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Fri 15 Dec 2023

  • Celebrating Inclusivity: Inside Auckland’s Rainbow Games 2024
    Links: Express

Thu 15 Dec 2022

  • Auckland Council budget plan: Grant backing Big Gay Out and Polyfest facing the chop
    The one Auckland councillor who voted against the mayor's proposed budget says they need to consider other options than cutting contestable grants to plug part of the $295 million budget shortfall...
    Links: RNZ
  • Auckland Council budget plan: Grant backing Big Gay Out and Polyfest facing the chop
    The one Auckland councillor who voted against the mayor's proposed budget says they need to consider other options than cutting contestable grants to plug part of the $295 million budget shortfall...
    Links: RNZ
  • Despair and pride for Moroccans as World Cup run ends
    Moroccan fans say their incredible FIFA World Cup run has given their nation pride, despite losing to France in their semifinal...
    Links: RNZ
  • LGBTQI News Roundup – 16th December 2022
    Barbados’ top court strikes down laws that criminalize gay sex A top court inand#160;Barbadosand#160;hasand#160;struckand#160;downand#160;colonial-era laws that criminalize gay sex, becoming the third nation in the conservative Caribbean region to do so this year...
    Links: Andrew Whiteside
  • Sex Outside the City project
    Sex Outside the City is a new campaign and wellbeing movement led by Josh McCormack...
    Links: RNZ
  • Two decades on, Steve Williams says he cried when Tiger Woods played in NZ Open
    The world No1's former caddie admits he was overcome by pride in helping to get Woods to play at his home course at Paraparaumu Beach...
    Links: Stuff
  • Twitch Removes Anti-Trans Group From Its List Of Approved Charities For...
    Links: Express

Wed 15 Dec 2021

  • The COVID-19 border restrictions for the Auckland region are removed (Auckland, New Zealand)
    Travel throughout New Zealand opens up
  • Film and TV reviewer Laumata Lauano
    Film and TV reviewer Laumata Lauano joins Kathryn to talk about a new creation from Mindy Kaling, Sex Lives of College Girls (Neon), a new gay Christmas comedy Single All the Way (Netflix) and star-studded thief comedy Red Notice (Netflix)...
    Links: RNZ
  • 2 x Pairs of Ticket to The Tri-Nations Dance Party
    Links: Express
  • 2 x Tickets and Camping Passes to SPLORE!
    Links: Express
  • 2 x Tickets to ATC’s Grand Horizons
    Links: Express

Tue 15 Dec 2020

  • Guardians of the Galaxy’s Star-Lord is revealed to be bisexual
    A new Guardians of the Galaxy comic story depicted the superhero Star-Lord, who is played by Chris Pratt in the Marvel movies, in a queer relationship...
    Links: Stuff
  • G.A.Y for N.Y.E?
    Links: Express
  • UK Relax ‘Gay Blood’ Laws Further than New Zealand
    Links: Express
  • When We Can Travel Again
    Links: Express

Sun 15 Dec 2019

  • Dallas Men Plead Guilty For Using Grindr In Criminal Targeting of...
    Links: Express
  • REGISTRATIONS FOR RAINBOW PRIDE AUCKLAND PARADE OPEN
    Links: Express

Fri 15 Dec 2017

  • The Latest: Gay couple disagrees over consent to have child
    HONOLULU — The Latest on a child support battle between a divorced lesbian couple in Hawaii (all times local):12:30 p...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Melissa Etheridge and Sheryl Crow are Coming to NZ
    Links: Express

