Queer Objects (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa) Audio from the Queer Objects event, held during Wellingtons Pride Festival on 29 February 2020 at Te Papa. The recording features historians Will Hansen and Chris Brickell in discussion. Features: Chris Brickell, James Brownhill, Roger Swanson, Tony Reed, Will Hansen Links: PrideNZ.com
Rainbow Pasefika 2020 (Wellington Museum) Audio from the Rainbow Pasefika 2020 event, held at Wellington Museum on 29 February 2020 during Wellingtons Pride festival. Features: Gio To'a, Leilani Sio, Malia Patea-Taylor, Rachel Ingram Links: PrideNZ.com
David Quammen: How animal diseases spread to humans
Science writer David Quammen is the author of Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic... Links: RNZ
10,000 Flock To Ponsonby For Auckland Rainbow Parade Links: Express
Police confirm attack victim was at Pride Parade Auckland police have confirmed suggestions that a woman who was brutally beaten and left for dead in a West Auckland quarry was abducted shortly after watching the Pride Parade... Links: GayNZ.com
Mon 29 Feb 2016
Aged Care Education Initiative Targets the LGBTI Experience Links: Express
Auckland Museum Public Lecture: “Difference and Dissidence in a Post Holocaust... Links: Express
Malcolm Pacific Immigration Renews Sponsorship of Outline Links: Express
Sam Smith Dedicates Oscar to LGBT Community Links: Express
Thirty Years Later – How Far We’ve Come Links: Express
Ian Mckellen responds to Smith's Oscar claim Sir Ian Mckellen has spoken out following Sam Smith’s claim last night that he was the first openly gay man to win an Oscar... Links: GayNZ.com
NZAF urges caution over importing PrEP The New Zealand AIDS Foundation says New Zealanders who resort to using imported generic PrEP need to be very careful about their use... Links: GayNZ.com
Oscars boycotted by ignored trans song nominee The first-ever transgender nominee for an Academy Award was not present at yesterday's ceremony as a protest against being snubbed by the award show's producers... Links: GayNZ.com
Smith unaware of past gay winners at Oscars Co-writers Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith British singer Sam Smith, who has won the best original song Oscar, has dedicated his award to the glbti communities but seemed unaware of past openly gay Oscar winners... Links: GayNZ.com
The LGBTI stars who won before Sam Smith Sam Smith, embarrassingly declared himself the first openly gay man to win an Oscar at the awards last night, we take a look at those who have come before him... Links: GayNZ.com
WLG artist hosts evening to talk about sex and sexuality Wellington artist Sian Torrington is hosting an evening to talk about sex and sexuality in creative, sex and body positive ways... Links: GayNZ.com
Sun 1 Mar 2015
Rudo s Piha Ceremony Rudo and Joydah married in Piha in a ceremony which reflected their openness, creativeness, culture differences... Links: GayNZ.com
Sat 1 Mar 2014
Coffey seeking Labour nod in Rotorua Tamati Coffey has been nominated as a possible candidate for the Labour Party in Rotorua... Links: GayNZ.com
Kenya now eyeing harsher gay laws File Photo Gay rights campaigners in Kenya say the nation’s leaders are demanding stricter anti-gay laws, and for authorities to act... Links: GayNZ.com
NBA's Collins meets hate victim's family The NBA’s first openly-gay player Jason Collins has met with Matthew Shepard’s family after revealing his jersey number is a tribute to the murder victim... Links: GayNZ.com
Wall lays down a challenge to Aussie PM Louisa Wall is in Sydney at the moment New Zealand’s marriage equality trailblazer Louisa Wall is urging Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to allow a free vote on the reform... Links: GayNZ.com
Watch: Transgender Rights Are Human Rights Transgender men and women from across the Pacific and Asia feature in a new UNAIDS video ‘Transgender Rights Are Human Rights’ which has been launched to mark Zero Discrimination Day... Links: GayNZ.com
Fri 1 Mar 2013
Pro-equality Christians happy with balance Margaret Mayman The national network Christians for Marriage Equality believes the concerns of some religious submitters have been balanced, with a Select Committee making it clear that the marriage equality bill will not diminish the freedom of religion of those who oppose it... Links: GayNZ.com
Wed 29 Feb 2012
"It is time to recognise gender identity" Agender President Cherise Witehira Agender NZ President Cherise Witehira has written to the Minister and Associate Minister of Corrections about trans inmates, calling them out on the "ignorance and transphobia" shown in Parliament and offering some practical solutions: To the Minister and Associate Minister of Corrections, I am writing to you about an issue raised over how transgender prisoners are treated in prison... Links: GayNZ.com
"It is time to recognise gender identity" Agender President Cherise Witehira Agender NZ President Cherise Witehira has written to the Minister and Associate Minister of Corrections about trans inmates, calling them out on the "ignorance and transphobia" shown in Parliament and offering some practical solutions: To the Minister and Associate Minister of Corrections, I am writing to you about an issue raised over how transgender prisoners are treated in prison... Links: GayNZ.com
Ali Mau and Karleen Edmonds engaged Edmonds and Mau at the GABA Gold auction Fair Go host Ali Mau and her partner Karleen Edmonds are engaged... Links: GayNZ.com
Govt's "transphobic attitudes" condemned Cherise Witehira A national transgender advocacy agency has slammed the “pure ignorance and transphobic attitudes” of the Government and called for change in the prison system... Links: GayNZ.com
Tue 1 Mar 2011
A week on shaky ground As the initial shock has eased and the impact of the deadly Christchurch quake has hit home, a gay venue owner has had a chance to share his survival story and explain what life is like in the aftermath... Links: GayNZ.com
Christchurch's Mr Gay NZ to address GABA Comis says the city was "like a warzone" after the quake Christchurch resident and recently crowned Mr Gay NZ Aaron Comis will share his experience of the quake when he appears as the Gay Auckland Business Association's guest speaker at this Wednesday's meet-up... Links: GayNZ.com
Q-topia will return "bigger and more fab" Christchurch glbt youth group Q-topia says all its members and facilitators are ok, but its second inner-city facility was "munted" in last week's quake and it's unclear when it will be able to next meet up... Links: GayNZ.com
Mon 1 Mar 2010
How to look good exercising Feeling good, looking great! GayNZ... Links: GayNZ.com
How to look good exercising Feeling good, looking great! GayNZ... Links: GayNZ.com
Successful first Bear NZ Week means it'll return The organisers of the inaugural Bear New Zealand week are promising the event will return in 2011 after a successful first outing... Links: GayNZ.com
Sun 1 Mar 2009
Sunny arvo expected for Out in the Square 10:15am: After a showery day yesterday, wet night, and grey morning, the skies over Wellington are expected to clear around midday, so Out in the Square's organisers have begun setting up their stage and stalls in Civic Square for this afternoon's LGBT family fun event... Links: GayNZ.com
Trans nudity challenges Palmerston North A critically-acclaimed collection of 'gender fluid' photography – including several nude images – are on the walls of a Palmerston North gallery from this weekend, in what is being described as a "bold move" in the conservative town... Links: GayNZ.com
Fri 29 Feb 2008
Desert Queens: Running for our lives You may have participated in the AIDS Candlelight Memorial or a gay rights march of some kind, but what about all the other issues that affect us as human beings?
