On This Day: 1st October

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Sat 1 Oct 2022

Unveiling of the memorial seats for Chrissy Witoko and Carmen Rupe (Scotty and Mal's Cocktail Bar)
Audio from the unveiling of the memorial seats for Chrissy Witoko and Carmen Rupe
Features: Andy Foster, Chanel Hati, Glenda Hughes, Grant Robertson, Jacquie Grant, Malcolm Kennedy-Vaughan, Richard Tankersley, Selena Pirika, Sye Witoko, Tīwhanawhana, Virginia Lum
Links: PrideNZ.com
Shaneel Lal: National is set upon erasing gay and trans people
OPINION The Kantar Poll shows that Christopher Luxon could be the next Prime Minister...
Links: NZ Herald

Fri 1 Oct 2021

“It Made Me Feel Like I Actually Belonged” Trans Teen Elected...
Links: Express
Pictures: UK’s First LGBTQ Affirmative Retirement Community Opens
Links: Express

Thu 1 Oct 2020

Cook Islands defers decision on decriminalising gay sex
As a child, Sonya Apa Temata was surrounded by unconditional love...
Links: Stuff

Tue 1 Oct 2019

Is New Zealand Ready for a Gay All Black?
At the height of Rugby World Cup Fever, All Black TJ Perenara sits down for an exclusive interview with New Zealand’s leading LGBTQ+ publication for over 28 years, express magazine ...
Links: Scoop
Is New Zealand ready for a gay All Black? TJ Perenara has his say
ABs halfback certainly hopes so as he discusses how they've embraced diversity...
Links: Stuff
Ruby Rose doesn't shy from Batwoman's sexuality in new TV show
Playing the caped cousin of the iconic Batman was a double-edged sword for actress Ruby Rose...
Links: Stuff
TJ Perenara speaks to Express on whether New Zealand is ready for a gay All Black
At the height of Rugby World Cup Fever, All Black TJ Perenara has spoken out about his support for the Rainbow community and answers the age-old question ? are Kiwis ready for a gay All Black?In an exclusive interview with New Zealand's...
Links: NZ Herald
Botswana Government Attempting to Overturn Historic Homosexual Decriminalisation Ruling
Links: Express
Our All Black Ally
Links: Express

Mon 1 Oct 2018

Gay pride parade held in Rio de Janeiro
RIO DE JANEIRO — Thousands of revelers are dancing and singing in Brazil's second-biggest city to celebrate Rio de Janeiro's 23rd Gay Pride Parade...
Links: NZ Herald
Michael Kirby
Early last month - news came through that the India's Supreme Court had ruled that sex between consenting male adults did not constitute a crime...
Links: RNZ
Whiringa-ā-nuku / October 2018
Kia ora and welcome to our Whiringa-ā-nuku update...
Links: Lesbian News Aotearoa
“Personal. Innovative. Sporty”
Links: Express
Drive
Links: Express
Start Your Engines
Links: Express

Sun 1 Oct 2017

Kiwi documentary explores challenges faced by gay rugby players
New Zealand's only gay and inclusive rugby team has opened up on some of the prejudice its players face - including an opposition player who refused to shake their hands post-match after finding out about their sexual orientation...
Links: NZ Herald
2 x double passes to APO’s The Dust Palace’s Midnight
Links: Express
2 x double passes to NZSO’s Janine Jansen Plays Sibelius
Links: Express
3 x double passes to BRIEFS: Close Encounters
Links: Express
Having The Chat: Gaylene Hawley-Simmonds
Links: Express
Hottie: Lewis Rowe, Entrepreneur and Socialite
Links: Express
Kathy Griffin and Crazy Stories
Links: Express
October: Ask Agony Uncle Eli
Links: Express
Out With Olly
Links: Express
Personalities: Grayson Coutts
Links: Express
Political Involvement Doesn’t Stop at The Voting Booth
Links: Express

Thu 1 Oct 2015

Body Positive Wellington Closes Its Doors “It’s a Sad Loss, It’s...
Links: Express
UN Secretary General Reaffirms Commitment to Global GLBT Rights
Links: Express
Ban Ki-moon commits to fighting LGBT discrimination
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spoke at the a high level LGBT core group event, reaffirming his dedication to fighting LGBT discrimination...
Links: GayNZ.com
Calls to boycott “transmisogynist” event
The Wellington Young Feminists are calling for the public to boycott the upcoming GirlGuiding NZ event Stop the Violence - formerly Take Back the Night - and say many are unaware of the organisers' “transmisogynist behaviour”...
Links: GayNZ.com
Comment: The Turnbull question
Now that Malcolm Turnbull has won power, what has happened to his social and constitutional liberalism? Good question...
Links: GayNZ.com
Legacy Project returns to Q Theatre
The Legacy Project will be back for another year and is offering emerging writers the opportunity to have a new work performed on stage as part of the 2016 Auckland Pride Festival...
Links: GayNZ.com
Pope has secret meeting with homophobic clerk
Pope Francis has met with US homophobic clerk Kim Davis while on tour in the US...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 1 Oct 2014

