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Tue 7 Nov 2023

  • 2 x Tickets To Splore Festival
    Links: Express
  • 3 x Copies of Britney Spears’ The Woman In Me
    Links: Express
  • Date Set For NEW Wellington Pride Parade!
    Links: Express
  • Get Your Drugs Checked Before You Party!
    Links: Express
  • Sydney Catholic School Reverses Same-Sex Formal Ban After Student Petition
    Links: Express
  • The URGE for Change
    Links: Express
  • Wholesome Gay Love Stories Are Good For Business
    Links: Express

Mon 7 Nov 2022

  • CHRIS PARKER AWARDED TOPP TWINS COMEDY PRIZE
    Links: Express
  • Health New Zealand Will Not Report Potential Monkeypox Clusters
    Links: Express

Thu 7 Nov 2019

  • NZ Biography: Carmen Rupe
    Fabulous, flamboyant and hugely successful in her time, today's Biography is about Carmen, the Wellington transgender entrepreneur ...
    Links: RNZ
  • Gender Surgeon Offers Hope to NZ Transgender Patients
    Links: Express
  • RAINBOW AUCKLAND MIXER @ GARNET STATION
    Links: Express
  • TJ Perenara Reaffirms Support for LGBT Community on Return to New...
    Links: Express

Wed 7 Nov 2018

  • Elton John remembers Aretha Franklin at his annual AIDS gala
    NEW YORK — Elton John said he stood by the stage and sobbed at his foundation's gala last year as Aretha Franklin made her final public performance...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • US midterms: Clerk who refused to sign marriage licences for gay couples loses to Democrat
    Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refused to sign US marriage licences for gay couples, has lost in her re-election bid for the Rowan County clerkship...
    Links: Stuff
  • Express Goes Out and About @ Drag Wars
    Links: Express
  • Mother Blames Blogger ‘Noodles and Beef’s Body Modifying ‘Cult’ for Gay...
    Links: Express
  • Simone Anderson’s Halloween 2018 – Out and About With Express
    Links: Express

Tue 7 Nov 2017

  • 14-Year-Old Giovanni Melton Shot Dead By His Father For Being Gay
    Links: Express
  • Foodie Bites
    Links: Express
  • Luxe: Luxury Living
    Links: Express

Mon 7 Nov 2016

  • NZAF Celebrates New Life Members
    Links: Express
  • What trend?
    Links: Express
  • Corrections consider advocating for dying prisoner
    Corrections will soon make a decision whether to advocate for the early release of a terminally ill prisoner, whose family are fighting for her early release to spend her final months at home...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • UN expert on LGBTI rights may lose his job
    The United Nations’ new independent expert on LGBTI rights may lose his job as the General Assembly prepares to vote on an unprecedented resolution to undo the position, a proposal that “threatens the authority of the Human Rights Council”...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Vice?
    In concentrating too much attention on US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, some LGBTI commentators fear that there has been insufficient note made of his vice-presidential running mate, Mike Pence...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Westie Lesbian Ball is cancelled, no promise for '17
    The Westie Lesbian Ball has been canceled due to low ticket sales...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 7 Nov 2015

  • Review: Hudson and Halls Live!
    Links: Express
  • Fertility Associates plea: “We need sperm donors.”
    Fertility Associates Auckland have confirmed low numbers of men are donating sperm in New Zealand...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay couple welcome 24 refugees into their home
    A gay German couple have welcomed 24 refugees into their home since July in an attempt to dispel claims that the influx of refugees is bringing an influx of homophobia to the region...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Review: Hudson and Halls
    Hudson and Halls Silo at the Herald Theatre, Auckland, November 5 - December 5...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 7 Nov 2014

  • Gay RnB and Hip Hop Party to Premiere in Auckland Tomorrow...
    Links: Express
  • Thomas and Benhard
    Links: Express
  • HIV notification bill jumps first hurdle
    Kevin Hague speaking on the Bill at Parliament A Bill which will make HIV a notifiable disease has passed its first reading...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • LYC revving gay and bi men to 'Gear Up'
    Love Your Condom says its newly-launched ‘Gear Up’ ad campaign is deliberately sexy, masculine and playful...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • LYC revving gay and bi men to 'Gear Up'
    Love Your Condom says its newly-launched ‘Gear Up’ ad campaign is deliberately sexy, masculine and playful...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Preview: Laurence Anyways
    The film selected for Academy Cinemas’ November lgbtq movie night is Laurence Anyways, a drama which charts ten years in the relationship between a transsexual woman and her love...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Setback for US marriage movement
    Overwhelming US marriage equality progress has faced its first major setback in some time, with a circuit court reversing federal rulings allowing same-sex marriage in Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • United States: It Ain't Necessarily So
    Predictably, the New Zealand Christian Right is crowing about the midterm US Congressional Republican claims in its elections...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 7 Nov 2013

