On This Day: 8th November

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Wed 8 Nov 2023

First-of-kind research finds NZ's rainbow Pacific community commonly faces healthcare discrimination
The first research into the health and wellbeing of Pacific rainbow people living in Aotearoa has found discrimination when using healthcare services is a common experience...
Links: RNZ
Words flow for student's riverside poem
Mia Lasenby's poem is the 21st given pride of place at the Taylor River Reserve, where writing is hoped to ensure the waterway's protecton...
Links: Stuff
Derry Girl Dylan Llewellyn Grows Into A Big Boy
Links: Express
Queer History: Novembers To Remember
Links: Express

Tue 8 Nov 2022

IF YOU ONLY EVER MAKE IT TO ONE SYDNEY MARDI GRAS...
Links: Express
URGE 25: Don’t Stop The Party
Links: Express

Mon 8 Nov 2021

1 x PUMA Fade Pack
Links: Express
2 x Tickets To An APO Main Stage Show Of Your...
Links: Express
5 x Six Month SHUDDER Subscriptions
Links: Express

Fri 8 Nov 2019

James and James Discuss Their Two Ts
Links: Express

Thu 8 Nov 2018

The first Government and Partners Rainbow Conference is held (Auckland, New Zealand)
Co-organiser Theresa Peters said that "the audience is mostly staff and government agencies. The Rainbow community will be presenting to us; it's about how we review our practices and policies to do better for Rainbow communities."
Pensioner, 69, who identifies as a 45-year-old, fights to legally change age
A 69-year-old Dutchman is battling to legally reduce his age by 20 years so he can get more work and attract more women on Tinder...
Links: NZ Herald
Puāwai Transforms Aotearoa’s Relationship to HIV
Championing authentic expression and representation of the HIV community, the Puāwai Festival is set to kick all things stigma to the kerb, when it returns to Auckland from Monday 26 November to Saturday 1 December ...
Links: Scoop
Public backing for gender and sexuality survey questions
Statistics New Zealand says it has had positive support for its inclusion of questions about gender identity and sexual orientation in surveys...
Links: RNZ
There’s No Such Thing as a Bad Reputation
Links: Express
Viva La Diva
Links: Express

Wed 8 Nov 2017

Danica Roem becomes first openly transgender state representative elected
Virginia's most socially conservative state lawmaker was ousted from office today by Danica Roem, a Democrat who is poised to become the nation's first openly transgender state lawmaker and embodies much of what Del...
Links: NZ Herald
Ask Agony Uncle Eli
Links: Express
Having The Chat: Ben and Aaron
Links: Express
Robbie Williams History With The Gay Community
Links: Express

Tue 8 Nov 2016

2 double passes to Boy George and Culture Club
Links: Express
3 copies of ‘Holding’ by Graham Norton
Links: Express
5 tubes of Anime lubricant
Links: Express
Luxury in Palm Springs
Links: Express
What does it mean to be ‘gay’?
Links: Express
United Nations vote on LGBTI rights
Fierce advocate for the rights of queer and gender diverse people, Aych McArdle speaks to us about the importance of the upcoming UN General Assembly vote and its impact on human rights...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 8 Nov 2015

Family’s Sizzling Saturday
Links: Express
Same Sex Marriage Question Outrages Hallensteins Customers
Links: Express
Hallensteins drops gay marriage question
Men's clothing store, Hallensteins, has caused a stir online after asking how their customers feel about same-sex marriage...
Links: GayNZ.com
Introducing: Alphabet Soup
Navigating life as a young person can be difficult at the best of times, a young person navigating their sexuality and gender identity things can face a different set of challenges...
Links: GayNZ.com
Mormons further isolate gays and their children
The USA headquarters of the Mormon Church has updated its handbook to further stigmatize gay followers and even their children...
Links: GayNZ.com
No women are straight claims study
New research claims that women are either bisexual or lesbian but “never straight”...
Links: GayNZ.com
Petition calls to “drop the T” in LGBTI
A change...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 8 Nov 2014

