But There is Still Hope
Links: Express
2 One Another: A full circle dance
Photo by Ben Symons The Sydney Dance Company delved into personalities and relationships between its dancers themselves for the work its bringing to Auckland next month...
Links: GayNZ.com
Aussie Labor leader's stand applauded
Australian marriage equality advocates are welcoming Labor leader Bill Shorten’s powerful support for marriage equality, which came a gathering of an anti-gay group...
Links: GayNZ.com
Film made from QWU highlights reel
A film made from highlights of the Queen of the Whole Universe pageant will be premiered at a World AIDS Day fundraiser next month...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 26 Oct 2013

Dramatist and performer Paul Jenden dies (Wellington, New Zealand)
Jenden was a lyricist, writer and choreographer of numerous New Zealand productions.
Links: GayNZ.com, Stuff
"A standard to rally around"
Shaun Robinson says the report is "a standard to rally around"...
Links: GayNZ.com
Government neglect of glbti health 'a scandal'
Shaun Robinson The New Zealand health system's lack of recognition and response to specific health issues faced by the glbti communities is "a scandal" according to the head of a major health care NGO...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sacked gay worker to lead McD's protest
Sean Bailey A protest will be held at an Auckland McDonald’s today over the sacking of gay whistleblower Sean Bailey...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 26 Oct 2012

Television item (New Zealand)
One News, ref: TZP421932.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Author to speak on "harmful" church teachings
Dr Stuart Edser Traditional church teachings on gay sexuality are "wrong, unjust and harmful," says a visiting author, psychologist and Christian who will speak this Sunday evening in Auckland...
Links: GayNZ.com
Counsellor charges: Police urge others to phone in
Silipa Take 8...
Links: GayNZ.com
Lana Wachowski's emotional speech
Director Lana Wachowski delivers a moving speech to a Human Rights Campaign fundraising dinner, revealing the struggles she went through growing up transgender...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZAF apologises, "stronger action" was needed
Shaun Robinson 3...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZAF counsellor facing indecent assault charges
Silipa Take 3...
Links: GayNZ.com
Polly Filla swooping into Auckland this weekend
Polly Filla Trans-Tasman drag diva Polly Filla is returning to Auckland after a long absence this weekend...
Links: GayNZ.com
Pro-equality submissions through site top 10,000
A message from the team tonight There has been a monumental influx of submissions in support of the marriage equality bill, with more than 10,000 sent in through the marriageequality...
Links: GayNZ.com
Share your stories, equality campaign urges
File photo With just hours until submissions close on the bill which would give gay and transgender New Zealanders equal marriage rights, the Campaign for Marriage Equality is encouraging supporters to share their stories...
Links: GayNZ.com
Trans-woman to lead glbt US military group
Allyson Robinson A transgender West Point graduate has been chosen as the leader of a group which represents glbt people in the US military...
Links: GayNZ.com
“There is time” – Wall says ahead of deadline
Louisa Wall Marriage equality bill author Louisa Wall is urging supporters to get typing ahead of the closing of submissions at 5PM today...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 26 Oct 2011

Homosexuals may not be free in freed Libya
Mustafa Abdul-Jalil (Pic: AP) Newly liberated Libya may not extend its new-found freedoms to homosexuals, with the interim Libyan leader, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, announcing his intention to make Islamic Sharia law the basic source of the country's legislation...
Links: GayNZ.com
Kirby attacks "sexual apartheid" in Commonwealth
Michael Kirby New Zealand AIDS Foundation Vice Patron Michael Kirby has made a powerful stand against homophobia in Commonwealth nations ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)...
Links: GayNZ.com
Retaining MMP is best for gays says TV producer
Johnny Givens Glbti people should vote for a continuance of the current MMP voting system to retain significant representation in Parliament, a high-profile gay TV producer and stalwart of the Gay Auckland Business Association says...
Links: GayNZ.com
Welsh rugby hardman Gareth Thomas retires
Gareth Thomas has retired from all forms of rugby, saying he can no longer give it 100 per cent...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 26 Oct 2010

"Mo" comment sparks gay Sesame St buzz
A Twitter comment has created a fever of speculation that Bert and Ernie are coming out of the closet...
Links: GayNZ.com
Bucket shakers needed for crucial collection
Volunteers are being sought to help with a major Auckland street collection for Help Out in October's closing weekend...
Links: GayNZ.com
Film review: Loose Cannons
Loose Cannons (Mine Vaganti) Italy, 110 minutes Directed by: Ferzan Ozpetek Starring: Riccardo Scamarcio, Nicole Grimaudo and Ennio Fantastichini We no longer live in a generation of secret-keeping...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 26 Oct 2009

