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On This Day: 27th August

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Tue 27 Aug 2024

  • Teachers in Bulgaria Facing Threats For Opposing Anti-LGBTQ+ Law
    Links: Express

Sun 27 Aug 2023

  • The Hottest Pics of Winter Pride’s Opening Night Party
    Links: Express

Sat 27 Aug 2022

  • Nadia Bokody: 'Creepy' seduction difference between men and women
    OPINION: Just under a couple of years ago, I came out as a lesbian in this column...
    Links: NZ Herald

Fri 27 Aug 2021

  • Level 4 Lockdown With Wolfgang Rieg
    Links: Express
  • Queer Kiwis in Lockdown: Kate Waltman
    Links: Express
  • Rainbow Kiwi’s At Level 4: Rāwā Mahu Karetai Wood-Bodley
    Links: Express
  • Surviving Lockdown with Paul Heard (AKA Papa Bear)
    Links: Express
  • The Benchmark In Breathtaking | BMW’s All-New M3
    Links: Express

Thu 27 Aug 2020

  • All Aboard! For the All LGBTQ+ Crew Pride Train
    Links: Express

Tue 27 Aug 2019

  • 'I want the killing to stop': US serial killer who terrorised gay communities
    At first, US police didn't know they were sitting across from a notorious serial killer...
    Links: Stuff
  • Transgender travellers humiliated as airport body scanners fail passengers
    The American Transport Security Administration are facing fresh complaints from transgender regarding their latest security screening practices...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Video shared on social media of transgender women being dragged out of bar
    A video was shared to Facebook of a group of transgender women being physically dragged out of a bar...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • RuPaul’s Drag Race Is Heading To Australia
    Links: Express

Sun 27 Aug 2017

  • Emirati filmmaker unsettles traditions, exposes hidden lives
    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates " An Emirati filmmaker is pushing boundaries and bypassing state censors by delicately unraveling a story about a traditional Arab family grappling with issues of homosexual love, gender identity,...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • NZ Aids Foundation say NZ could save millions by going HIV free
    A pill to prevent the spread of Aids could save taxpayers more than $120 million, says the Aids Foundation, which is calling on politicians to promise funding...
    Links: NZ Herald

Sat 27 Aug 2016

  • 2 x Double Passes to Frisky and Mannish
    Links: Express
  • Auckland Pride Festival Dates Announced
    Links: Express
  • Familiar Face for Pride Festival Director
    Links: Express
  • Ak Pride Festival 2017 dates announced
    The 2017 Auckland Pride Festival will run for two weeks and three weekends from Friday February 10 to Sunday 26th...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Cook "absolutely excited" to return as Festival Director
    The new Festival Director of the Auckland Pride Festival says his return to the position allows him to use his talents to give back to the community...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Julian Cook returns as Ak Pride Festival Director
    Julian Cook The new director of the Auckland Pride Festival will be the man who originally set up the massive event then resigned amidst claims of poor and unilateral decision-making by the then-board...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • LGBTI Housing Crisis
    While dealing with issues of transgender youth homelessness and street sex work several years ago, I discovered to my dismay that accounts of LGBTI dimensions of New Zealand's housing crisis are sparse and unsystematic...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Queenstown gets behind Gay Ski Week QT
    Queenstown is getting ready to host Gay Ski Week QT, with businesses decorating their front windows with rainbow colours for the occasion...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 27 Aug 2015

  • Legacy Project Seeks Submissions For Year Three
    Links: Express
  • Stephen Fry Announces One Off Auckland Show
    Links: Express
  • Trans Prisoner Wins Approval to be Moved to Women’s Prison
    Links: Express
  • Corrections failure revealed in Follett case
    Trans woman Jade Follett made a written request to be moved to a women's prison two months ago, but it was not processed when a Corrections staff member went on leave...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gillard has a change of heart on marriage
    Two years after she was rolled as Australia’s Prime Minister, Julia Gillard has changed her mind about same-sex marriage...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Killer journo alleged anti-gay harassment
    Vester Lee Flanagan, aka Bryce Williams An ex-journalist who shot a reporter and cameraman on live TV in the USA before himself dying alone in a car several hours later had complained of anti-gay harassment...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Minister bans Gayby Baby from schools
    New South Wales’ Education Minister has banned every school in the state from showing a documentary about children with gay parents during school hours...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Protest action begins for jailed trans woman
    Trans and queer advocacy group No Pride in Prisons has begun its hunger strike on Auckland’s Karangahape Rd, calling for a trans woman to be moved into a women’s prison...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Stephen Fry to tell tales in Auckland
    Stephen Fry will be in Auckland in December for a show where he promises to tell “some of the most marvellous stories ever heard”...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Trans inmate moved to women's jail
    UPDATED: Corrections has approved the transfer of trans woman Jade Follett to a women's prison - and she was moved this afternoon...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 27 Aug 2014

