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Tue 28 Nov 2023

  • Ghana’s Roman Catholic Cardinal Advocating for Understanding, Not Criminalisation of Homosexuality
    Links: Express

Mon 28 Nov 2022

  • Breaking: Flooding at Uretiti Campground Threatens Festive Celebrations
    Links: Express
  • Exclusive: Uretiti NYE Plans in Question with Campsite Flooding
    Links: Express
  • GET PREPARED FOR HALLOWEEN 2023 EARLY WITH THE APO
    Links: Express
  • INTRODUCING: INVIVO X UNITY!
    Links: Express

Thu 28 Nov 2019

  • What's it like to be an 18 year old woman?
    A new art exhibition which takes an intimate look at what it means to be 18 and a woman in New Zealand launches tonight in Auckland...
    Links: RNZ

Wed 28 Nov 2018

  • Fraudulent psychiatrist remembered
    For the first time in 21 years Robyn Byers has talked publicly about her former co-worker - a fraudulent psychiatrist who tricked a string of authorities to become head of clinical psychiatry at Nelson-Marlborough Health...
    Links: RNZ
  • Watch: Waimate Head girl's speech shares what it was like coming out of closet
    Waimate High School's head girl shared a heartfelt speech during her school prizegiving where she opened up about coming out as gay, and described how she battled depression in Year 11...
    Links: NZ Herald

Tue 28 Nov 2017

  • 'Terrorised at home,' Central America's LGBT people to flee for their lives, report says
    Killings and violence against LGBT people in Central America are driving hundreds to flee their homes each year, but they have no safe sanctuary to run to, Amnesty International says...
    Links: Stuff
  • HIV in the spotlight at Puawai Festival
    The Puawai Festival is helping bring awareness and reduce the stigma of HIV through performance, education, song and laughter...
    Links: RNZ

Mon 28 Nov 2016

  • Review: ‘Galathea: Into the Bush’
    Links: Express
  • Diverse actors sought to bring queer stories to life
    This year’s Legacy Project has kicked off and stories are being finalised...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Party of the Living Dead
    The Conservative Party has just posted out another newsletter to its remaining followers...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Police reiterate need for safety on hookup apps
    The New Zealand Police say users of dating and hookup apps need to ensure they are being conscious of their safety and they take an interest in tech developments that would assist victims of crime...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 28 Nov 2015

  • # campaign in solidarity with trans prisoners
    Over 100 social media accounts will post, tweet, and share the same hashtag, #transsolidarity, this morning in an attempt to draw attention to the issues faced by trans prisoners...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • China: Lack of masculine input makes men gay
    An infectious disease prevention and control expert in China says colleges there have seen a rise in the number of gay students due to what he terms a lack of proper masculine education...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Trans woman arrested after release from prison
    A Gisborne transgender women has been arrested only 11 days after being released from prison where she was serving time for similar charges...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 28 Nov 2014

  • ‘Untitled Queer Commercial Dance Show’ Seeking Urgent Funding
    Links: Express
  • Ask Agony Aunt Lisa – The Work Christmas Party
    Links: Express
  • Bruce’s Battles for our Positive Present
    Links: Express
  • Princesses of Pain
    Links: Express
  • Study Finds That Gay Sex Helps Humans Bond and Survive
    Links: Express
  • The Best Show in Town
    Links: Express
  • Garth McVicar leaving Conservative Party
    Garth McVicar The man who thinks same-sex marriage will increase the crime rate is leaving the Conservative Party to be reinstated as head of the Sensible Sentencing Trust...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Rain and ignorance challenge collectors
    Collectors Nick and Debbie shelter under a Britomart Station canopy in downtown Auckland this morning...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • WAD: "Lots of folding money" in buckets
    NZAF boss Shaun Robinson joins the World AIDS Day collectors each year (file photo) While the throngs of commuters in downtown Auckland may have been reluctant to donate to today's World AIDS Day collection it appears collectors nearer the Auckland gay heartland suburbs of Ponsonby and Grey Lynn are doing rather better...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • WAD: Donations trickle in for HIV/AIDS
    Cheerful Queen Street collectors (from left) Leanne, Tasmyne, Bex, Mackenzie and Katie 8...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Watch: More than HIV
    With collections underway ahead of World AIDS Day on Monday, check out (and share) the New Zealand AIDS Foundation and Positive Women video in which six people with HIV discuss the stigma they face...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Watch: More than HIV
    With collections underway ahead of World AIDS Day on Monday, check out (and share) the New Zealand AIDS Foundation and Positive Women video in which six people with HIV discuss the stigma they face...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wellington choir up to monkey business
    Young chimpa Malika is in for a vocal treat on Sunday...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Westpac easily scores a Rainbow Tick
    Westpac has become the first organisation to sail through the Rainbow Tick process, securing the standard on its first attempt...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • World AIDS Day: NZers urged to donate
    New Zealanders are being asked to give generously in either today's World AIDS Day street collections, or online...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 28 Nov 2013

