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Tue 9 Aug 2022

How I write: Matt McEvoy
Earlier this year McEvoy's new book 30 Queer Lives, which celebrates the lives, struggles and successes of queer Kiwis from all walks of life, was published...
Links: Stuff
NZ darts player first transgender woman to compete at world championship
A New Zealand darts player will become the first transgender woman to compete at the World Darts Federation World Darts Championship, to take place in England early next year...
Links: RNZ
NZer first trans woman to compete at Darts World Championship
A New Zealand darts player will be the first transgender woman to compete at the World Darts Federation World Championships when they're held early next year...
Links: RNZ
Arrun Soma: Celebrating Intersectionality
Links: Express
Queer Icon Olivia Newton-John Dies
Links: Express

Mon 9 Aug 2021

'I will not support parents being criminalised for being parents' - Judith Collins on conversion therapy bill
National Party MPs say they are staunchly against gay conversion therapy practices but stand by opposing a bill banning them because of concerns that parents could face prosecution...
Links: NZ Herald
Ex-doctor who continues to deny sexual offending against young men denied parole
David Lim, who is transgender, continues to deny drugging and sexually assaulting four male patients...
Links: Stuff
MJ Rodriguez’ Ground-Breaking Emmy Nomination
Links: Express
Russian TV Calls LGBT Athletes at Tokyo Olympics “Scum” and “Psychopaths”
Links: Express

Sun 9 Aug 2020

It’s Time To Experience The Gawkiest Threesome Of The Year!
After a sell-out season at Auckland’s Q Theatre, Gawky Productions is bringing PLAY to the capital...
Links: Scoop

Fri 9 Aug 2019

Air NZ flight attendant applicant believes she's not hired because she's transgender
A transgender job applicant is claiming gender discrimination at Air New Zealand after the national airline declined her cabin crew application for the third time...
Links: NZ Herald
Auckland Grammar's hair rule harmful for gender-diverse students, advocates say
Auckland Grammar said it was getting ready for trans students, but advocates say its ban on long hair isn't inclusive...
Links: Stuff
Archbishop In Poland Claims A “Rainbow Plague” Is Imminent
Links: Express
Celebrating Christchurch’s Community
Links: Express
King of The Capital | Jac Lynch Talks to Lilly Loudmouth
Links: Express
Meet Our August Hottie: Joel Bray
Links: Express
MINI Man Sets His Sights On Another Award
Links: Express
Ohio Republican Blames Gays and Drag Queens for Mass Shootings In...
Links: Express

Thu 9 Aug 2018

'Too gay': Man kicked out of pool for inappropriate swimwear
A man claimed he was humiliated by "homophobic" hotel staff after they kicked him out of the pool for wearing inappropriate swimwear...
Links: NZ Herald
Democrats pick gay, Native American nominee in Kansas third Congressional district
Sharice Davids shattered the mold for a congressional primary winner from ruby red Kansas on Wednesday (Thursday NZ Time), becoming the state's first Native American and gay nominee for Congress...
Links: Stuff
MLB's inclusion efforts must now overcome offensive tweets
Major League Baseball has made an effort to grow the sport among African-Americans, and there are finally some small signs of progress...
Links: NZ Herald
New CCTV footage captures England cricketer Ben Stokes 'mocking' gay men
A nightclub bouncer was abused by England cricketer Ben Stokes, who also mocked two gay men and flicked a cigarette at them, a court has heard...
Links: Stuff

Wed 9 Aug 2017

Bang Ep 2: sex and sexuality
Teenagers and sex...
Links: RNZ
Gay Plebiscites: Australia’s Crisis on Same-Sex Marriage
What a fabulous mess...
Links: Scoop
HIV Testing Comes Direct to UK Sauna
Links: Express
Warehouse Introduces Gender Transition Policy
Links: Express

