On This Day: 16th May

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Sat 16 May 2020

Alison Mau: Champagne and homophobia on the menu at first party of a new era
OPINION: If this is what the party lifestyle looks like in the post-lockdown era, I'll pass, writes Alison Mau...
Links: Stuff

Thu 16 May 2019

A mystery illness killed a boy in 1969. Years later, doctors learned what it was: AIDS
The 16-year-old boy had the kind of illness that wouldn't be familiar to doctors for years: He was weak and emaciated, rife with stubborn infections and riddled with rare cancerous lesions known as Kaposi's sarcoma, a skin disease...
Links: NZ Herald
Diverse mix of couples revealed for Wife Swap New Zealand
On the New Zealand version, the swappers are a diverse mix – the 16 families comprise single mums, a gay couple and whānau both big and small...
Links: Stuff
New Zealand is heading to become HIV-free
The goal to virtually eliminate HIV transmission in New Zealand by 2025 suddenly looks attainable...
Links: Stuff
Australian Pro-Footballer Comes Out As Gay
Links: Express
Dramatic Decline In HIV Diagnoses Continues In New Zealand
Links: Express
Meet a Former US Surrogate and Egg Donor – Free Family...
Links: Express

Wed 16 May 2018

Courtney Act Stars in New Ending HIV Campaign
Links: Express

Tue 16 May 2017

TropOut 2017: New Caledonia
Links: Express

Mon 16 May 2016

Pride Board Responds to EJP Symposium Questions Regarding Corrections
Links: Express
Sir Ian McKellen to Inaugurate Kashish 2016
Links: Express
Surrogate search continues as woman pulls out
The Auckland gay couple who announced they were successful in finding a someone to carry their child, have found out that the woman can no longer go through with the surrogacy...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 16 May 2015

Urzila Carlson in running for a FRED Award
Urzila Carlson has been nominated for The FRED Award, which honours the best show by a New Zealand comedian...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 16 May 2014

ASB commits to GLBT inclusion by joining Rainbow Tick
Links: Express
Express introduces… Julia Deans
Links: Express
Foodie Bites: So Much Beefiness
Links: Express
LYC filming dads with gay sons in new vid
After the phenomenal success of its ‘gay first kiss’ video, safe-sex promoter Love Your Condom is today beginning work on two new flicks...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 16 May 2013

Shane Bosher bowing out from Silo Theatre
Gay theatre maestro Shane Bosher is leaving Silo Theatre after 13 years as its Artistic Director, during which he has brought numerous gay productions to Auckland...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 16 May 2012

Ss to host 'fun' service for adored icon
A remembrance service for much-loved Wellington gay community icon Johnny Croskery will be held at S ...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 16 May 2011

NZAF looking for new social media whiz
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation is looking for a new Social Marketing Coordinator whose role will be to use technology to encourage condom use among gay and bisexual men...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 16 May 2010

International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held
Australians march for same-sex marriage
Thousands of Australians have marched for the right to marry in Equal Love rallies right across the nation...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 16 May 2009

Sex venues shut doors to HIV 'predator'
Auckland's largest sex on site venues have closed their doors to the alleged HIV predator at the centre of allegations that he has knowingly infected a number of young gay men with HIV...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 16 May 2008

Robin Isaacs Pt1: Searching for HIV treatments
Dr Robin Isaacs "I was always interested in science," says ex-Auckland medic Robin Isaacs, "and I wanted to do good things for people...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 16 May 2007

VIDEO: Out Takes Film Fest
Gorgeous gals, classic cowgirls, transgender tales, queer comics, and a feast of foreign film… yes, the Out Takes Film Festival is back! There's a great line up for women this year including the nine-time festival award winner The Gymnast...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 16 May 2006

Sex, Saints and Sectarianism
In the context ofIslamic/gay understanding, the incident of Saint Pelagius of Cordoba is cause for some interest, even if it did happen back in the tenth century CE...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 16 May 2005

Planet Wishart does the Time Warp, again
In some alternate universe, Auckland-based fundamentalist tabloid 'editor' Ian Wishart's lurid social conservative fantasies are reality...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 16 May 2004

International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held
Television news report: Solomon Islands expect a major increase in HIV diagnoses (New Zealand)
The news comes after it was revealed that blood products hadn't been screened for the last four years. One news, ref F81625.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound & Vision

Fri 16 May 2003

Straight parents' suitability "never questioned"
The suitability of straight couples to conceive and raise children is never questioned, says an editorial in the Hawkes Bay Today newspaper...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 16 May 1999

International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held (New Zealand)

Thu 16 May 1996

Sexual Healing? a documentary featuring former homosexual Noel Mosen is broadcast on TV One (New Zealand)
A number of people complain to the Broadcasting Standards Authority about the content. The complaints are upheld in November 1996.
Links: BSA

Wed 16 May 1984

Television: Judith Carver from New Zealand Childcare Association interviewed about sex role stereotyping in children (New Zealand)
ref: TZP21816.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

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