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On This Day: 18th December

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Mon 18 Dec 2023

  • Head boy comes out as gay during powerful school prizegiving speech
    Harry Dynes hopes others will take inspiration from his speech...
    Links: NZ Herald

Fri 18 Dec 2020

  • Taking Pride in Periods
    Links: Express
  • The Outrageous Miss Ribena’s Next Act
    Links: Express

Wed 18 Dec 2019

  • Hallmark Pulls Lesbian Wedding Ad after Homophobic Backlash
    Links: Express

Tue 18 Dec 2018

  • Could Botswana’s High Court Decriminalise Homosexuality in 2019?
    Links: Express
  • No Pride Parade, Gala, or Party For Auckland in 2019
    Links: Express

Mon 18 Dec 2017

  • Mr Gay New Zealand 2018 Registrations Now Open
    Mr Gay New Zealand 2018 Registrations Now Open FINALE AT ENDING HIV BIG GAY OUT FEB 11 ...
    Links: Scoop
  • Rainbow Pacific : Leilani Sio
    My first guest of the week wants to wrap a big gay rainbow around Wellington next month...
    Links: RNZ
  • 25 Years of GALS
    Links: Express
  • Having the Chat: Frances Arns
    Links: Express
  • Keeping Your Pride
    Links: Express

Sun 18 Dec 2016

  • Doctor homophobically abuses hospital patient
    An apparently drunk and stressed doctor entered a patient's room at Waikato Hospital in the early hours of Saturday morning and repeatedly called the man a faggot...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The glbti-friendly DLO police in your area
    Throughout the country the NZ Police have what they quaintly call Diversity Liaison Officers, basically glbti or glbti-friendly officers who are available to assist people from our communities who might be uncomfortable dealing with run of the mill officers...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 18 Dec 2015

  • American Man Sentenced To Jail For Operating Gay Sex Slave Ring
    Links: Express
  • Slovenia Puts Marriage Equality to a Referendum
    Links: Express
  • AKL Pride Parade ‘16 may be larger than last
    The Auckland Pride Festival has received a large number of expressions of interest, with over 50 different organisations and groups wishing to take part in the 2016 parade...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Anika Moa pops the question to TV3 journalist
    Anika Moa has proposed to her partner, journalist Natasha Utting...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Fronting Up: Pride responds to criticism, pt1
    Auckland Pride board member Shirley Allan It's no secret that the Auckland Pride Festival organsation has repeatedly come under fire for its lack of communication, accountability and responsiveness...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Out and Bad: London's LGBT Dancehall Scene
    With Jamaican lesbian reggae singer-songwriter Diana King now on the lineup of the Raggamuffin Festival in February here's a great doco on how the Jamaican lgbti music scene has become an integral part of London's lgbti culture...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Tasmania to move on historic convictions
    Tasmanian gay rights advocates have welcomed a state government announcement that it will move legislation next year to allow criminal records for gay sex to be expunged...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 18 Dec 2014

  • JK Rowling Responds to Question of GLBT Students at Hogwarts
    Links: Express
  • Auckland Pride 2015: event snapshot
    Some of the many events which will fill the extended three week 2015 Auckland Pride Festival programme have been revealed...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZ singled out for stabilised HIV rates
    As we buck worldwide trends of rising HIV diagnoses among gay and bisexual men, New Zealand has been singled out by the prestigious Lancet Infectious Diseases medical journal...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • UK group claims quake 'destroyed' Wgtn
    A right-wing fringe group in the UK has questioned whether marriage equality in New Zealand led to the “destruction of Wellington” in an earthquake...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 18 Dec 2013

  • High syphilis rate amongst gay and bi men
    An extreme case of syphilis rash Syphilis is alarmingly prevalent amongst NZ gay and bi men and those infected with the sexually transmitted infection are more likely to be also infected with HIV, newly-released research confirms...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Hope 4AM closing will clean up K' Rd
    Grady Elliott hopes the changes stop people hanging around in the street until daylight (picture thanks to Andrea) The all-night party is over for some of the nation’s gay hotspots, but at least one K' Rd bar owner hopes a blanket closing time will begin to ‘clean up the street’...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Man who fled NZ prison jailed in UK
    Michael Polding and Ricardo Pisano A man who once escaped from a New Zealand prison is behind bars again, after being jailed for more than 18 years for the manslaughter of a man he met after advertising himself as a male prostitute...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Silo announces new Artistic Director
    Sophie Roberts An Auckland theatre company with a rich history of powerful gay productions has announced its new Artistic Director...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • This Is Your Life: Peter Taylor (Part 3)
    One of the surprise guests at the tribute night was one of Peter Taylor's oldest and dearest friends, Elaine Saunderson...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • This Is Your Life: Peter Taylor (Part 4)
    One of Peter Taylor's greatest loves were horses...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • US sending Billie Jean King to Sochi
    Lesbian tennis legend Billie Jean King has been selected as part of the US delegation to the Winter Olympics in increasingly anti-gay Russia...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 18 Dec 2011