Jenna - Beyond Rainbows (Whatawhata)
Jenna talks about being young and transgender in 2014
Links: PrideNZ.com
Princess To Queen Heat One – Family Bar and Club
Links: Express
Twerking Out – Eagle Bar
Links: Express
Hui: No king but registrations increase
Levi Bristow welcomes guests to the host Te Papa O Rotu marae The much-anticipated presence of the Maori King at this weekend's Hui Takataapui failed to eventuate but organisers are pleased with the event which saw more registrations than ever before...
Links: GayNZ.com
Watch: lesbian webseries Anyone But Me
We stumbled on this cute teen lesbian webseries this week, and were hooked! You can watch it all on YouTube...
Links: GayNZ.com
Worse proposed Ugandan law emerges
A Ugandan human rights lawyer has obtained a leaked copy of a proposed anti-gay law which is even harsher than the one struck down by the Constitutional Court in August...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 8 Nov 2013

ENDA progress expected to be short-lived
The US Employment Non-Discrimination Act has passed the US Senate, but is not expected to get anywhere in the Republican-led House...
Links: GayNZ.com
From Princess 2 Queen
Trinity Ice (left) and heat one winner Electra Shock Up and comers are tearing it up at Auckland drag competition Princess 2 Queen...
Links: GayNZ.com
Many NZ newlyweds believed to be Aussies
Aussies Jess Lawrence and Kate McClenahan married in Queenstown during Gay Ski Week Australian marriage equality campaigners believe most of the foreign same-sex couples who married in New Zealand in August and September came from across the Tasman...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZ-linked rent boy on trial for murder in UK
Polding and Pisano A man who escaped from a New Zealand prison is on trial in the UK, charged with the murder of a man he met after advertising his services as a rent boy...
Links: GayNZ.com
Watch: Educating for Diversity
GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 8 Nov 2012

Chch businessman witness in Thai murder trial
The alleged killer is arrested by Thai police One of Christchurch's highest-profile gay businessmen is in Thailand taking part in the trial of a Syrian man accused of killing gay New Zealander Charles Jones...
Links: GayNZ.com
Civil unions won't have to be dissolved for marriage
File photo Louisa Wall says under her bill, couples who wish to transfer their civil unions to marriage would be able to do so without dissolving their civil union...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay US Ambassador to NZ congratulates Obama
The gay US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa David Huebner has congratulated President Barack Obama on winning the US Election...
Links: GayNZ.com
Marriage Equality: Faith/Less?
Why is there such silence from New Zealand's other religious communities about marriage equality? And why are opponents largely restricted to the Christian Right? It's probably no secret that opponents of marriage equality tend to be fundamentalist Protestants and conservative Catholics, although liberal Protestants and Catholics are giving them spirited resistance in contexts like Christians for Marriage Equality Aotearoa New Zealand...
Links: GayNZ.com
Obama expected to continue GLBT progress
Charles Chauvel Rainbow Labour MP Charles Chauvel is confident four more years of the GLBT advocacy work of the Obama administration will continue to make a difference in countless lives across the globe...
Links: GayNZ.com
Submissions on marriage equality top 20,000
File photo More than 20,000 submissions have been made on a bill which would allow gay and transgender New Zealanders full marriage rights...
Links: GayNZ.com
Teens accused of gay man's murder named
Name suppression has been lifted for two teenagers accused of murdering a gay man in Rotorua's Kuirau Park in January...
Links: GayNZ.com
Trans marriage issues would be cleared up
File photos The author of New Zealand’s marriage equality bill has made it clear a section of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act will be repealed to ensure “the sex, sexual orientation or gender identity of parties to a marriage is irrelevant to the legitimacy of the marriage”...
Links: GayNZ.com
US: Multiple victories create "momentous day"
Barack Obama has become the first incumbent US President to include the gay community in his acceptance speech in what is being described as a “momentous” day for LGBT Americans...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 8 Nov 2011

