On This Day: 11th December

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Sun 11 Dec 2022

Midday Sports News for 12 December 2022
Midday sports News for 12 December 2022 New Zealand thumped Australia 31-14 in this morning's final in Cape Town - avenging the defeat they suffered to their trans Tasman rivals at the opening World Series round in Dubai...
Links: RNZ
Woman caught out by surprising Disney dress code foul
Influencers are wearing 'dress coded at Disney' T-shirts with pride...
Links: NZ Herald

Fri 11 Dec 2020

Covid-19: Australia cancels vaccine development due to HIV false positives
Australia abruptly halted the production of a home-made vaccine against Covid-19 after trials showed it could interfere with HIV diagnosis...
Links: RNZ
Covid-19: How did the University of Queensland's vaccine fail due to 'false positive' HIV tests? A vaccine expert explains
ANALYSIS: If the vaccine had been widely rolled out, people would think they had HIV when they didn't...
Links: Stuff

Wed 11 Dec 2019

LGBTI Soccer Star Named Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year
Links: Express
OUR RAINBOW HISTORY | BACK TO DECEMBER
Links: Express

Tue 11 Dec 2018

All I Want for Christmas is… A Little More LGBT PDA
Links: Express
From Sport to Circus: express Talks With Cirque Du Soleil Star...
Links: Express
History Made as Transgender Boxer Wins Professional Contest in USA
Links: Express

Mon 11 Dec 2017

'Trans survey': British school children asked to confirm their true gender
Ten-year-old children are being asked by the British National Health Service (NHS) whether they are "comfortable with their gender" in official health surveys being completed in schools, it has emerged...
Links: Stuff
Diverse, innovative new dramas in NZ On Air pipeline
Deliciously twisted black comedy, a psychological thriller, murder mysteries, and a story starring a transgender lead are all in the pipeline for New Zealand television and online audiences...
Links: Scoop
EXTENDED SEASON! The Big Gay Christmas Drag Show
There’s frankincense and gold … but wait - there’s mrryh! ‘The Big Gay Christmas Drag Show’ is back, for one night only! This innovative, festive cabaret starring the capital’s most daring queens and kings extends their sold-out holiday season, ...
Links: Scoop
Calls for Compensation for Historic Homosexuality Convictions
Links: Express
Police Shut Down Ugandan LGBT+ Film Festival
Links: Express
Top Swiss Football Referee Comes Out
Links: Express
When It Comes to Dividing Property, Does the Law Recognise Your...
Links: Express

Fri 11 Dec 2015

UN Launches First Official Campaign Against GLBT Discrimination
Links: Express
US University Wins Right to Ban Gay Students
Links: Express
Baz Bloomfield's open letter re Ak Pride
The Full Story for leaving Auckland Pride Festival Inc as a volunteer and Harmful Media Reporting In my honest opinion… I believe that I have been ill-treated by key people associated with the Auckland Pride Festival Inc...
Links: GayNZ.com
Brownskirt
After the Charlie Hebdo massacre and Paris terrorist bombings, the French National Front has undergone an unwelcome resurgence in French regional elections...
Links: GayNZ.com
Historial convictions "a matter of principle"
Homosexual Law Reform activist, Bill Logan, says as a matter of principle, historical convictions regarding homosexual acts should be pardoned...
Links: GayNZ.com
Playing safe this summer
Summer is here and that means many of you will be taking off to other cities and other countries to make the most of some much-needed time off...
Links: GayNZ.com
Re-Reading the Rainbow exhibition last days
Tomorrow, December 12, is your last chance to see the LGBTI art exhibition Re-Reading the Rainbow at Auckland’s RM Gallery ...
Links: GayNZ.com
Trans film closes Fijian Film Festival
A Hawaiian-Tongan film featuring a transgender love story will be the last film of the 11-day Nothing Less Than Equal Film Festival in Fiji...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 11 Dec 2014

