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Mon 4 Dec 2023

  • Billie Eilish accuses Variety magazine of 'outing' her
    Eilish was asked about her sexuality at the Hitmakers awards, responding with "I didn't realise people didn't know”...
    Links: Stuff
  • Hospital failed to provide man seeking preventative HIV medication with proper care - report
    A man trying to discreetly seek preventative HIV medication says he was humiliated by Gisborne Hospital staff and denied the drug...
    Links: RNZ
  • Patient who needed urgent HIV medication ‘humilated’, turned away from ED
    He was questioned loudly about his sex life in front of others, and referred to his GP...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • St Andrews college showstopper brings the house down at prizegiving
    The end of year school prize giving is known to send a shiver up the spine of a few parents...
    Links: RNZ

Sat 4 Dec 2021

  • Covid 19 Brazil: President Jair Bolsonaro investigated for linking vaccine and AIDS
    A justice of Brazil's top court ordered President Jair Bolsonaro be investigated for comments linking Covid-19 vaccines to AIDS — an assertion rejected by doctors and scientists...
    Links: NZ Herald

Fri 4 Dec 2020

  • Not deadnaming Elliot Page and other basic trans etiquette
    A transgender teen has educated others after Elliot Page came out...
    Links: Stuff
  • 2 x Mariah Carey and Elton John Autobiographies
    Links: Express
  • 2 x Tickets to SPLORE 2021  
    Links: Express
  • Exclusive Interview: Urzila Carlson is All The Rage
    Links: Express

Wed 4 Dec 2019

  • Chris Martin says he was 'very homophobic' while discovering his sexuality
    On the heels of Coldplay's newest album Everyday Life, Chris Martin sat down with Rolling Stone for an in-depth discussion about his music, life and upbringing...
    Links: Stuff
  • Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: Fighting HIV-AIDs in the 1980s
    When HIV-AIDs arrived in New Zealand in 1984, homosexuality was still illegal, condoms were a bit of a dirty joke and you certainly didn't talk on the radio about sexually-transmitted diseases...
    Links: RNZ
  • Folau Saga Concludes as Rugby Australia Reach Settlement with Former Wallaby
    Links: Express
  • KEEGAN’S Drag Diary | Ending the Decade of Drag
    Links: Express
  • Out and About | Rainbow Auckland December Mixer
    Links: Express
  • Represent NZ to the World | Register For Mr Gay NZ 2020
    Links: Express

Tue 4 Dec 2018

  • HIV: The shame, stigma, and progress
    A new survey has found almost half of parents don't want their child playing with another who is HIV-positive...
    Links: RNZ
  • Bermuda Makes Same-Sex Marriage legal For The Second Time
    Links: Express

Mon 4 Dec 2017

  • Future Man: Seth Rogen's more vulgar answer to Stranger Things set for Kiwi debut
    From the surrealist nesting doll of realities in Legion to the frank yet humane explorations of sexuality in Transparent, the best moments of the Peak TV era deliver scenes and stories you've never seen...
    Links: Stuff
  • Human Rights Commission NZ backs transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard for Commonwealth Games
    The Human Rights Commission says transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is not masquerading as a woman to win medals and critics are wrong to question her Commonwealth Games debut...
    Links: Stuff
  • Big Gay Rainbow Speech Suddenly Goes Viral in Japan
    Links: Express
  • Death of Man in NSW Ruled a Homophobic Attack, 29 Years...
    Links: Express
  • GALS Sing for Those in Hardship
    Links: Express
  • Nature vs Nurture Study Reinforces Stereotypes
    Links: Express

Sun 4 Dec 2016

  • HIV/AIDS and Neoliberalism
    HIV/AIDS and Neoliberalism Something is going wrong with gay men's ability to self-manage HIV/AIDS in New Zealand...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • National MP comes out in reaction to Tamaki
    Paul Foster-Bell MP First-time National MP Paul Foster-Bell has come out as a gay man, in part as a reaction to a much-criticised sermon by Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki's linking the Christchurch earthquakes to the sin of being gay and to the leading role a gay MP took in the campaign for Civil Unions...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Obituary: Fidel Castro: 1926-2016
    Obituary: Fidel Castro: 1926-2016 Fidel Castro, whose cremated remains will be buried today, was a figure lionised by the far left, but LGBT communities have good reason to feel ambivalent about his death...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Protesters take message to Destiny Church
    In a loud, colourful and peaceful event around forty people held a Big Gay Disco protest outside the Auckland headquarters of Destiny Church this morning...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • US VP-elect denies advocating 'gay cure' therapy
    Mike Pence US vice-president-elect Mike Pence, who once suggested that HIV prevention funding would be better diverted to 'gay cure' therapy, is now saying he made no such claim...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wellington to host massive gay rights conference
    Wellington is to host the one of the world's most influential glbti conferences in 2018 after a bid from three New Zealand organisations was accepted, making it the first time in 40 years the conference has been held in Oceania...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 4 Dec 2015