Comedian Carlson’s Big Girly Wedding
Links: Express
Editorial: Welcoming Spring, Lighter Evenings and a new Business Manager
Links: Express
Georgie Goater
Links: Express
Wellington Hosts The Rainbow Sport and Culture Weekend
Links: Express
Chris Brickell's latest treasure
Chris Brickell’s beautiful new work looks at gay men in the 40s, 50s and 60s...
Links: GayNZ.com
Chris Olwage joins NOH8-ers
New Zealand’s 2013 Mr Gay World Chris Olwage has taken part in the NO H8 campaign, a photo blog which began in 2008 against California’s anti-equality Proposition 8...
Links: GayNZ.com
Wellington to host sport and culture wknd
Members of Different Strokes Wellington swimming team Wellington will host a Rainbow Sport and Culture Weekend from 23-25 January, which organisers say will be an informal and friendly event...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 1 Oct 2013

Nathan Verhelst, a Belgium transsexual, dies through euthanasia
Verhelst told media "None of these [gender reassignment] operations worked as desired ... I do not want to be a monster."
Links: Stuff
Solicitor General Mike Heron declines a request for a second Coronial Inquiry into the death of Corporal Douglas Hughes. (New Zealand)
Hughes committed suicide in Afghanistan shortly after being questioned about a situation with a subordinate soldier.
Links: Gay NZ
1.00PM: Gay soldier's death: No second enquiry
1...
Links: GayNZ.com
Aunty Wai - a very personal tribute
Whaea Wai, Nanny Wai, Aunty Wai, regardless of what people called her, she was known as the grandmother of all people...
Links: GayNZ.com
K' Rd safety: patrols out, 'ambassadors' in
A small group meets to hear the K Rd Safety proposals A comprehensive range of initiatives to increase safety in Karangahape Road was unveiled last night but the centrepiece proposal, for community patrols, has been downsized after it did not gain police support...
Links: GayNZ.com
No Hughes 2nd inquiry: Solicitor Gen. explains
Corporal Dougie Hughes 1...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZAF salutes Aunty Wai's "amazing legacy"
The NZ AIDS Foundation has paid tribute to Aunty Wai Mason, its kaumatua and adviser, who died at the weekend...
Links: GayNZ.com
SKY's Wilkinson to MC GABA Dinner and Auction
Alistair Wilkinson Award-winning gay journalist and SKY News Director and presenter Alistair Wilkinson has been confirmed as the MC for the upcoming GABA Dinner and Charity Auction...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 1 Oct 2012

Richard Galloway - Older Gay Men (Auckland)
Richard Galloway talks about what its like to be an older gay man in 2012.
Features: Richard Galloway
Links: PrideNZ.com
Anna Guy puts gay rumours about husband to bed
Ewen Macdonald Anna Guy has laughed off rumours her estranged husband Ewen Macdonald was having an affair with a man prior to his arrest...
Links: GayNZ.com
California banning "gay cure" psychotherapy
File photo California is banning “gay cure” psychotherapy which aims to make gay teenagers straight...
Links: GayNZ.com
Council forum: A transsexual's response
Racheal McGonigal A Transsexual’s comment on the...
Links: GayNZ.com
Let Them Out Or Let Me In
From MEN: On October 1st 2012 at 11am Moscow City Court will hear the appeal of the sentence Masha, Nadia and Katja...
Links: GayNZ.com
Men Like Us coming to Wellington's Paramount
Insightful documentary Men Like Us will screen in Wellington on Wednesday and Sunday this week...
Links: GayNZ.com
New passports policy delayed, but coming
File photo Internal Affairs’ more flexible passport policy for transgender and intersex people is on the way, however implementation has been delayed for a couple of weeks to ensure a smooth ride...
Links: GayNZ.com
Northland teacher considering legal action
Nigel Studdart (Close Up) Sacked Whangarei teacher Nigel Studdart is considering taking legal action over his dismissal from Pompallier Catholic College after he supported a gay rights protest...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 1 Oct 2011