  • Carmen's life to be celebrated at Wgtn function
    Carmen Rupe R...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 18 Dec 2010

  • Interview panelist supports NZAF appointment
    Jonathan Smith Another person involved in the process of selecting the new head of the AIDS Foundation is publicly supporting the appointment of Shaun Robinson, saying the new Executive Director will be working with a strong team of experts in policy, prevention and support who understand HIV and the gay community...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 18 Dec 2009

  • BBC regrets 'Should gays face execution?' question
    The director of the BBC's World Service has apologised for its "Should homosexuals face execution?" debate, admitting the question was "too stark...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZAF wants your views on its new plan
    The NZ AIDS Foundation's strategic plan for the next five years are now under consideration, and the Foundation now invites feedback from the community...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sex, shame and society
    What does 'shame' really mean in the context of sexual politics and LGBT communities? Or in wider social and political contexts that affect us? As often tends to be the case, Canada's Xtra had a thought-provoking recent article on the subject of shame and sexual health and what it might mean...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The 12 Gays of Christmas
    On the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave to me: TWELVE DANCING QUEENS! Hold onto your jingle bells and prepare to be sleighed as a dozen fabulous dancers tackle the rocked-out Christmas carol 12 Days of Christmas on the video clip below...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The joy of drunk 'straight' guys
    At this time of year, sexual boundaries become fluid or even disappear altogether under the influence of copious amounts of booze...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The joy of drunk 'straight' guys
    At this time of year, sexual boundaries become fluid or even disappear altogether under the influence of copious amounts of booze...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 18 Dec 2008

  • 25 most influential gay Aussies named
    Olympic gold medalist Matthew Mitcham, Hollywood actress Portia di Rossi and retiring High Court judge Michael Kirby are on 2008's Top 25 list of Most Influential Gay and Lesbian Australians on popular LGBT website SameSame...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • HIV respite plan shelved as recession hits
    Funding cuts are hitting HIV+ support group Body Positive and services next year will have to be cut, says its manager...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • QWU pageant film premieres, funds given
    The cast and crew of November's Queen of the Whole Universe drag fundraiser got to see themselves on the big screen last night at the 'world premiere' of QWU on Film at Auckland's Academy Cinema...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 18 Dec 2007

  • Blair Marshall: Behind-the-scenes at Family bar
    Blair Marshall Blair Marshall, 24, has been a vital member of the team at Auckland's gayest nightclub since its early days...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Defence: Brown 'may have drugged killer'
    11...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Trans student barred from men's locker room
    A college student from Massachusetts has been barred from using the men's locker room because school administrators are concerned that he might be attacked...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 18 Dec 2006

  • Investigate Magazine
    Agnes-Mary Brooke, neoconservative Catholic and children's author, really shouldn't have slummed it so badly...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New-look HIV pill reduces side-effects
    A new formulation of the HIV medication Kaletra, with reduced side effects, is now available in New Zealand...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZAF cautions over circumcision research
    Circumcision cannot beat condoms as the best prevention against HIV for gay and bisexual men, says the New Zealand AIDS Foundation, following recent media reports of two major studies of heterosexual men in Africa...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Soy Milk Silliness
    My former GayNZ...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 18 Dec 2004

  • Hubbard regrets offending gays
    Auckland Mayor Dick Hubbard has said he deeply regrets offending the gay community over a letter he signed which alleged gay parents were more likely to abuse and murder their children...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Iconic gay bar goes hetero
    Landmark Auckland gay bar Surrender Dorothy is going hetero, as owner Robert Street sells up to new owner Lyndsay Sorrell, who wants a "local bar for local people"...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Unitarianism: Religion, reason and LGBT rights
    Some months or so ago two Unitarian lesbian ministers in the United States were charged with criminal acts because they were conducting same-sex marriages...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 18 Dec 2003

