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Sun 2 Apr 2023

  • Agatha Christie novels given a re-edit
    Agatha Christie is the latest to novelist to have had a fresh edit given to some of her works to make them more palatable to readers...
    Links: RNZ
  • Agatha Christie novels given a re-edit
    Agatha Christie is the latest to novelist to have had a fresh edit given to some of her works to make them more palatable to readers...
    Links: RNZ
  • Watch: Shaun Johnson on the Warriors' 'funny s...' halftime rave before NRL comeback win
    The veteran playmaker let his emotions out at the Warriors' resilience, their 'funny s...
    Links: Stuff
  • Watch: Shaun Johnson rave about Warriors' 'funny s...' halftime rave before NRL comeback win
    The veteran playmaker let his emotions out at the Warriors' resilience, their 'funny s...
    Links: Stuff

Sat 2 Apr 2022

  • Navigating Two Tides: A queer man's struggle to keep the faith and accept who he is
    Iatua Taito has always felt pulled in many directions by his culture, sexuality and religion - but now he's trying to unite them...
    Links: Stuff
  • Navigating Two Tides: Gay Fijian man lived a double life to keep family happy
    Manasa Cua has never felt more alive...
    Links: Stuff
  • Navigating Two Tides: Hiding who she was pushed trans woman Robin Kapeteni to the edge
    Robin Kapeteni was only 12 when she considered taking her own life to end the pain she had to deal with daily...
    Links: Stuff

Thu 2 Apr 2020

  • Colton underwood talks sexuality, bachelor stardom and his many exes in juicy book
    Colton Underwood tells all in new autobiography The First Time which details his rise to stardom and how he ended up with Cassie Randolph...
    Links: Stuff
  • Concerns Raised About A Possible Global Condom Shortage
    Links: Express
  • Queer Kiwis Surviving Self-Isolation: Martin King
    Links: Express
  • U.S. Naval Officer Suing Pentagon Over Trump’s Trans Military Ban
    Links: Express

Tue 2 Apr 2019

  • BANG! - Special Edition
    Usually Bryan would hit play on Melody Thomas' sex, sexuality serires BANG! but tonight you can expect something a little different...
    Links: RNZ
  • Brunei's 'death by stoning' penalty for gay sex - CHRI
    New Delhi, April 1 : Brunei Darussalam’s plan to introduce the death penalty by stoning for same sex relations and adultery has triggered a call from a leading Commonwealth human rights organisation for the revocation of the country’s membership...
    Links: Scoop

Mon 2 Apr 2018

  • Homosexual convictions can be wiped under law Parliament set to pass
    Parliament will unanimously pass a law tomorrow night allowing the convictions of men for homosexual offences to be expunged from the public record...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Ask Agony Uncle Eli
    Links: Express
  • Preview: Peter Wells Dear Oliver
    Links: Express
  • Preview: The Naked Magicians Return!
    Links: Express

Sun 2 Apr 2017

  • Review: The Heart’s Invisible Furies
    Links: Express
  • All Black faces NZRU after "homophobic comment"
    All Black Lima Sopoaga is facing a formal employment process after making a “homophobic comment” on Instagram, ten months after the New Zealand Rugby Union announced the launch of a diversity initiative...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • An East Asian First?
    After a recent positive Taiwanese Constitutional Court decision, it now seems as if Taiwan will shortly become the first East Asian nation to pass civil marriage equality legislation...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 2 Apr 2016

  • Bears shave in the name of charity
    Today members of the bear community said goodbye to some of their fur in the name of charity...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 2 Apr 2015

  • Playing with Dolls
    Links: Express
  • Easter weekend guide
    With Easter Trading Hours, there are limits on when some of our venues can open this weekend...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New music video: Spectrum
    Queer artist Ryan Amador teamed up with singer Jo Lampert and poet Gyasi Ross for his new song Spectrum, which asks “where do you fall on the spectrum of sexuality?” The video features a wide range of diverse couples, including same-sex pairs and genderqueer people...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZ sets workplace diversity standard
    The first standard in the world to help businesses and organisations create an inclusive workplace has been published by Standards New Zealand...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Q-Topia seeking new board members
    File Photo Christchurch youth group Q-topia is looking for volunteers to join its board...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • UK: Heisenberg's Election?
    In the United Kingdom, the next general election will be held in a month's time...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 2 Apr 2014

