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Tue 5 Dec 2023

  • Pacific Waves for 6 December 2023
    PNG begins battle to rein in resurging AIDS infections; Cook Islands paddling festival makes a comeback; Preserving Te Reo Maori a priority for music group...
    Links: RNZ
  • PNG begins battle to rein in resurging AIDS infections
    PNG begins battle to rein in resurging AIDS infections...
    Links: RNZ
  • Australian NFL Player Adam Doueihi Faces Backlash for Controversial Comments on...
    Links: Express
  • Billie Eilish Experiences Instagram Follower Drop After Coming Out
    Links: Express
  • Moscow Police Raid Gay Clubs Following Supreme Court’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Movement Ruling
    Links: Express

Mon 5 Dec 2022

  • Hard Labour: 70 years since New Plymouth prison was used to lock up gay men
    In a touch of irony Shannon Novak got kicked out of an area that used to imprison gay men...
    Links: Stuff
  • Hopes guidelines will make sport more inclusive for trans athletes
    Sport New Zealand has unveiled its transgender guidelines for community sport, aimed at making participation more inclusive for trans athletes...
    Links: RNZ
  • Sex Outside the City project aims to improve takatāpui sexual health
    “Accessing safe healthcare services as a queer person in rural Aotearoa can be a significant challenge," project lead Josh McCormack says...
    Links: Stuff
  • Transgender athletes can participate in community sport, says Sport NZ
    New guidelines say transgender athletes can participate in the gender they identify with, and will not need to 'prove or justify' their identity...
    Links: Stuff
  • Transgender guidelines revealed by Sport NZ
    Sport New Zealand has released guiding principles for the inclusion of transgender people in community sport...
    Links: RNZ

Sun 5 Dec 2021

  • Schools warned as 'gender critical' group seeks information on trans students
    Schools are being urged to protect students' privacy after an information request from a 'gender critical' group was widely circulated...
    Links: Stuff
  • We Are Family! Friday Night After Over 100 Days Of Lockdown
    Links: Express

Sat 5 Dec 2020

  • How a gay rugby team taught a Kiwi coach about the game's true values
    Mitch Canning took the Melbourne Chargers from easybeats to Bingham Cup champions but says he is indebted to what they taught him...
    Links: Stuff
  • NZ in last place as sport is accused of dropping the ball on homophobic language
    A major new academic study puts New Zealand at the bottom of an international table as gay male athletes in this country remain all but invisible...
    Links: Stuff
  • Tagata o te Moana for 5 December 2020
    Ava ceremony offers glimpse at aspirations of NZ's Pasifika MPs; A call for Pasifika victims of abuse to seek Royal Commission of Inquiry; Several of the Pacific region still contending with concerning covid-19 figures; UN disturbed by violence in West Papua; NZ opens up pathway for trial shipments of Tongan watermelon; Cook Islanders walk around Rarotonga to promote healthy lifestyle; PNG Supreme Court to decide on political standoff; Lack of awareness, stigma hinder HIV fight in Pacific; Pacific peoples urged to take ownership of new data hub...
    Links: RNZ
  • Your Last Chance To Get Experimental!
    Links: Express

Thu 5 Dec 2019

  • British lesbian couple first to carry baby in both their wombs
    A British lesbian couple have become the first parents to have a baby carried in both of their wombs in a landmark "shared motherhood" procedure...
    Links: NZ Herald

Wed 5 Dec 2018

  • Porn and teens report should serve as a wake-up call
    The Office of Film and Literature Classification’s (OFLC) survey of more than 2000 young people about pornography highlights that sexuality education provides an opportunity for a vital counter-narrative to porn that could reach most young New Zealanders...
    Links: Scoop

