On This Day: 21st February

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Wed 21 Feb 2024

Mani Mitchell is named as a finalist in the Senior New Zealander of the Year award
The award is part of the annual Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards.
Links: New Zealander of the Year Awards

Tue 21 Feb 2023

Controversial Arise Church gets boot from Otago University O Week Tent City
Church was given a stand despite allegations of racism, sexual assault and homophobia...
Links: NZ Herald
First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 22 February
On today's First Up pod - Japan proposes dumping nuclear waste from the Fukushima disaster into the Pacific Ocean and the Island nations are not happy; the floods haven't put a dampner on Auckland Pride, we hear from a Drag King who will be strutting his stuff on stage this Friday; should the government buy people's homes in flood stricken areas? Green Party co-leader James Shaw has some ideas and we're in Wairoa with a cyclone Bola survivor...
Links: RNZ
Rainbow performer Hugo Grrrl on his shows at Auckland Pride
Auckland Pride is strutting it's stuff over February and here to talk about their part in this display of all things rainbow is Hugo Grrrl or George Fowler (to his mum)...
Links: RNZ
Kiwibank: Investing With Pride
Links: Express
REUNITING COUPLES THROUGH CHANGING IMMIGRATION LAWS
Links: Express

Mon 21 Feb 2022

Fringe Festival: Ryan McGhee - a Scottish Kiwi's gay comedy of a love life
Ryan McGhee's first year in comedy has been quite the ride...
Links: Stuff
Spark creates Beyond Binary Code encouraging a gender inclusive internet
The internet sees only two genders – male and female – leaving entire communities such as non-binary and trans invisible online...
Links: NZ Herald
And Just Like That… Miranda Comes Out!
Links: Express
Gus Kenworthy Announces His Retirement At Winter Olympics
Links: Express
NZ’s Political Leaders Tell Us What Pride Means To Them
Links: Express

Sun 21 Feb 2021

Creme Egg ad featuring gay kiss sparks homophobic fury
An advertisement for the Cadbury Creme Egg has faced a backlash for its brief inclusion of a same-sex kiss...
Links: NZ Herald
Creme Egg ad showing gay kiss sparks homophobic fury
An advertisement for the Cadbury Creme Egg has faced a backlash for its brief inclusion of a same-sex kiss...
Links: NZ Herald
Pride Month at Family Bar!
Links: Express
Your Guide To Christchurch Pride
Links: Express

Fri 21 Feb 2020

Mass walk-out of students at Catholic school after gay teachers quit
Hundreds of students staged a mass walk-out of a Catholic school after two gay teachers resigned because of their sexuality...
Links: NZ Herald
Busting the Beauty Myth
Links: Express
Louisa Wall Facing Manurewa Selection Challenge
Links: Express

Thu 21 Feb 2019

A Very English Scandal, Dirty John and Fresh Eggs
Film and TV correspondent Tamar Munch has been watching A Very English Scandal, which stars Hugh Grant as British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe who was accused of conspiracy to murder his gay ex-lover...
Links: RNZ
Samoan Queer Lives
Stories from fa`afafine, transgender, and queer people of Samoa - one of the original continuous indigenous queer cultures of Polynesia and the Pacific Islands...
Links: RNZ
Stats NZ document wrongly grouped queer and takatāpui people with paedophiles
Statistics NZ has apologised to LGBTQI communities after its new guidance for sexual identity data collection lumped queer, takatāpui and pansexual people in the same group as paedophiles...
Links: RNZ
express talks with Malcolm Pacific’s Ben Hansard: A Day in the...
Links: Express
Police Confirm Jussie Smollett as a Suspect Following Alleged Attack
Links: Express

Wed 21 Feb 2018

Cyclone Gita destroys LGBT+ centre in Tonga
Links: Express

Tue 21 Feb 2017

Anika Moa and Natasha Utting Get Hitched
Links: Express
South Australia Says ‘Yes’ to Marriage Equality
Links: Express
Texas Launches ‘I Pee With LGBT’ Campaign
Links: Express
The Great Auckland Pride Debate
Links: Express
Aboriginal and T.S Islanders loose vital health funding
Queer and gender diverse Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders are loosing two vital sexual health programmes, leaving many with "no where to go"...
Links: GayNZ.com
Ak Pride: Aroha’17 NYC House Party
Aroha’17 NYC House Party comes to Mt Roskill tomorrow night looks set to be one of the highlights of the Aroha Festival and the whole Auckland Pride festival...
Links: GayNZ.com
Ask the US Christian Right First?!
Once again, Family First is trying desperately to draw attention to its failed imported campaign against transgender school student privacy, safety and health...
Links: GayNZ.com
Otago Polytechnic gains Rainbow Tick certification
Otago Polytechnic has become one of the first organisations in the South Island to gain Rainbow Tick certification...
Links: GayNZ.com
Review: The Ak Pride Festival Great Debate
MC Stephen Oates apparently summed up the Auckland Pride Festival's Great Debate to Jan Logie, at that point a prospective panelist, saying it's mostly about swearing and sex...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 21 Feb 2016

