On This Day: 26th June

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Fri 26 Jun 2020

Christian Siriano designs Stonewall Day shirt to support LGBTQ issues and Black Lives Matter
June 26 is Stonewall Day! The national day of awareness was created by Pride Live in 2018 to commemorate the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, and this year’s virtual event will support the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as LGBTQ+ issues such as the rise of violence against transgender women, and particularly Black trans women...
Links: Stuff
Three ‘Gs’ Defining NZ Recovery Scenario
Summary With a virus-free spell of over 3 weeks, New Zealand reported new cases of COVID-19, though control measures remain in place...
Links: Scoop
Trans And Intersex Communities Call For Law Change And Release Of Working Group’s Report
Trans, intersex and rainbow community organisations are very disappointed to hear there will be no progress before the election on a Bill that would make it easier for trans and intersex people to amend sex details listed on their birth certificates...
Links: Scoop
JACINDA ARDERN and NZ PRIDE FESTIVALS JOIN GLOBAL PRIDE LINE-UP
Links: Express
Reese Witherspoon Didn’t Know What Homosexuality Was Until Moving to LA
Links: Express

Wed 26 Jun 2019

Aussie netball great backtracks on 'mesmerising' Maria Folau
Australia's most capped netballer Liz Ellis has clarified her comments against "mesmerising" Maria Folau, saying her "real beef" is with netball bosses who refused to swiftly condemn homophobia...
Links: NZ Herald
For the first time, Statistics New Zealand has collected information about sexual identity
People who identify as bisexual are more likely to have worse mental wellbeing than heterosexual Kiwis, according to new data...
Links: NZ Herald
Gay Kiwis as satisfied with their lives as straight people, but not so for bisexuals
Just over half of those identifying as bisexual in New Zealand rate their life satisfaction above 7/10...
Links: Stuff
Roman Sexuality
We spend some time in bed with The Romans in the company of University of Canterbury Senior Lecturer in Classics, Dr Gary Morrison, a specialist in Roman social history and find out about the facts and the fabrications around Roman sexuality...
Links: RNZ

Tue 26 Jun 2018

The Latest: Russia drops charges against LGBT activist
MOSCOW — The Latest on the World Cup (all times local):2:40 p...
Links: NZ Herald

Sun 26 Jun 2016

I Come From a Land Downunder!
Links: Express
URGE ♥︎ Orlando at The Dog’s Bollix
Links: Express

Fri 26 Jun 2015

The Johnnys: A brilliant bolt from the blue
With the sad news today that Suzi Fray has died, we're sharing our interview with her from earlier in the year so you can read about her rollicking ride with The Johnnys and what the gay community meant to her, in her own words...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 26 Jun 2014

AUTs ‘Schools Scorecard’ to Dramatically Improve Circumstances For Diverse Students
Links: Express
Eastern Boys – NZ International Film Festival 2014 Top Picks
Links: Express
Putin on “the so-called issues of sex minorities.”
Links: Express
Slick Launch Party – Revelry
Links: Express
Slick Runway Show – Revelry
Links: Express
Wizard becomes Man of Letters
Links: Express
Victor Rodger - on writing Black Faggot
Black Faggot was inspired when Victor Rodger was watching Destiny Church’s Enough is Enough march and thought "well at least one of those sons will be gay and will feel stink ...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 26 Jun 2013

Wingate Club to re-open this Saturday
Auckland’s Wingate Club will reopen this Saturday, just over a month after a major fire...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 26 Jun 2012

Stephen Rainbow becomes new OUTLine Chair
New OUTLIne Chair Stephen Rainbow Stephen Rainbow has been elected the new Chair of the Board of Auckland-based phone support and glbti advocacy service OUTLine, in what is a period of change for the organisation...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 26 Jun 2011

NZAF hands reins of Wellness Fund to Pos people
A long-running fund established and administered by the NZ AIDS Foundation to provide last resort financial assistance to HIV positive people has been handed over to an organisation representing people living with the debilitating virus...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 26 Jun 2010

Trans prison volunteer acknowledged
Gemma Huriwai (HRC) A volunteer who supports and mentors transgender prisoners at Mt Eden and Auckland prisons is being acknowledged as part of Volunteer Week...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 26 Jun 2009

USA: 16-year-old's shocking 'gay exorcism'
"Rip it from his throat...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 26 Jun 2008

Out in the Bay (San Francisco)
Eric Jansen talks about Out in the Bay - a weekly LGBTI rainbow radio show in San Francisco
Features: Eric Jansen
Links: PrideNZ.com
TV2 makes date with bisexual space hero
TVNZ has scheduled Torchwood - a British science fiction drama starring a bisexual space action hero from the far future - for broadcast late on Wednesday nights beginning next month...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 26 Jun 2007

USA: Yearbook gay kiss censored - apology
A New Jersey school Superintendent has apologised to a student after a photo of him kissing his boyfriend was struck from all 230 copies produced...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 26 Jun 2006

Revisiting old haunts: AKL nostalgia night
An Auckland nostalgia night is being held to reminisce about the popular pre-law reform haunts, including The Great Northern, The Alex and The Empire...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 26 Jun 2005

Tamaki DVD given 'M' rating
Brian Tamaki-produced film New Zealand, A Nation Under Siege has been given an 'M' rating, suitable for audiences 16 years of age and over due to explicit anti-gay and political content...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 26 Jun 2004

Labour MP - Gays hijacked CU bill
Gay MPs have hijacked the civil union bill, according to a Labour MP who abstained from voting in Parliament on Thursday...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 26 Jun 2003

The Christian Right and Prostitution Law Reform
Although it was a one-vote margin, New Zealand joined New South Wales across the Tasman and enacted the Prostitution Law Reform Act on Wednesday evening...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 26 Jun 1991

Cleve Jones - NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt (San Francisco)
Cleve Jones, founder of the NAMES Project, talks to Ian Kember in 1991 about the quilt
Features: Cleve Jones
Links: PrideNZ.com
Michele Cinq-Mars - NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt (San Francisco)
Michele Cinq-Mars, Director of Communications for the NAMES Project, talks to Ian Kember about the AIDS Memorial Quilt
Features: Michele Cinq-Mars
Links: PrideNZ.com
Man to Man publication begins (New Zealand)
It starts out as a 4-page pamphlet but by mid 1995 it has grown into a fully-fledged newspaper called Express. In 2014 Express changes to a monthly magazine format with accompanying website.
Links: National Library, Gay Express

Thu 26 Jun 1986

Television news report: an international AIDS conference takes place (New Zealand)
6.30 news, ref F91925.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Tue 26 Jun 1979

As part of Gay Pride Week a radio interview is broadcast featuring members of the Nelson Gay Welfare Group (Nelson, New Zealand)
The interview is broadcast on 2ZN. A copy of the interview is available at the Lesbian and Gay Archives of New Zealand.
Links: LAGANZ

Mon 26 Jun 1967

St Peters church service (1967) (Wellington)
The Reverend Godfrey Wilson introduces a 1967 church service reflecting on homosexuality
Features: Godfrey Wilson
Links: PrideNZ.com
Radio: Rev Godfrey Wilson broadcasts a nationwide sermon reflecting on homosexuality (New Zealand)
The Reverend broadcasts from St Peter's Anglican church in Willis Street, Wellington. The anti-discrimination sermon is possibly the first of its kind to be heard in New Zealand.
Links: PrideNZ.com

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