Tue 9 Aug 2016

Hippolytus Veiled
Links: Express
Trans Model In Olympics Opening Ceremony
Links: Express
'Be wary of religious fundamentalism' - Justice Muir
The country's first openly gay High Court Judge, Justice Matthew Muir, has warned lawyers and law students against complacency in the face of religious fundamentalism...
Links: GayNZ.com
Ak Pride defends its progress on inclusiveness
Kirsten Sibbit The Auckland Pride Festival board has defended its efforts to include Maori and Pasifika people and communities in festival governance and events and to be an open and inclusive organisation...
Links: GayNZ.com
Ak Pride: board member has no conflict of interest
Kirsten Sibbit The Auckland Pride Festival Board is standing by the process by which a new board member was recently appointed and refuting a claim there is a conflict of interest relating to her serving on an Auckland Council advisory panel...
Links: GayNZ.com
Coronation Street star was 'terrified' coming out
A former star of the long-running Coronation Street TV soap has admitted she was "terrified" at the effect coming out would have on her career...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay British diver wins bronze
A gay British diver has won a bronze medal at the Rio Olympics, competing in the men’s synchronised 10m platform dives...
Links: GayNZ.com
Girlfriend proposes to player at Sevens ceremony
A member of the Brazilian women's sevens rugby team has very publicly become the first athlete to receive a marriage proposal at the Rio Olympics...
Links: GayNZ.com
HLR30: Praise, humour and exhortations
The following is an entertaining, informative and powerful speech made last night by NZ's first openly gay High Court judge to a gathering organised by Rainbow Law in Auckland to mark the 30th anniversary of Homosexual Law Reform...
Links: GayNZ.com
HLR30: Praise, humour and exhortations
The following is an entertaining, informative and powerful speech made last night by NZ's first openly gay High Court judge to a gathering organised by Rainbow Law in Auckland to mark the 30th anniversary of Homosexual Law Reform...
Links: GayNZ.com
Homophobic chants from Rio spectators
Megan Rapinoe Openly lgbti athletes are being subject to homophobic abuse from amongst the spectators at the Rio Olympics...
Links: GayNZ.com
Matheson: Due process followed, racism denied
Lexie Matheson Proper process was followed and the possibility of conflict of interest was checked into before she was appointed to the Auckland Pride trust board last week, Lexie Matheson - who also denies an accusation of racism - says...
Links: GayNZ.com
Serbian govt. has first openly glbt cabinet minister
Ana Brnabic The deeply conservative eastern european nation of Serbia now has its first openly glbti cabinet minister after the prime Minister appointed businesswoman Ana Brnabic as Minister for Public Administration...
Links: GayNZ.com
Take fight for glbti rights offshore, says Justice Muir
Justice Matthew Muir...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 9 Aug 2015

Insight: Gay Rights Beyond Marriage (Aotearoa New Zealand)
Many in the rainbow community fear same-sex marriage is being used as a universal solution for the challenges still confronting many in the communities. Alex Ashton investigates.
Features: Alex Ashton, Anita Brady, Bill Logan, Broden Packer, Chris Piesse, Elizabeth Kerekere, Kassie Hartendorp, Liggs Hoffman, Liz Dutton, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Nicola Wood, Sandra Kirby, Shelley Te Waiariki Howard, Sue Lytollis
Links: PrideNZ.com
Backstage at Family Bar
Links: Express
Gay AFL Player to Run For Australian Parliament
Links: Express
GLBT Ugandans Bravely March in Pride Parade
Links: Express
Tap Turns Off
Links: Express
Marriage rallies held across Australia
Thousands are turning out in Australia to call for same-sex marriage, as its Federal Parliament prepares to debate the reform next week...
Links: GayNZ.com
Tap runs dry at Auckland alcohol-free bar
An attempt to run New Zealand’s first dry bar hasn’t been met with enough support from the public to stay afloat...
Links: GayNZ.com
Watch: Marsha P Johnson biopic
With the trailer for the new Stonewall film sparking massive debate because its central character is a gay white man, here’s a feature-length documentary on revolutionary trans-activist, Marsha "Pay it No Mind" Johnson who was a Stonewall instigator...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 9 Aug 2014

