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Wed 15 Nov 2023

  • Collectors corner: Jigsaw puzzles
    This week's collector has amassed over 7000 jigsaw puzzles...
    Links: RNZ

Tue 15 Nov 2022

  • Author Paul Diamond on his book Downfall: The Destruction of Charles Mackay (National Library of New Zealand)
    An interview with author Paul Diamond, just before the launch of his book Downfall: The Destruction of Charles Mackay
    Features: Paul Diamond
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Launch of Downfall: The Destruction of Charles Mackay (National Library of New Zealand)
    Launch of Paul Diamonds book Downfall: The Destruction of Charles Mackay
    Features: Des Bovey, Kevin Haunui, Nicola Legat, Paul Diamond
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • England team head to Fifa World Cup in Qatar in LGBTI+ Pride plane named 'Rain Bow'
    It is the latest show of defiance against Qatar’s infamous anti-same-sex laws...
    Links: Stuff
  • Local Focus: Speaking up for the rainbow community
    After a difficult year for Tauranga's rainbow community, local schools, celebrities and volunteers will come together this weekend for YouNity, a series of events promoting diversity and inclusion...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • School counsellor accused of transphobia
    A school counsellor has been labelled transphobic for her “harmful” views on the Ministry of Education curriculum, which she claimed was “deliberately teaching lies to little ones” about gender...
    Links: Stuff
  • School counsellor accused of transphobia
    A school counsellor has been labelled transphobic for her “harmful” views on the Ministry of Education curriculum, which she claimed was “deliberately teaching lies to little ones” about gender...
    Links: Stuff
  • Dr Michael McKenna on Resuscitating Auckland Theatre
    Links: Express
  • Queen of Bounce, Big Freedia, Coming to NZ!
    Links: Express
  • Superman’s Son Comes Out To Father In Latest Edition Of Superman:...
    Links: Express
  • UK Government Cuts Funding To Major HIV Prevention Fund
    Links: Express

Mon 15 Nov 2021

  • Episode 6: It’s Never Too Late
    No matter the age, no matter the space, it is never too late to be the person you are inside...
    Links: RNZ
  • Performer hopes new role will champion transgender casting in theatres
    Performer Brady Peeti hopes latest role in cult musical will show that theatres should not be hesitant to cast transgender actors...
    Links: Stuff
  • Has The Simpsons Smithers Finally Found Love?
    Links: Express
  • Stats NZ Survey: 4.2% of NZ’s population is LGBT+
    Links: Express

Sun 15 Nov 2020

  • Trans woman evicted after being called 'offensive' by landlord
    A transgender woman who was kicked out of the house she was sharing with the owner says her landlord called her "offensive" and evicted her from her Auckland home...
    Links: RNZ
  • Woman evicted with 3 hours' notice after being called 'offensive' by landlord
    Kristine Ablinger says she was kicked out of her flat because she is transgender...
    Links: RNZ
  • Exclusive: Far Right Individual Threatens to Spread COVID 19 Across Auckland...
    Links: Express

Fri 15 Nov 2019

  • NZ gay rights group supports call for tourism boycott in Cooks
    A New Zealand gay rights group is supporting a call for a tourism boycott of the Cook Islands after its government moved to strengthen anti-gay laws...
    Links: RNZ
  • Feminism 2020 Event will Take Place at Parliament Today
    Links: Express
  • Make The Yuletide Gay! Noel Leeming Christmas Gift Guide
    Links: Express

Thu 15 Nov 2018

  • First addition to the AIDS Memorial Quilt in 15 years
    The Cartier Trust Quilt will be the first new addition to New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt project in over 15 years, when it is formally presented at a public 30th anniversary event on November 26th...
    Links: Scoop
  • Breaking News: POLICE AND AUCKLAND PRIDE MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER
    Links: Express
  • Legendary Kiwi Dancer and Choreographer Douglas Wright Dies
    Links: Express
  • Meet the ‘House of Drag’ King: Hugo Grrrl
    Links: Express
  • Meet the ‘House of Drag’ Queens – Bunny Holiday
    Links: Express
  • Meet the ‘House of Drag’ Queens – Leidy Lei
    Links: Express
  • Meet the ‘House of Drag’ Queens – Lola Blades
    Links: Express
  • Meet the ‘House of Drag’ queens – Medulla Oblongata
    Links: Express
  • Meet the ‘House of Drag’ queens: Vulga Titz
    Links: Express

