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Wed 29 Mar 2023

  • Actor Guy Pearce apologises after transgender comments draw backlash
    The actor, who played a drag queen on The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, questioned whether non-trans actors could play trans characters...
    Links: Stuff
  • Fifa reportedly considering banning rainbow armbands at women's World Cup
    World football's governing body insist no decision has been made but German officials have flagged a ban has been discussed...
    Links: Stuff
  • Nashville school shooting: Claims Audrey Hale was rejected by family who ‘couldn’t accept’ trans identity
    Audrey Hale bought seven guns and then killed six people...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Research shows hearing aids may help protect against dementia
    Almost 70,000 Kiwis are living with dementia today...
    Links: RNZ
  • US Christian school shooting: Claims Audrey Hale was rejected by family who ‘couldn’t accept’ trans identity
    Audrey Hale bought seven guns and then killed six people...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • BIG BEAR BEN: BODY-POSITIVITY ROLE MODEL
    Links: Express
  • Getting To Know Your Gaydar?
    Links: Express
  • Respecting Our Elders
    Links: Express
  • WHO Confirms mpox Still A Global Health Emergency As UK Winds...
    Links: Express

Tue 29 Mar 2022

  • Labour MP Louisa Wall resigns (New Zealand)
    Links: Scoop
  • Louisa Wall Resigns From Parliament
    Links: Express
  • Mr Burlesque Aotearoa: Bjorn Aslund
    Links: Express

Mon 29 Mar 2021

  • Trans woman Rose Montoya shares airport screening ordeal
    A trans woman has shared the difficult experience she endured while going through airport security, explaining "how horrible" it often was to travel as a trans person...
    Links: NZ Herald

Fri 29 Mar 2019

  • Brunei to punish gay sex and adultery with death by stoning
    International condemnation of country's plans to implement laws including stoning to death for gay sex...
    Links: Stuff

Thu 29 Mar 2018

  • Tongan documentary about transgender minority to premiere in London
    A Tongan feature documentary about a transgender minority group fighting for equality will premiere at the Festival of Commonwealth Film at the Britsh Museum in London next month...
    Links: RNZ

Wed 29 Mar 2017

  • Māori whānau get new advice for supporting LGBTQI kids
    Māori whānau raising gay or gender diverse children have a new resource to help them talk to young people who come out...
    Links: RNZ
  • “Whatever, Just Please Wash Your Hands.”
    Links: Express
  • Filitonga Found Guilty For Infecting Partner With HIV
    Links: Express
  • Grindr Used To Meet Minors
    Links: Express
  • ISIS Responsible For Stoning Gay Youth To Death
    Links: Express
  • Netflix Features Non-Binary Characters In New Show
    Links: Express

Tue 29 Mar 2016

  • “If They Shoot Me, They Shoot Me”: Elton John to Visit...
    Links: Express
  • Easter Eye Candy at Family Bar
    Links: Express
  • Gay Actor’s Candid Response to Internet Fat Shaming
    Links: Express
  • High Notes In The High Seas: The Night With Lisa Crouch
    Links: Express
  • Two Naked Gay Guys on Your Computer Screen
    Links: Express
  • Adoption, the law and us
    In December, a groundbreaking adoption case saw an Auckland judge grant all same-sex couples eligibility to be granted joint adoption orders, however the Human Rights Review Tribunal recently declared New Zealand’s adoption laws to be discriminatory and have called for legislative change...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Governor of Georgia rejects 'religious liberty' bill
    The Governor of Georgia has vetoed the controversial anti-gay HB 757, previously known as the ‘pastor protection act’ legislation that had many Hollywood stars vowing they would boycott the state if it was to pass...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Staff changes for RainbowYOUTH.
    RainbowYOUTH has said goodbye to one of its longstanding staff members while at the same time welcoming a volunteer into a paid position...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 29 Mar 2015