Australia’s First Gay Head of Government to be Sworn in Today
Links: Express
NZ’s First Openly Gay High Court Justice Exclusive Interview
Links: Express
Tonight at Shanghai Lils
Links: Express
"Gay and trans unit" at Mt Eden a fallacy
Prison operator Serco says there is no separate gay and transgender unit at Mt Eden Corrections Facility, as suggested by a man who says he is an ex-prisoner who has hosted an online ‘ask me anything’ session...
Links: GayNZ.com
Couples 'upgrade' in England and Wales
Same-sex couples in England and Wales have flocked to convert their civil partnerships into marriages, with the first ten ceremonies taking place simultaneously in Brighton...
Links: GayNZ.com
Deconstructing West City Bible Baptist Church
Recently, I was informed about a reprehensible West Auckland fundamentalist gentleman (sic) named Logan Robertson, who runs "West City Bible Baptist Church...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay/bi millionnaire acquitted of murder
Shrien and Anni Dewani A British millionnaire has been acquitted of hiring hit men to murder his wife on their honeymoon in South Africa, allegedly because he is gay and felt trapped into marriage due to family pressures...
Links: GayNZ.com
Glbti orgs not aware of PI rights event
Phylesha Brown-Acton Concern is emerging from organisations which focus on the health and welfare of glbti Pacific Island people that they were not invited to participate in the Human Rights In The Pacific conference which wound up at Massey University yesterday...
Links: GayNZ.com
Justice Matthew Muir - My Life
Justice Muir is sworn in by Chief Justice Sian Elias (GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com
Man found guilty of storage shed arson
Angelo Dominic Bitossi has been found guilty of starting a fire which destroyed some of New Zealand's most precious gay historical records...
Links: GayNZ.com
New NZAF Trust Board member sought
File Photo The New Zealand AIDS Foundation Trust Board is looking for a new Trustee...
Links: GayNZ.com
Rainbow Wellington expresses solidarity
Rainbow Wellington is expressing support for those in Auckland who are responding to the “vile pronouncements” of Logan Robertson of the Westcity Bible Baptist Church...
Links: GayNZ.com
Watch: YouTube Rewind 2014
Check out YouTube's fun montage summing up 2014 ...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 11 Dec 2013

Blood ban should be cut to a year - review
File Photo A draft review of New Zealand's blood donation laws has recommended dropping the ban period for gay and bisexual men from five years from the time they have had anal or oral sex with another man, to one year...
Links: GayNZ.com
Call for end to blanket blood ban stands
Rainbow Wellington maintains there should be no blanket ban on gay and bisexual men giving blood in New Zealand, but individual risk assessments instead...
Links: GayNZ.com
Hague honours Mandela
Green MP Kevin Hague, who was an anti-apartheid campaigner, has paid a Parliamentary tribute to Nelson Mandela, recalling seeing him stand up against dangerous claims HIV did not cause AIDS...
Links: GayNZ.com
UK deporting abused Ugandan lesbian
File Photo The UK is trying to send a lesbian asylum seeker back to Uganda, a nation she fled after being sexually abused by a relative and persecuted...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 11 Dec 2012

Dana de Milo on Carmen Rupe (Wellington)
Dana talks about her friendship with Carmen Rupe, working at The Balcony and sex work in the 1970s
Features: Dana de Milo
Links: PrideNZ.com
'Gay conman' to face all charges in January
David Nepia-Carroll Accused 'gay conman' David Nepia Carroll made a brief appearance in court this morning when the judge heard that the charges against him are likely to be resolved by early January...
Links: GayNZ.com
Rainbow crossings coming to Sydney's Oxford St
A Sydney Morning Herald mock-up of what the crossings could look like Sydney’s Oxford St is set to get rainbow crossings, following in the footsteps of Los Angeles’ gay hub West Hollywood...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 11 Dec 2011

Editorial: Fronting up to the challenge
The NZ AIDS Foundation and the community it most crucially serves are faced with a pivotal moment in the fight against HIV infection spreading amongst gay and bi men...
Links: GayNZ.com
Editorial: Fronting up to the challenge
The NZ AIDS Foundation and the community it most crucially serves are faced with a pivotal moment in the fight against HIV infection spreading amongst gay and bi men...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay man dies after brutal Wellington assault
Gay Wellington man Phillip Cottrell has died in hospital after being attacked and beaten in central Wellington on his way home from work, and police are now treating the case as homicide...
Links: GayNZ.com
Murder charge laid in missing Chch teen case
Police believe Hayden Miles was murdered Christchurch police have today charged three people in relation to the murder of teenager Hayden Miles, who disappeared in August...
Links: GayNZ.com
Politician secretly donates sperm to NZ lesbians
A conservative US Christian politician has reportedly donated sperm to lesbian couples in New Zealand, even though he has campaigned against gay marriage...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 11 Dec 2009

Bruno movie 'terrorist' sues for US$110 million
A Palestinian shopkeeper and father portrayed as a 'terrorist' in Sacha Baron Cohen's movie Bruno is suing for US$110 million (NZ$150 million), saying the film ruined his life...
Links: GayNZ.com
Mika unlocks 'The Magic of the Rose'
Takataapui performance artist Mika explores the magic of the world's most romantic flower in an exhibition now open at Auckland Museum...
Links: GayNZ.com
MP backs Govt/community meeting proposal
A proposed gathering next year of influential government officials and representatives of glbt community organisations to discuss the needs of glbt people has the backing of Auckland Central MP Nikki Kaye...
Links: GayNZ.com
Newsman blasts "talentless dope" Perez Hilton
In the doghouse: Perez Hilton A TV news interviewer is so over gay gossip blogger Perez Hilton right now...
Links: GayNZ.com
Wellington hotties needed for Outgames photoshoot
The crew organising Wellington's 2011 Outgames need a range of people to join them for photoshoots this weekend which will be used to promote the LGBT sporting festival...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 11 Dec 2008