  • Former Auckland Pride Parade Registrations Coordinator Speaks Out
    Links: Express
  • HIV epidemic becoming out of control again
    Leading HIV and sexual health experts are warning the government that New Zealand is beginning to lose control of the HIV epidemic amongst gay and bisexual men, but they say a broad-based solution is available to regain control and even wipe the epidemic out...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • LOVE dance party raises over $4k
    This year’s Love Party, hosted by Urge Events for Body Positive has raised over $4000 for the wellness fund...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • MP praises Raggamuffin Festival organisers
    Green MP Kevin Hague, who led the calls to prevent controversial performer Beenie Man from coming to New Zealand for the Big Day Out Festival in 2009 says Raggamuffin has “made absolutely the right decision” in removing him from the lineup...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • No Mercy: LGBT Syrians and al-Nusra
    Australia's DNA has published an excellent recent article on the plight of Subhi Nahas, a Syrian gay refugee now living in the United States...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Queensland reinstates civil unions
    Queensland state parliament has voted in favour of reinstating same-sex civil unions...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Small steps needed for glbti equality in PI nations
    Love Life Fono participants take a break between sessions The path to social and legal equality for glbti people in the Pacific Island nations will be a long and slow one best taken in small and careful steps, participants in a conference heard today...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 4 Dec 2014

  • Extremist US Pastor: Gay People Should Be “Exterminated For An AIDS...
    Links: Express
  • Former Pride Board Member Lexie Matheson “not sure” if 2015...
    Links: Express
  • GABA Christmas Mixer
    Links: Express
  • All welcome to Akl Outgames launch
    The 4th Asia Pacific Outgames will be officially launched at the Viaduct Events Centre this Saturday, and all are welcome...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • DJ Earworm's 2014 mash-up
    The clever DJ Earworm mixes together the year in pop music with his 2014 edition of the United State of Pop...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Petition calls for pardon for gay men
    A petition has been set up urging New Zealand to pardon men who were convicted of having gay sex prior to Homosexual Law Reform...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Syphilis rise blamed on barebacking
    Enjoy sex, and wear a condom, advises the NZAF...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Thoughts on The Imitation Game
    The Imitation Game is the most recent iteration of the story of Alan Turing, the man who invented digital computers...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 4 Dec 2013

  • Croatia votes against marriage equality
    The European Parliament’s Intergroup on LGBT Rights says it’s saddened by Croatia’s move to ban marriage equality...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Cyclist called "faggot" and bashed over t-shirt
    A British professional cyclist has been called a “faggot” and attacked in a bar on Auckland's North Shore because of the colourful t-shirt he was wearing...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Daley reportedly dating Milk screenwriter
    Dustin Lance Black British diver Tom Daley is reported to be dating Academy Award winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Destiny's Tamaki loses right hand man
    Richard Lewis (left) and Brian Tamaki Brian Tamaki’s homophobic henchman Richard Lewis has left Destiny Church and is believed to be starting his own church...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Embattled Banks will not stand in 2014
    A man with a mixed history with New Zealand’s glbti community, John Banks, will not stand in the 2014 election...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • HIV - Homophobia and craziness
    PART ONE: SUCCESS VS FAILURE PART TWO: DIVERGING PREVENTION PATHS PART THREE: TREATMENT AS PREVENTION PART FOUR: PREVENTION BY CLINICIAN PART FIVE: HOMOPHOBIA AND CRAZINESS The NZ AIDS Foundation has voiced its public bewilderment that most nations are still struggling with strategies to once again contain or reduce their currently out of control HIV infection rate amongst men who have sex with men...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • HIV - Homophobia and craziness
    PART ONE: SUCCESS VS FAILURE PART TWO: DIVERGING PREVENTION PATHS PART THREE: TREATMENT AS PREVENTION PART FOUR: PREVENTION BY CLINICIAN PART FIVE: HOMOPHOBIA AND CRAZINESS The NZ AIDS Foundation has voiced its public bewilderment that most nations are still struggling with strategies to once again contain or reduce their currently out of control HIV infection rate amongst men who have sex with men...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • UNAIDS strongly refutes 'homophobic' claim
    Dr Louis Loures The Deputy Executive of UNAIDS has refuted claims the organisation is homophobic, but concedes it’s aware the attention to gay and bi men in HIV/AIDS work worldwide is currently not up to scratch...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 4 Dec 2012