Wed 15 Nov 2017

  • Australia says yes to gay marriage
    Australia says yes to gay marriage ...
    Links: RNZ
  • Complaint about 'If it's not gay, it's not gay' Rainbow Youth ad shot down
    A complaint about Rainbow Youth's recent "If it's not gay, it's not gay" ad campaign has been shot down by the Advertising Standards Authority...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Gay's complaint about RainbowYouth's 'pie' ad rejected by ASA
    RainbowYouth's widely praised short video calling out casual homophobia has managed to offend one member of an unique group of Kiwis...
    Links: Stuff
  • ILGA Oceania Responds to Marriage Equality Announcement
    ILGA Oceania represents Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex organisations in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific...
    Links: Scoop
  • Kiwi wedding celebrant: 'I'm pleased for Australia'
    New Zealand's same-sex marriage industry is set to take a hit after Australia voted in favour of legalising gay marriage, but one Auckland celebrant is not concerned...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • The YES Campaign Have it
    Links: Express

Tue 15 Nov 2016

  • Fashionistas Flock to Fashion Fairytale Show
    Links: Express
  • Our Favourite Looks from the Fashion Fairytale Show
    Links: Express
  • Transgender Day of Remembrance
    Links: Express
  • Record number attending Hui Takatāpui
    This weekend will see a record number of Māori glbti people attending the 30th Hui Takatāpui...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 15 Nov 2015

  • Prue Hyman - homosexual law reform (Paekākāriki)
    Prue Hyman takes Jac Lynch through a personal archive of newspaper articles, letters and submissions made in support of homosexual law reform.
    Features: Prue Hyman
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • GayTMs Will Return For Auckland and Wellington Pride
    Links: Express
  • Over $31,000 Raised at GABA Auction
    Links: Express
  • GALS 'R' US
    Going strong since 1992, GALS are Auckland’s LGBTI friendly choir that’s as diverse as our communities are...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • GayTMs will be back in Wellington and Auckland
    The ANZ Bank's colourful GayTMs are set to make a come-back in Auckland and Wellington to mark the Out in the Square and Auckland Pride Festival events...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Over $30K raised by GABA charitable Auction
    Considerably over $30,000 dollars has been raised for gay charitable causes this evening by members and friends of GABA, the Gay Auckland Business Association...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Ukraine finally passes LGBTI rights bill
    Ukraine has finally passed the LGBTI rights bill necessary for it to move forward with it’s application to join the EU Schengen Zone...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 15 Nov 2014

  • Animal lovers rally for "Benjy the gay bull"
    A campaign is underway to save a bull from slaughter in Ireland, after he failed to show interest in mating with the females in the herd...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Final Pride musical auditions on Sunday
    Final auditions are being held on Sunday for Auckland Rainbow Community Church’s musical for Auckland Pride Festival...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Kiwi men are raffling their 'meatpacks'
    The New Zealand AIDS Foundation has come up with a light-hearted twist on the traditional meatpack raffle to raise money, and awareness about HIV and sexual health, in the lead-up to World AIDS Day...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Kiwi men are raffling their 'meatpacks'
    The New Zealand AIDS Foundation has come up with a light-hearted twist on the traditional meatpack raffle to raise money, and awareness about HIV and sexual health, in the lead-up to World AIDS Day...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Mark your dates in style!
    A fundraising calendar for the Cartier Trust is being officially launched in Auckland on Tuesday, and it’s all about drag...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 15 Nov 2013

  • Anika Moa to perform at Out in the Square
    Anika Moa has been announced as the headlining act for Out in the Square 2014...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Georgie's tribute a hilarious, sweet night
    Georgina Beyer’s tribute and fundraiser was mostly classy, but a little bit crass, full of stories from the many realms of her rich life...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Georgina Beyer humbled by tribute evening
    Georgina Beyer has been given a rousing and colourful ‘this is your life’ style celebration in Wellington tonight, full of memories, jokes and tribute shows...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Nigerian “Daddy” brings hatred to NZ
    An anti-gay Nigerian pastor’s arrival in New Zealand has come with a ramping up of homophobic hatred on his Facebook page...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Pastor avoids gay rhetoric at Auckland event
    A pastor with a reputation for whipping up anti-gay fervour has steered clear of the issue at his Auckland conference tonight...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 15 Nov 2012