Rocky Horror w/ Miss Betty Ford – Poof Bar
Links: Express
Shower Power w/ Miss Kita Mean – Legend Bar and Club
Links: Express
Wiggling It w/ Anita Wigl’it – Family Bar and Club
Links: Express
ANZ signs up to Rainbow Tick programme
ANZ's Antonia Watson with Michael Stevens from the Rainbow Tick programme...
Links: GayNZ.com
Michael Sam: Help end homophobia in sport
Groundbreaking American football player Michael Sam has thrown his support behind the Out on the Fields study, which needs more New Zealand voices...
Links: GayNZ.com
Michael Sam: Help end homophobia in sport
Groundbreaking American football player Michael Sam has thrown his support behind the Out on the Fields study, which needs more New Zealand voices...
Links: GayNZ.com
Rapid tests taken directly to South Akl
Counsellor Lyndon Moore The New Zealand AIDS Foundation is hoping to normalise testing by offering free rapid HIV, syphilis and Hepatitis C tests in South Auckland each week...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 9 Aug 2013

Blake Skjellerup on CNN
CNN grills gay Winter Olympians Blake Skjellerup and Johnny Weir about the situation in Russia ahead of the Sochi Games...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZ Falcons rugby team raise $4K+ at auction
The New Zealand Falcons have raised at least $4,215 in a fundraising auction...
Links: GayNZ.com
Olwage has brush with amused German cops
Chris Olwage The New Mr Gay World has had a bit of an experience with German police during his travels in Europe following the competition...
Links: GayNZ.com
Participants sought for GENDERSMASH!
An exampled of the GENDERSMASH! concept All and sundry are being invited to take part in a public performance piece on Auckland's Karangahape Rd tomorrow...
Links: GayNZ.com
Poverty and the "New Immorality?"
How is it that the Auckland Council can bless our forthcoming marriage equality nuptials while trying to drive vulnerable and marginal transsexual street sex workers, and now beggars, off the streets? I think I know why and it's not a particularly pleasant prospect...
Links: GayNZ.com
Queer Avengers protest at Russian Embassy
Picture thanks to Mark Beehre A small, but loud, protest has been held outside the Russian Embassy in Wellington...
Links: GayNZ.com
RIP Lady Penelope
One of the much loved members of Auckland's drag community has passed away...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sadness reigns as loved performer passes on
Tributes are pouring in for Auckland identity who died in her sleep last night...
Links: GayNZ.com
The Romp Project
A plan to throw a party for queer Aucklanders has led to the birth of The Romp Project, a non-profit initiative that is running regular events such as film nights and games nights, and this weekend’s Mix Tape Sessions, which will showcase some live and alternative GLBTI music...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 9 Aug 2012

Vicki-Anne Heikell and Bronwyn Officer - Creating Our Stories (National Library of New Zealand)
Vicki-Anne Heikell and Bronwyn Officer talk about various practical ideas for maintaining a personal or group archive
Features: Bronwyn Officer, Vicki-Anne Heikell
Links: PrideNZ.com
Brave Ugandans honoured by Clinton
Ugandan GLBT rights campaigners have been honoured by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who awarded them the State Department’s Human Rights Defenders Award at the US Embassy in Kampala...
Links: GayNZ.com
Chauvel urges colleague: "tell the whole truth"
Charles Chauvel Gay Labour MP Charles Chauvel is urging his colleague Su’a William Sio to “tell the whole truth” when it comes to the increasingly contentious issue of marriage equality, after the Mangere MP claimed the bill would cost Labour the next election...
Links: GayNZ.com
Community promised more info on Pride soon
Co-Chairs Gresham Bradley and Timothy McMichael The Auckland Pride Festival Trust has begun recruiting for the two crucial roles of Pride Festival Coordinator and Pride Parade Coordinator ahead of February’s inaugural Auckland Pride, and promises meaty announcements about the event will be made soon...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay Talk Tonight: Urzila Carlson
She's the lesbian comic who's taken Australia and New Zealand by storm...
Links: GayNZ.com
Marriage poll breakdown offers insight
Colmar Brunton has released a demographic breakdown of its May poll on same-sex marriage, which shows massive support for marriage equality among younger New Zealanders...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZ MPs pay tribute to "fearless" Ugandans
Jan Logie and Louisa Wall Lesbian MPs Jan Logie and Louisa Wall have congratulated Ugandan activists who have been given the US State Department Human Rights Defender Award, the highest human rights award next to the Nobel Prize...
Links: GayNZ.com
Preview: The Pride
Simon London Silo Theatre’s production of acclaimed play The Pride opens in Auckland on Friday night...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 9 Aug 2011