2016 Auckland Pride Parade Part One
Links: Express
Auckland Pride Parade 2016 Part Three
Links: Express
Auckland Pride Parade 2016 Part Two
Links: Express
Living it up at Auckland Pride Party 2016
Links: Express
One to Remember: 2016 Auckland Pride Parade
Links: Express
The Auckland Pride Parade Pt1
If you couldn't be there, here's the Auckland Pride Parade through the eyes of our reporters...
Links: GayNZ.com
The Auckland Pride Parade Pt2
You can read Part One of our GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 21 Feb 2015

NXT:15 - LGBTIQ Youth Leaders Conference (Auckland)
Participants at the NXT:15 - LGBTIQ Youth Leaders Conference talk to Tabby about what the conference meant to them.
Features: Ben Isderman, Kevin Schuster, Melissa Janson, Robbie van Dijk, Tabby Besley, Tarn Billingsley, unidentified voice(s)
Links: PrideNZ.com
Television item (New Zealand)
Tagata Pasifika, ref: TZP457614.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Auckland Pride Parade Highlights!
Links: Express
Foodie Bites – Authentic Ethnic Experience
Links: Express
Night of Queer – Tapac
Links: Express
The Auckland Pride Parade 2015 is Only Hours Away, Light Showers...
Links: Express
Akl Pride Parade protestor injured
UPDATED: A protestor suffered a suspected broken arm at tonight’s Auckland Pride Parade...
Links: GayNZ.com
AUT readies for Pride Parade fun
Buffy and Bimbo Drag duo Buffy and Bimbo will be part of AUT’s Auckland Pride Parade float tonight...
Links: GayNZ.com
Dykes on Bikes to lead off Parade
Dykes on Bikes will lead tonight’s third Auckland Pride Parade, which makes its way down Ponsonby Rd from 7...
Links: GayNZ.com
Editorial: A Pride Parade to remember
Tonight the Auckland Pride Parade found its mojo...
Links: GayNZ.com
Filmmaker to enter marriage debate
Maya Newell Australia's difficulty with passing a marriage equality law is due to lack of leadership and debate fatigue, a filmmaker with two mothers is suggesting...
Links: GayNZ.com
GAYTM attack slammed by HRC
The GAYTM was cleaned up yesterday...
Links: GayNZ.com
Govt helping fund lgbti youth hui
Youth Minister Nikki Kaye has announced $10,000 in funding for the national InsideOUT Hui...
Links: GayNZ.com
Pile of after-parade parties planned
While one party has been cancelled, there are still plenty of options for people wishing to continue the Auckland Pride Parade party well into the night...
Links: GayNZ.com
Ponsonby being dressed for parade
Richard Taki (centre) with two of his volunteers Balloons, bins and barriers are lining Ponsonby Rd as it’s readied for tonight’s Auckland Pride Parade...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 21 Feb 2014

Television item (New Zealand)
One News, ref: TZP442609.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Amnesty to celebrate history in Pride Parade
Amnesty International in last year's Pride Parade Amnesty International will tell the story of its work on lgbti issues through the decades at tomorrow’s Auckland Pride Parade...
Links: GayNZ.com
Craig to press on with case against Norman
Colin Craig is pressing ahead towards taking a defamation case against Russel Norman over comments he made at the Big Gay Out...
Links: GayNZ.com
Defiant Norman suspects Craig may not sue
Russel Norman Greens party co-leader Russel Norman says he will "vigorously defend" any defamation suit taken against him by the Conservatives leader but he remains in some doubt as to whether the action will proceed...
Links: GayNZ.com
Glbti labels both "liberating and constricting"
Labels or descriptions such as 'gay' or 'lesbian' can be both liberating and constricting according to a forum discussion held as part of the Auckland Pride Festival...
Links: GayNZ.com
In pictures: Pride fun
One of our favourite things about Auckland Pride is just how much fun everyone is having! It was hard to narrow it down, but here are our favourite silly Auckland Pride Festival 2014 pics so far...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZAF Pride float to remember those lost
Loved ones who have been lost will be remembered in a poignant New Zealand AIDS Foundation remembrance float at the Auckland Pride Parade...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZDF delighted at being a world-beater
Lieutenant General Tim Keating The New Zealand Defence Force says being ranked the most inclusive military in the world has come as a "pleasant surprise"...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZDF ranked the world's most inclusive
Overwatch in the Auckland Pride Parade New Zealand's Defence Force has been ranked the most inclusive in the world, in a new index...
Links: GayNZ.com
ZM and Gillespie are brimming with Pride
Outspoken ZM host Polly Gillespie says she is thrilled and honoured to be part of tomorrow's Pride Parade...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 21 Feb 2013