Hey - your issues are my issues too
One group of lesbian and gay friendly women in Hamilton have come together to be part of Relay for Life: an exciting overnight team challenge that raises money for the Cancer Society of New Zealand... Links: GayNZ.com
Gay Kiwis party their way to Mardi Gras Air New Zealand flight NZ1105 – better known as the Pink Flight of Fabulousity was a noisy trip across the Tasman for Kiwis on their way to Sydney Mardi Gras yesterday, Pink Flight hostesses Buckwheat and Ribena There was alot of cheering, laughter and singing throughout the busy plane – and a running commentary from its 'crew' of vivacious drag queens... Links: GayNZ.com
Organisers "thrilled" with Wgtn fair 6:20pm: Organisers of Wellington's "Out in the Square" Gay and Lesbian Fair say they are thrilled with the response to the first gay and lesbian fair to be held in the Central City... Links: GayNZ.com
Weather holding, Wgtn GandL Fair "all go" 9... Links: GayNZ.com
Thu 1 Mar 2007
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand is encouraging everyone attending this year's Mardi Gras parade and party in Sydney to declare all fruit, animal and plant products when returning to New Zealand... Links: GayNZ.com
Palmerston North's LGBT nightclub ‘Club Mystic' will hold its ‘Mr Gay Manawatu' pageant this Saturday night, with $1,000 worth of prizes for the winner... Links: GayNZ.com
59 Way Out What lessons can we learn from the almost-failed fundamentalist campaign against Section 59 Repeal? On this issue, the Christian Right displayed ample cracks and fissures if you knew where to look... Links: GayNZ.com
Meth, American Style According to the US Frontline PBS current affairs series, there was a prolonged period of inaction that led to the escalation of the crystal meth/P crisis within the United States... Links: GayNZ.com
Regular gay show planned for George FM New Zealand's only nationwide gay radio show, called 1 in 10 with hosts 'Billy and Bob', will begin next week, George FM has announced... Links: GayNZ.com
Tasmanians warned of Tasmanian politicians have roundly condemned a gay hate letter targeting two developers based in the town of Penguin... Links: GayNZ.com
Theatre: RENT, staged in Christchurch Jonathan Larson's RENT is a high-energy “adaptation” of Puccini's most popular opera, ‘La Boheme', which is in itself a retelling of Murger's popular novel “Scenes de la vie de Boheme”, a work which influenced young Parisians in its day as much as, say, Kerouac's “Road” novel and the film “Easy Rider” did the rest of the world last century... Links: GayNZ.com
Wed 1 Mar 2006
American airline passes the buck An American airline which told a New Zealand man he couldn't redeem a free plane ticket for his male partner is blaming Air New Zealand for the fiasco... Links: GayNZ.com
Pride Centre fraud trial date set The Auckland Pride Centre fraud fiasco could drag on till the end of this year, with alleged fraudster Martin van der Riet's trial date set for November, although there is a chance that van der Riet could face trial sooner, with a standby date pencilled in for May... Links: GayNZ.com
Sun 29 Feb 2004
Facing the challenge New HIV diagnoses in New Zealand for gay men are the worst in a decade, returning us to the appalling figures of the late 1980s, and in the middle of this burgeoning new wave of sickness and dwindling treatment options, the organisation tasked with stemming this epidemic has someone new at the helm... Links: GayNZ.com
Media complacent in HIV coverage Mainstream media has focussed too much on the plight of HIV sufferers in Africa and not enough on what's happening at home, says the NZ Herald... Links: GayNZ.com
Up editors deny closure rumours The editors of gay newspaper Up moved last week to dispel rumours that the paper was closing down after a split from its publisher, AMA Media... Links: GayNZ.com
Sat 1 Mar 2003
Act's Hide taunts men with gay "insult" Senior Act MP Rodney Hide has been accused of taunting a group of men by calling them "gays... Links: GayNZ.com
Queer Nation's Andrew Whiteside After eight years on our screens Andrew Whiteside is the familiar face of TV2's gay lifestyle programme Queer Nation... Links: GayNZ.com
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