Thu 15 Dec 2016

  • March with NZAF in the Auckland Pride Parade
    Links: Express
  • Review: Augustus Bistro
    Links: Express
  • Ak Pride Parade defends road closure and barriers
    The Auckland Pride Parade is defending its road closure period after some Ponsonby Road businesses have expressed reservations about the Parade's effect on some businesses...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Ak: Queer arts and crafts market day this Sat.
    A market day usually associated with the Pride festival is making an special pre-Christmas appearance this Saturday, featuring the work of some of Auckland's notable emerging queer artists and craft workers...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • GP on 13 charges of indecently assaulting males
    The Christchurch doctor facing thirteen charges of indecently assaulting men over the age of 16 is Dr Rakesh Kumar Chawdhry...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Lorde a surprise performer at NY lgbti fundraiser
    Lorde has given a surprise performance at a New York concert in support of glbti homeless people...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Minority Stress and... Mark Regnerus
    One of the newer figures on the anti-LGBT US academic horizon is University of Texas sociologist of religion and devout Catholic Mark Regnerus...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Reception at Parliament to open 2018 HR Conf.
    An official opening reception at Parliament and a welcoming powhiri at Te Papa have already been planned to open a major glbti human rights conference scheduled for Wellington in 2018...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • What If... HIV/AIDS Had Never Existed?
    Alternate histories are one of the most thriving genres of contemporary science fiction...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 15 Dec 2015

  • Updated: Auckland Pride Co-Chair Resigns
    Links: Express
  • Ak Pride co-chair will step down in March
    Vinnie Sykes The Auckland Pride Festival is to lose one of its board members with the resignation of Vinnie Sykes who came onto the board earlier this year...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Ak pride co-chair: "My husband must come first"
    Vinnie Sykes Resigning Auckland Pride board member Vinnie Sykes says he must put his husband's health first and that his decision to leave Pride in March was their mutual decision...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Breaking Boundaries are looking for volunteers
    Currently looking to expand their volunteer team, Breaking Boundaries is seeking applications from anyone interested in volunteering with the not-for-profit support service and online platform with endless creative energy...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Hashtag activism for marriage equality
    Twitter has revealed that #MarriageEquality was the third most popular hashtag of 2015...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Regulating Morality?
    Over the last twenty to thirty years, LGBTI lives, social contexts and experiences have changed rapidly...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 15 Dec 2014

  • Fear Amongst Egyptian Gay Community Following Bathhouse Raids
    Links: Express
  • Lesbian Skier: Olympic committee ‘didn’t stand up for human rights’
    Links: Express
  • "NZ life poorer" without Anna Hoffmann
    One of New Zealand’s favourite headline-grabbing eccentrics and someone dear to many in the gay community, Anna Hoffmann, has died in her Napier home...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Big Gay Out stall spaces snapped up
    Stall spaces for the 2015 LYC Big Gay Out have sold out in record time...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Call for end to blanket blood ban stands
    Rainbow Wellington maintains New Zealand should go a step further and remove the blanket post-sex stand-down period for gay and bisexual men giving blood, and use individual risk assessments instead...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
    Shelley Howard was able to change her name, but left with the title ‘Mr’ by her bank due some silly policies...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New one year blood ban now in place
    File Photo The new 12 month stand down period for gay and bisexual men who want to give blood comes into effect today, after being approved by Medsafe...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 15 Dec 2013

  • Trailer: Desert Migration
    When HIV treatments improved and people stopped dying by the thousands, many gay men took stock and said, “So…now what?” Their peer group was decimated and they themselves had only escaped death by a narrow margin...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 15 Dec 2012

  • Carmen was another Rosa Parks says Trust
    Carmen Rupe Carmen Rupe, the trans-Tasman transsexual entertainer who died a year ago today, was "an antipodean Rosa Parkes [sic]" according to the Sydney-based trust formed earlier this year in her name...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Carmen's dreams remembered in Sydney
    Hoffman and Diego Tamanaki Brown at a memorial service for Carmen held in Auckland soon after her death...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • City approves Carmen memorial, cash now needed
    Carmen entertains in her Wellington coffee bar A lasting memorial outside Te Papa for the late Carmen Rupe and her transsexual sisters of 1960s and 70s Wellington is now a practical possibility but money will now need to be found for the project, according to Tranny Granny Jacqui Grant...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Friend's fond memories on Carmen's anniversary
    Jacquie Grant   ...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 15 Dec 2011