  • A 1977 Frankie Knuckles set
    The gay Godfather of House Frankie Knuckles has died...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay man gang raped, room set alight
    Police are investigating reports a 20-year-old gay man has been gang raped by five men and left in a burning room in a South African housing development, in an apparent homophobic hate crime...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • House pioneer Frankie Knuckles dies
    Frankie Knuckles was 59 The "Godfather of House" Frankie Knuckles has died unexpectedly at his Chicago home, aged 59...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Knuckles was "a genius" says NZ DJ
    “I love everything he has ever put out - I always play something of his in all of my sets" - James Leuii...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Model comp: Trans Aucklander can compete
    Amy Brosnahan Organisers of a modelling competition say a transgender Auckland woman can compete, and are apologising for their “naivety and confusion” after earlier telling her it was for “females only”...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Ugandan President leads gay hate march
    Uganda’s President has been the guest of honour at a five-hour rally celebrating the passage of the nation’s anti-gay laws...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • YouTube makes LYC's gay first kiss R18
    "Content warning" now pops up for the video...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • YouTube's censorship disappoints NZAF
    The New Zealand AIDS Foundation says it’s “disappointed, but not surprised”, that Love Your Condom’s “gay first kiss” video has been made R18 and given a content warning by YouTube...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 2 Apr 2013

  • Pure hate, random violence
    We last updated our list of violence against members of our community in 2006...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Too soon for talk of HIV cure, NZAF says
    The New Zealand AIDS Foundation says it’s too early for talk of an “HIV cure”, after a child born with the virus now has no evidence of it in her blood...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Vaccines make people gay, ‘scientist’ claims
    A 70-year-old Italian 'scientist' has made the bizarre claim that he believes vaccinations make people gay...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 2 Apr 2012

  • [name withheld 6] - Q12 (Auckland)
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Aaron - Q12 (Auckland)
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Sue and Berry - Older Lesbians (Paekākāriki)
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • DVD review: Beginners
    Christopher Plummer as Hal This moving, thoughtful and gentle film centred on a relationship between a father who comes out at 75 and his bewilderdly proud son, may be a little slow for some, but for others it will quickly become a favourite...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Grants to be announced on 'Big Wednesday'
    The recipients of this year’s round of Gay Auckland Business Association Charitable Trust community grants will be announced at a function this Wednesday night...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Tamati Coffey to host NZ's Got Talent
    Tamati Coffey TV One’s gay roving weather reporter Tamati Coffey has been announced as the host of the upcoming series New Zealand’s Got Talent...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 2 Apr 2011

  • PM's 'concern' about bullying questioned
    Rainbow Wellington is expressing scepticism about Prime Minister John Key's expressions of concern about bullying in schools, saying he appears to be "all spin and no delivery"...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 2 Apr 2010

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    One News, ref: TZP381490.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • On a lighter note, with two GALS
    Rob Calder and Kurt Payne Two men who are very different, yet not that different at all, seem to capture the heart of Auckland's Gay and Lesbian Singers (GALS)...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • On a lighter note, with two GALS
    Rob Calder and Kurt Payne Two men who are very different, yet not that different at all, seem to capture the heart of Auckland's Gay and Lesbian Singers (GALS)...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • What's happening this Easter weekend?
    Although there are limited trading hours at most venues, there are a handful of events going ahead in the main centres this long weekend...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 2 Apr 2009

  • Here's Dynamo Go - download their album free!
    Dynamo Go's Gian giving away their debut album to download...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Stefano: "I gave up love for dancing"
    TV's Dancing with the Stars gay professional dancer Stefano Olivieri has told Women's Day magazine about the relationship he sacrificed for his career...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sweden approves same-sex marriages
    Gender-neutral marriage legislation has been adopted in Sweden, passed by a broad majority in parliament after a six-hour debate...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 2 Apr 2008

  • Date set for Brown murder accused
    Hungarian tourist Ferdinand Ambach, accused of the late December killing of gay Onehunga man Ron Brown, made another brief appearance at the Auckland District Court yesterday, where he was given a date for a predepositions hearing...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Jay Leno in trouble over 'gayest look' gag
    US comedian and talk show host Jay Leno has come under fire from gay viewers after he asked actor Ryan Phillippe to give him his "gayest look" in a live TV interview last week...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The Green Party's rainbow thinking
    Rainbow Labour MP Tim Barnett wrote a piece for GayNZ...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 2 Apr 2007