Tue 5 Dec 2017

  • Business Standards to Tackle LGBTI Discrimination Launched
    UN officials, business leaders and activists launch global standards to promote equality for lesbian, gay, bi, trans and intersex people in the workplace and beyond...
    Links: Scoop
  • Mark Reason: transgender lifter Laurel Hubbard carrying the weight of the world
    OPINION: The participation of transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard in the world weightlifting championships this week brings into focus a well-meaning piece of human rights legislation that will almost certainly have serious consequences...
    Links: Stuff
  • Aussie Politician Proposes to Partner In Marriage Debate Speech
    Links: Express
  • Wellington’s Rainbow Pasefika Communities Need Your Support
    Links: Express

Mon 5 Dec 2016

  • John Key is Out, Who’ll Be Our New PM?
    Links: Express
  • So Much Love at the Love Party
    Links: Express
  • Disappointing numbers at World AIDS Day events
    Auckland events created for World AIDS Day were a creative success but numbers attending were less than hoped-for, and a dance party specifically aimed at gay, bi and HIV-positive men attracted considerably fewer people than anticipated...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Off Key
    It looks as if there won't be a fourth term for John Key after all...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Off Key
    It looks as if there won't be a fourth term for John Key after all...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • PM Key standing down after mixed glbti record
    Prime Minister John Key, who voted against Civil Unions but in favour of Marriage Equality has announced he is stepping down as PM and leader of the National party...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Transgender people were victims of Oakland fire
    Indications are emerging that several transgender people have been victims of the horrific fire in Oakland, California, which has claimed at least 30 lives...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wallmart pays out on same-sex health benefits
    The world's largest retailer and biggest employer has relented by paying out on health insurance benefits denied to the same-sex employees of its American staff...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 5 Dec 2015

  • Climate Change: The LGBT Stake
    During the Paris climate change conference, there were massive international protests in support of greater coordinated national and international government action against the impending disaster...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Photographer recognised for powerful campaign
    A New Zealand photojournalist has been internationally recognised for his powerful campaign depicting the stories of persecuted LGBTI people around the world...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Two and a Half Men co-star in love with a woman
    Two and a Half Men actress, Holland Taylor, has revealed she is in a relationship with a woman...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wellington youth sought for filming
    Ara Taiohi is making a short film with young people from LGBTI communities and are currently calling for cast – all identities welcome...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 5 Dec 2014

  • Getting Bigger!
    Links: Express
  • 1st openly gay High Court judge sworn in
    Matthew Muir (centre) is sworn in by Chief Justice Sian Elias...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Dog stance for Vinegar Hill camp clarified
    Vinegar Hill campers have come to a middle ground agreement with Manawatu District Council over a number of issues, including dogs and rubbish...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • GABA awards four tertiary scholarships
    Four impressive young Aucklanders have been given tertiary study scholarships from the Gay Auckland Business Association’s charity wing, with AUT coming onboard to jointly fund two of them...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • It's over! Select Committee recommends against Manukau Bill
    The Local Government and Environment Committee has scrapped the controversial Manukau City (Regulating Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New Mr Gay NZ organiser sought
    Current Mr Gay New Zealand Troy Williams Work is underway to find a new organiser for the Mr Gay New Zealand competition...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sex scandal-plagued British MP dies
    Jeremy Thorpe The former leader of Britain's Liberal party, Jeremy Thorpe, whose political career ended after a gay sex scandal, has died after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Update: Manukau, moralism and sex work
    Unfortunately, it seems that the anti-sexworker and transphobic Manukau City Council (Regulating Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill is back in the parliamentary chamber...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Watch: Heaven's Gate
    Check out Coco Solid's music video documentary about The Fafswag Ball, a South Auckland event that celebrates fa'afafine culture through fashion, vogue and dance battles...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • World AIDS Day collection up on 2013
    This year's World AIDS Day appeal raised $30,120, meaning $12,000 will go to the Wellness Fund, which provides direct financial assistance to people living with HIV...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 5 Dec 2013