"Raunchy" lesbian scene too much for viewer
A viewer who got more than they bargained for when they watched Black Swan at Rialto Cinemas has had their complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority about a segment in the cinema's magazine thrown out...
Links: GayNZ.com
AUS: Lesbian Senator's partner expecting
Sophie Allouache and Penny Wong Australian Finance Minister Penny Wong's partner Sophie Allouache is pregnant and due to give birth in December...
Links: GayNZ.com
Fundraiser incredibly personal for Urge co-owner
Auckland men's bar Urge is continuing its tradition of raising money for charity, and this time it's a heart-rendingly personal cause...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay London bookstore vandalised by youths
The damaged window: Pink News As riots rip through London, the city's celebrated gay bookstore Gay's the Word has been badly damaged by a gang of bicycle-riding youths...
Links: GayNZ.com
Six Months In: making change
Shaun Robinson New Zealand AIDS Foundation Executive Director Shaun Robinson has passed the six month mark in the role...
Links: GayNZ.com
Six Months In: making change
Shaun Robinson New Zealand AIDS Foundation Executive Director Shaun Robinson has passed the six month mark in the role...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 9 Aug 2010

Candidate blasted for gay slur
Wendy Francis A Senate candidate for Australia's Family First party has been slammed by Twitter users after comparing legitimising gay marriage to "legalising child abuse" "Children in homosexual relationships are subject to emotional abuse...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay Neighbours storyline to hit NZ screens
Chris Pappas New Zealand soap fans will soon be able to see a new gay character on Neighbours...
Links: GayNZ.com
Looking Elsewhere?
It's difficult for most LGBT international political observers to summon any enthusiasm for Australian federal election coverage...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sutton skates to double gold in Cologne
Joy Sutton sporting gold Just a year after beginning ice skating lessons, Joy Sutton has glided to two gold medals at Gay Games Cologne...
Links: GayNZ.com
Teen faces execution on false sodomy charge
An 18-year-old Iranian is facing execution on charges of homosexuality, despite not being gay and having no legal representation...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 9 Aug 2009

Peres: "Gays have a place in Israel"
Israel's Prime Minister, speaking from a rainbow flag bedecked dais to a crowd estimated at up to 70,000, says there is a place for gays in Israel...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sotomayor welcomed by US gays
The swearing in of new US Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor has been welcomed by the American glbt communities...
Links: GayNZ.com
World's smallest gay pride event?
A tiny Irish village is 'going gay' for a day in what may be the smallest gay pride event in the world...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 9 Aug 2008

Money talks
Hit homophobes where it hurts, advises Craig Young Should we actively engage in boycotts of businesses that support New Zealand fundamentalist pressure groups? I would argue that this should be the case...
Links: GayNZ.com
More arrests of gays in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Morality Police - known as the 'Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice' unit - have arrested two gay Filipino men in Saudi Arabia's capital city of Riyadh, reports Saudi's Sabaq online news...
Links: GayNZ.com
Union 'Out at Work' seminars for CHC and AKL
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (NZCTU) aims to increase knowledge of how LGBT and employment rights have developed and strengthen diversity in the New Zealand workplace with upcoming seminars in Christchurch and Auckland...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 9 Aug 2007

Auckland
Ponsonby Road's latest gay hang-out is now open on Ponsonby Road, following a ‘sneak peek' party last night...
Links: GayNZ.com
AUS: 25,000 sign gay equality petition
Queensland Federal Liberal MP Warren Entsch has presented Prime Minister John Howard with a petition signed by 25,000 people which calls for an end to discrimination against same-sex couples...
Links: GayNZ.com
Elton John plays Taranaki in December
Out musical superstar Sir Elton John is coming back to New Zealand for another one-off concert, on the exact anniversary of his Wellington date last year...
Links: GayNZ.com
McKellen admits defacing hotel Bibles
Sir Ian McKellen, the much-lauded gay British film and stage actor who says he adores New Zealand since portraying the majestic wizard Gandalf in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings, has admitted that he regularly tears an offensive section out of Bibles placed in hotel rooms...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sydney: Weekend of Oxford St violence
At least three people were attacked near Sydney's gay centre Oxford St last weekend, in a new spate of anti-gay violence...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 9 Aug 2006

