On This Day: 29th July

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Mon 29 Jul 2019

'Coming out made life much better': Former A-League player opens up
Openly gay footballer Andy Brennan says that overcoming his fears has had a positive impact on his life...
Links: Stuff
Ex-staffers call out racism, sexism, homophobia and xenophobia
Former US President Barack Obama, who doesn't often comment on current politics, seemed to yesterday endorse an op-ed written by 148 African Americans who served in his administration that called out President Donald Trump for recent...
Links: NZ Herald
Feminists fire over Hubbard
Kiwi transgender weightlifter's controversial win prompts feminist group to call for defence of women's sport...
Links: Stuff
a-ha Announce First-Ever NZ Tour!
Links: Express
Australian Politician Urged To Resign After Calling Deputy Mayor A “Poof”
Links: Express
Bulgarian Court Makes Historic Ruling By Recognising Same-Sex Marriage
Links: Express
express Hits The Gym With Dan @ 9Round Auckland CBD
Links: Express
President Of Palau Announces Support For Marriage Equality
Links: Express

Sun 29 Jul 2018

Barry Humphries: “Transgenderism” is a “Fashion”
Links: Express

Sat 29 Jul 2017

Tiwhanawhana celebrates Matariki
(National Library of New Zealand)
Audio from the Tiwhanawhana Celebrates Matariki event held at the National Library of New Zealand in Wellington on 29 July 2017
Features: Ani Waapu, Ariana Tikao, Kevin Haunui, Paul Diamond, Tiwhanawhana
Links: PrideNZ.com
LGBT community mourns loss of campaigner Virginia Burns
Virginia Rose Burns, LGBT events organiser and campaigner: b Hastings, August 3, 1977; p Jac Lynch; d Wellington, June 18, 2017, aged 39...
Links: Stuff
Nigel Owens on his sexuality, suicide attempt and bulimia battle: 'Yes, I would swap everything I have achieved for a normal life'
By Ian Herbert of the Daily Mail Nigel Owens has travelled more than 2,000 miles in the past two weeks but he's still a long way from home...
Links: NZ Herald

Fri 29 Jul 2016

August Hottie of the Month: Luke Bird!
Links: Express
Males Under 26 to be Included in HPV Vaccinations
Links: Express
P2P’s Craig Watson Receives Medals of Commendation
Links: Express
“Big gay rainbow” MP to retire
The National MP known for his viral “big gay rainbow” speech that he delivered during the marriage equality campaign, has announced he will retire at next year’s election...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 29 Jul 2015

Australian Labor Promises to Introduce Marriage Equality Bill Within First 100...
Links: Express
Crowds Gather to See ISIS Throw Gay Man to His Death...
Links: Express
Lick’s Prom Themed Throwback
Links: Express
NZ Scouts Backs US Decision Allowing Gay Leaders
Links: Express
“Straight pride” proves a complete flop
A man who tried to hold a ‘straight pride’ event was the only person who turned up...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 29 Jul 2014

Honolulu Pride!
Links: Express
Save The Dates! Auckland Pride Festival 2015 Dates Confirmed
Links: Express
UFC Fighter Kyle Kingsbury In Support of The Gay Community
Links: Express
Catching up with diving judge Simon Latimer
When the diving (finally!) gets underway at the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday night, gay New Zealander Simon Latimer will be among the judges...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 29 Jul 2013

Winners of double wedding comp found
The winners of a radio station’s double same-sex wedding are a lesbian couple from the Bay of Islands and a gay couple from Christchurch...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 29 Jul 2012

TV3 reporter and Am. Cup yachtie's son a couple
David Farrier and Grayson Coutts TV3 reporter and blogger David Farrier has come out as bisexual and has revealed that he is in a relationship with the son of America's Cup yachting hero Russell Coutts...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 29 Jul 2011

Skjellerup named Gay Games ambassador
New Zealand Olympic speed skater Blake Skjellerup has been made a Gay Games Ambassador alongside out Australian diver Matthew Mitcham...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 29 Jul 2010

Payout for man denied access to dying partner
Scull and Greene in younger days A Northern California county has agreed to pay an elderly gay man US$600,000 after social workers prevented him from seeing his dying partner in hospital...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 29 Jul 2009

Seven more formal complaints against Mills
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Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 29 Jul 2008

UK: Gay sex is a sin, say most Protestants
Most Protestant Christians in Britain believe gay sex is a sin and that practising gays should not be ordained, according to a new survey...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 29 Jul 2007

Rainbow Youth makes plans for growth
Youth Co-ordinator Robert Marshall's report at Rainbow Youth's Annual General Meeting yesterday suggested the new Board is in for busy year, as the organisation hopes to increase its influence in schools and expand into the greater Auckland region...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 29 Jul 2006

Tamihere's World: Homophobes keep on keeping on
John Tamihere On the weekend commencing July 7, 2006, while New Zealand gays and lesbians marked our freedoms and equalities stemming from Homosexual Law Reform in 1986, John Tamihere and his talkback 'callers' vented their spleens on Radio Live...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 29 Jul 2005

Victim
VICTIM UK, 1961, 1hr 40mins Dir: Basil Dearden Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Sims Forty four years ago, Victim became the first British film to publically address the issue of contemporary gay criminality, which led to the decriminalisation of homosexuality under the UK Sexual Offences Act 1967...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 29 Jul 2004

Brownlee taunts Tamihere over sexuality
Cabinet Minister John Tamihere is planning an attack on "politically correct" critics of "red-blooded heterosexual men", while National's deputy leader Gerry Brownlee has taunted the Minister over his own sexuality...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 29 Jul 2003

Queenstown Gay Ski Week
An exciting new event with the potential to develop into a key international happening on the gay calendar gets underway in Queenstown next week...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 29 Jul 1970

Television current affairs: a look at the "problem" of homosexuality
(New Zealand)
The South Tonight, ref TZP86813. This item has been digitised and an online viewing copy can be requested from the archive.
Links: TVNZ

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