  • Dan Carter has backstage visit with Sir Elton
    Excited All Black Dan Carter has met gay superstar Sir Elton John in New York...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Russian Neo Nazi sought over gay attacks
    Maxim Martsinkevich (right) makes Alexander Bohun drink what he says is urine in a horrible humiliation case...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The Conspiracy Party?
    Why are all those media outlets being so nasty to poor Colin...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wgtn team being gathered for Outgames
    Wellingtonians considering heading to the Asia Pacific Outgames in Darwin next May are being invited to an information evening...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 5 Dec 2012

  • Air NZ will not remove Nadzeya Ostapchuk joke
    Air New Zealand will not remove a competition joke about disgraced Belarusian shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk, which has been slammed on social media as transphobic...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Trans/intersex passports policy becomes official
    Internal Affairs’ more flexible passport policy for transgender and intersex people has come into effect...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 5 Dec 2011

  • Hell Pizza admits "sense of humour failure"
    Hell Pizza is apologising for its cookie message which classes marrying a transgender person as a misfortune, saying its regrets that it has caused offence...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Labour's junior wing calls for marriage debate
    Young Labour is calling for the gay marriage debate to be amplified in New Zealand, following the Australian Labor Party's endorsement of same-sex marriage at its annual conference...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Mates and Lovers actor wins Chapman Tripp award
    Simon K...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Robertson backs Shearer, seeks deputy role
    Grant Robertson Gay Labour MP Grant Robertson has announced he is officially seeking to become deputy head of the party under leadership contender David Shearer, as Labour heads into its first leadership meeting for members tonight...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Triumphant actor humbled and hungover after win
    Simon K...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Two Dorothies all at sea: Part Six
    The final of an occasional series detailing the experiences of a “straight” cruise by couple of gay Kiwi boys aboard the Radiance of the Seas cruise liner as it circumnavigates Australia, Indonesia and New Zealand – 15 October to 15 November 2011...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 5 Dec 2010

  • "I'm Only Trying to Get By"
    The Auckland Council's Community Safety Forum has endorsed a bill which could see street prostitution banned in specific areas across Auckland, as concern swirls about the likely impact on transgender street workers...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Karen Ritchie of the Cartier Bereavement Trust
    Karen Ritchie Karen Ritchie is the face and founder of the Cartier Bereavement Charitable Trust, which raises money to assist with funerals for those who have passed on of HIV/AIDS related illness...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 5 Dec 2009

  • Gay lawyer sworn in as US diplomat to NZ and Samoa
    America's Vice President Joe Biden has sworn in openly gay lawyer David Huebner as America's ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Glenn Mills drugged two men for sex, police told
    The Auckland man accused of knowingly exposing fourteen young people to HIV - who was found dead in his Mt Eden remand prison cell this week - was also under investigation for two drug rape incidents, reports the NZ Herald...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Rainbow Youth reveals its new-look centre
    Refreshed: Inside Rainbow Youth's new-look drop-in centre Rainbow Youth is proud to reveal that renovations of its drop-in centre on K' Road is now complete...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 5 Dec 2008

  • Against Outrageous Propositions
    It looks like the frustratingly narrow margin of defeat for opponents of the discriminatory Californian Proposition 8, which writes prohibitions against same-sex marriage into that state's constitution, has taken antigay organisations by surprise...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Bucket shakers' red ribbons raised $1,000's
    Despite fears that global financial contagion might affect donations, an initial report back from the money counters at the NZ AIDS Foundation suggests that World AIDS Day 2008 was widely supported by New Zealanders...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay man's killer sentenced for 2nd murder
    A former skinhead who is serving a life sentence in prison for the 1999 Westport murder of a gay man has today received a life sentence for another murder...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Going krazy for Kylie!
    We've all come down with Kylie fever and must admit we don't know many people who aren't going to see the pop princess in Auckland on Monday or Tuesday...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Hamilton's Glamz! drag cabaret bar for sale
    Hamilton's Glamz! cabaret restaurant is up for sale, with the outgoing director hoping the business will be purchased by someone in the LGBT community who will keep it running as a drag venue...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Iraqi journalist jailed for gay sex story
    An Iraqi journalist has been jailed for writing a story about homosexuality for a weekly news publication...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 5 Dec 2007

