On This Day: 23rd May

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Sat 23 May 2020

Watch: Lady Gaga Debuts ‘Rain on Me’ Music Video with Ariana...
Links: Express

Thu 23 May 2019

Professor calls for All Blacks to start anti-homophobic campaign
An Australian professor is calling for the All Blacks to start an anti-homophobic campaign in a bid to stamp out gay slurs...
Links: NZ Herald
Use All Blacks to stamp out rugby's gay slur culture, expert urges
If NZ Rugby wants to end gay slurs in rugby it has the perfect tool - the All Blacks...
Links: Stuff
Canada to Ban Advertising of Conversion Therapy to Youth
Links: Express
Exclusive: Destiny Church’s Brian Tamaki to Forge a New Relationship with...
Links: Express

Wed 23 May 2018

Judge sides with transgender teen, declines to dismiss suit
NORFOLK, Va...
Links: NZ Herald
LGBT community cheers pope's 'God made you like this' remark
Pope Francis' reported comments to a gay man that "God made you like this" have been embraced by the LGBT community as another sign of Francis' desire to make gay people feel welcomed and loved in the Catholic Church...
Links: Stuff
The Latest: Gay man loses bid to challenge Ky. county clerk
ATLANTA — The Latest on primaries on Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky and Texas (all times local):7:25 p...
Links: NZ Herald

Tue 23 May 2017

Butch: a photographic exploration by Rachel Hoskin exhibits at Te Manawa Musuem (Palmerston North, New Zealand)
The exhibition runs from 23 May - 18 June 2017.
Julie Andrews: LGBT+ Ally
Links: Express

Mon 23 May 2016

Gay May at Family
Links: Express
Nationwide Lack in Support Systems for Rainbow Domestic and Sexual Violence...
Links: Express
Transphobia, Toilets and ...Nuclear War?!
Why have sections of the US Christian Right apparently lost all rationality when it comes to transgender child health and safety at school? I've been monitoring the issue of transgender rights in this context over the last few months and some of the outbursts have been either amusing or alarming...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 23 May 2015

Yes vote looking likely to win in Ireland
The early indication is that voters have backed same-sex marriage in a history-making Irish referendum...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 23 May 2014

Franco’s Homoerotic Photo Fetish
Links: Express
Out Takes Opening Night – Rialto Cinemas
Links: Express
POP Quiz – POP on Ponsonby
Links: Express
Who Doesn’t Like a Little Foreplay
Links: Express
Pink pink pink!
It's Pink Shirt Day, and people up and down the country are getting in the spirit - from the Greens, to The Drag Kings, to the police Bluelight team and the Mad Butcher! The Greens are more like The Pinks today The Drag Kings The Mad Butcher The Mr Vintage team Sacha McNeil and Jacinda Ardern on Firstline this morning The police Bluelight team Newstalk ZB's Lorna Subritzky The Genesis Youth Trust Polly and Grant Akira from the NZAF The Pink Shirt Day concept comes from Canada - after a young boy at a school in Nova Scotia got bullied for wearing a pink shirt to school and some older students decided to show their support of him and opposition to bullying...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 23 May 2013

US: Gay couples left out of immigration reform
File Photo American GLBT rights groups have joined forces to condemn gay couples being left out of a bill that would offer US citizenship to immigrants living in the country before 2012...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 23 May 2012

WTF? Well, we'll tell you!
More than 30 celebrities and MPs have lent their time to WTF? The slick new campaign from Rainbow Youth and OUTLine...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 23 May 2011

The Chateau Pulsated Pink
The first ultra glamorous Pink Ball kicked off in the old-world desert chic of Bayfield Tongariro Chateau this weekend...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 23 May 2008

Turkey 'must address anti-LGBT brutality'
Turkey must urgently change law and policy to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from harassment and brutality on the streets, in homes, and in state-run institutions, according to a just-released report...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 23 May 2007

Special events for
An opening night after-film party, a dress-up movie event, and a question Ref: Out Takes (m)...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 23 May 2006

NZ Catholic group: gay adoption
10...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 23 May 1993

Beacons of Hope is held at Frank Kitts Park (Wellington, New Zealand)
Beacons of Hope is held as part of the 10th International AIDS Memorial commemorations. The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Wellington members of the New Zealand Youth Choir perform at Frank Kitts Park. The event begins at 7pm and includes people carrying flaming torches representing those that have passed away.
Links: Archives New Zealand, New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt

Wed 23 May 1984

Television: Sue Billing of the Family Planning Association interviewed about sex education for young children (New Zealand)
ref: TZP87559.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Fri 23 May 1924

A parliamentary inquiry begins into Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders (Wellington, New Zealand)
Links: Parliamentary Papers

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