  • Fan's gay take on Thor used by cinema
    A poster showing a fan's gay take on Thor: The Dark World has been accidentally used at a Shanghai theatre...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Macklemore and Ryan Lewis announce shows
    Macklemore    ...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Rainbow Labour revved up for election year
    Amanda Hill and David Do Rainbow Labour’s co-chairs are looking forward to getting paddling on a raft of pre-election policies they say deliver "a programme of hope" for glbti New Zealanders...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Russian church in NZ challenged
    Rainbow Wellington has written to its local Russian Orthodox Priest to express concern about regular reports of "Orthodox gangs" in Russia being involved in violent attacks on lgbti people...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Spotlight: Christine Rankin
    She's viewed as more of a fiscal than social conservative, so what is former WINZ CEO and Families Commissioner Christine Rankin doing in an outfit like the fundamentalist-dominated Conservative Party, given its strong social conservative profile? Craig Young takes a look...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Stallholder applications open for BGO
    Applications are open for anyone who wants to run a stall at the 2014 Big Gay Out...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 7 Nov 2012

  • Reflections on Church and State - Marriage Equality (St Andrew's on the Terrace)
    Audio from a marriage equality discussion held at St Andrews on the Terrace, Wellington
    Features: Kevin Hague, Louisa Wall, Margaret Mayman, Paul Franken
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Equality lobby excited at opening of submissions
    File photo The Campaign for Marriage Equality is welcoming today’s start of the select committee hearings on the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill and congratulating Louisa Wall for being asked to present the first oral submission in support...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • GLBT rights supporter Obama wins second term
    The US election has been called in favour of Democrat incumbent Barack Obama, who is an extremely strong supporter of GLBT rights compared to his Republican contender Mitt Romney...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Louisa Wall delighted with Obama's re-election
    Louisa Wall New Zealand’s marriage equality champion Louisa Wall is “absolutely jubilant” at Barack Obama’s re-election as US President...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Louisa Wall's submission
    Louisa Wall has got the ball rolling by making her own submission on her bill to give New Zealand marriage equality...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • OUTLine appoints Acting Executive Director
    OUTLine’s Treasurer is stepping into the breach as Acting Executive Director for three months...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Past NZAF deputy chair succumbs to cancer
    Mark Bridgman A past deputy chair of the NZ AIDS Foundation whose funeral was held today is being acknowledged as an influential board member during one of the NZAF's most difficult periods...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Select Committee about to begin marriage work
    File photo A Select Committee will today set out its plan for considering the thousands of submissions it has received on a bill which will create marriage equality for gay and transgender New Zealanders...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • States makes history with votes for marriage
    Maine and Maryland have become the first ever states in the US to legalise same-sex marriage in a popular vote...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sth Is. HIV retreat to be repeated next year
    Wainui Park The first retreat for HIV-positive people held in the South Island has been judged a "great success" and will be repeated next year, its organisers say...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Tammy Baldwin becomes first elected gay Senator
    Tammy Baldwin Tammy Baldwin has “shattered a glass ceiling” to become the first openly-gay US senator...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wall comes out swinging at "bigoted" opponents
    "Some opponents need to be honest and declare that what they truly seek is to repeal the Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986," Louisa Wall says...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 7 Nov 2011

  • Anglican Maori reject discipline covenant
    The Maori Anglican Church has discarded a proposed covenant that could have been used to discipline churches which ordain gay bishops and priests...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Dances About Love
    Dunedin's Dances About Love brings together three choreographers who use dance as a medium to tell three fabulous queer love stories...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • GABA Gold auction a rousing success
    Ali Mau and friends at GABA Gold The Gay Auckland Business Association raised thousands of dollars for its charitable trust at last night's GABA Gold auction, which was hosted by the stunning Ali Mau...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Melissa Etheridge announces two NZ shows
    Lesbian icon Melissa Etheridge will perform concerts in Auckland and Wellington in July...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 7 Nov 2010

  • "My son is gay. Or he's not. I don't care."
    An American mother's blog post about her five-year-old son's Halloween costume has caused an online storm, with more than 36,000 people either supporting her or blasting her for backing her son's right to dress as he chooses...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Queen crowned in "Bright and bawdy" QWU show
      Miss France "Bright, bawdy and just a bit beautiful" was how two laughing audience members summed up tonight's Queen of the Whole Universe fundraiser pageant which saw Miss France, portrayed by Alan Parata, take the winner's sash and tiara...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sale of HIV home test kits slammed by NZAF
    A wholesaler which has begun distributing a home HIV test kit is irresponsible and is preying on people who may be vulnerable, worried and at risk, according to the NZ AIDS Foundation...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 7 Nov 2009