  • Foodie Bites: Get Real…Pasifik
    Links: Express
  • Putting our Environment First
    Links: Express
  • The Iconic Face of Gay Masculinity
    Links: Express
  • Comment: Your own personal Jesus
    It was uplifting to see Sinéad O’Connor’s comeback single “Take me to Church” from her newly released album...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Conservatives near threshold in new poll
    A party riddled with homophobic candidates has neared the five per cent threshold in a new poll, just weeks out from the election...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Election priorities: 5 for '14
    The Gay Men’s Sexual Health Research Group at Auckland University has released its five 2014 election priorities, and they include a funded HPV vaccine, safer general practices and the collection of stats...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Election priorities: 5 for '14
    The Gay Men’s Sexual Health Research Group at Auckland University has released its five 2014 election priorities, and they include a funded HPV vaccine, safer general practices and the collection of stats...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Glbti students urged to get involved
    Michael Stevens A prominent gay activist and researcher is urging young glbti people to shrug off complacency and to get involved in further improving the lives of glbti people...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Hilarious video: Armagayddon
    The Irish have come up with the most hilarious take on marriage equality yet, in this spoof where it causes the end of one straight couple’s world! The video was made by LGBT NOISE ahead of the March for Marriage in Dublin...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Priorities for gay/bi men's health listed
    Dr Peter Saxton A funded HPV vaccine, safer general practices and the collection of statistics are among a list of five ways a government could improve the sexual health of gay and bisexual men in New Zealand...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Reimagining Earnest
    Take one ingeniously witty Oscar Wilde play, set it in 1950s London, add an all-male cast and Cher’s greatest hits, and you have an utterly gay imagining which its director advises is “The Importance of Being Earnest like you’ve never seen before”...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Review: Wine Lips
    Chelsea McEwan Millar as Brit Wine LipsWritten and directed by Sam Brooks Starring Chelsea McEwan Millar and Nic Sampson Basement Theatre, Auckland 26 - 30 August Tickets here While a lack-lustre and semi-professional 'boylesque' show plays out on stage an actor and stage manager meet up for what may well be the last time...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sydney fills the Bingham Cup with love
    We’ve been keeping up with the NZ Falcons RFC as they prepare to compete this week against inclusive clubs from around the globe in the Bingham Cup and as it boils down to the fields of battle, let’s catch up on how the Harbour City is welcoming this unique sporting celebration...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Violence at Wellington gay bar condemned
    Human Rights Commissioner Richard Tankersley has condemned violence at a Wellington gay bar, saying “New Zealand’s excellent human rights record means little if some New Zealanders are still attacked because of who they are...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 27 Aug 2013

  • Street declares suppport for Robertson's bid
    Maryan Street Lesbian Labour MP Maryan Street has indicated she she supports Grant Robertson over David Cunliffe for the Labour leadership...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Ugandan lesbian activist still fighting for life
    A Ugandan lesbian activist remains in a coma and is still fighting for her life after a frightening attack, in the eastern region of her country...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 27 Aug 2012

  • Body "unable" to take further action over booklet
    File photo The Human Rights Commission says it's unable to take further action over an Auckland Council booklet which uses the term “transvestite” to describe transgender sex workers...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Candidate ditches "anti-gay" Conservatives
    Rusty Kane A former New Plymouth mayoral candidate has resigned from the Conservative Party in response to its “anti-gay stance”...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Conservative churches make anti-equality plea
    The old "Adam and Steve" argument (debunked in the picture above) is back again...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Human Rights Commission endorses equality
    The Human Rights Commission has issued an endorsement of marriage and adoption equality...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Meet: playwright Sam Brooks
    He is just 21, and gay playwright Sam Brooks has scored a double bill at Auckland’s The Basement next week...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wall's marriage bill set to pass first reading
    A national newspaper’s straw poll of MPs shows Louisa Wall’s marriage equality bill is set to narrowly pass its first reading, which is likely to be this Wednesday...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Young political voices unite in call for equality
    Parliament - file photo The youth wings of five political parties have issued a joint statement urging all their MPs to vote in favour of Louisa Wall’s same sex marriage bill at its first reading on Wednesday...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 27 Aug 2011