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Close Up, ref: TZP422935.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Bears pawing into Christchurch for big weekend
    Last minute registrations for Christchurch’s Big Bear Weekend will be taken at tonight’s opening night function at the fittingly-named Honeypot Café...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Finding a place to stand
    This year’s Hui Takatāpui is extra special for organiser Maihi Makiha, who is taking up to 150 GLBTI Maori from across the country to his stunning ancestral home for the next four days, where he hopes to teach them about the proverb: “to know who you are is to know where you’re from”...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Finding a place to stand
    This year’s Hui Takatāpui is extra special for organiser Maihi Makiha, who is taking up to 150 GLBTI Maori from across the country to his stunning ancestral home for the next four days, where he hopes to teach them about the proverb: “to know who you are is to know where you’re from”...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay men will marry your girlfriends
    - 15th November 2012...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Leading GLBT advocate Dittrich to speak in Auckland
    Boris Dittrich One of the world’s leading GLBT advocates will give a guest lecture at Auckland University and a talk at an Auckland church next week...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Oral marriage submissions limited due to number
    Kevin Hague The Select Committee tasked with wading through the more than 20,000 submissions on marriage equality has had to limit the number of oral submissions it will hear...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Vatican digging its heels in on marriage
    The Catholic Church is positioning itself as “the lone critic of modernity” on the issue of marriage equality...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Your submissions: David Farrar
    Plenty of straight allies are backing the bid for marriage equality...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Your submissions: Rainbow Wellington
    Rainbow Wellington’s submission   SUBMISSION ON THE MARRIAGE (DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE) AMENDMENT BILL 1 This is the submission of Rainbow Wellington on the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill 2 Rainbow Wellington is a group of gay and lesbian citizens and those of related orientation which, among other concerns, pursues matters regarding the human and civil rights of its members and others affected...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 15 Nov 2011

  • January 21 date set for Out in the Square
    Wellington's long-running gay and lesbian fair Out in the Square has been confirmed for Saturday January 21...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Malgra and Club Q vandalised in burglary
    Palmerston North's glbt community has rallied together following its meeting place MALGRA and Club Q being broken into and vandalised on Sunday night...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Review: Bearracuda
    Picture - Get It On! I love a dance party when you spend it with good friends and the night is a joyous celebration of those friendships as you dance together as a group...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 15 Nov 2010

  • Robert Gant (Wellington)
    John Sullivan talks about the photography of Robert Gant.
    Features: John Sullivan
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Aussies becoming much more liberal
    An Australian survey has found attitudes towards gay men and women have become much more liberal at a national level, but anti-gay sentiment remains ingrained in politically sensitive areas such as Sydney's west and south-west, pockets of Melbourne's south-east and in regional Queensland...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Cartoon characters we want to come out!
    We asked GayNZ...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Coffey to co-host charity Masquerade Ball
    Tamati Coffey Breakfast weatherman Tamati Coffey will MC the Cartier Trust's annual fundraiser event, the Masquerade Ball...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Media coverage eases off on Alison Mau
    In an article sub-headed "a courageous declaration of love" the Woman's Weekly magazine has front-covered TV presenter Alison Mau's confirmation of her bisexuality...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 15 Nov 2009

  • Big Day Out cancels anti-gay Beenie Man
    Following a storm of protest against the artist, the producers of Big Day Out have decided notorious anti-gay Jamaican Reggae performer Beenie Man will now not appear at the popular music festival...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Jamaica: Murder on the dancefloor
    What is the social and historical context of Jamaica's homophobic murder music? Much of it seems to do with the unhappy post-independence existence of Jamaica itself...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Oprah s most famous lesbian" join forces
    Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres are appearing together on the cover of Oprah's O magazine, with early sales figures indicating the new edition will be the highest-selling issue in the magazine's 9-year history...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The great gay blood donation debate (updated 18/11/09)
    Is a policy which seeks to prevent sexually active gay and bi men from donating blood discriminatory or a sensible element of a process designed to keep nasties such as HIV out of the blood supply? The NZ Blood service, charged with protecting the medical blood and blood products supply, will not accept blood HIV-positive people or from men who admit to having had protected or unprotected oral or anal sex with another man within the past five years...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 15 Nov 2008