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Te Karere, ref: TZP439711.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Beyer tribute pics
    We can finally show you pictures from the fabulous Georgina Beyer Tribute Evening now a women’s mag deal embargo has expired...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • More Brit women having same-sex romps
    File photo The third edition of a British study shows the proportion of women who say they’ve had sex or sexual contact with another woman increased from less than four per cent in 1991, to 16 per cent in 2012...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Out@Work to help NZers get a grip on glbti
    Council of Trade Unions network Out@Work will tonight launch a new workplace resource which it hopes will help more New Zealanders get a grip on gender and sexual diversity...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • OverWatch's big year
    OverWatch is closing a year where it’s marched in Auckland Pride and won a couple of awards with a conference centred on supporting workforce diversity...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Passion and commitment honoured by NZAF
    (l-r)Haupuru Makiri (son of Aunty Wai Mason), kaumatua Daniel Nehemia, Michael Bancroft, Lady Janine and Sir Jerry Mateparae, Dame Cath Tizard, Tony Hughes and Kevin Hague...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Slain glbt soldiers to be remembered
    The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at the National War Memorial Glbt soldiers who have lost their lives serving New Zealand will be remembered at a wreath-laying ceremony at the Pride in Defence conference today...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Stealth: Time to Pretend?
    Colin realised that people weren't convinced by his masquerade...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • UK: Supreme Court rules against BandB owners
    Peter and Hazelmary Bull A Christian couple has lost its Supreme Court appeal, five years after banning a gay couple from sleeping in a double room...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • World AIDS Day funds "critically important"
    World AIDS Day collector Hamish in Wellington It’s not too late to volunteer to shake a bucket for World AIDS Day tomorrow, and help make a massive difference in the lives of HIV positive New Zealanders...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 28 Nov 2012

  • Foreign Minister urged to close "unfair" loophole
    Duane McWaine can't practice in New Zealand, because he is gay...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Libya: Militia pledges to hand 12 men over to Govt
    The picture of the men which appeared on Facebook with execution and mutilation threats...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Marriage Equality: Referenda Roulette?
    The Christian Right may have paused in its usual blind advocacy of binding citizens' referenda, but it's still not 'participatory democracy' or a 'popular mandate...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZ will fix ambassador spouse rule if USA will
    Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully The Foreign Affairs Minister says he has offered to remove the restriction on unmarried partners of diplomats, gay or straight, working here - if the US will do the same for New Zealand’s straight unmarried diplomats...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Review: Skyfall
    007 questions and answers about Skyfall, the newest of the Bond mega-movies, and its predecessors...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Shared glbt residence opens in Berlin
    Europe’s biggest shared home for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people has opened in Germany...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Three NZ MPs urge veto of hateful Ugandan bill
    Jan Logie, Louisa Wall and Tau Henare MPs from three different parties have written a joint letter to Uganda’s President asking him to veto the progress of the internationally-condemned “Hate the Gays Bill” if it is passed in the Ugandan Parliament...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • US footballer apologises for 'faggot' slur
    A prominent American football player has publicly apologized for calling someone a 'faggot' on Twitter...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 28 Nov 2011