  • Australian states plan partnership registers
    For the second time in less than a week, an Australian state has unveiled plans to give rights to same-sex couples...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Hamilton celebrates first Pride Week
    The Waikato LGBT community is celebrating and enjoying the first Hamilton Pride Week this week, and plans are already underway for a second Pride Week in the region next year, says one of the co-organisers...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sydney starts summer with outdoor Gay Day
    Sydney's new gay and lesbian music festival Summer Gay Day attracted a crowd of over 4,000 partygoers to Moore Park for funky sounds outdoors on Saturday afternoon...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • UK lesbian's money fight with donor 'daddy'
    A British firefighter who donated his sperm so a lesbian couple could have two children says he's being forced to pay child support, despite being assured he would not have to be involved in the upbringing of their young boy and girl or have any financial responsibility towards them...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Waipouri trial jury out today
    The jury of seven women and five men in Palmerston North High Court is expected to retire this afternoon to consider whether 17-year-old Andre Gilling helped his friend Ashley Arnopp murder gay man Stanley Waipouri late last year...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 5 Dec 2006


  • The old ‘Pound' nightclub has been completely renovated and has now reopened as a mixed club, with Fridays as ‘gay night'...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wellington raises over $20,000 for NZAF
    Wellington HIV/AIDS community prevention workers and volunteers raised over $20,000 for the New Zealand AIDS Foundation on World AIDS Day...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 5 Dec 2005

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Kiwifruit, ref: TZP313802.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Bill a "smokescreen" for discrimination
    A bill designed to "clarify" the definition of marriage is a smokescreen which tries to undermine laws passed last year which removed discrimination against same-sex couples, says the Campaign for Civil Unions...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Poisoned candyfloss
    Why hasn't Gordon Copeland done his homework before venturing into print on behalf of his same-sex marriage ban bill? His 'reasons' are so shallow that they can be compared to the insubstantial 'foodstuff' in the title of this column! Marriage is not "universally restricted to one woman and one man," as Canada, the Netherlands and Massachuesetts all demonstrate...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 5 Dec 2004

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    One News, ref: TZP296897.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • CU opponents obsessed with sodomy
    Newstalk ZB host Kerre Woodham has defended the Civil Union Bill, saying "prejudice, intolerance and an unhealthy prurient fascination with sodomy are more dangerous than people who just happen to love each other"...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 5 Dec 2003

  • McKellen function not taxpayer-funded
    Allegations that the New Zealand taxpayer footed the bill for a gay community function hosting Sir Ian "Gandalf" McKellen at Premier House in Wellington last Friday have been dismissed by the Prime Minister's office...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Nightmare not over for Sturm
    The Crown Law Office in Wellington has been asked to consider appealing against a High Court judge's decision that resulted in convicted sex offender Philip Sturm being found not guilty on charges of stupefying with intent...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Summer Camping: Vinegar Hill
    The Camp holiday camp for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people is just off SH1 near Hunterville, says the reigning Queen Calum of Vinegar Hill in his Christmas message...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 5 Dec 2002

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Qn, ref: TZP267148.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Awards acknowledge HIV/AIDS work
    Two gay men have been awarded life membership of the NZ AIDS Foundation in acknowledgement of their contributions to the field of HIV and AIDS...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 5 Dec 1998

  • The Awhina World AIDS Day variety concert is held (Wellington, New Zealand)
    The concert takes place in Soundings Theatre at Te Papa, with funds raised going to the Awhina Centre.
    Links: Te Papa

Mon 5 Dec 1994

Thu 5 Dec 1991

  • Television news report: a viewer responds to the new Kids with AIDS support group (New Zealand)
    Holmes, ref F107913.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Fri 5 Dec 1986

Wed 5 Dec 1984

  • Television: protest by anti-pornography lobby against Arthur Everards film censorship standards (New Zealand)
    ref: TZP12626.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

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