  • Dana de Milo (Wellington)
    Dana de Milo talks about her early life
    Features: Dana de Milo
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Chch Pride: reuniting a shaken community
    Diva Mole The Get it On! Fantasy Ball! at the weekend was the 38th and final event of the Christchurch Pride Festival 2012, encapsulating the spirit of the whole Festival...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • GABA scholarships awarded tomorrow night
    Two and possibly three gay students will tomorrow night find out if they are to be recipients of this year's GABA Tertiary Scholarships...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 4 Dec 2011

  • Aus: Momentum towards marriage "unstoppable"
    Australia's same-sex marriage campaigners say the momentum towards achieving marriage equality is "unstoppable" following the ruling Labor Party's vote to endorse it at its national conference...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Hell's cookie message leaves a sour taste
    Hell Pizza is feeling the wrath of many angry customers after including the fate "You Will Marry a Transgender" in some of its new "Misfortune" Cookies...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Odd Future to play solo show on eve of BDO
    After being pulled from the Big Day Out, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All will play a solo show on the eve of the annual music festival in Auckland...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Shar and Tee's Civil Union
    Theresa Cole (24) and Sharleen Swami (23), who prefer to go simply by Tee and Shar, celebrated their Civil Union at Tarureka Estate in Featherston...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wilde mausoleum to be protected from kisses
    A glass barrier has been erected around the tomb of Oscar Wilde to deter people from leaving damaging lipstick kisses on the edifice...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 4 Dec 2010

  • Lesbian guilty of burning down ex's house
    A Northland woman has been found guilty of arson after burning down her former partner's Bay of Islands home because she started seeing another woman...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 4 Dec 2009

  • December's Flirt nights will be the last ever
    After four-and-a-half years of popular Auckland women's events, Flirt organiser Sarah Lambourne says December's two Flirt nights will be the last...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Free sexual health clinic opens in Wellington
    The NZ AIDS Foundation has joined with Wellington Sexual Health Services to provide a full sexual health screening service at the NZAF Āwhina Centre in central Wellington...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 4 Dec 2008

  • K' Road pub gets Kamp with drag trio
    Auckland drag sisters Tess Tickle, Dallas Vixen and Mimi Boyz are crossing K' Road to brighten up the Naval and Family pub on Friday nights – That's Kamp! "I'm taking a big risk, appearing with two girls who are younger and prettier than me," Tess laughs modestly...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Man arrested for being gay at Madonna gig
    A gay man in Denver, Colorado paid almost US$200 (NZ$377) to experience Madonna's new concert in his home city – but was ejected and arrested at the event after a homophobic incident...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The UK's gay blood battle
    Longtime gay equality campaigner Peter Tatchell has crossed swords with the a leading HIV prevention agency over the UK's continued ban on blood donations from gay men...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The UK's gay blood battle
    Longtime gay equality campaigner Peter Tatchell has crossed swords with the a leading HIV prevention agency over the UK's continued ban on blood donations from gay men...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • UN wants global law reform, Vatican objects
    On behalf of the member countries of the European Union, France will soon table a resolution at the United Nation calling for governments worldwide to de-criminalise homosexuality – but the Vatican has condemned the move...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 4 Dec 2007

  • Craig Chandler - Canada's troublesome activist
    Spoiling for a fight: Craig Chandler If one wanted a demonstration of the damage that overindulgence of social conservatives can do to centre-right parties, look no further than Canada's Conservatives and troublesome Christian Right activist Craig Chandler...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Rocker Beth Ditto tours NZ this weekend
    Out lesbian American rocker Beth Ditto and her band The Gossip will visit New Zealand this weekend to play concerts in Wellington and Auckland...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Tabloid attempts to 'out' Condoleezza Rice
    As an historic conference to try to find peace in the Middle East takes place near Washington DC, the blogosphere in America has been discussing a tabloid's attempts to "out" the US Secretary of State...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Waipouri killer changes plea to 'guilty'
    Angry outbursts were heard from the public gallery of Palmerston North District Court yesterday afternoon as Ashley Arnopp, 20, one of the two young men accused of murdering gay Palmerston North man Stanley Waipouri last December, changed his plea to guilty...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wellington boys trash a transwoman
    Some young guys from Wellington posted a vile YouTube video yesterday of a 'big laugh' they had when they were out on the town...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 4 Dec 2006

  • Gay Aucklander, 23, died suddenly
    Ashley (Ash) Moka, a gay 23-year-old man from Auckland, passed away suddenly in the early hours of Saturday 2nd December...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Join the events this summer at Autumn Farm
    Autumn Farm is nestled in the South Island's Takaka Valley - between Kahurangi and Abel Tasman National Parks...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New LGBT nightclub hits Hamilton
    The Waikato's Miss Gloriousole is pleased to announce a new LGBT club for Hamilton...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 4 Dec 2004