  • Johnson a finalist for two community awards
    Gay Christchurch community leader Sam Johnson is a semi-finalist in two categories of the New Zealander of the Year Awards...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Meet "your" gay and lesbian MPs
    The general election has seen seven gay candidates elected to Parliament...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Meet "your" gay and lesbian MPs
    The general election has seen seven gay candidates elected to Parliament...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 28 Nov 2010

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Misc-cip, ref: TZP397204.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Kanye's Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
    I have beef with Kanye West...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Policy analyst voted onto NZAF Trust Board
    Kain Thompson Wellington policy analyst and political aspirant Kaine Thompson has been voted on to the New Zealand AIDS Foundation Trust Board...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 28 Nov 2009

  • Auckland's OurFest seeks events for fun fortnight
    Auckland's new LGBT Festival next February will run for two weeks with the Get it On! Big Gay Out as its centerpiece on Sunday 14 February, say its organisers...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Editorial: HIV prevention - are we doing OK?
    Backgrounded by a continuing record high level - if that is semantically possible - of newly-diagnosed HIV infections in New Zealand the NZ AIDS Foundation holds its AGM today, during which two new Trust Board members will be elected and the organisation's governance will be reviewed by its members...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Editorial: HIV prevention - are we doing OK?
    Backgrounded by a continuing record high level - if that is semantically possible - of newly-diagnosed HIV infections in New Zealand the NZ AIDS Foundation holds its AGM today, during which two new Trust Board members will be elected and the organisation's governance will be reviewed by its members...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZAF board now focussing on strategic matters
    The NZ AIDS Foundation board has begun to focus on strategic matters, having put the recent round of re-building the organisation's governance and trust deed structure behind it, according to its outgoing Chair...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZAF board now focussing on strategic matters
    The NZ AIDS Foundation board has begun to focus on strategic matters, having put the recent round of re-building the organisation's governance and trust deed structure behind it, according to its outgoing Chair...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Thailand tightens sex change laws
    Thailand's government has passed stricter rules on gender reassignment surgery...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 28 Nov 2008

  • Can a Hero rise again?
    The situation is grim for Hero right now, but the Festival and its values are still relevant and can be rescued, writes OUTline Board Member and independent creative sector consultant Richard Howard: Uncertainty surrounding the planning and presentation of a Hero programme for summer 2009 is unfortunate for us all...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Hamilton drag show no-go after complaints
    A World AIDS Day fundraising drag show planned for Hamilton's Frankton Markets tomorrow has been cancelled after pressure from several local business owners...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Hot guys raise bucket-loads in Grey Lynn
    "I have just been to Foodtown Grey Lynn, and the two hot guys collecting for HIV/AIDS were total honeys," said a posting on GayNZ...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 28 Nov 2007

  • AUS: Sperm donors can veto gay recipients
    Reproductive donors will be able to demand their sperm or eggs only go to certain religious, ethnic or cultural groups or be reserved for heterosexual couples under government legislation expected to pass the New South Wales upper house today...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Bid for GABA's Xmas goodies this Sunday
    The Gay Auckland Business Association's annual Charity Christmas Auction features a wide variety of gift products and services going under the hammer this Sunday afternoon...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Jury shown grisly Waipouri death pictures
    Blood from Palmerston North gay man Stanley Waipouri's battered body soaked through the carpet, underlay and wooden floorboards of his flat, a jury heard yesterday as his murder trail continues...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 28 Nov 2006