Making a Difference gallery (Auckland)
Images of interviewees in the Making a Difference series
Links: PrideNZ.com
"NZ does not like a N*gga" – Frontman responds
Tyler "The Creator" The frontman of Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All has responded to the group's axing from the Auckland Big Day Out line-up with the statement "New Zealand does not like a Nigga" on Twitter...
Links: GayNZ.com
Bearracuda makes Auckland the place to be
Florida's Francisco Guerra will DJ People are jetting in from across the globe for this weekend's Bearracuda dance party at Auckland venue 4:20...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay penguins to be forced apart for breeding
Buddy and Pedro A pair of gay penguins is to be split up, but keepers at Toronto Zoo insist it's simply because they are trying to preserve the species...
Links: GayNZ.com
The Dresden Dolls announce January tour
Queer-friendly and gender-bending cabaret punk pair The Dresden Dolls will return to New Zealand for two shows in January...
Links: GayNZ.com
Three-way
Three women with three amazing voices; Feist, Florence + The Machine and Bjork have all released new albums which we have on high rotate at GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 8 Nov 2010

Real life Rocky moments!
It seems like everyone has a Rocky Horror story, so GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com
Real life Rocky moments!
It seems like everyone has a Rocky Horror story, so GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com
Search for new NZAF chief begins
The search for a successor to the recently resigned Executive Director of the NZ AIDS Foundation has begun in earnest, with the position described as offering "new opportunities for service development and innovation...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 8 Nov 2009

Home HIV tests will "increase test rates" and "save lives"
Part two of a three-part feature series Head Start Testing has ruffled feathers at the NZ AIDS Foundation and set off a spirited gay community debate on the merits or otherwise of distributing its imported home-test HIV kits through New Zealand's adult shops...
Links: GayNZ.com
Massive party plan for Outgames 2011 closing
The closing event for the 2nd Asia Pacific Outgames in Wellington in March 2011 will be "one of the biggest gay and lesbian parties New Zealand has ever seen...
Links: GayNZ.com
Michael Gray - Mr. Gay Wellington 2010
Here he is, your Mr...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sunday of solidarity for intersex people
Today, Sunday 8 November, has been dubbed international 'Intersex Solidarity Day', to raise awareness of the existence of intersex people and the issues they face...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 8 Nov 2008

"LGBT citizens not welcome in Auckland"
An Auckland City Council decision this week not to specifically include LGBT people as part of its 'partnerships' processes has angered an openly-gay politician...
Links: GayNZ.com
AUS: Teacher's lesbian affair with student
A Brisbane high school teacher has been found guilty of pursuing a lesbian sexual relationship with her 14-year-old student...
Links: GayNZ.com
Confident 'new' gay MPs watching results
8...
Links: GayNZ.com
Glbt candidate results become clearer
9...
Links: GayNZ.com
Mixed results for anti-gay candidates
9...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZ Election 2008 voting closes
Polling stations closed at 7pm, and the results are starting to trickle in, with just over 2% of the ballots counted so far in an election which promises to be a close call between Labour and National...
Links: GayNZ.com
Pro-glbt 'minor' leaders taking electorates
8...
Links: GayNZ.com
Review: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Review: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Sky City Theatre, Auckland...
Links: GayNZ.com
Review: The Little Dog Laughed @ Downstage
Richard Knowles except to agree with Auckland reviewer Larry Jenkins that, for gay men, this story of guy meets guy in the closeted and farcical world of Hollywood, is not a very comfortable one; and that Beane certainly loves his stereotypes...
Links: GayNZ.com
Six MPs will represent glbt communities
10...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sombre response to government change
Initial response tonight from glbt political activists to tonight's change of government is sombre, with concerns expressed for the future of initiatives to address equal rights and liberties for glbt people...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 8 Nov 2007