  • 128 submissions for NZ transgender inquiry
    128 submissions showing New Zealand transgender people's experiences of discrimination have been collected and summarised by the Human Rights Commission – and those summaries are now in the hands of Members of Parliament and government agencies...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • AUS HIV case - Health officials
    Health officials in the Australian state of Victoria may face a class action from men police believe were deliberately infected with HIV by a Melbourne man accused of spreading the virus...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Comment: 28 Good Reasons to Support Section 59 Repeal
    Family First has provided the rest of us with a list of the organisations that oppose Sue Bradford's private members bill to outlaw hitting children...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Film marks 30yrs of Manawatu LGBT group
    MaLGRA - the Manawatu Lesbian and Gay Rights Association - will be celebrating its 30th anniversary on Labour Weekend this year, and to mark the event, a new documentary will explore the colourful history of the organisation...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Hungochani: History of a dissident sexuality
    Hungochani: History of A Dissident Sexuality in Southern Africa Marc Epprecht McGill-Queens University Press 2006 Given that takatapui have reclaimed this historic identity as a distinctly indigenous form of homosexuality in Aotearoa, what about its equivalents elsewhere - like Southern Africa? Hungochani is the Southern African equivalent...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • WINZ same-sex relationship rules change
    As of yesterday, there are new rules in place that affect same-sex couples applying for or on Work    Ref: GayNZ...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 2 Apr 2006

  • "Wigs on Waterfront" postponed again
    Bad weather today has again drowned out the popular Auckland drag event Wigs on the Waterfront, following last week's postponement...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Martin and Mark
    Martin Kaulback and Mark Newdick (both 32) have been together nearly seven years and now live in Wellington, having originally met in London...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 2 Apr 2005

  • Aussie blokes still afraid of fairies
    Legendary Kiwi outdoor clothing brand Fairydown has had its name resurrected in the Australian market, a reversal of an earlier decision to rename the brand as "Zone" because Aussie males couldn't handle wearing anything that had "fairy" on it...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Christian Heritage runs for cover
    The former party of disgraced Christian political figure Graham Capill is running for cover in the wake of Capill's shock admission to and criminal conviction for repeatedly molesting an eight-year-old girl...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Destiny moves to shut down web critic
    The anti-gay Destiny Church is threatening legal action to shut down the website of one of its critics...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Peron denies 'Unbound' connections
    GayNZ...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 2 Apr 2004

  • "My hotline to God was never disconnected"
    Michael Kirby Even in the darkest days, my hotline to God was never disconnected...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • A champion for human rights dies
    Leading, long-time advocate for gay liberation, human rights and greater respect and understanding persons with disabilities, Stewart Ransom, died in Palmerston North on 23 March...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Britain unveils civil union bill
    While New Zealand faces a barrage of protest from fundamentalist Christians and social conservatives before its Civil Union bill is even unveiled, the only criticisms being levelled at Britain's Civil Partnership bill is that it doesn't go far enough...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The USA's complex same-sex relationship laws
    With news of same-sex marriages and/or civil unions being allowed, then disallowed, then subject to federal and state politics it's hard to keep up with what's happening at the USA's city, county, state and national levels, so Chris Banks sums up the past few tumultuous months...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Two mums and two dads?
    Should children conceived through surrogacy have more than two legal parents? This is one of the topics of a discussion document issued by the Law Commission on whether current parenthood laws should be overhauled to keep up with social change...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Want to make gay TV programmes?
    REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS GAY TELEVISION TV2 is seeking proposals from independent producers for a weekly half-hour magazine series for and about the gay community in New Zealand...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 2 Apr 1989

Thu 2 Apr 1987

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    6:30pm News, ref: TZP41335.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Eyewitness News, ref: TZP50271.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television news report: chemists to start selling syringes in an attempt to stop the spread of AIDS (New Zealand)
    Includes an interview with the Dr Michael Basset, Minister of Health. Eyewitness news, ref: F92479.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Wed 2 Apr 1986

  • Parliament: Committee of the Whole House - Homosexual Law Reform Bill (2 April 1986) (Parliament buildings)
    Audio from parts of the Committee of the Whole House during the Homosexual Law Reform Bill, 2 April 1986.
    Features: George Gair, John Banks, Merv Wellington, Norman Jones
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • The Committee of the Whole House (Parliament) continues to consider the Homosexual Law Reform Bill (New Zealand)
    Links: PrideNZ.com

Tue 2 Apr 1985

  • Television news report: Auckland Blood Transfusion Centre evaluating new testing kits (Auckland, New Zealand)
    ref: TZP134241.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television news report: the Auckland Blood Transfusion Service begins sampling AIDS testing kits (New Zealand)
    Eyewitness news, ref F62423.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, University of Auckland
  • The media reports the Auckland Blood Transfusion Service is sampling AIDS testing kits (Auckland, New Zealand)

Sun 2 Apr 1972

  • Third meeting of Gay Liberation Front Auckland (Auckland, New Zealand)

Sun 2 Apr 1854

  • Photographer Robert Gant is born (United Kingdom)
    Gant is born in Woolwich (now Greater London). At the age of 21 he immigrates to Wellington, New Zealand.

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