  • Emmy - Beyond Rainbows (Te Puea Memorial Marae)
    Emmy talks about protesting at the Auckland Pride parade to highlight issues around mass incarceration, and talks about power dynamics within queer communities.
    Features: Emilie Rākete
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Out in the carPark (Wilson Parking, Ghuznee Street)
    Participants, stall-holders and the public talk about attending the Love Parade and Out in the carPark in Wellington (2015)
    Features: Adrienne Girling, Alan Kwok, Amanduh la Whore, Angela Wells, Bev Berryman, Celia Wade-Brown, Chris Rogers, Clynton Payne, Conrad Johnston, Damian Strogen, Des Smith, Elizabeth Marshall, Ellen Faed, Emma Anderson, Georgina Beyer, Jan Logie, Jessie Scherf, John Jolliff, Karen Harris, Kay Jones, LaQuisha Redfern, Lee Eklund, Lesley Bola, Lilly Loudmouth, Maggie Shippam, Marcella de Tella, Neill Ballantyne, Paul Boland, Paul Rigby, Ron Irvine, Shelley Te Waiariki Howard, Stephanie Garvey, Sydney Lehman, Tohia Love, unidentified voice(s)
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Foodie Bites: A Hot Little Mexican
    Links: Express
  • Game of Thrones’ Hot New Actor
    Links: Express
  • It’s Manuka Honey – Honey!
    Links: Express
  • Short Film Sunday: Tama Ma
    Did you miss Okareka Dance Company's very first show, Tama Ma - or maybe you want to re-live the story? You can now watch a recording of the full show...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wellington hosts Out in the (car)Park
    Update: Organisers say Out in the car(Park) has been a wonderful day, where a rainbow even came out to play...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 29 Mar 2014

  • Falcons hosting 'sports kit' night at Urge
    The New Zealand Falcons are holding a fundraiser at Urge tonight...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay UK couples readying to tie the knot
    The first ever legal same-sex weddings are about to take place in the UK...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 29 Mar 2013

  • Former MP Warren Freer dies (New Zealand)
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Seven Sharp, ref: TZP429660.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Lesbian ball to celebrate Heroes and Heroines
    Auckland's lesbian ball will be back in July with the theme Heroes and Heroines...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Supreme Court ponders "skim milk marriage" law
    The US Supreme Court has held two days of hearings on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which prevents couples who have married in states where same-sex marriage is legal from enjoying the same federal rights and benefits as straight couples...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 29 Mar 2012

  • Carmen Rupe Facebook page disappears
    A Facebook page set up on Carmen Rupe’s behalf when she was alive has  disappeared overnight, amidst an increasingly hostile dispute over the use of her name...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Editorial: The sad conflict over Carmen's legacy
    The battle of words raging over the legacy of the late Carmen Rupe has exploded into a full-fledged war...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Facebook page set up to remember Carmen
    A Facebook page has sprung up to celebrate Carmen’s life after her personal profile was taken down by the social media site overnight, when it became the centre of a spat over the manner in which Carmen’s memory is preserved...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Male dolphins nurture gay and bi relationships
    Scientists have found bottlenose dolphins nurturing both bisexual and gay relationships in a study they carried out in Shark Bay, Western Australia...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • One accused admits gay man's murder
    A 21-year-old man has admitted murdering gay Polish man Roman Skorek in Rotorua’s Kuirau Park in January...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Trust advisor: allegations are "vicious and baseless"
    The late Carmen The Sydney woman at the centre of accusations and questions regarding her role in the setting up of a charitable trust in the name of the late Carmen Rupe has hit back at what she calls her detractors' "vicious" and "totally baseless allegations" which fly in the face of "the values Carmen stood for when she was alive...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • UK: Hatemongers mobilise against same-sex marriage
    The UK Christian Right has started to mobilise against preliminary investigation of the case for same-sex marriage proper...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 29 Mar 2011

  • More than words
    Phylesha Brown-Acton Glbt? Lgbt? Queer? Rainbow? Shakespeare's famous “what's in a name?” seems to go right out in the window when discussing a name for the ‘gay community'...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Police to crack down on sex at Kapiti beach
    Police are going to take a hard line on people having sex at a Kapiti Coast beach following endless complaints from locals...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Q-topia getting back to business once more
    Christchurch queer youth group Q-topia will be back up and running this week after losing access to two venues in the two quakes which hammered the city...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 29 Mar 2010

  • Orange - Rainbow Touchstones (Auckland)
    Ivan talks about growing up in Malaysia and dealing with depression.
    Features: Ivan Yeo
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Te Karere, ref: TZP383420.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Gay slurs judged unacceptable in broadcasting
    The words "cocksucker" and "faggot" have been ranked among the top ten most unacceptable words to use in broadcasting...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • War and Peace: The Lavender Edition?
    Oddly enough, there was negligible concern here when the Bolger administration ended military service discrimination in 1993...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 29 Mar 2009