Television item (New Zealand)
20/20, ref: TZP347179.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
"Anti-gay Nigeria wrong for Games in 2014"
Tomorrow the Commonwealth Games Federation will announce whether the Nigerian city of Abuja or the Scottish city of Glasgow have been chosen to host the games in 2014 - and the UK's most outspoken equality campaigner Peter Tatchell insists Nigeria's appalling record on human rights would make the African city the wrong choice...
Links: GayNZ.com
British man jailed for gay sex in Ghana
A British man has been remanded in custody in Ghana for having sex with another man, Britain's Foreign Office has confirmed...
Links: GayNZ.com
Doctor Who star in anti-bullying campaign
UK gay equality group Stonewall have launched a major new anti-bullying campaign aimed at young people in schools across England...
Links: GayNZ.com
Malaysia: Police arrest 37 at gay sex party
Police in Malaysia, where sodomy is a crime, have raided a gay sex party and arrested 37 men...
Links: GayNZ.com
New school curriculum values diversity
New Zealand's new school curriculum contains strong aspirations for diversity, equity and social justice in the classroom, says the Post-Primary Teacher's Association...
Links: GayNZ.com
OUTLine tackles stress with relaxation class
A free course in Auckland will teach the meditation and relaxation techniques our community might need as we prepare for the silly season, says OUTLine's general manager Neil Denney...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 8 Nov 2006

'20 Years On' conference announced
A conference will highlight the historical importance of homosexual law reform in New Zealand...
Links: GayNZ.com
Emad Khan from Rainbow Youth
Emad Khan 25-year-old Emad is Rainbow Youth's new Youth Co-Ordinator...
Links: GayNZ.com
Family boss to expand his empire
The owner of two Auckland gay nightclubs will open a new gay-friendly restaurant next month...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 8 Nov 2005

Anti-gay Fiji church risks prosecution
The anti-gay Methodist Church in Fiji could face a human rights prosecution if it holds another protest march against homosexuality...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 8 Nov 2004

Crusty MP decries "gender-bending" bill
Crusty NZ First list MP Dail Jones has slammed the passing of the Care of Children Bill, which gives same-sex couples the same parenting rights as heterosexuals...
Links: GayNZ.com
Love Life
Love Life – a New Zealand first for HIV education of Pacific peoples...
Links: GayNZ.com
More antigay evangelicals in NZ than US
Antigay religious conservatives could have big say in next year's general election if they managed to mobilize together, according to Massey University's Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Peter Lineham...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 8 Nov 2003

Conviction in gay pensioner murder
28-year-old Lee Hori Bishell was found guilty Thursday in Wellington's High Court for the murder of 72-year-old Johnny Walker, who was bludgeoned to death in his home on 8 December last year...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sturm denies forcing sex
Auckland bar and restaurant owner Philip David Sturm suggested to police that a 20-year-old who had made allegations of drugging and sexual violation against him might have had "some sort of guilt trip" after their encounter, which Sturm says was entirely consensual...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 8 Nov 2002

Television item (Sydney, Australia)
Qn Gay Games Vi Sydney 2002, ref: TZP265775.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Hansard Returns!
By request Hansard returns...
Links: GayNZ.com
Kiwi cyclists notch up Gay Games medals
A gold, one silver and two bronze medals have been won by NZ road racing cyclists at the Sydney Gay Games...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 8 Nov 2001

Television item (Auckland, New Zealand)
Midday, ref: TZP250253.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Be Ever Vigilant!
During the political hiatus between the local body elections and the coming general elections Doreen Agassiz-Suddens, a "lesbian, feminist, member of Rainbow Labour who has an MA (Hons) in Political Studies with a thesis on the Pink Vote," suggests we keep our political antennae carefully tuned...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 8 Nov 2000

Morals campaigner Patricia Bartlett dies (Wellington region, New Zealand)
Links: Wikipedia
The first reading of the Prostitution Reform Bill takes place (New Zealand)
Links: Parliament

Sat 8 Nov 1986

Defamation Writs Dropped (Press, 8 November 1986)
Mr Graeme Lee, the National member of Parliament for Hauraki, announced that he has resolved defamation writs that were issued against him concerning his remarks on the Homosexual Law Reform Bill. The writs he had filed in response have also been withdrawn. Mr Lee, who opposed the bill that was...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 8 Nov 1985