Boy George: "There's some nice people in prison!"
Gay DJ and former pop star Boy George says he made a few friends during his recent prison stint, who he keeps in touch with and sends money to...
Links: GayNZ.com
Dot's bar will return bigger than ever
The crew from Ponsonby Road's recently closed Dorothy's Sister bar will make Symonds Street more fabulous from late November...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 26 Oct 2007

Civil Union Bill plan for Ireland
The Irish Labour party is to reintroduce a private member's bill in the country's Parliament next week in an attempt to legalise civil unions for gay and lesbian couples...
Links: GayNZ.com
Law report: "Repeal Gay Panic Defence"
Gay Labour MP Charles Chauvel says he welcomes today’s call by the Law Commission to remove the 'Gay Panic Defence' from NZ law...
Links: GayNZ.com
New Lions Club will show Wellington Pride
The new Wellington branch of Lions Clubs International - the world's largest secular service club organisation - is the first LGBT Lions Club in New Zealand...
Links: GayNZ.com
Prison guards punished over lesbian union
One prison guard was fired, another resigned and six others were handed suspensions for allowing what the Florida Department of Corrections calls a "gay wedding" between two female inmates at the Lowell Correctional Institution...
Links: GayNZ.com
Three UK gay porn actors infected with HIV
Three performers became infected with HIV last month during the production of a gay 'bareback' movie, according to UK gay magazine Boyz...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 26 Oct 2006

AUS: Police probe deliberate HIV spread
Victorian Police are investigating a number of people they suspect may be deliberately spreading HIV, writes Doug Pollard in the Melbourne Star this morning...
Links: GayNZ.com
Data needed on GLBT kiwis at work
Statistics New Zealand needs to ask people about their sexual orientation in the census, says Robert Hesketh, director of the Office of Human Rights Proceedings...
Links: GayNZ.com
Hamilton: Glamz! plans for Halloween
Glamz! cabaret bar in central Hamilton has been open since May this year, and director Leone Dwyer tells GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com
Wellington: 2 new bars open this weekend
Good news for LGBT Wellingtonians - two new gathering-places launch this weekend...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 26 Oct 2005

Television item (New Zealand)
One News, ref: TZP312328.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (Auckland, New Zealand)
Te Karere, ref: TZP313876.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television news report: New Zealand on track for its highest rate of HIV infection (New Zealand)
Interviewees include Jay Bennie, Michael Stevens and Tony Hughes. One news, ref F89559.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Aileen Wuornos: Monstrosity or victim of misogyny?
Next Thursday, TVNZ will screen a documentary on convicted and executed US lesbian serial killer, Aileen Wuornos...
Links: GayNZ.com
Auckland leads alarming new HIV stats
More and more New Zealand gay men are contracting HIV, a disproportionate 77% of recent new infections are occurring in Auckland, and the NZ AIDS Foundation is at a loss to know exactly why...
Links: GayNZ.com
Higher HIV Risk for Maori, says Aspin
Dr Clive Aspin will be presenting research to the Auckland Pan Pacific HIV/AIDS conference today, which suggests that Maori are at much higher risk of the disease than the rest of the population...
Links: GayNZ.com
HIV/AIDS Conference: Silence, Stigma and Visibility
There is a tremendous cone of silence surrounding HIV/AIDS and its sufferers, even in the third decade of the epidemic...
Links: GayNZ.com
Maori not over-represented in HIV stats
Maori are not over-represented among HIV infections in New Zealand, says the AIDS Epidemiology Group, with the largest proportion of new infections still among men who have sex with men...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZAF inclusive Treaty policy defended
NZAF board chair Simon Robb is defending the Foundation's commitment to the Treaty of Waitangi, saying it is an inclusive policy that has demonstrably been proven to work for Maori...
Links: GayNZ.com
Police investigate Brethren pamphlets
New Zealand's Chief Electoral Officer has referred the Exclusive Brethren pre-election pamphlet drop to the police for investigation, after ruling that the anonymous campaign against left-wing parties "appears to promote the Party vote for National"...
Links: GayNZ.com
The GayNZ.com safe anal sex checklist
More NZ men than ever - one every four days - are letting a sex partner infect them with HIV...
Links: GayNZ.com
United Failures
During the next three years, we should spare no effort to pare United Future down to Peter Dunne...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 26 Oct 2004

King didn't die for gay marriage
Civil rights legend Martin Luther King "did not take a bullet for same-sex marriage", according to his daughter Bernice King, who flew all the way from the US at the weekend to endorse the rulership/dominion/possession political mandate of the Destiny Church...
Links: GayNZ.com
Maxim, SPCS, Conservative Correctness and Censorship
According to the Christian Right, feminist, LGBT and ethnic minority rights activists want to censor their opponents...
Links: GayNZ.com
VIP Tamihere at Destiny Church
Self-proclaimed red-blooded heterosexual MP John Tamihere was a VIP guest at Destiny Church's weekend Taking The Nation conference, receiving rapturous applause from the audience...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 26 Oct 2003