  • Chch DJ and Second Lifer Danice Dearborn
    DJ Danice Dearborn DJ Danice spins discs for LGBT nights in Christchurch, but we found out she also has an extraordinary Second Life...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Mr. Urge Bear 2009 winner is a 'grizzly'
    A popular K' Road bar stalwart took the title Mr...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Romance at Coro St's 'Mr. Gay Weatherfield'
    Coronation Street's camp gay barman Sean Tully is staying in the show until at least mid-2010, as actor Antony Cotton has signed on to stick with the long-running soap and take part in heart-wrenching new storylines...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 29 Mar 2008

  • Canada: Pink T's defend bullied student
    Two Canadian students are being praised across North America for the way they turned the tide against bullies who picked on a fellow student for wearing pink to school...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Website for Takataapui Bros goes live
    BroOnline...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 29 Mar 2007


  • ‘GAP', Wellington's rainbow network organisation is planning this year's Annual General Meeting and is keen to hear from new people willing to join their Board...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Book: Triumph of the Airheads
    Triumph of the Airheads Shelley Gare Park Street Press, 2007 In her recently published book, Shelley Gare discusses the rise of the 'airhead' within western societies...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Comment: Brethrengate Nevermore?
    One might have been forgiven for ignoring a small but very significant news item last week, which dealt with campaign finance law reform… Since the National Party almost stole the last general election with the connivance of the Exclusive Brethren and (arguably) the Maxim Institute's Nzvotes website, political observers have been anticipating the arrival of the proposed legislation with great interest, to say nothing of New Zealand's LGBT communities, given Don Brash's treachery over the issue...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • HIV Futures: Tracking the experience of living with HIV
    What does it mean to be HIV positive? How does it affect the hundreds of gay men in our New Zealand community who have the disruptive and still incurable disease? Dr Jeffrey Grierson, a social scientist and researcher based at LaTrobe University in Melbourne, is one of the project leaders on HIV Futures New Zealand 2, launched last month to gauge the experiences and needs of people living with HIV and AIDS in New Zealand...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 29 Mar 2006

  • New ACT president "vomited" over gays
    A man who pretended to vomit when talking about gays at an election rally last year has been elected the new president of the ACT Party...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Next "Queen" pageant now in December
    The next Queen of the Whole Universe drag beauty pageant is to be brought forward to this December 1st, organisers have announced...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • U. Future ally scared off by "evangelism"
    Outdoor Recreation NZ has formally split with the anti-gay and religious conservative political party United Future, calling it a "divorce on religious grounds"...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 29 Mar 2005

  • Television panel discussion: what is hate speech? (New Zealand)
    Hosted by Willie Jackson, with panelists Anjum Rahman, Emily White, Chris Wikaira and Judith Collins. Eye to Eye, ref F85113.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Editorial: Jim Peron: Some questions and answers
    The accusations against gay man and GayNZ...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The Peron Allegations: Part Three: Ghosts From The Past Return
    Any solid investigation resembles a crucible, where inaccuracies must be burned away until we're left with only the truth...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 29 Mar 2004

  • MP Dunne rejects Civil Unions
    The bid to give same-sex couples legal relationship status has been attacked by United Future leader Peter Dunne...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New service launched for GLBT problem gamblers
    The Gambling Problem Helpline is trialling a new call-back service for people with gambling problems who identify themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender (GLBT) and would like to speak about their gambling problem with a Helpline counsellor from the GLBT community...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Rapid HIV saliva test okayed in USA
    The USA has approved a rapid saliva test for HIV which provides results within 20 minutes with 99 percent accuracy...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 29 Mar 2001

Sun 29 Mar 1992

Sun 29 Mar 1987

Tue 29 Mar 1977

  • Television news report: the Homosexual Law Reform Society says discrimination against homosexuals should be illegal (New Zealand)
    The Society was appearing before the Select Committee on Human Rights. Ref TZP28786.
    Links: TVNZ

Sun 29 Mar 1970

  • Television news report: University Students Association Council recommends sex education in schools (New Zealand)
    NZBC news, ref TZP85992.
    Links: TVNZ

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