Choice Of Books (Press, 8 November 1985)
A letter to the editor discusses the controversy surrounding the book "Jenny lives with Eric and Martin," highlighting the inconsistency in views about young people's ability to make decisions regarding sexual orientation. The author, K. J. Cording from Rangiora, points out that while early teens were excluded from signing a...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
M.p.’s Argue Bill On Homosexual Law Reform (Press, 8 November 1985)
On 8 November 1985, a New Zealand cabinet minister and former Methodist minister, Mr Marshall, addressed the Parliament during the ongoing debate over the Homosexual Law Reform Bill. He asserted that supporting the bill did not contradict Christian teachings, expressing frustration over individuals who misinterpret scripture to oppose the legislation....
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
N.y.’s Mayor Takes Aim At ‘gay’ Baths (Press, 8 November 1985)
On 8 November 1985, New York City Mayor Edward Koch announced his intention to shut down homosexual bars and bathhouses that allow open sexual activity, citing a public health concern amidst the AIDS crisis. This proclamation followed his re-election with a significant majority the previous day. Koch aimed to prioritise...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Television item (New Zealand)
Today Tonight, ref: TZP12222.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Thu 8 Nov 1984

Television: David Hartnell promoting his book David Hartnell's Guide to Beauty (Wellington, New Zealand)
ref: TZP12718.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Wed 8 Nov 1978

Survey Of Gay Rights (Press, 8 November 1978)
In August 1978, a survey conducted in the Papanui electorate revealed significant public support for extending the Human Rights Commission Act of 1977 to protect homosexuals from discrimination in several areas, including employment, housing, and the provision of services. The survey found that over 60 per cent of respondents endorsed...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 8 Nov 1976

P.m. — No Regrets (Press, 8 November 1976)
On 8 November 1976, Prime Minister Mr. Muldoon expressed no remorse regarding his controversial comments aimed at MP Mr. Moyle, emphasising that he considered the matter closed unless Mr. Moyle requested the Police file to be tabled in Parliament. Speaking in Hokitika, Muldoon dismissed editorial criticism from the metropolitan press,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 8 Nov 1968

Homosexual Law Reform petition - report of the Petitions Committee (Parliament buildings)
On 8 November 1968 Parliament heard the report back from the Petitions Committee relating to the recent Homosexual Law Reform petition
Features: Arnold Nordmeyer (voiced), Gordon Grieve (voiced), John Rae (voiced), Martyn Finlay (voiced), Rob Talbot (voiced)
Links: PrideNZ.com
Parliament's Petitions Committee reports back on the Homosexual Law Reform petition (New Zealand)
Links: Hansard
Television news report: Parliament's Petitions Committee reports back on the Homosexual Law Reform petition (New Zealand)
The Petitions Committee has no recommendation to make on the petition when it is returned to the House. MPs, by way of a voice vote, accept the committee's report. NZBC news, ref TZP86826. This item has been digitised and an online viewing copy can be requested from the archive.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound & Vision (1), Nga Taonga Sound & Vision (2)

Sat 8 Nov 1958

New Fiction (Press, 8 November 1958)
The news story discusses several novels reviewed in a publication on 8 November 1958. The first is "Cotton Web" by Barbara Hunt, a detailed epic novel chronicling the decline of the New England cotton industry during the early 20th century. The narrative vividly portrays the historical context of Fall River,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 8 Nov 1945

Clothed As Woman (Evening Post, 8 November 1945)
On November 7, 1945, in Dunedin, a peculiar case emerged at the Magistrate's Court involving a 19-year-old named Garth Hamilton Gilmour. He pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking and entering a house during the night. Gilmour was discovered in the early hours of the morning almost completely dressed in...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 8 Nov 1934

Effie Pollen dies (aged 55) (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Pollen is buried at Karori Cemetery in Wellington.
Links: Probate

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