Television item (New Zealand)
20/20, ref: TZP427615.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
After Lilburn - a celebration of our gay composers
A young Douglas Lilburn A landmark Pride Festival concert in Auckland tomorrow (Friday) night will present music from nine of New Zealand's most prominent composers in a variety of music genres, all of whom are gay...
Links: GayNZ.com
Counsellor highlights importance of Pride
Paul Letham An Auckland counsellor who specialises GLBT issues, identity, sexuality and self-image concerns has underlined the importance of the community being able to express itself in a parade and festival...
Links: GayNZ.com
Puerto Rico: massive rally against gay rights
Photo from Twitter user ‏@YoDash More than 200,000 religious Christians have marched against gay rights in Puerto Rico, stopping traffic in San Juan while backing “traditional marriage” and protesting against the idea of granting gay couples legal rights...
Links: GayNZ.com
Reforming Heroes getting plenty of interest
The former Heroes team There has been strong interest in the reforming Ponsonby Heroes rugby team ahead the gay rugby world cup, the Bingham Cup, coming to Sydney next year...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 21 Feb 2012

Andy Boreham - Creating Our Stories (Wellington)
Andy Boreham talks about helping organise the annual Out in the Square community fair
Features: Andy Boreham
Links: PrideNZ.com
Atlanta DJ Sean Mac coming to Urge
Sean Mac A DJ who has played for Lady Gaga and at some of the biggest dance parties in the USA will spin at the more intimate Urge Bar on Auckland's K' Rd this Saturday...
Links: GayNZ.com
Cottrell murder-accused again remanded on bail
Phil Cottrell One of the teenagers charged with murdering gay Wellington journalist Phil Cottrell has again been remanded on electronic bail...
Links: GayNZ.com
Four now charged with gay man's murder
Two teenagers have now been charged with the murder of gay man Roman Skorek in a Rotorua park...
Links: GayNZ.com
JD Samson tells it like it is
Thanks to our friends at Proud Mary, we managed to get an exclusive Q Jacqui Stanford - 21st February 2012...
Links: GayNZ.com
JD Samson tells it like it is
Thanks to our friends at Proud Mary, we managed to get an exclusive Q Jacqui Stanford - 21st February 2012...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sophie's Cafe closed by building cordon
Sophie is one of Christchurch's favourite fag-hags Popular gay Christchurch hangout Sophie’s Café has been cordoned off, after concerns about the structural integrity of its building were raised by the Canterbury Earthquake Authority (CERA)...
Links: GayNZ.com
Tri-Nations dance caps triumphant Bear Week
Picture by Robert Barry In many ways my review of last Saturday's Tri-Nations, the pinnacle party of Get It On! Bear Week New Zealand, could possibly be both the easiest and hardest I've ever written...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 21 Feb 2011

"Dangerous" home HIV test kit still on sale
Home HIV test kits, on sale to be used in unsupervised and unsupported environments, are still on the market despite continuing calls from the country's two biggest HIV and AIDS organisations for them to be completely withdrawn...
Links: GayNZ.com
Chris Carter gives proxy vote to Greens
Chris Carter has made a deal with the Green Party that will see them cast his proxy vote when he is not in Parliament...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay author Perry Moore dies, age 39
Perry Moore has died, age 39 Gay author and film producer Perry Moore has died after he was found unconscious in his New York apartment...
Links: GayNZ.com
Hero: reviewed by Gay Comic Geek
The death of Perry Moore will be felt deeply by fans of his gay teenage superhero novel, Hero...
Links: GayNZ.com
Wainwright and partner welcome daughter
Rufus Wainwright Musician Rufus Wainwright has become the proud dad of a daughter with the blood of music royalty flowing through her veins...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 21 Feb 2010

Aroha Festival's massive schedule revealed!
With 37 unique and exciting events happening, next month's AROHA Festival will drag native Aucklanders out on the town to celebrate their diversity...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 21 Feb 2009