Beyer hateful' diatribe
Two MPs supportive of equal rights for LGBT New Zealanders – Labour's Georgina Beyer and the Greens' Metiria Turei – have hit back at talkback radio host John Tamihere, for his month-long on-air vilification of homosexuals, and for his criticism of Turei's private member's bill that seeks to equalise adoption rights for same-sex couples...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 9 Aug 2005

Television news report: the Justin Dalley court case begins (New Zealand)
Interviewees include Emily White. TV3 news, ref F88290
Links: Nga Taonga Sound & Vision
Rotten core: The League of Rights and Binding Citizens Initiated Referenda
New Zealand First's core Binding Citizens Initiated Referenda (BCIR) policy is endangering lesbian/gay and other minority rights within New Zealand...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 9 Aug 2004

Television item (New Zealand)
Midday, ref: TZP292176.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (Auckland, New Zealand)
One News, ref: TZP292186.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
"Gay plot" behind hate speech enquiry
A government select committee is to investigate whether there is a need for hate speech legislation, and the Christian Heritage party thinks its all part of a sinister homosexual plot – they say it is just an attempt to stifle 'open debate' on homosexuality...
Links: GayNZ.com
101 Strange QandAs about homosexuality
Challenge Weekly devoted space to the book "101 Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality...
Links: GayNZ.com
Brum: a refreshing alternative to London
I live only an hour from Birmingham, or Brum, as it's affectionately known, but for some reason I'd always avoided the city, heading instead for the gay hotspots of London, Manchester and Brighton...
Links: GayNZ.com
Calls for sexuality Census question
There've been further calls for a sexual orientation question in the Census following overwhelming indications in the Lavender Islands survey that gays and lesbians would answer such a question honestly...
Links: GayNZ.com
Destiny's Enough is Enough rally: Event details
The final agenda for Destiny Church's Monday 23 August 2004 anti-Civil Unions gathering at Parliament has been announced...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay men are not red-blooded kiwi males?
Last week's Parliamentary spat stemming from a question from Act MP Deborah Coddington to the Prime Minister seems to define gay men as something separate from red-blooded kiwi men...
Links: GayNZ.com
When you die where are YOU going?
In his dying days at Radio Pacific the increasingly bizarre publisher Ian Wishart gets a little freaky-preachy when confronted with a pro-gay caller...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 9 Aug 2003

Ellis book author awarded doctorate
Lynley Hood, author of the controversial book on the Peter Ellis case A City Possessed, has been awarded a doctorate of literature by the University of Otago...
Links: GayNZ.com
Tamaki in homophobic TV tirade
Television evangelist Brian Tamaki has used his slot on TV2 to launch an anti-gay tirade, attacking MPs Georgina Beyer and Tim Barnett, saying that the Human Rights Act had opened the door for sexual perversions and made New Zealand into a "gullible" experimental laboratory for them...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 9 Aug 2002

Auckland police senior sergeant Mark Richards resigns after a newspaper "sting". (Auckland, New Zealand)
Richards resigns despite being cleared of any criminal wrongdoing after he discussed drug use with a newspaper reporter. The Sunday Star Times headline read "Senior policeman at the centre of sex and drugs investigation resigns before facing internal charges".
Links: Queer News Aotearoa
How gay-friendly is our new Parliament?
While all attention is on the conservatives in Labour's new partner party, United Future, politics columnist Doreen Agasiz-Suddens casts looks further afield, at the MPs who make up the newly-reconstituted Parliament...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 9 Aug 1987

Television item (New Zealand)
Misc-current Affairs, ref: TZP21409.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sat 9 Aug 1986

Gay Games II takes place (San Francisco, United States of America)
Links: Bay Area Reporter

Fri 9 Aug 1985

Television news report: a $500,000 AIDS awareness campaign is launched (New Zealand)
Eyewitness news, ref F85700.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, University of Auckland
Television news report: New Zealand AIDS Foundation is founded. (New Zealand)
Eyewitness News, ref: TZP135364.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
The media reports on an AIDS awareness campaign that will cost half a million dollars (New Zealand)

Tue 9 Aug 1983

Television: Petition presented to Parliament in protest of pornographic commercial TV advertising (New Zealand)
ref: TZP16393.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

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