On This Day: 14th November

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Wed 14 Nov 2018

Choreographer and dancer Douglas Wright dies
(Auckland, New Zealand)
Links: Stuff.co.nz
Auckland Pride and NZ Police: Why Minority Opinions Matter More Than...
Links: Express

Tue 14 Nov 2017

'If it’s not gay, it’s not gay' complaint dismissed
A complaint about Rainbow Youth's recent "If it's not gay, it's not gay" ad campaign has been shot down by the Advertising Standards Authority...
Links: RNZ
Acid-like Substance Thrown at Activists in Moscow
Links: Express
Fake Surgeon Arrested Following Death of Trans Woman
Links: Express
New Delhi Pride a celebration and protest
Links: Express
PrEP May Be Funded As Early As March
Links: Express
The Style Column
Links: Express

Mon 14 Nov 2016

Australia: Members Vote to not Invite PM Malcolm Turnbull to Mardi...
Links: Express
Major Bequeathment to Body Positive
Links: Express
Life Goes On...
As disgusted as one might be at the appalling US federal election result, elsewhere in the world there are some bright sparks of hope and progress for LGBTI communities...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 14 Nov 2015

Pride board members apologise to protesters
Five of the seven current Auckland Pride Festival Inc...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 14 Nov 2014

Christchurch Pride 2014
Links: Express
Mariah’s Mighty NZ Debut
Links: Express
Sauna manager grateful for solidarity
Gabe Clifton says he's fine, and simply wanted to raise awareness...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 14 Nov 2013

Ugandan gay rights campaigner arrested
Sam Ganafa A Ugandan gay rights campaigner has been arrested and it’s not clear what charges he is facing...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 14 Nov 2012

San Fran to provide surgery for trans residents
San Francisco is planning to become the first US city to offer its uninsured transgender residents free sex change surgery...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 14 Nov 2011

Publishing icon Barbara Greir dies, aged 78
Groundbreaking lesbian publisher Barbara Greir, who created Naiad Press in 1973, has died from lung cancer in Florida, aged 78...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 14 Nov 2010

Filmmaker's house raided over "gay zombie porn"
A scene from LA Zombie Police have raided the home of a Melbourne filmmaker after he held a public screening of the banned movie LA Zombie...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 14 Nov 2009

K' Road is "most intriguing place in Auckland"
Karangahape Road is "the most intriguing place in the centre of Auckland" says the K' Road Business Association in their new 'Wake Up To K' Road' campaign to raise awareness of the uniqueness and diversity of NZ's gayest street...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 14 Nov 2008

Two Dutch men guilty of HIV attacks
A Dutch court has found two men guilty of attempting to infect 14 people with HIV at gay sex parties they promoted on the internet...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 14 Nov 2007

Van der Reit denies lying in Pride case
6...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 14 Nov 2006

Video Vault:
‘Boys Beware' (shown below) is one example of a genre of 'educational' media known as 'social guidance' films, which had their heyday in the fifties...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 14 Nov 2005

Television news reports: a British man who is HIV+ has been told he no longer has the virus
(New Zealand)
Interviewees include Andrew Stimson, Patrick Dixon and Genevieve Clark. One news, ref F89597 and TV3 news, ref F89599.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision (1)
Gays fall short of God's standards - MP
Intimacy within heterosexual marriage is the only sexual activity sanctioned by God, says the MP putting forward a private members bill that will undermine the Human Rights Act and once again allow legal discrimination against same-sex couples...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 14 Nov 2004

Retiring "The Homosexual"
I've never liked the term 'homosexual...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 14 Nov 2003

Tau Henare thinks Destiny is "wonderful"
Former politician Tau Henare, filling in for Kerre Woodham on Newstalk ZB, last night praised the Destiny Church in response to a male caller ringing to promote Destiny New Zealand, the church's political arm...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 14 Nov 2002

Watersports fundraiser cancelled
Auckland's planned Slip, Slop, Splash fundraiser event has been canceled just over a week before it was due to be held...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 14 Nov 1996

A complaint against the Sexual Healing? documentary is upheld by the Broadcasting Standards Authority
(New Zealand)
The documentary featured former homosexual Noel Mosen, and broadcast on TV One on 16 May 1996.
Links: BSA

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