On This Day: 6th December

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Thu 6 Dec 2018

Auckland Pride Board Under No Obligation to Resign if No-Confidence Motion...
Links: Express
Opinion: How Extremists Hijacked the Auckland Pride Board, Railroaded a Community...
Links: Express
Pope Francis Facing Criticism Again After Suggesting People Become Gay Because...
Links: Express

Wed 6 Dec 2017

Hubbard makes history with dual silver medals
Transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard has collected two silver medals for New Zealand at the Weightlifting World Championships in Anaheim, California...
Links: RNZ
Kiwi transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard claims silver at world championships
Controversial New Zealand transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard has won New Zealand's first medal at a weightlifting world championships...
Links: Stuff
The Latest: Baker and gay couple at court for cake arguments
WASHINGTON — The Latest on Supreme Court argument in the wedding cake case (all times local):12:41 p...
Links: NZ Herald
US Supreme Court deeply divided over landmark same-sex wedding cake case
The US Supreme Court appeared divided down the middle on Tuesday (Wednesday NZT) over a Colorado baker's refusal to design a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, the latest test in the continuing battle between gay rights and religious freedom...
Links: Stuff
Weightlifting: Laurel Hubbard's coach: 'Nobody wanted her to win'
Laurel Hubbard's silver medals at the world weightlifting championships have created controversy...
Links: NZ Herald
West and Central Africa Lagging Behind World in HIV Response
5 December 2017 – Four in five children living with HIV in West and Central Africa are still not receiving life-saving antiretroviral therapy and AIDS-related deaths among adolescents aged 15-19 are on the rise, the United Nations Children's Fund ...
Links: Scoop
Double the Number of Assaults During Marriage Debate
Links: Express
How Will LGBT+ Fans Be Treated at the FIFA Tournament in...
Links: Express
Weird and Wonderful: Sia at Mt Smart
Links: Express

Tue 6 Dec 2016

Celebrating World AIDS Day at Family
Links: Express
MP Publicly Comes Out
Links: Express
NSW Records Lowest Number of New HIV Diagnoses in More Than...
Links: Express
Pulse owner decides against selling site to City
The owner of Pulse Nightclub, the location of the Orlando gay club shooting massacre earlier this year, has decided not to sell the property to the City of Orlando...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 6 Dec 2015

Elizabeth Taylor Reportedly “Ran Dallas Buyers Club Style HIV Drugs Network”
Links: Express
Gay Refugees In Amsterdam Segregated After Being Attacked
Links: Express
Kiwi Wins Honour For Gay Photo Series
Links: Express
North Sydney Elects Australia’s First Openly Gay MP
Links: Express
Website becomes 'LGBTI Wikipedia'
A new online LGBTI archive has launched and is being compared to ‘go-to’ website Wikipedia...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 6 Dec 2014

Mr Gay New Zealand Seeking New Sponsor
Links: Express
New Auckland Pride Director Announced
Links: Express
New Zealand Gets First Openly Gay High Court Judge
Links: Express
Matthew Muir, Welcome to the High Court
The following address was delivered yesterday afternoon by Dame Sian Elias, the Chief Justice of New Zealand, welcoming this country's - and one of the world's few - openly-gay High Court judges to the bench...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 6 Dec 2013

Obituary: Nelson Mandela
Obituary: Nkosi Sikelili 'iAfrika - Nelson Mandela (1919-2013) There are times when I truly hate writing obituaries, particularly for a legendary historical figure of such magnitude as this one, who gave hope and liberation to so many black South Africans- including LGBT South Africans...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 6 Dec 2012

Three young guns awarded GABA scholarships
Three impressive young GLBT people have been awarded scholarships in this year’s round of the Gay Auckland Business Association Trust Tertiary awards...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 6 Dec 2011

Under-28s invited to roll up for Alternative Ball
The school ball where anything goes gender-wise is back for another year...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 6 Dec 2010

Trans films: Your top 5
There were so many votes for a certain few trans films that the others paled in comparison, so we narrowed the list down to the leading five...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 6 Dec 2009

UK Guardian slams "unjust and infamous" Uganda
The UK's respected Guardian newspaper has blasted Ugandan MP David Bahati for his Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009, which it says confirms the African country's status as "unjust and infamous...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 6 Dec 2008

Prop 8 - The Musical!
From the people who brought you Hairspray - a star-studded cast turns out for Marc Shaiman's hilarious little musical response to California's anti-gay marriage vote...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 6 Dec 2007

There is a hung jury in the murder trial of Andre Gilling.
(Palmerston North, New Zealand)
Gilling, along with Ashley Arnopp, is on trial for the 2006 killing of Palmerston North man Stanley Waipouri. Co-accused Ashley Arnopp, 20, earlier changed his plea to guilty.
Links: Gay NZ
Wet weather for Sir Elton tonight in Taranaki
Thousands of people have planned to see Elton John's one-off concert tonight in New Plymouth's TSB Bowl of Brooklands venue - but the Metservice weather report suggests it'll be a very wet night outdoors...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 6 Dec 2006

School's Out! - Peer Sexuality Support at Rosehill College
Rosehill College's Janet Milne "I think being a teenager going through the transition into being an adult is an incredibly complex time...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 6 Dec 2005

Financial success for Queen pageant
This year's Queen of the Whole Universe drag pageant in Auckland has raised nearly $24,000 for the New Zealand AIDS Foundation...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 6 Dec 2004

The Otago Daily Times publishes a Garrick Tremain cartoon on marriage
(Otago region, New Zealand)
The cartoon text reads "The fact is!.. Marriage is a blessed sacrament... A treasured institution! And you can't tell me that these gays and things...Will treat their marriages with the devotion and respect... That I've treated all mine!"
Links: Alexander Turnbull Library
Worth "crazy" for proposing incest amendment
National MP Richard Worth has been called "crazy" for proposing an amendment to the Civil Union Bill that would effectively allow for legal recognition of incestuous relationships...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 6 Dec 2003

NZAF billboard causes outrage in America
News of a NZ AIDS Foundation South Island billboard campaign featuring nude men has ruffled feathers in the United States, where one conservative commentator has accused the NZAF of making a festive occasion out of death...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 6 Dec 1983

Television: Customs Department have been opening Out magazine's mail
(New Zealand)
ref: TZP128095. Customs Department have been opening Out's mail, to the outrage of the gay magazine's publisher.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

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