  • All Aboard - Family's turning 6
    Polly Petrie is crossing the ditch for the birthday bash Auckland's loudest and proudest drag diva Miss Ribena has a clear message to everyone heading to Family's sixth birthday party on Sunday: get there early...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Arrest made in killing of gay New Zealander
    Charles Jones was found dead in a Thai apartment An arrest has been made over the murder of gay Westport man Charles Jones in Thailand...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Friends relieved at arrest over Thailand killing
    A shot from CCTV footage of the murder suspect The Christchurch man who found the body of his murdered travel buddy in Thailand is expressing relief an arrest has been made, but says the killing could have happened anywhere...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Lauper shows true colours with youth shelter
    Gay icon Cyndi Lauper is giving back to the community which adores her Cyndi Lauper has unveiled plans for the The True Colours Residence, Manhattan's first permanent housing for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth in Harlem...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 27 Aug 2010

  • 'Cross-dressing spy' murdered in London flat
    Gareth Williams British police believe a spy whose body was found stuffed into a bag at his London flat may have been killed by a jealous lover...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Comment: 4am closure will yield new tradition
    Mike Binis Now that changes to the Liquor Laws are on the horizon, many are worried that when all the bars close at the same time, there will be a 4am spill...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay electronic duo to launch album
    Gay electronic pop duo Manthyng are launching their debut album at K' Road's Naval and Family on Saturday night...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New OUTLine General Manager appointed
    Vaughan Meneses Current board member and volunteer Vaughan Meneses has been appointed General Manager of OUTLine...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 27 Aug 2009

  • Age-gap gay drama on stage in Auckland
    A love story between a twenty-year-old student and a sixty-year-old business mentor is explored in a new short play on stage in Auckland's Ellerslie Theatre until this weekend...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Ambach sentencing postponed
    Ferdinand Ambach's appearance in court to be sentenced for the manslaughter of an elderly gay Onehunga man has been delayed until September 18th...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Homophobic stationery product withdrawn
    Red-faced Progressive Enterprises, owner of the Foodtown, Woolworths and Countdown supermarket chains, has urgently withdrawn a stationery product whose packaging includes what they acknowledge is an offensive homophobic poem...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Provocation Indefensible
    Parliament gave unanimous support to the first reading of the provocation defence abolition bill, with some warning signs from ACT's David Garrett...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Six guys in the running for Mr. Gay Waikato
    Hamilton's annual Mr...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Trans woman performs her own sex surgery
    A 61-year-old transwoman from Wales got so frustrated with the wait for her gender reassignment surgery that she attempted to perform her own operation, on herself, in her bathroom...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Transgender law change support grows
    MPs from across the main political parties are pledging their support for changes to legislation to improve the legal status of transgender people...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 27 Aug 2008

  • "It's a lesbian takeover" - Sir Bob Jones
    Outspoken media personality Sir Bob Jones says a "lesbian takeover of Wellington" is behind a new law requiring a court jury 'foreman' to instead be called a 'foreperson'...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • After NZ success, Aussies plan fast HIV tests
    Australia's AIDS councils will reconsider seeking access to rapid HIV and syphilis tests over the next six months following the introduction of rapid 10 to 20-minute tests in New Zealand, reports the Sydney Star Observer...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Hamilton's 2nd Pride Week announced
    Following the success of Hamilton's inaugural Pride Week last December, Waikato will celebrate its second full week of LGBT events beginning Saturday 27 September...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • US: Woman ejected for lesbian T-Shirt
    A California woman was threatened with arrest and forced to leave a government building because a security guard objected to her 'lesbian...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 27 Aug 2007