  • 'Tranny Granny' stays on human rights panel
    The West Coast's much-loved 'Tranny Granny' Jacquie Grant has been reappointed for another two-year stint on the Human Rights Review Tribunal...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Ambassador-designate introduces partner to panel
    The gay man tapped by US President Barack Obama to be the next American ambassador to New Zealand has introduced his partner to a Senate confirmation hearing...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Should we be self-testing for HIV?
    Part one of a three-part feature series An importer of home test kits for HIV is pitted against the NZ AIDS Foundation as it encourages New Zealand retailers to stock the first in its projected series of home test kits for sexually transmitted infections...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • UK: 'Chatline robber' targeted gay men
    A 27-year-old man from Walthamstow, north-east London, robbed a gay man at knife point and stole from several others after meeting them on the net...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 7 Nov 2008

  • California: "Gay marriage fight is not over"
    Over 2,000 people met in San Francisco last night in a vigil to mark on on-going fight for same-sex marriage in California – following Proposition 8's narrow win, which bans gay marriage in the state...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Choosing your ideal personal trainer
    "Your trainer should have some fitness qualifications; it's always helpful if they know vaguely what they are doing" So you've decided to bring in the big guns? Decided to forget motivating yourself gently to exercise and want someone to less gently assist you on your way to fitness nirvana? It's a jungle out there, but here are some tips to get you on the right track...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Choosing your ideal personal trainer
    "Your trainer should have some fitness qualifications; it's always helpful if they know vaguely what they are doing" So you've decided to bring in the big guns? Decided to forget motivating yourself gently to exercise and want someone to less gently assist you on your way to fitness nirvana? It's a jungle out there, but here are some tips to get you on the right track...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • More Hero 2009 events confirmed
    Auckland's Hero Festival 2009 is taking shape, with several events announced – but there's no word yet on whether the iconic Hero Party will return...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Polls indicate 6 glbt MPs in new Parliament
    With less than twenty four hours to go before the polling places open, polls are indicating that the number of openly glbt MPs is likely remain the same as for the last term...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Review: Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra
    Review: Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra Catherine Bowie, flute Lionel Bringuier, conductor Auckland Town Hall, 6 November 2008 Conducter Lionel Bringuier Kodaly's Dances of Galanta don't get aired a lot these days and make an ideal concert opener, so it was with a sense of anticipation that I went along to hear this concert, conducted by the young Frenchman Lionel Bringuier who's been assisting Essa Peka Salonen for the last year and won the Besançon competition in 2005, lauded by audience and orchestra alike...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sweden: Gay marriage on track for May '09
    Sweden's Prime Minister says same-sex couples should be allowed to wed from May next year, if parliament adopts legislation due to be presented shortly...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 7 Nov 2007

  • Celebrating a decade of Rainbow Labour
    Maryan Street   ...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Howard asked "Who would you turn gay for?"
    Campaigning for re-election in a shopping mall on New South Wales Central Coast on Monday, Australian Prime Minister John Howard was taken aback when an audience member asked cheekily: "Who would you turn gay for?" Howard faced a few hecklers but was mainly warmly welcomed by the locals...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZ Hockey Heroes plan Melbourne trip
    New Zealand's first hockey club for gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender players are heading to the 2008 Melbourne OutGames - and they're confident they'll be bringing home gold...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 7 Nov 2006

  • New gay deacon - "making a meaningful contribution"
    Dunedin's new openly gay Anglican deacon: Despite conservative protests and media scrutiny, Juan Kinnear was ordained on Saturday...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New gay deacon - "making a meaningful contribution"
    Dunedin's new openly gay Anglican deacon: Despite conservative protests and media scrutiny, Juan Kinnear was ordained on Saturday...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Reeves:
    An eminent New Zealand church leader has spoken out in support of the ordianation of gay men in the church...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Should we decriminalise bog sex?
    Bog sex...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 7 Nov 2005

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    The Outhouse, ref: TZP312792.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Fiji Methodists to meet with gays
    A speech describing the effects of discrimination, delivered to the Pan Pacific AIDS conference in Auckland, has prompted a back-down by anti-gay activists in Fiji...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Herne Bay House farewell this Friday
    An official farewell is to be held at AIDS hospice Herne Bay House in Auckland this Friday to mark the closure of the facility after fifteen years...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Transpeople 'expendable' to Labour?
    Labour believes the transgender community is expendable – that's the reaction of advocacy group Agender NZ to the news that MP Georgina Beyer is withdrawing her private members bill that aimed to make discrimination on the grounds of “gender identity” illegal...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 7 Nov 2004

