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Janette Kelly and Debora Lee
Janette Kelly and Debora Lee from New Zealand talks about attending the human rights conference...
Tags: education, human rights, parenting, school, teaching, wellington town hall...
Published: March 2011
Found in: 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames
Geoffrey Marshall
Geoffrey talks about growing up, Heroic Gardens and the Gay Auckland Business Association (GABA)...
Tags: 1960s, auckland, gay, gay auckland business association (gaba), heroic gardens...
Published: August 2011
Found in: Making a Difference
Lesbian heritage walk
Miriam Saphira takes a tour group around some of the historic lesbian sites in central Auckland. A special...
Tags: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, butch, femme, lesbian...
Published: February 2013
Found in: Auckland Pride Festival 2013
Jonathan Smith
Jonathan talks about growing up and creating, and running the Queen of the Whole Universe beauty pageant...
Tags: arts, drag, hiv/aids, performance, profile, relationships...
Published: August 2011
Found in: Making a Difference
Ann-Marie
Ann-Marie talks about religion, a 19-year relationship and three commitment ceremonies...
Tags: 1960s, butch, femme, lesbian, non-binary, soft butch...
Published: April 2015
Found in: Butch on Butch
Phillip Peek
Phillip Peek recalls working at the Sun sauna, a sex-on-site venue, in the mid-1970s and early 1980s and...
Tags: 1970s, 1980s, abortion, gay, homosexual law reform, people...
Published: July 2018
Found in: People
Carole Hicks
Carole Hicks from New Zealand talks about volunteering at the human rights conference...
Tags: 2010s, asia pacific outgames (2011), carole hicks, human rights, wellington to...
Published: March 2011
Found in: 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames
True stories
A list of archived articles from GayNZ.com, in the original category of: True stories...
Tags: 2000s, 2010s, aotearoa new zealand, gaynz.com, internet, media...
Published: January 2001
Found in: GayNZ
Anne Speir
Anne talks about growing up, working in the media, activism in the 1970s and 1980s, working on the...
Tags: activism, arts, feminism, gay liberation movement, media, performance...
Published: August 2011
Found in: Making a Difference
Kaleb
Kaleb talks about School's Out, OuterSpaces, Tranzform and Naming New Zealand...
Tags: asexual, gay, gender neutral, lesbian, pansexual, queer...
Published: March 2016
Found in: Out in the Park participants
Rex Halliday
Rex talks about growing up in New Plymouth, the Gay Liberation movement, early HIV AIDS prevention programmes and...
Tags: activism, coming out, community, drugs, family, gay liberation movement...
Published: April 2013
Found in: People
Bats Theatre
Bats Theatre has seen a variety of rainbow related productions including Confessions of a Drag Queen, Corner 4am...
Tags: 1990s, 2010s, crime, hate crime, murder, video online...
Published: January 2016
Found in: Wellington waterfront
Michael Sanders
Michael talks about being one of the choreographers for the Queen of the Whole Universe beauty pageant...
Tags: 2000s, aotearoa new zealand, auckland, drag, performance, theatre...
Published: April 2012
Found in: Queen of the Whole Universe
From Bisexual to Skoliosexual
Audio from the workshop: From Bisexual to Skoliosexual. When we think about the "rainbow" community most people just...
Tags: aromantic, asexual, bisexual, cisgender, homosexual, intersex...
Published: March 2016
Found in: Proud 2016
Rally for Marriage Equality
Audio from the rally for Marriage Equality, held on the steps of Parliament, 29 August 2012 - the...
Tags: bisexual, gay, heterosexual, homosexual, lesbian, marriage equality...
Published: August 2012
Found in: Marriage Equality
Bisexual plenary
Audio from the bisexual plenary, including the gameshow We Want It All. 0:00:07 - We Want It All...
Tags: 2010s, alcohol and drug abuse, biphobia, bisexual, bisexual erasure, gender fl...
Published: March 2016
Found in: Proud 2016
Beyond Rainbows panel discussion
Panel members talk about the challenges of being a minority within rainbow communities. Unfortunately due to...
Tags: androgynous, butch, demisexual, fa'afafine, femme, gender fluid...
Published: April 2015
Found in: Shift hui (2015)
Rangimoana Taylor
Rangimoana talks about growing up, biculturalism, activism and storytelling...
Tags: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, gay, takataapui...
Published: March 2015
Found in: People
Mark
Mark talks about early years in Queenstown, coming out to family members and being bullied at university...
Tags: closeted, coming out, community, family, friends, gender studies...
Published: May 2014
Found in: South
Mitch Yusof
Mitch Yusof from Malaysia talks about attending the human rights conference...
Tags: 2010s, asia pacific outgames (2011), human rights, malaysia, mitch yusof...
Published: March 2011
Found in: 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames
Drew Hadwen
Drew Hadwen talks about the development of the Devotion dance parties/festivals, and the Beacons of Hope services in...
Tags: 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, assimilation, belonging, hiv/aids...
Published: August 2018
Found in: People
Bella Simpson - Tranzform
Bella Simpson talks about being one of the first members of Tranzform, a youth support group established in...
Tags: 2000s, 2010s, board games, coming out, trans, transgender...
Published: May 2019
Found in: Tranzform
Session 10
Audio from the session: Beyond marriage. Marriage is often presented as the highest legal right for LGBT communities...
Tags: activism, bullying, capitalism, child care, children, class...
Published: October 2013
Found in: Beyond conference
Carmen Rupe interview (1975)
Carmen Rupe is interviewed by 2ZM night host David Mahoney on 22 November 1975. The recording is part...
Tags: bisexual, external resource, gay, lesbian, trans, transexual...
Published: November 1975
Found in: Carmen Rupe
Rally photographs
Images from the Rally for Marriage Equality on 29 August 2012 in Wellington. People first gathered in...
Tags: 2010s, activism, civil unions, images online, marriage, marriage equality...
Published: August 2012
Found in: Marriage Equality
Joe
Joe describes what it was like to go through the magnitude 7.1 and 6.3 earthquakes that struck Canterbury...
Tags: 2010s, anxiety, community, death, depression, transgender...
Published: May 2012
Found in: People
Orange
Ivan talks about growing up in Malaysia and dealing with depression...
Tags: 1980s, coming out, depression, gay, transcript online, video online...
Published: 2010
Found in: Rainbow Touchstones
Mary OHagan
Mary O'Hagan talks about growing up and mental health issues...
Tags: 1960s, health, lesbian, mental health, profile, transcript online...
Published: October 2010
Found in: People
HLR30 Aroha Nui
A short video highlighting some of the people and celebrations during homosexual law reform in Aotearoa New Zealand...
Tags: 1980s, activism, celebration, homosexual law reform, video online, wellington ...
Published: June 2016
Found in: Homosexual Law Reform
Session 2
Audio from the session: Access and disability. How can we make queer spaces and activism more accessible? How...
Tags: accessibility, activism, autism, coming out, depression, disability...
Published: October 2013
Found in: Beyond conference