  • "Safe Sex Poster Boys come on down!"
    New Zealand's gay and bisexual men of all shapes and sizes have until September 30 to step forward as potential models for a new team of safe sex poster boys for Gay Men's Health...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Bomb scare clears Family nightclub party
    2AM: Last night's busy second anniversary party night at Auckland's Family nightclub was disrupted by a bomb scare, with hundreds of patrons cleared out onto the pavement for half an hour while a police search of the premises took place...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Family bar bomb scare caller will face court
    A 37-year-old man was arrested and will appear in court for allegedly making prank calls which caused Family nightclub to be evacuated last night...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Indonesia: Film fest tells taboo stories
    The opening of Indonesia's week-long gay film festival drew a flamboyant crowd in the capital Jakarta on Friday, with members of the audience dressed in colourful wigs, fish-net stockings and cupid wings...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Serial killer slays Shortland Street lesbian
    Tonight's one-hour episode of TV2's flagship local drama Shortland Street was the last to feature popular lesbian character Jay Copeland, who was found dead, seemingly at the hands of a serial killer...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 27 Aug 2006

  • Herkt wins top award for drugs doco
    Gay social commentator and editor of Jack magazine, David Herkt, has scooped a top award for his ground-breaking and controversial television documentary, ‘High Times'...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 27 Aug 2005

  • Hidden agender?
    On reproductive rights, National's Paul Hutchison is a good, reliable social liberal...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Homophobia in paradise?
    The man who hacked to death gay New Zealanders John Scott and Greg Scrivener in Fiji in 2001 was revealed earlier this month to have been already freed from a Fijian psychiatric institution - after serving just two years of what was supposed to have been a life incarceration...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Nana Mouskouri - an opponent of LGBT equality
    Bespectacled Greek diva Nana Mouskouri, just finishing her New Zealand tour, is at first glance liberal and gay-friendly...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 27 Aug 2004

  • "Intolerance has an economic cost" - studies
    Intolerance, including that towards gays and lesbians, is damaging for growth and jobs as well as a nation's international reputation...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • "Practise what you preach!" says exporter
    Destiny Church has come under fire from MADENZ, a Nelson-based exporter of New Zealand-made products, after the fundamentalist church's angry acolytes marched on Parliament against Civil Unions wearing black tee shirts "cut from the cloth of China...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Media biased say Maxim supporters
    Why has the media in New Zealand ignored coverage of the gay marriage ban in Australia, the Maxim Institute wants to know...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Observations from the Destiny blackshirt rally
    OBSERVATIONS #1: (Written after reading Tapu Misa's column in the NZ Herald) I was at the March, opposing Tamaki and his herd...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sorry Brian, not in this country!
    By now Destiny Church should be getting the message that the rest of us have had quite enough of them, especially in Wellington...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Trade Unions backing Civil Union Bills
    The NZ Council of Trade Unions has declared its support for the Civil Unions legislations, saying it is "standing up against the misinformation and prejudice of those who deny basic human rights to others solely because of their sexual orientation...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • What is wrong with Stephen Franks?
    Dear Mr Franks, I'm writing to thank you for your support of the Civil Union Bills, and your fair and reasoned comments made in the media this week about supporters of it...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 27 Aug 2003

  • Editing of gay kisses not discriminatory
    The Broadcasting Standards Authority has decided not to uphold a complaint made against TVNZ by viewers for editing scenes of a male couple kissing during singer Christina Aguilera's Beautiful music clip...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 27 Aug 2002

  • Gay ex-cop encourages gays to join force
    Gays and lesbians should still consider a career in the police force, says the country's highest profile police officer who resigned from the force last week...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 27 Aug 1998

Mon 27 Aug 1990

Sat 27 Aug 1988

  • Sheer Hype Or Another Hite High? (Press, 27 August 1988)
    Shere Hite's "Women and Love: The New Hite Report," published in 1988, has faced substantial criticism for its methodological approach, yet it provides valuable insights into the lives of American women during the 1980s. In this extensive book, Hite gathered responses from 4,000 women out of 100,000 questionnaires sent out,...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 27 Aug 1986