  • GALS got friendly
    Our Gay and Lesbian singers recently proved they have lots of friends – the most ever...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Its time we ALL took up the fight against HIV
    This Friday night two signature events and a dozen smaller ones mark World AIDS Day 2006...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New Auckland club to earn
    Central Auckland is to get a new LGBT venue in December...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The Hollow Men by Nicky Hagar
    Review: Nicky Hager: The Hollow Men: Nelson: Craig Potton: 2006: $NZ30...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Trade Me: Unsafe hookups not an issue
    Dating website ‘Find Someone,' part of the Trade Me site, says it's clientele are looking for serious relationships rather than quickie sex...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 28 Nov 2005

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Kiwifruit, ref: TZP313801.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Maxim's lead-up to anti-gay Bill reading
    The anti-gay Marriage (Gender Clarification) Amendment Bill is set to have its first reading in Parliament on 7 December...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New HIV Campaign for Auckland
    The New Zealand AIDS Foundation has launched a new campaign aimed at turning around Auckland's over-representation in new HIV cases amongst gay men...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New lobby group for treatments
    The AIDS Foundation is playing a significant part in a new pressure group made up of 25 NGOs from around the country, aimed at improving access to medical treatments...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 28 Nov 2004

  • Dunne labels Express "hate speech"
    United Future leader Peter Dunne has complained to the Human Rights Commission about being branded a homophobe on the cover of Express...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay couples "need to prove worthiness"
    ACT MP Stephen Franks thinks same-sex couples need to prove their worthiness to society before they should be allowed a civil union...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Thanks Mr Franks, for protecting the little people
    Stephen Franks MP Dear Mr Franks, It's comforting to know that in a country where men get brutally murdered for being gay and the courts let them off, and other gay men get shut out of mortuaries if their partners die because they're not "family", that you're willing to stand up for the little people – that often-maligned group of fundamentalists that think the men above are evil sinners who should be prosecuted for being gay...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 28 Nov 2003

  • Television item (Wellington, New Zealand)
    One Late Edition, ref: TZP281708.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Call for 2004 Hero Party bids
    Professional party-planners and event co-ordinators are being urged to put in their bid for the 2004 Hero Party, which is being scheduled to take place on 21 February next year...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Family Values or Fantasy Values?
    Wellington researcher Craig Young looks back to times when father ruled the roost and everyone else suffered...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Mike King in homophobic ansaphone rant
    An homophobic ansaphone rant by TV2 comedian Mike King has cast serious doubts over his ability to take the abuse he regularly dishes out to gays on television...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Takataapui focus for Red Ribbon collection
    Renowned author Witi Ihimaera is endorsing today's Red Ribbon Day street collection for HIV/AIDS, which this year is a smaller operation with a targeted focus on takataapui, whakawahine and faafafine groups...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The euthanasia debate: where's our voice?
    Australia and New Zealand gay male communities have different attitudes toward voluntary euthanasia and its decriminalisation...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 28 Nov 2002

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Qn, ref: TZP265698.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Tagata Pasifika, ref: TZP268026.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Bar owner charged with indecencies on young men
    A 47 year old downtown Auckland bar owner has been charged with drugging and performing indecencies on three young men...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 28 Nov 2001

  • John Banks - The Tight-lipped Mayor
    Auckland Mayor John Banks is snubbing the country's gay media, answering a small number of brief questions from GayNZ...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 28 Nov 2000

Sun 28 Nov 1999

Sat 28 Nov 1998

  • The fifth HIV Walk for Life takes place (Auckland, New Zealand)
    The Walk starts at 11am, leaving from Victoria Park.
    Links: NZ.com

Fri 28 Nov 1997

Tue 28 Nov 1995

Sun 28 Nov 1993

  • Artist Arthur Tauhore dies (Wellington, New Zealand)
    The Devotion dance party was happening in Wellington at the time Tauhore passed away.
    Links: NZ AIDS Memorial Quilt
  • Television item (Australia)
    60 Minutes, ref: TZP137250.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sat 28 Nov 1992

Fri 28 Nov 1986

  • Television news report: follow-up on Eve Van Grafhorst who moved to New Zealand earlier in the year (New Zealand)
    Eyewitness news, ref F58249.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Thu 28 Nov 1985