"Coming out hurt my career" - Rupert Everett
Actor Rupert Everett claims that his sexuality and coming out has prevented him from becoming a bigger star in Hollywood...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay-themed book banned from UAE Festival
A boycott of the inaugural Emirates Airline International Festival of Literature in Dubai is looming after the launch of a book featuring a gay relationship was canned by Festival organisers...
Links: GayNZ.com
Pride '09 lesbian talent proves West is best
A variety of musicians and entertainers with a definite lesbian flavour are lined up for the second annual Heroes OUT West evening...
Links: GayNZ.com
USA joins UN's LGBT equality pact
At the United Nations' Durban Review Conference on racism and xenophonia in Geneva this week, the United States has supported a motion to condemn "all forms of discrimination and all other human rights violations based on sexual orientation...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 21 Feb 2008

HERO DJs prepped for party weekend
With tickets selling fast and DJ's arriving in Auckland from cities around the globe, 2008's HERO Party promoters have announced tomorrow's Fluffy Friday night on K' Road will be a special preview event to introduce the HERO Party DJ crew...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZAF probing Poster Boy unsafe sex claim
9...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sydney: Military to march at Mardi Gras
Members of the Australian Defence Forces will take part in the Sydney Mardi Gras parade for the first time this year...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 21 Feb 2007

A new film about the early life of gay author Augusten Burroughs screens tonight as a special fundraiser for Gayline/Lesbian line...
Links: GayNZ.com
"End violence against gay Jamaicans"
The leader of the Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) has expressed outrage over reports of attacks on gays in Jamaica, and is encouraging action by concerned people worldwide...
Links: GayNZ.com
Be quick for cheaper HERO party tickets
Reduced price tickets to Auckland's HERO party this Saturday are now available, but very a very limited time...
Links: GayNZ.com
Boy George
Boy George is in town this weekend – we tried to get our own interview with him (along with loads of websites, telly, radio and magazines) but we’re told he’s not doing interviews at the moment...
Links: GayNZ.com
Seeking
“Well last night went off!” says Christchurch Pride Week organiser Brent Mitchell...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sexy, Gay and French on YouTube
The French, as if we need to be told, do things differently from the rest of us - especially in the world of sex...
Links: GayNZ.com
Social Justice? Yeah, Right!
Maxim recently released a report on 'social justice,' and now intends to hold a conference on the same subject...
Links: GayNZ.com
Thailand: Transgender band
A girl band of transsexuals who model themselves on the Spice Girls are hoping to change social attitudes and achieve pop chart success in Thailand...
Links: GayNZ.com
UK man fined for selling gay porn on net
A UK man who copied hardcore gay porn DVDs in his living room set up a website to sell them in the UK and abroad, a court heard yesterday...
Links: GayNZ.com
Wellington club
The former ‘Pound' nightclub, renovated and reopened as mixed venue ‘Spicehammer' last December, has now closed its doors...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 21 Feb 2005

Police call on anti-civil union activists
9AM: A pair of Christian activists who vandalised Associate Justice Minister David Benson-Pope's office in the run-up to the Civil Union Bill vote in Parliament last year are outraged that the police called round to their house to collect payment for damages...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sexual harassment at work
I work part-time nights at a supermarket as a shelf stacker...
Links: GayNZ.com
Wellington Fair considers security options
2:30PM: The presence of fundamentalist Christian protesters at this year's Big Gay Out festival in Auckland has prompted the organisers of Wellington's Gay and Lesbian Fair next month to consider their security options...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 21 Feb 2003

Former Cub leader admits poisoning and indecent assault
A former national Cub leader has admitted poisoning three teenage boys with a sex-related drug and indecently assaulting one of them, in Christchurch...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 21 Feb 1999

Television item (New Zealand)
Tagata Pasifika, ref: TZP210140.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sat 21 Feb 1998

Television item (Auckland, New Zealand)
One Network News, ref: TZP195550.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
The HERO parade takes place (Auckland, New Zealand)
The parade begins at 8.45pm and runs along Ponsonby Road. It includes 60-plus floats.
Links: NZ.com(1), NZ.com(2)

Fri 21 Feb 1997

Television item (New Zealand)
Out There, ref: TZP181575.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (New Zealand)
Holmes, ref: TZP180536.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sun 21 Feb 1960

Poet Walter D'Arcy Cresswell dies (London, United Kingdom)
Cresswell dies of accidental gas poisioning.
Links: Te Ara, GayNZ.net

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