  • Carmen Rupe dies (Sydney, Australia)
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Television item (New Zealand)
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    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television item (New Zealand)
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    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Willie Ahsee is sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for the manslaughter of Denis Phillips
  • 6.25am: Carmen Rupe, legend, dies in Sydney
    6...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • 8.20am: Carmen's staff remember a kind, fun boss
    8...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • 9.23am: Georgina Beyer in tears over loss of Carmen
    Georgina Beyer speaking in Parliament 9...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • A moment to remember Carmen at DNA tonight
    Transgender songwriter and singer Ramon Te Wake will be acknowledging the passing of one of her heroes, Carmen Rupe, during her Soul Session With Ramon at Auckland's DNA tonight...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Carmen, in pictures
    It's impossible to put such a rich life into 10 pictures, but we have chosen our favourites from Carmen's years...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Obituary: Carmen Rupe - "Rest well my darling"
    Tranny Granny Jacquie Grant looks back on her enduring friendship with the late Carmen Rupe, a bond which lasted more than half a century...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Phillips' family haunted by his violent death
    Denis Phillips The sister of slain gay Papakura man Denis Phillips says her family will forever be haunted by his gruesome death at the hands of a teenager...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Teen jailed for five years for manslaughter
    Denis Phillips (left) was stabbed to death by Willie Ahsee (right) The teenager who fatally stabbed a gay non-sworn police officer in South Auckland has been sentenced to five years in jail...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Teen to be sentenced for Papakura stabbing
    Denis Phillips Seventeen-year-old Willie Ahsee will this morning be sentenced for the manslaughter of Denis Phillips, a 59-year-old gay man he stabbed in his Papakura home in July 2010...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The Amphibian versus the Mormon?
    In 2012, it is the turn of the United States to go to the polls...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Victim's sexual advances a factor in sentence
    Denis Phillips (left) and his teen killer Willie Ahsee (right) Sexual advances made by gay stabbing victim Denis Phillips have been taken into account in the five year sentence given to his teenage killer...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 15 Dec 2010

  • Alleged Otago "hate crime" met with disgust
    Waitaki Mayor Alex Familton News of an alleged 'hate crime' in Moeraki has been met with shock and disgust in the Waitaki community...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Former NBA star Amaechi slams FIFA head
    John Amaechi Gay basketball star John Amaechi has slammed the head of FIFA for saying gay people should not have sex if they travel to Qatar for the 2022 Football World Cup...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • OUTLine wants GLBT community to Flourish
    OUTLine wants the rainbow community to flourish and it has launched a new campaign heading into the holiday season aimed at keeping people positive...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • P!nk's Raise Your Glass
    YouTube - 15th December 2010...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • With a wave and a Flourish…
    With a wave and a flourish ...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 15 Dec 2009

  • Auckland's OurFest 2010 will benefit two charities
    Auckland's new LGBT Festival in February 2010 will benefit respected LGBT charities Body Positive and GenderBridge...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Free Topp Twins screening for park in Mt. Eden
    The acclaimed documentary film tracing lesbian sisters The Topp Twins' rise from youngsters on the farm to iconic Kiwi entertainers will be shown free in Auckland's Tahaki Reserve in Mount Eden in February...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay porn actor dies after taser drug arrest
    A gay porn actor in Florida has died after he was tasered during a police arrest and choked on a bag of marijuana he'd ingested...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 15 Dec 2008

  • Close encounters with Kylie!
    Three gay Kiwis were thrilled to have a unique moment with Kylie during her Auckland trip last week...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Farewell, Australia's Sappho: Dorothy Porter, 1954-2008
    Dorothy Porter, 1954-2008 It's always painful to write an obituary for someone so gifted, whose work I deeply admired and respected, especially when one dies so relatively young...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Lesbian poet Dorothy Porter dies aged 54
    Australian lesbian poet Dorothy Porter has died from complications due to cancer...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Longer and earlier timeslot for Camp FM
    From this week, New Zealand's newest gay radio show Camp FM will now be on air for three hours each Monday night from 9pm...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Music Review: Britney Spears' Circus
    Ahhh Britney, you either love her, or you love to hate her...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New call for Ellis case to be reopened
    Justice Minister Simon Power has agreed to consider a request for a Commission of Inquiry into the Peter Ellis case...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sparkle on Sunday TV will return in 2009
    Alt TV's gay Sparkle on Sunday ended its year with a Christmas party episode last night – and an assurance from the host that the show will be back in late January...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The NZ AIDS Foundation's 2008 in review
    The NZAF's Simon Harger-Forde This year the NZ AIDS Foundation has produced its Annual Report in video form, sent out to its members on DVD, and now made available on YouTube...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The NZ AIDS Foundation's 2008 in review
    The NZAF's Simon Harger-Forde This year the NZ AIDS Foundation has produced its Annual Report in video form, sent out to its members on DVD, and now made available on YouTube...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 15 Dec 2007