Big break for dancers
The second annual Toa Toa Urban Maori Pacific Dance Championships, a brainchild of cabaret star Mika, started this week with the first of five Auckland-wide heats...
Links: GayNZ.com
Deborah Gordon's long road to ministry
The first openly gay woman being allowed to train as a Presbyterian minister in New Zealand says that gay and lesbian Christians should not shut themselves away from church because of prejudice...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 26 Oct 1999

Television item (New Zealand)
Queer Nation, ref: TZP221299.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sun 26 Oct 1997

Television item (Auckland, New Zealand)
Misc-drama, ref: TZD2894.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sat 26 Oct 1996

Television item (New Zealand)
Out There, ref: TZP176730.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Mon 26 Oct 1992

Television item (New Zealand)
Holmes, ref: TZP111061.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (New Zealand)
Holmes, ref: TZP111635.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sat 26 Oct 1985

“m.p.s Must Protect Society’s Moral Fibre” (Press, 26 October 1985)
On 26 October 1985, debates around the Homosexual Law Reform Bill in the New Zealand Parliament were marked by strong opposition from several members of Parliament expressing views that condemned homosexuality. National Party MP Maurice McTigue from Timaru described homosexuals as "predatory beings" and urged his colleagues to vote against...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Airmen Cleared Of Spying (Press, 26 October 1985)
On 25 October 1985, a jury in London acquitted three British servicemen of charges related to the unauthorized disclosure of NATO military secrets to the Soviet Union. The charges stemmed from allegations that the servicemen, who were members of the Royal Air Force, had been blackmailed due to their involvement...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 26 Oct 1984

Television news report: doctors meet in Wellington to discuss AIDS (New Zealand)
6.30 news Top Half, ref F58561.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, University of Auckland
Television: AIDS discussed by the Symposium on sexually transmitted diseases (New Zealand)
ref: TZP15029.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Wed 26 Oct 1983

‘end Of Day, End Of Drinking, End Of A Person’ (Press, 26 October 1983)
Dennis Nilsen, a former probationary policeman, is facing trial for the murders of at least 15 men, according to statements made during proceedings at London’s Old Bailey on 25 October 1983. Nilsen, 37 years old, was arrested after a plumber discovered numerous pieces of human flesh while clearing a blocked...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 26 Oct 1981

‘more Than 300m To Get V.d.’ (Press, 26 October 1981)
Dr R. D. Catterall, the president of the International Union against Venereal Diseases, made alarming statements regarding the global rise of venereal diseases during an international conference in Christchurch on 25 October 1981. He projected that more than 300 million individuals would contract venereal diseases in the following year and...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Cancer Help In Vd Drug? (Press, 26 October 1981)
Dr R. D. Catterall, president of the International Union against Venereal Diseases and Treponematoses, announced in Christchurch on 26 October 1981 that a new vaccine to prevent hepatitis B, a strain of venereal disease that can lead to liver cancer, might be available as early as 1982. He highlighted the...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 26 Oct 1976

Balclutha Beauty Takes S.i. Transexual Title (Press, 26 October 1976)
On 26 October 1976, Rachelle Hurring, a former resident of Balclutha, won the inaugural "Ms Southern Transexual '76" contest held in Christchurch, marking a significant moment for the South Island's transgender community. Following her crowning, Rachelle expressed her delight, despite having faced challenges in her life, including discrimination and a...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Gay Lib. ‘90% Bluff’ (Press, 26 October 1976)
The fifth annual Gay Liberation Conference commenced over the weekend in Wellington, featuring a critical address from Mr. Lindsay Taylor of Christchurch. Speaking to an audience of about 100 attendees, Taylor urged the organisation to reflect critically on its effectiveness. He expressed concern that potential leaders within the movement were...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 26 Oct 1972

Lectures To Police (Press, 26 October 1972)
On 25 October 1972, officers from the Homosexual Law Reform Society delivered a series of refresher courses at the Trentham police training college in Wellington, focusing on general topics related to homosexuality. This initiative was undertaken at the request of the police force, aiming to educate and inform police personnel...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 26 Oct 1971

Television current affairs: profile of Rewi Alley (New Zealand)
Gallery, ref TZP49890.
Links: TVNZ, Wikipedia

Mon 26 Oct 1959

The Press Monday, October 26, 1959. Parliamentary... (Press, 26 October 1959)
On 26 October 1959, The Press reported on the recent conclusion of a notably quiet session in the House of Representatives. This session was marked by its lack of controversy, primarily due to the limited amount of contentious legislation to discuss, aside from the Budget. The House predominantly functioned as...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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