  • Homosexual Law Changes (Press, 28 November 1985)
    In a letter to the editor published on 28 November 1985, Mrs Mies Oomen from Eketahuna expressed her concerns regarding the treatment of a petition against homosexual law reform, which was signed by over 800,000 citizens. Citing Professor G. W. R. Palmer's book "Unbridled Power," published in 1979, she highlighted...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Voting Figures On Reform Bill (Press, 28 November 1985)
    On 28 November 1985, members of the New Zealand Parliament gathered to vote on the Homosexual Law Reform Bill. The bill, which aims to reform laws relating to homosexual conduct, received support from a significant number of Labour Party members as well as some from the National Party. Notably, prominent...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 28 Nov 1984

  • A.i.d.s. (Press, 28 November 1984)
    In a letter published on 28 November 1984, Varian J. Wilson expresses concern over the coverage of the AIDS crisis and its implications on societal attitudes towards homosexuality. He criticises the media for promoting the views of gay organisations, which he believes leverage the AIDS crisis to advocate for the...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Claims Amaze Mr Lange (Press, 28 November 1984)
    On 28 November 1984, Prime Minister David Lange addressed concerns raised by opponents of a United Nations convention aimed at banning discrimination against women. Critics claimed that the convention would lead to the legalisation of homosexual marriage and other extreme outcomes, prompting Lange to express his astonishment at the “misinformation”...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Council’s Gay Rights Package Costly (Press, 28 November 1984)
    A report advocating for the public expression of affection among homosexual individuals has been approved by Leftwing councillors in Hackney Borough, a notably impoverished area of East London. The report, cited by the "Daily Mail," argues that homosexual men and women should feel free to kiss and hold hands in...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Lesbians Meet To Discuss The Gay Perspective (Press, 28 November 1984)
    On 28 November 1984, a conference of elderly lesbians took place in London, where participants demanded the establishment of all-woman cemeteries. The attendees highlighted that not enough attention had been given to death from a "lesbian perspective." The conference, which received support from London’s Labour Islington Council, also advocated for...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 28 Nov 1983

Sat 28 Nov 1981

  • Support Group Planned (Press, 28 November 1981)
    A couple from Hastings has travelled to Christchurch to establish support for parents and friends of homosexual men and women. They are scheduled to hold a meeting at the Lambda Centre, located in the Peterborough Street Arts Centre, at 3 p.m. today. The couple has chosen to remain anonymous to...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 28 Nov 1978

  • Thorpe-case ‘hired Killer’ To Give Evidence This... (Press, 28 November 1978)
    The trial of former British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe continues in Minehead, where he faces serious charges of incitement and conspiracy to murder. The prosecution's key witness this week is an unemployed airline pilot named Andrew Newton. Newton asserts that he was hired to kill Norman Scott, a homosexual...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 28 Nov 1975

  • A Day With The Electors... “leadership” Is The... (Press, 28 November 1975)
    The emphasis on leadership has emerged as a central theme in New Zealand's General Election campaign, but it may not be the decisive factor for many electors. A team from "The Press" interviewed 75 electors from Christchurch, revealing a varied set of priorities among voters, regardless of their party loyalty....
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 28 Nov 1974

  • Rise In V.d. And Indiscipline Feared From... (Press, 28 November 1974)
    On 28 November 1974, a report emerged from Wellington regarding the ongoing discussions in Parliament surrounding the proposed Crimes Amendment Bill, which sought to legalise homosexual acts between consenting adult males. The Society for the Promotion of Community Standards, led by Miss Patricia Bartlett, raised significant concerns about the implications...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 28 Nov 1958

  • Prostitution In Britain (Press, 28 November 1958)
    On 26 November 1958, the Home Secretary, Mr R. A. Butler, addressed the House of Commons regarding new proposed laws focusing on prostitution and homosexuality, following his secret tours of London’s vice areas. According to reports, Mr Butler acknowledged the urgent need to improve the situation in London, where he...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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