  • "I think I'm gay… How do I know for sure?"
    Sam writes: "Dear GayNZ, my girlfriend's been coming on strong, but I'm not sure about her and I think I'm gay...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay Swedish MP in anti-gay attack
    Gay Swedish MP Fredrick Federley was the victim of a homophobic attack last weekend...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 15 Dec 2006

  • Hamilton nightlife gets a makeover
    As the Waikato's newest LGBT bar opened last night with a well-attended party, another LGBT nightclub owner makes an urgent plea for community support...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZAF: 'We're not short-changing Maori'
    The chair of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation has today strongly rejected claims that Maori are being short-changed by the organisation...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Pageant promoters await 'naked walk'
    ‘You have so got it wrong - so start walking girlfriend!' says Jonathan Smith, Director/Creator of Queen of the Whole Universe, in response to a radio presenter's promise to do a naked street walk if proved wrong about the pageant's profits...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Top male model
    As Jack magazine's favourite cover boy, Elliott Serjeant was the obvious choice to promote their New Year's Eve event...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Top male model
    As Jack magazine's favourite cover boy, Elliott Serjeant was the obvious choice to promote their New Year's Eve event...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 15 Dec 2005

  • Apology for fa'afafine performer
    Fa'afafine performer Lindah LePou has received a formal apology from the man who removed her at the last minute from a scheduled appearance at Auckland's Pasifika Festival earlier this year...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Blight One Life?
    John Sax's For the Sake of Our Children Trust is still trying to convince the rest of us that it's a mainstream parenting organisation...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Police look into mysterious gay death
    Police are to investigate the mysterious death of rising gay fashion star Konrad Kahuroa, who died last Saturday after falling from a motorway overbridge in Auckland...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Youth leadership hui postponed
    The organisers of a glbt youth leadership hui in Wellington have decided to shelve the event, only a month after opening registrations...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 15 Dec 2004

  • Beat Up @ 7
    Our country's broadcast news media are charged with an awesome responsibility...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Beat Up @ 7
    Our country's broadcast news media are charged with an awesome responsibility...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Editorial: Vexed messages
    Through the final stages of the civil unions debate a number of our elected and list MPs have stood out for good, bad, or just plain perplexing reasons...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Experts trash Hubbard letter claims
    There is no evidence anywhere in the world to suggest that gay and lesbian parents are more likely to abuse and murder their children, and those who think otherwise are possibly motivated by a gut repulsion of homosexuality...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Shock syphilis increase hits NZ
    Syphilis cases in New Zealand have doubled in the last two years, with the gay male community particularly under seige from the highly contagious infection...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 15 Dec 2003

  • Deborah Gordon's parish disappointed over rejection
    Minister of Wellington Presbyterian parish St Andrew's on The Terrace, the Rev Dr Margaret Mayman, says she is disappointed that the gifts and calling of a member of her congregation has not been recognised by the church for ministry training...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Tell Us Lies: The Maxim Submission on the Care of Children Bill
    The Maxim Institute has made its submission on the Care of Children Bill, and it is happily available online...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Tim Barnett promoting visit by legal-drugs advocate
    Labour MP Tim Barnett is helping promote the visit of an American drug reform advocate who believes in legalising all drugs - including P - as part of the way to fight them, reports the NZ Herald...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 15 Dec 2002

  • NZ: Auction and makeup raise $110,000 for HIV/AIDS work
    Auctioned artworks from 34 New Zealand artists have raised $72,200 for HIv/AIDS work in New Zealand, with a further $40,000 raised my sales of cosmetics...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 15 Dec 1988