  • Dance: Michael Parmenter's Tristan and Isolde
    Review: Tristan and Isolde Michael Parmenter Te Whaea National Dance and Drama Theatre Reviewed by Declan Patrick The posters have been out for weeks...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 7 Nov 2003

  • Herald editor defends antigay columnist
    The editor-in-chief of the New Zealand Herald has dismissed suggestions of a conflict of interest in having one of its regular columnists as editor of readers' letters...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • People too touchy, says Woodham
    Newstalk ZB host Kerre Woodham has struck out at what she calls "overt political correctness" over the furore caused by the Faggs Coffee ads, in which she appears...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Stats NZ has bigger fish to fry
    Statistics New Zealand has defended its decision not to include a sexual orientation question in the 2006 Census with some comments which seem to suggest there are segments of the population that Statistics New Zealand considers more important...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 7 Nov 2002

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Qn, ref: TZP265695.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Police Ten 7, ref: TZP264597.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Kiwi bodybuilders win medals at Gay Games
    New Zealand bodybuilders have fared well in the Physique competition at the Gay games, winning four medals...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 7 Nov 1997

Tue 7 Nov 1989

Thu 7 Nov 1985

  • Consent No Excuse For Sodomy, Says Judge (Press, 7 November 1985)
    On 7 November 1985, a High Court Judge in Auckland, Mr Justice Vautier, expressed concerns regarding the societal implications of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill, indicating that it had led people to perceive sodomy as more acceptable. He voiced his apprehension about the potential normalisation of sodomy, stating that it...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Homosexual Acts A Sin — Baptists (Press, 7 November 1985)
    On 7 November 1985, the Baptist Assembly in Wellington convened to discuss issues surrounding homosexuality and biblical standards of sexuality within marriage. During their session, the assembly affirmed their belief that homosexual acts are a sin but expressed a compassionate stance by rejecting the notion of incarceration as a punishment...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Mr Jones Warns M.p.s Of ‘gay’ Repeal Bill (Press, 7 November 1985)
    On 7 November 1985, members of the New Zealand Parliament were engaged in heated discussions regarding the Homosexual Law Reform Bill, which prompted significant public opposition. National Party MP N. P. H. Jones warned that should the bill pass, he would introduce a repeal measure. Jones proposed to computerise electoral...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • The Day In Parliament (Press, 7 November 1985)
    On 6 November 1985, during a parliamentary session that began at 2.45 p.m., Ministers in Wellington addressed five questions of the day and 12 questions on notice. Following this, members engaged in a general debate for two hours, which was paused for dinner at 5.30 p.m. The debate resumed at...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    6:30pm News, ref: TZP12061.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television news report: moves by MP Norman Jones push a final vote on homosexual law reform into 1986 (New Zealand)
    6.30 news Top Half, ref F88703.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, University of Auckland

Mon 7 Nov 1983

  • Mass Killer Jailed For Life (Press, 7 November 1983)
    Dennis Nilsen, a former London policeman, was sentenced to life imprisonment on 5 November 1983 after being convicted of murdering six identified victims, although he claimed to have killed 15 young drifters. The 37-year-old Nilsen, who exhibited a detached demeanor during the court proceedings, was not found to be mentally...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 7 Nov 1981

  • Homosexual Plea By Former M.p. (Press, 7 November 1981)
    In Papua New Guinea, tensions surrounding homosexuality have escalated following remarks and actions from former Member of Parliament Stanis Toliman. On 7 November 1981, Toliman expressed his belief that homosexual individuals, particularly expatriates, should face severe consequences, including deportation or imprisonment, if found guilty of homosexual acts with locals. He...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 7 Nov 1978

  • “i Claudius” (Press, 7 November 1978)
    In a series of letters to the editor published on 7 November 1978, readers express their concerns regarding the television series "I, Claudius" and the broader implications of television entertainment on society. Mrs A. J. Flanagan responds to an article by Mrs Hazel Kenny, defending "I, Claudius" as historically accurate...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 7 Nov 1961

  • Methodists In Favour Of Legal Toleration Of... (Press, 7 November 1961)
    On 6 November 1961, the Methodist Conference in Auckland endorsed a report advocating for the legal toleration of homosexual acts between consenting adults. This report will be submitted to the New Zealand Government as a first step towards addressing issues surrounding homosexuality. The conference also called for further investigation into...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 7 Nov 1945

  • Garth Gilmour is arrested for breaking and entering (Dunedin, New Zealand)
    Gilmour is arrested dressed in female clothing. In a police statement Gilmour said it gave him a certain amount of satisfaction to dress in girl's clothes and he liked "flitting about from house to house."
    Links: Papers Past

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