On This Day: 22nd August

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Tue 22 Aug 2023

Episode 16: Shane Jones on the Treaty, Toilets and Teeth - August 22nd - Mata
Shane Jones outlines NZ First’s campaign to re enter parliament - their policies and priorities, including their controversial transgender toilet policy...
Links: RNZ
Paul Oremland's passion project
Director Paul Oremland describes his most recent film as a 'labour of love'...
Links: RNZ
Business Owner Killed Over Display of LGBTQ+ Pride Flag in Southern...
Links: Express
Spain’s First Openly Trans Senator Promises to Champion LGBTQ+ Rights Amidst...
Links: Express

Mon 22 Aug 2022

House Of The Dragon’s Emma D’Arcy
Links: Express
USA: Parents Told LGBTQ+ Students Not Welcome In Florida School
Links: Express

Sun 22 Aug 2021

“Superman Is Gay” DC Comics Rumored To Announce
Links: Express

Thu 22 Aug 2019

Brutal Serial Killer Who Targeted Gay Men Set to be Executed
Links: Express
Gay Guardian Journalist Assaulted in Targeted Attack by Far-Right Thugs
Links: Express

Wed 22 Aug 2018

Urinal survey suggests homophobia and transphobia issues among Christchurch male pubgoers
Hundreds of men have used their urine to signify they don't want their mates coming out as gay or trans...
Links: Stuff
Crowd Funding Campaign Launched to Get Georgina Beyer to Oxford
Links: Express
Germany Moves Forward With Third Gender Option On Government Forms
Links: Express
Teen Fighting Russian Government Over ‘Gay Propaganda’ Conviction
Links: Express

Tue 22 Aug 2017

Lets talk about hate speech (St Andrew's on the Terrace)
Representatives from a diverse range of political parties talk about hate speech
Features: Damian Light, Gayaal Iddamalgoda, Jan Logie, Logan Robertson, Nicola Willis, Philip Lynch, Stephen Berry
Links: PrideNZ.com
Rainbow Election Forum 2017 (St Andrew's on the Terrace)
Nine representatives from a diverse range of political parties talk and answer questions at this rainbow election forum held in Wellington in August 2017
Features: Damian Light, Gayaal Iddamalgoda, Grant Robertson, Jan Logie, Lauren Wilkerson, Nicola Willis, Paddy Plunket, Pete Young, Philip Lynch, Richard Arnold, Stephen Berry
Links: PrideNZ.com
Waiter told gay couple their sharing dessert 'doesn't go with the ambiance' at restaurant
The Prime Rib's website boasts that it is one of the top five romantic restaurants in America...
Links: NZ Herald
Waiter wouldn't let gay couple share dessert
The Prime Rib's website boasts that it is one of the top five romantic restaurants in America...
Links: NZ Herald
Student Life And Experiences: Victoria University
Links: Express

Mon 22 Aug 2016

Huge Growth for Canterbury Queer Youth Support
Links: Express
AKL Trans Ball postponed due to lack of funding
The transgender ball that was to be held in Auckland this October has been postponed because the Charitable Trust organising the ball missed crucial funding rounds for 2016...
Links: GayNZ.com
Glbti supporter Goff leads Ak mayoralty race
Phil Goff In the first publicly released poll of Auckland City residents in the lead-up to the Local Body Elections glbti-friendly mayoralty candidate Phil Goff has a resounding lead over the rest of the field...
Links: GayNZ.com
Hamilton Pride: The events
Hamilton Pride kicks off on the 9th September with an all-inclusive and all-ages launch party at The Meteor full of fabulous entertainment including Hamilton’s very own Kellie Kelly and the Auckland drag queen who knows a thing or two about outrageous celebrations, Miss Ribena...
Links: GayNZ.com
Hundred protest murder of Turkish trans activist
Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in Istanbul to peacefully protest the horrific murder of a prominent trans LGBTI activist in Istanbul who was found burnt to death earlier this month...
Links: GayNZ.com
Michelle Webster to be farewelled today
After a long battle with cancer, Aucklander Michelle Webster - known as Chelle - passed away on Wednesday August 17...
Links: GayNZ.com
PrEP and Medicine Regulation
In the United Kingdom and Australia, the vexed question of Truvada/PrEP access has become a fraught and complex issue...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 22 Aug 2015