Chaplains allowed to perform gay weddings
America's military bosses are allowing military chaplains to officiate same-sex weddings, on or off military bases, in states where they are allowed...
Links: GayNZ.com
Love Life Fono to foster safe sex champions
It's hoped the next Love Life Fono will help leaders develop the skills needed to be safe sex champions within their communities...
Links: GayNZ.com
Serbia bans gay pride over violence fears
Interior Minister Ivica Dacic says preventing the parade will prevent major chaos Serbian officials have banned this Sunday's gay pride parade in the capital Belgrade, because they fear it will end in violence...
Links: GayNZ.com
Weekend perve: sexy players and teams
Condom-maker Durex has released the results of its "sexiest rugby players survey" and it shows New Zealanders really are a nationalistic bunch...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 1 Oct 2010

Help Out in October events guide
October has been declared "Gay Crisis Month" and we're all being asked to get our thinking caps on, to help hardworking community groups who are struggling to survive...
Links: GayNZ.com
TV show to feature gay man's battle with depression
The Nutters Club host Mike King The story of a gay man's battle with depression will feature on Maori Television's The Nutters Club tonight...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 1 Oct 2009

Bruno movie banned in Malaysia
Because Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno movie highlights gay life and contains gay sex scenes, it has been banned in Malaysia...
Links: GayNZ.com
Four guys compete in Mr. Gay Bay of Plenty
The first-ever Mr Gay Bay of Plenty competition this Saturday is shaping up to be a big night for Shampers, Rotorua's 'rainbow' bar...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay parties 101: Full production?
Experienced gay DJ Karl Moser is glad to hear there's plenty of LGBT events announced for 2010 - but hopes there'll be a commitment to decent production values...
Links: GayNZ.com
It's OUTLine October!
UPDATE 1 NOVEMBER 2009 We've done it! "It's at times like these that we really realise the strength and spirit of our community", says OUTLine NZ's chairperson as October's $30,000 fundraising target for the LGBT phone support network is reached...
Links: GayNZ.com
OUTLine honours departing manager
Last night's emotional farewell to OUTLine General Manager Lesley Belcham saw the LGBT phone support service's board, volunteers and supporters thank her for her groundbreaking work strengthening New Zealand's LGBT communities...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 1 Oct 2008

"Only gay in village" gets Wonderland role
Gay British comedian Matt Lucas – well-known as "Only gay in the village" Daffyd Thomas in Little Britian, is set to play Tweedledee and Tweedledum in Tim Burton's 3-D movie version of Alice in Wonderland...
Links: GayNZ.com
"Religious homophobia divides families"
LGBT New Zealanders are over twice as likely to have given up their Christian faith than the general population, the author of the most in-depth study ever into the lives of non-straight Kiwis told the audience at last night's premiere of the documentary For the Bible Tells Me So at St Andrew's on the Terrace Presbyterian Church in Wellington...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sculpting the perfect posterior
Bottoms up: Your guide to getting the best butt Those with a less gifted rear end have been enjoying winter's extra clothing layers to cover their catastrophic caboose (from the general public at least)...
Links: GayNZ.com
Sculpting the perfect posterior
Bottoms up: Your guide to getting the best butt Those with a less gifted rear end have been enjoying winter's extra clothing layers to cover their catastrophic caboose (from the general public at least)...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 1 Oct 2007

AKL couple have NZ's 1,000th civil union
An important milestone has been reached with the registration of New Zealand's 1,000th civil union by Births, Deaths and Marriages, says Tim Barnett, Labour MP and instigator of the Civil Union legislation...
Links: GayNZ.com
Beyer: "No" to granny role in film life story
Transsexual former MP Georgina Beyer says she was offered a cameo role as her own grandmother in a planned biopic of her life - but politely turned it down...
Links: GayNZ.com
Gay security 'Angels' to patrol Sydney streets
Frustrated by a lack of official action on homophobic violence, Sydney's gay and lesbian community will organise its own security patrols at popular events and party venues...
Links: GayNZ.com
Melbourne: Bomb threat stops Priscilla bus
The Melbourne opening night of Priscilla: The Musical on Friday turned into even higher drama than planned when an anonymous caller rang the theatre and warned of an explosion...
Links: GayNZ.com
Peter Wells' new novel 'Lucky Bastard'
Lucky Bastard, by Peter Wells: Vintage Books/Random House $27...
Links: GayNZ.com
The Pink Rider of the Apocalypse?
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse While reading a recent book on fundamentalist end of the world obsessives, I was amused to discover that one prominent huckster thinks the Antichrist is gay...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 1 Oct 2006