Thu 15 Nov 2007

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Tagata Pasifika, ref: TZP347031.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Defence:Pride accused unwise but not guilty
    2...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Editorial: The flawed but noble Pride Centre
    The Auckland Pride Centre was a dream which never quite fulfilled its promise, and the Crown prosecutor's characterising of it in Court today as "stumbling along" could well apply to the Centre's entire existence...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Jerusalem's only gay bar closes
    For four years it stood as an oasis of tolerance in Jerusalem: a place where drag queens, ultra-Orthodox Jews and Palestinians could hang out, dance and drink pints, side by side...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Pride Centre verdict: "Guilty of fraud"
    3...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The Exclusive Brethren - Why we need the Electoral Finance Bill
    The Electoral Finance Bill is a necessity, despite hyperbole and exaggeration from the National Opposition, seemingly determined to protect possible further election funds from the Exclusive Brethren...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 15 Nov 2006

  • Berlin - Cabaret of Desire
    Berlin Silo Theatre, Auckland Monday, 13 November This show is hard, no, impossible, to pidgeonhole...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Bid on TradeMe to meet Sir Elton
    Two New Zealand Elton John fans will get a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet one of music's all time greats...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay website name sold for US$500,000
    If you're looking to launch a new gay-focused website, you can cross Gays...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZAF honours infectious disease specialist
    Auckland Hospital's senior infectious diseases specialist will be awarded life membership of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation tomorrow, on the eve of his retirement...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • South Africa passes Civil Union Bill
    The South African parliament passed legislation recognising same-sex Civil Unions yesterday...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 15 Nov 2005

  • More Mapp: But gays CAN marry! (...the opposite gender)
    New Zealanders shouldn't be told how to think, but it's “surely reasonable” for the state to tell private citizens which relationships are “preferred”...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZAF AGM: "Dishonesty, political agendas and poor judgement"
    While facing no confidence remits this Saturday from amongst the Foundation membership the NZAF Board has so far held back from releasing the public submissions it received relating to its recent controversial proposals, some of which will no doubt be the basis of spirited debate at its AGM this Saturday...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZAF AGM: The AIDS Foundation board addresses the gay community
    Press Release NZ AIDS Foundation Board 15 November, 2006 NZ AIDS FOUNDATION BOARD FOCUSED UPON THOSE MOST AT RISK FROM HIV/AIDS The Board of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation is focused upon preventing HIV/AIDS with those most at risk, says NZAF Chairperson Simon Robb...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • On the couch with Beverley and Bevan
    Beverley (gay actor and comic Hori Ahipene doing another 'suburban drag' act with flair) and Bevan (the redhaired white guy comic, Te Radar) run a bed and breakfast...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Submission to NZAF Board: M Stevens
    Released for publication: Submission by M W Stevens to the NZAF Board of Trustees Regarding their Proposed Constitutional Changes [slightly edited by GayNZ...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Submission to NZAF Board: P Saxton
    Released for Publication: Submission by Peter Saxton to the Board of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation on the Proposal (withdrawn) to require 50% Maori representation on the Board, and to require two reserved positions for people living with HIV...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 15 Nov 2004

  • MAXIMum Impact: Destiny vs Maxim - what's the difference?
    Part 3 of a 3-part GayNZ...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Pill Diary: Week 7
    Week 7 of the edited diary entries of a HIV positive man going onto a standard 'combination therapy' pill regime to boost the immune system and repress the virus...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 15 Nov 2003

  • Bemusement over 'controversial' Clark bio
    Homosexual-conspiracy theorist Ian Wishart's unauthorised 'biography' of Prime Minister Helen Clark, which 'outed' her as a closet lesbian, has caused bemusement from the Prime Minister's office, and one NZ Herald columnist...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Fundamentalist free speech at a grave cost
    Concerns that a court ruling made two years ago that allowed freedom of speech for antigay fundamentalists would loosen the laws around child porn have become a practical reality...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sturm continues to deny forced sex
    Auckland restaurant owner Philip David Sturm is continuing to deny charges of forced sex in an ongoing trial at Auckland's High Court, the latest involving a series of encounters with a 22-year-old staff member...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 15 Nov 2002

  • Television item (Sydney, Australia)
    Qn Gay Games Vi Sydney 2002, ref: TZP265776.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Gay magazine editor dies after long illness
    The longtime editor of New Zealand's Out! magazine, Brett Sheppard, has died of cancer...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 15 Nov 2000

  • Bette Armstrong dies (Wellington region, New Zealand)
    Links: Billion Graves

Wed 15 Nov 1995

This list of events is generated from a number of different sources: media items on PrideNZ.com, archived pages from GayNZ.com, our rainbow timeline and links to rainbow-related stories on other media sites. There may be some inaccuracies - please let us know if you find anything that needs changing. If you would like to see a full list of dates click here