Michael Stevens: Two years on
We’re two years into marriage equality here in New Zealand, and as Green MP Kevin Hague noted, the world hasn’t come to an end yet...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 22 Aug 2014

Television item (Sydney, New Zealand)
Seven Sharp, ref: TZP449707.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Meet our GLBT parliamentary candidates: Maddy Drew
Links: Express
Meet Our New Auckland Pride Board Members: Phylesha Brown-Acton.
Links: Express
Redifining Gender
Links: Express
'Excited' Mr Gay NZ off to compete in Rome
Mr Gay New Zealand Troy Williams Mr Gay New Zealand, Troy Williams, flies out of the country today, excited and ready to challenge competitors from around the world for the Mr Gay World title...
Links: GayNZ.com
Adam Love coming back for Propaganda
Adam Love will be back on the decks Auckland gay dance party organisers Theta Project will mark their one year anniversary with a Propaganda party they say will be “bigger and better” than the first sell-out event...
Links: GayNZ.com
Bingham Cup here we come!
Bingham Cup festivities begin on Sunday with welcome drinks...
Links: GayNZ.com
Greens seek trans community feedback
Green MP Jan Logie Green MP Jan Logie will host the first of three consultation meetings with the trans community in Wellington tonight...
Links: GayNZ.com
The Gotham Knights are cocky!
GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 22 Aug 2013

Jules Lovelock and Ness Simons (Wellington)
Jules Lovelock and Ness Simons talk about film-making and what makes a queer film.
Features: Jules Lovelock, Ness Simons
Links: PrideNZ.com
Actor Wentworth Miller comes out in an open letter protesting Russia's anti-gay laws. (United States of America)
Miller is best know for his role in the tv series Prison Break.
Links: Stuff
HIV positive men may lose Housing NZ homes
Bruce Kilmister Gay men living with HIV may be tossed out of their Housing New Zealand homes under a change in government policy due to kick in next year, according to the country's largest HIV peer support and advocacy group...
Links: GayNZ.com
Review: Ward as Crisp is spot on
Resident Alien: Quentin Crisp explains it all By Tim Fountain Starring Roy Ward Basement Theatre Studio, AucklandAugust 20-24th Nearly all his life Quentin Crisp existed somewhere between reality and a dream...
Links: GayNZ.com
Robertson in running to be next Labour leader
Grant Robertson The gay deputy of the Labour party is one of only two names being seriously mentioned around Parliament as a successor to leader David Shearer who resigned this afternoon...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 22 Aug 2012

Aus research lifts the lid on lesbian/bi health
File photo Researchers at an Australian university say lesbian and bisexual women they surveyed were more likely to use drugs and reluctant to get smears, while a significant number reported experiencing domestic violence...
Links: GayNZ.com
Church leaders: respect dignity, freedom and love
A group of more than fifty clergy and laity from a variety of Christian traditions have signed a public response to a pastoral letter which the Roman Catholic bishops have addressed to young New Zealanders...
Links: GayNZ.com
New HB queer youth group starts fundraising
New Hawke’s Bay glbti youth support group GayOK! has launched a Pledge Me project, seeking crowd funding to get it up and running...
Links: GayNZ.com
Nominations for GABA open ahead of AGM
Nominations are open for Gay Auckland Business Association committee members ahead of its AGM next week...
Links: GayNZ.com
NY man's will orders gay son to marry woman
Dads Robert Mandelbaum and Jonathan O'Donnell A gay New York man is fighting a stipulation in his late father’s will that will prevent his own son inheriting any money unless he marries the toddler’s surrogate mother...
Links: GayNZ.com
Topp Twins returning to TV with new series
The Topp Twins are coming back to the small screen The Topp Twins are soon to be back on the small screen, with a new show described as a "feast of culinary entertainment"...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 22 Aug 2011