ACC: A sermon on the Presbyterian vote
A summary of the sermon by Dr Peter Lineham, delivered at the Evening Service of the Auckland Community Church, Sunday 1st October 2006 at 7...
Links: GayNZ.com
History: Sex, Scandal and the Seventeenth Century
King James VI/I (1567/1603-1625) presided over a tarnished court, and standards of sexual ethics weren't particularly high, no matter what sexual orientation one was, by modern standards...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 1 Oct 2005

Church misuses NZAF poster
An Invercargill church has used part of a New Zealand AIDS Foundation inclusiveness poster in an anti-gay advertisement published in the Southland Times...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 1 Oct 2003

HIV+ researcher Michael Stevens
Michael Stevens Michael Stevens is a researcher, activist and one-time HIV+ Chair of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation...
Links: GayNZ.com
Ihimaera calls for Holmes resignation
Author Witi Ihimaera has lent his name to a petition calling for the resignation of Paul Holmes over the "cheeky darkie" controversy...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 1 Oct 1993

Gilbert Smith - New Zealands AIDS Memorial Quilt (Auckland)
Gilbert Smith talks about the history of the quilt in New Zealand and promotes an upcoming silent auction fundraising event.
Features: Gilbert Smith
Links: PrideNZ.com
Nicki Eddy and co - New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt (1993) (Auckland)
Nicki, Audrey and Beverly talk about the New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt and promote an upcoming silent auction fundraising event
Features: Beverly Jelicich, Nicki Eddy
Links: PrideNZ.com

Thu 1 Oct 1987

Television item (New Zealand)
6:30pm News, ref: TZP43844.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Tue 1 Oct 1985

Homosexual Law Changes (Press, 1 October 1985)
In letters to the editor published on 1 October 1985, A. D. Carstairs and Craig Hood express their views on recent discussions surrounding the condemnation of homosexuality and the implications of legal reforms. Carstairs critiques Bert Walker and Richard Courtenay for relying on Biblical passages to support their anti-homosexual stance,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Sociologists Support Homosexual Bill (Press, 1 October 1985)
On 1 October 1985, submissions supporting the Homosexual Law Reform Bill were presented to Parliament’s Statutes Revision Committee by the Sociological Association and the Faculty of Law at Victoria University. The Sociological Association endorsed the bill in its entirety, arguing that homosexual conduct should be legally treated the same as...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
There’s A Bit Of The Romantic Spy In All Of Us (Press, 1 October 1985)
In the commentary by Neal Ascherson published in the London "Observer" on 1 October 1985, he reflects on the deterioration of Anglo-Soviet relations following a halt in the exchange of populations between Britain and the Soviet Union. This exchange had previously been a source of mutual interaction, but its cessation...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Television item (Wellington, New Zealand)
6:30pm News, ref: TZP14077.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Television news report: MP Norman Jones complains to the Select Committee considering homosexual law reform (New Zealand)
6.30 news Top Half, ref F87525.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, University of Auckland

Fri 1 Oct 1982

Defendant Denies Park Attack (Press, 1 October 1982)
On 1 October 1982, in the District Court, evidence was presented regarding an assault on a man in North Hagley Park by three individuals. The defendant, 20-year-old Tini Te Waaka Raymond Te Rangiita, a scrub cutter, has denied charges of robbery in connection with this incident, which occurred on 9...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Wed 1 Oct 1980

Television news report: a Wellington lesbian group is not able to advertise on Wellington buses (Wellington, New Zealand)
The Town Clerk said it may encourage vandalism, ref: TZP5006.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Wed 1 Oct 1975

‘aequus’ Charge Adjourned Again (Press, 1 October 1975)
The case against Paul Robert Harper Mating, a 60-year-old man, who has pleaded not guilty to charges under the Indecent Publications Act 1963 and the Crimes Act 1961, has been further adjourned to October 7, 1975, by Magistrate Mr E. S. J. Crutchley. The postponement allows both the defence and...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 1 Oct 1970

Inmates Reported To Run Prison (Press, 1 October 1970)
On 30 September 1970, it was reported that the Kansas State Penitentiary operates under the control of prisoners who engage in illicit activities, including gambling, homosexual rackets, and marijuana cultivation. This revelation came during a Senate subcommittee investigation led by Senator Thomas Dodd, where Dr Do Hardesty from a Topeka...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 1 Oct 1929

Leonard Hollobon is arrested and charged with indecently assaulting a male (Wellington, New Zealand)
Norris Davey (a.k.a Frank Sargeson) is the other party. Both are charged, with Davey later testifying against Hollobon.
Links: Papers Past, Te Ara

Thu 1 Oct 1925

Peter Stratford (a.k.a. Deresley Morton) marries Elizabeth Rowland (United States of America)
Links: Papers Past

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