"Who will take the Mr. Club Ivy crown?"
Seven out-and-proud guys are in the running to become Mr...
Links: GayNZ.com
Aucklanders check themselves out on Mondays
What's going on down there? It's better to know...
Links: GayNZ.com
Aucklanders check themselves out on Mondays
What's going on down there? It's better to know...
Links: GayNZ.com
Illinois: Little hope as Civil Union Bill stalls
A proposal to allow civil unions between same-sex couples in Illinois has been stalled in the state legislature - and now appears to have little chance of coming to a vote...
Links: GayNZ.com
Red carpet opening in Rotorua this weekend
The manager of Rotorua's new gay bar says he's heard from several people travelling from far and wide to be at the opening nights this weekend...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 11 Dec 2007

Forensic Pathology and Antigay Violence
Is it possible that the so-called 'defence of provocation' may be increasingly undermined by advances in forensic pathology? How might this happen? Stan Waipouri's homicide case has prompted community interest in the scientific field of forensic pathology and its allied sciences...
Links: GayNZ.com
Intersex American's illegal marriage to NZer
A New Zealand woman who married an intersex American has had her marriage licence quashed and been refused permission to stay in the United States...
Links: GayNZ.com
Parkinson's drugs led to "gay sex frenzy"
A father-of-two with Parkinson's disease may be awarded damages in France after he became a gambler and a thief with uncontrollable homosexual urges because of drugs prescribed for his treatment...
Links: GayNZ.com
USA entry policy "humiliating, hypocritical"
3...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 11 Dec 2004

Fundie MPs propose Defence of Marriage Act
The Christian Heritage Party and United Future are calling on the government to amend the Marriage Act to defend it against gay couples...
Links: GayNZ.com
Het takeover looms at Wellington gay fair
It may be three months away, but organisers of Wellington's Gay and Lesbian Fair are urging stallholders to get in early for the March 2005 event to prevent a heterosexual takeover...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 11 Dec 2003

Television item (New Zealand)
Tagata Pasifika, ref: TZP282780.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (New Zealand)
Tagata Pasifika, ref: TZP282781.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Apology demanded over McKellen allegations
Wellington business organisation GAP is calling for a correction and an apology following false allegations that a cocktail function it organised for Sir Ian McKellen at Premier House two weeks ago was taxpayer funded...
Links: GayNZ.com
Dead Birds, Darth Vader, and "Homo" Soy - An Investigation!
Soy milk may be guilty of tasting like wet cardboard, but can it make you gay? Be prepared to be led through strange and uncharted waters of weirdness...
Links: GayNZ.com
Record fundraiser for GABA charity
Over $16,000 has been raised as part of the Gay Auckland Business Association (GABA) charity auction, held in Auckland last Sunday at the home of GABA patron and former mayor of Auckland Christine Fletcher...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 11 Dec 1987

A.i.d.s. Education (Press, 11 December 1987)
In a letter to the editor published on 11 December 1987, Varian J. Wilson responds to a previous discussion by M. Haughey regarding sexual behaviour outside marriage. Wilson emphasises that while there are concerns related to promiscuity among homosexuals, the issue at hand also involves the serious risk of infection...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 11 Dec 1986

Bizarre Cultists Say Queen A Drug Pusher,... (Press, 11 December 1986)
On 11 December 1986, Lyndon Larouche, a fringe political figure in the United States, continues to face significant challenges as he leads a controversial organisation labelled by some, like the Heritage Foundation, as one of the most bizarre cults in American history. Recently, Larouche's proposals have met with overwhelming rejection,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Orton Diaries Reveal Life’s Detritus Made... (Press, 11 December 1986)
Joe Orton, a playwright known for his provocative works, had a tumultuous life that came to a tragic end in 1967 when he was brutally murdered by his lover, Kenneth Halliwell, in their north London bedsit. Orton, who was 34 at the time of his death, had been riding a...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 11 Dec 1985

A.i.d.s. Publicity (Press, 11 December 1985)
In a letter published on 11 December 1985, Varian J. Wilson expressed concerns about the legalisation of buggery, despite having withdrawn his opposition to legislation put forth primarily by the Labour Party. He hoped that this change would lead to a more responsible attitude among the gay community towards AIDS,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 11 Dec 1981

Robbery In Toilets Denied (Press, 11 December 1981)
On 11 December 1981, the High Court heard the case involving two men accused of assaulting and robbing Murray James Ward. The incident occurred on 29 November, when Ward was attacked in the toilets of the Manchester Street car park after playing darts at a hotel. Barry Gordon, 23, a...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 11 Dec 1967

Letters To The Editor (Press, 11 December 1967)
On 11 December 1967, a set of guidelines for submitting letters to the Editor was outlined. Letters should be preferably typed, or if handwritten, must be in ink on one side of the paper only. A legible signature and full address are mandatory, with a stipulation that a P.O. box...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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