"Thanks for all the support"
Arie and Michael telling their story to Sunday As he digests the news all charges against him and his partner Arie Smith-Voorkamp have been dropped, Michael Davis is expressing thanks to all their supporters...
Links: GayNZ.com
'Legalise Love' campaign formally launched
A movement pushing for gay marriage and a shake-up of adoption laws has been launched today...
Links: GayNZ.com
Breaking news: Charges against Arie dropped
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Links: GayNZ.com
Couple to start anew after charges dropped
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Links: GayNZ.com
Police explain actions in Smith-Voorkamp case
Acting Assistant Commissioner of Operations Dave Cliff Senior police are backing the actions of Christchurch officers in arresting Arie Smith-Voorkamp and his partner Michael Davis, and have explained why they pressed on with court proceedings for six months...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 22 Aug 2010

BBC presenter lied about killing male lover
Ray Gosling BBC presenter Ray Gosling will be prosecuted for wasting police time over his claim he killed a male lover...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay artists and performers embrace body art
Artist Magdalena O'Connor and her lotus creations A number of gay and lesbian artists and performers are among those who will compete for glory at the New Zealand Body Art Awards in October...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 22 Aug 2008

'Gaydar' is real, Boston study finds
Not only does 'gaydar' exist, suggests a study from Boston's Tufts University, but it can work pretty fast...
Links: GayNZ.com
Eydie Gorme: A tribute to a neglected gay icon
Adored: Eydie Gorme Eydie Gorme (prononounced Gormay) turns 77 years old this month...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZ's first Expo day for Civil Union planning
Next week's Civil Union Mini-Expo in Auckland's Parnell will be the first of it's kind in New Zealand, matching same-sex couples with the products and services they need for their dream big day...
Links: GayNZ.com
Obituary: Leo Abse (1917-2008): Hesitant Liberator?
Leo Abse (1917-2008) Leo Abse figured prominently in recent accounts of the anniversary of the first hesitant steps toward full LGBT equality in the United Kingdom...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 22 Aug 2007

Anger mounts over HIV dating ad costs
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation's expenditure of $3,500 plus gst a week during campaigns which promote its safe sex messages on the NZ Dating website has offended a growing number of gay people who say the largely straight dating website is uncooperative and does nothing to support the gay community...
Links: GayNZ.com
Editorial: How do we define "support?"
Gay men supporting a recent NZAF safe sex campaign Over twenty years since it first emerged, HIV infection and the resultant dreadful scourge of AIDS still afflict New Zealand gay men...
Links: GayNZ.com
Nigeria: Protest after cross-dressers bailed
Police in northern Nigeria have clashed with Muslim youths angry at a Sharia court's decision to grant bail to 18 men accused of dressing as women...
Links: GayNZ.com
Other NZAF funds not being raided for ads
Concerns that the NZ AIDS Foundation is raiding budgets for other vital work, or even community donations, to fund the high cost of advertising safe sex on the NZ Dating website have been scotched by the Foundation...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sydney: Drag stars frock to Diva Awards
The life of a professional drag queen is all about glamour, and in Sydney on Monday the best in the industry were given star treatment as they came together for the 2007 DIVA awards...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 22 Aug 2006

Television item (New Zealand)
Kiwifruit, ref: TZP325543.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Beyer welcomes news, will withdraw Bill
4PM: The world's first transgender MP, Georgina Beyer, is welcoming the opinion from New Zealand's acting Solicitor-General, that transgendered people are protected from discrimination under the current human rights laws...
Links: GayNZ.com
Crown Law: Trans covered by NZ HR law
3PM: Attorney-General Michael Cullen has released today a Crown Law opinion, which says transgender people are, in fact, protected against discrimination under New Zealand's current human rights laws...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 22 Aug 2005

Tops are more selfish!
Men who are only ever the insertive partner (tops) during anal sex with other men, are much more likely than their receptive partners (bottoms) to go without condoms, according to the latest analysis to come out of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation's 2004 Gay Auckland Periodic Sex Survey (GAPSS)...
Links: GayNZ.com
Vote for me! - LGBT candidates
GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 22 Aug 2002

Television item (New Zealand)
Qn, ref: TZP261294.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television item (New Zealand)
Te Karere, ref: TZP261589.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Tue 22 Aug 2000

Television item (New Zealand)
Queer Nation, ref: TZP232563.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Tue 22 Aug 1995

Television item (Auckland, New Zealand)
Crimewatch, ref: TZP160852.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Tue 22 Aug 1989

Television item (New Zealand)
Holmes, ref: TZP57715.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

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