  • Prisoner’s Murder Claim Rejected (Press, 27 August 1986)
    On 27 August 1986, the Justice Department in New Zealand dismissed allegations made by a former prisoner from Christchurch, who claimed that a reported suicide in a New Zealand jail was actually a murder. This assertion was presented to the Ministerial Committee of Inquiry into Violence, although the former inmate's...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Society Objects To Condom Advt (Press, 27 August 1986)
    The Society for the Promotion of Community Standards is actively seeking to halt the broadcast of Health Department television advertisements promoting condom use to prevent the spread of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. The society's national secretary, Patricia Bartlett, expressed concerns that the advertisements may contravene the Contraception, Sterilisation...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 27 Aug 1983

  • One-act Play Competition (Press, 27 August 1983)
    The 1983 Shell Festival of Community Plays took place at the Ngaio Marsh Theatre in Christchurch, organised by the New Zealand Theatre Federation on 26 and 27 August. This event highlights the finals of the national one-act play competition, showcasing the best talent from various drama groups across the country....
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 27 Aug 1979

  • Homosexual Law Reform (Press, 27 August 1979)
    In a letter to the editor published on 27 August 1979, Martin Oelderink, the regional representative of the National Gay Rights Coalition, commended Mr Freer for his decision to withdraw his homosexual law reform bill. However, Oelderink expressed strong disapproval of Freer's portrayal of the opposition from gay rights groups...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 27 Aug 1977

  • Police Probe Tv ‘smear’ (Press, 27 August 1977)
    On 27 August 1977, the ongoing tensions between the New Zealand police and television programming came to the forefront as top-level discussions were initiated to address allegations of unfair treatment portrayed on TV. The Commissioner of Police, Mr K. B. Burnside, began discussions with TVI's Director-General, Mr Allen Morris, which...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 27 Aug 1976

  • 3000 Have Had Sex Change (Press, 27 August 1976)
    According to Dr Roberto Granato, over 3000 individuals in the United States have undergone sex change surgeries in the past decade. Dr Granato, who performed the operation on tennis player Renee Richards, highlighted that prejudice remains the primary challenge faced by those who have transitioned. Richards, who was originally named...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Mon 27 Aug 1973

  • Priest Talks To Gay Liberation Meeting (Press, 27 August 1973)
    During the Gay Liberation national conference held in Christchurch on 26 and 27 August 1973, the Rev. F. Donnelly, a Roman Catholic priest operating a support bureau for homosexuals in Auckland, condemned aversion therapy for homosexuals as “abhorrent” and a significant affront to individual identity. He urged psychiatrists and society...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 27 Aug 1971

  • Pornography Inquiry (Press, 27 August 1971)
    On 26 August 1971, Lord Longford, a prominent British critic of pornography, was in Copenhagen for discussions about the effects of pornography on society. He had previously declined an invitation to participate in a provocative event at a local sex club, which involved whipping a male transvestite. In Denmark, Lord...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 27 Aug 1970

  • Women Plan Many Protests (Press, 27 August 1970)
    On 26 August 1970, militant feminists in the United States planned a national strike against male dominance, culminating in a significant march down New York’s Fifth Avenue. Organised by prominent activist Mrs Betty Friedan and other feminist groups, the protest sought to highlight the ongoing struggle for women's equality, which...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 27 Aug 1968

  • Sadler’s Wells Moves To The Coliseum (Press, 27 August 1968)
    On August 21, 1968, London saw the opening of the new Sadler’s Wells Opera House, marking a significant development in the city’s arts scene. This venue, now located closer to the West End, replaces a previous location in Islington, about three miles away. The move is seen as a strategic...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 27 Aug 1960

  • Pelican Books (Press, 27 August 1960)
    In a review published on 27 August 1960, D.J. West's book "Homosexuality" is acknowledged for contributing to the understanding of a topic often surrounded by misunderstanding and stigma. The commentary emphasises that many people wrongly believe male homosexuals pose a significant risk to children, despite a lack of evidence suggesting...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 27 Aug 1954

  • Murder Charge (Press, 27 August 1954)
    The trial of Pauline Parker, 16, and Juliet Hulme, nearly 16, accused of murdering Parker's mother, Honora Mary Parker, on June 22, 1954, continued with a five-day hearing at the Supreme Court. The defence introduced expert testimony from several psychiatrists who posited that the girls were suffering from a shared...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 27 Aug 1943

  • US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visits New Zealand with her aide Norah Walton (New Zealand)
    Roosevelt is in New Zealand to inspect the American troops and the American Red Cross.
    Links: Papers Past, National Library

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