  • Two-faced Brown supports Censor
    Gay chief censor Bill Hastings is receiving support this week for his controversial decision to ban a violent video game – from the same man who suggested in October that Hastings sexuality was affecting his ability to censor...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Words of Brian not factual, rules BSA
    Several complaints against Pastor Brian Tamaki's antigay broadcasts on TV2 have been upheld by the Broadcasting Standards Authority, with TVNZ's response to viewer complaints being deemed insufficient...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 18 Dec 1989

  • Gay ‘parent’ Denied Joint Custody (Press, 18 December 1989)
    On 18 December 1989, a court in Los Angeles ruled against Terri Sabol, a lesbian seeking joint custody and visitation rights for a girl born through artificial insemination. The sperm used in the procedure was donated by Sabol's brother. Despite her claim to parental rights and her offer to provide...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Most Sportswomen ‘have Lesbian Tendencies’ (Press, 18 December 1989)
    A West German social scientist, Birgit Palzkill, has made controversial claims in her forthcoming doctoral thesis, due to be published in February 1990, suggesting that a staggering 90 per cent of sportswomen have homosexual tendencies, particularly in competitive sports such as football, handball, and tennis. Palzkill's investigation into the sexuality...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 18 Dec 1986

  • Virus Group Asks For $500,000 (Press, 18 December 1986)
    On 18 December 1986, the Aids Foundation in Auckland made a request to the New Zealand Government for a funding boost of $500,000. The foundation believes that this financial support is crucial for a campaign aimed at containing the spread of AIDS within the country. The foundation has identified intravenous...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 18 Dec 1985

  • Article Results In Reprimand (Press, 18 December 1985)
    On 18 December 1985, the Speaker of Parliament announced that the editor and a reporter from "New Zealand Truth" would receive formal reprimands due to a breach of privilege linked to an article published in an October issue of the newspaper. The article was deemed an attempt to influence MPs...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Gay Worries Countered (Press, 18 December 1985)
    On 18 December 1985, Dr Max Abbott, director of the Mental Health Foundation, addressed concerns raised by the Auckland federation of the Parent-Teacher Association (P.T.A.) regarding openly homosexual teachers discussing their lifestyles in the classroom. The P.T.A. had proposed a ban on such discussions, believing it might influence children’s sexual...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 18 Dec 1984

  • Indecency Costs Man Job, House (Press, 18 December 1984)
    A teacher at an exclusive Auckland school was found to have indecently assaulted a 16-year-old boy whom he suspected of burglarising his home. This case was presented in the District Court at Otahuhu, where it was revealed that the teacher, aged 52, had lost his job and the accompanying house...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 18 Dec 1982

  • Hard Lobbying Faces Contenders For Leadership (Press, 18 December 1982)
    Bill Rowling, the leader of the Labour Party, has announced his resignation, effective February 1983, leading to an active summer of lobbying among prospective candidates for his successor. David Lange, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, is widely expected to step into the leadership role, with supporters claiming he has...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 18 Dec 1978

  • The Pink Sunshine Of Comic Delights (Press, 18 December 1978)
    On 18 December 1978, a review highlighted two notable comedies currently making waves in cinema: "Revenge of the Pink Panther" featuring Peter Sellers and George Burns in "The Sunshine Boys." The review begins by recognizing the extravagant humour and performances delivered by both films, marking them as delightful comedies. "Revenge of...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 18 Dec 1973

  • Letters To The Editor (Press, 18 December 1973)
    On 18 December 1973, several letters to the editor were published, addressing a range of social and political issues pertinent to New Zealand at the time. One letter from R.N. Kenaway, a spokesperson for the N.Z. Homosexual Law Reform Society, discussed public attitudes toward homosexuality in light of a statement...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 18 Dec 1965

  • Hans Christian Andersen (Press, 18 December 1965)
    The biography "The Wil* Swan" by Monica Stirling focuses on the life of Hans Christian Andersen, the renowned Danish author who died in 1875 at the age of 70. The author highlights Andersen's lasting legacy, noting that even a century after his death, his grave is constantly adorned with flowers,...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 18 Dec 1953

  • Trial Of Peer (Press, 18 December 1953)
    On 16 December 1953, a jury at the Winchester Assizes acquitted 27-year-old Lord Montagu of a serious charge related to a homosexual offence against a 14-year-old boy scout. However, they were unable to reach a verdict on a lesser charge of indecent assault. The trial, overseen by Mr Justice Lynskey,...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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