  • Alienation From The Family (Press, 15 December 1988)
    Felix Donnelly, the director of the Youthlink Trust, has been highlighting the increasing social and emotional problems faced by younger generations in New Zealand. Since establishing residential homes for needy youth in 1971, he observed a significant shift in the average age of referral from 19 years to just 14...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Busy Time For World’s First Professor Of... (Press, 15 December 1988)
    In December 1988, Louis Gooren was appointed the world’s first professor of transsexuality at Amsterdam’s Free University, a significant milestone in the field of gender identity and transsexual health. Since taking on this role, Gooren has been inundated with phone calls, illustrating the growing public interest and the need for...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Decision Reserved On Teacher’s Claim (Press, 15 December 1988)
    On 15 December 1988, the High Court in Wellington reserved its decision on a damages claim made by David Balfour, a teacher who alleged that a note on his file falsely branded him as a "long-practising and blatant homosexual." Balfour is seeking $200,000 in damages from the Education Department, claiming...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 15 Dec 1987

  • ‘Flog Until Repentance’ (Press, 15 December 1987)
    James Anderton, the controversial Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, expressed his opinions on criminal justice in a recent interview. He proposed extreme measures for dealing with criminals, suggesting he would personally "flog" them until they repented. This statement came as part of a broader discussion on his proposed reforms, which...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Censure ‘unwise (Press, 15 December 1987)
    Dr John Dobson, a psychiatrist at Christchurch's Alcohol and Drug Centre, expressed strong criticism of the Pharmaceutical Society's actions against a local chemist, labelling these actions as "unwise and unreasonable." He likened the society's stance to the historical persecution of individuals accused of witchcraft, suggesting that while the society's actions...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 15 Dec 1986

  • A.I.D.S. Vaccine To Be Tried Next Year (Press, 15 December 1986)
    On 15 December 1986, Stephen Weeks of Reuters reported from Geneva that a vaccine aimed at preventing the spread of A.I.D.S. (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is set to begin human trials next year. Jonathan Mann, a specialist from the World Health Organisation (W.H.O.), indicated that while initial testing on humans...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sun 15 Dec 1985

Sat 15 Dec 1984

  • Judges Rule Against Lesbian Relationship (Press, 15 December 1984)
    On 15 December 1984, Britain's Appeal Court ruled that homosexual couples living together cannot be legally considered married. This decision arose from an appeal made by 37-year-old Mary Simpson, who sought to retain her residence in a state-supported low-income housing unit that she shared with her deceased partner, Nicki Rodrigo,...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 15 Dec 1983

  • Jean Genet Honoured (Press, 15 December 1983)
    Jean Genet, a prominent figure in French literature, was honoured as the 1983 recipient of the Grand Prix award in literature, presented by the French Minister of Culture, Jack Lang. At the age of 72, Genet was recognised for his significant contributions as one of modern France's greatest writers. His...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Poll Favours Pre-marital Sex (Press, 15 December 1983)
    A poll released on 15 December 1983 indicates a growing acceptance among American women regarding premarital sex, though a significant majority still disapprove of extramarital affairs. The survey, conducted for "Glamour" magazine and featured in its January issue, revealed that two-thirds of women aged 18 to 24 view premarital sex...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 15 Dec 1979

  • Study Of Adult Education (Press, 15 December 1979)
    A working party has been established in Christchurch to tackle the challenge of fostering cooperation among various stakeholders in community education. This initiative emerged from a forum entitled "continuing and community education" that was organised by a local group with backing from the National Council of Adult Education. The forum...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 15 Dec 1977

  • Complaint Over Advertisement Not Upheld (Press, 15 December 1977)
    On 15 December 1977, the New Zealand Press Council ruled against a complaint filed by the National Gay Rights Coalition against "The Press" newspaper. The coalition claimed discrimination after the newspaper allegedly refused to publish a three-column advertisement submitted for the 3 September edition. They sought an apology, arguing that...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 15 Dec 1975

Tue 15 Dec 1970

  • Feminist March (Press, 15 December 1970)
    On 13 December 1970, a group of approximately 300 feminists and their allies marched through New York City, braving harsh weather conditions including freezing rain and strong winds, to advocate for reproductive rights and child-care services. The march concluded outside the residence of New York Mayor John Lindsay, where the...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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