  • Nats back incest amendment
    National's justice spokesman Richard Worth is to table an amendment to the Civil Union Bill that would effectively rubber-stamp incestuous unions...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Rob Muldoon's ghost and the centre-right
    Recently, I read a psychoanalytic account of the Thatcher era in the United Kingdom...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • TVNZ promotes CU phone poll as serious
    TVNZ News is parroting the results of a Close Up at 7 0900 phone poll that received 17,000 calls opposing gay unions as a sign that New Zealanders are seriously opposed to civil unions...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 4 Dec 2003

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Qn, ref: TZP281914.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television item (Australia)
    One News, ref: TZP282099.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television news report: Pharmac refuses to subsidise HIV medication (New Zealand)
    Interviewees include Matt Whyte, Richard Meech, Wayne McNee and Annette King. One news, ref: F61189.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound & Vision
  • No-one prejudiced under Care of Children Bill
    No rights are being taken away from two-parent married heterosexual families under the Care of Children Bill, therefore accusations that these families are being prejudiced against are unfounded, says Labour MP Tim Barnett...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Recognising Our Relationships
    Early in 2004, two pieces of legislation of immense important to queer communities will be introduced to Parliament...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Speight's cancel gay-joke billboard
    A Speight's beer billboard that made gay men the butt of its joke has been removed by Lion Breweries following complaints from the public...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 4 Dec 2001

Sat 4 Dec 1999

Mon 4 Dec 1995

Wed 4 Dec 1991

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Holmes, ref: TZP79745.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television news report: launch of Kids with AIDS support group and trust (New Zealand)
    Interviewees include Jeremy Miller and his parents Katrina Miller and Howard Miller. Holmes, ref F107907.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Thu 4 Dec 1986

Wed 4 Dec 1985

  • A.i.d.s. Publicity (Press, 4 December 1985)
    In a letter published on 4 December 1985, a 56-year-old mother from Timaru, J. Burke, expressed her frustration regarding the public health messaging about AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). Burke critiqued the portrayal of the disease, stating that the idea that "anybody can get AIDS" implies a level of irresponsibility associated...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Challenging Our Ideas About The Typical Family... (Press, 4 December 1985)
    During the weekend of 1-2 December 1985, the Family Affairs Forum took place at Christchurch Teachers College, focusing on redefining the traditional concepts of family in New Zealand. Attendees were encouraged to challenge the conventional notion of the nuclear family, which consists of a married couple and their children. This...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • How New York Copes With A.i.d.s. Scare (Press, 4 December 1985)
    On 4 December 1985, Jane Gross of the New York Times highlighted the ongoing battle against A.I.D.S. in New York City, particularly focusing on the efforts of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC). This organisation, a leading homosexual advocacy group, has intensified its educational campaigns about A.I.D.S. prevention amid a...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 4 Dec 1984

  • Fouled Blood Kills Infant (Press, 4 December 1984)
    A tragic incident in Brisbane has resulted in the death of a fourth baby due to complications from blood transfusions tainted with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) virus. This latest death, confirmed by a spokesperson from the Mater Children's Hospital, occurred on Saturday, 1 December 1984. The hospital has...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 4 Dec 1979

  • The Cost Of Treason: Death, Jail Or Lunch? (Press, 4 December 1979)
    In an article published in the London Observer on 4 December 1979, Conor Cruise O’Brien examines the differing responses of Britain to traitors over the past 60 years, focusing on the cases of Sir Roger Casement, Professor Anthony Blunt, and Alan Nunn May. O’Brien highlights public outrage towards these figures,...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 4 Dec 1970

  • Television news report: unsuitable books found in children's section of department store (Auckland, New Zealand)
    This Day, ref TZP86812.
    Links: TVNZ

Thu 4 Dec 1969

  • Black Prisoners Enslave White (Press, 4 December 1969)
    A troubling report has emerged regarding conditions at Camp Pendleton, California, the sole Marine Corps prison on the West Coast. L. Mendel Rivers, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released findings from investigators sent to assess allegations of brutality within the facility. This action followed articles from national magazines...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 4 Dec 1912

  • James Townsley (a.k.a. Evelyn Hartwood) is jailed for 5 years (Sydney, Australia)
    Referred to as the "king of burglers" in South Australia, Townsley is also known for his skill at female impersonation. He is jailed for escaping custody in Adelaide.
    Links: Papers Past

Fri 4 Dec 1835

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