Allegations of grope during strip searches A trans woman who recently spent time in a men’s prison, says she was groped on more than one occasion by male officers when undergoing strip searches... Links: GayNZ.com
Arrests made regarding sex trafficking of trans women Members of a criminal gang that is involved in the sexual exploitation of trans women have been arrested in Spain ... Links: GayNZ.com
Death By A Hundred Cuts Britain's Attitude magazine has a somewhat familiar take on neoliberal austerity politics in that country, and how LGBTI individuals are being affected... Links: GayNZ.com
Model Samantha Fox has new partner Samantha Fox (l) and Birgitte Olsen British pin-up girl and model Samantha Fox has revealed she is in love again after the death from cancer two years ago of her previous partner and manager, Myra Stratton... Links: GayNZ.com
Penpals with Prisoners We chat to Sophie, one of the people behind the new initiative that’s pairing LGBTI inmates with people from the LGBTI community on the outside... Links: GayNZ.com
Pro LGBTI MP seeks position as Speaker One of Fran Wilde’s right hand men from the Homosexual Law Reform campaign is hoping to become the next Speaker of the House in Parliament... Links: GayNZ.com
Proud to Play organiser honoured with intl award Craig Watson of LGBTI sporting festival Proud to Play has been recognised by the international community for his significant contributions to the global LGBTI community... Links: GayNZ.com
Mon 1 Aug 2016
Gender neutral - "have we gone mad?" Should transgender people expect anything more than acceptance?
When cisgender people attempt to placate us by trying to be creative it serves no one... Links: GayNZ.com
Sat 1 Aug 2015
Anti-gay Banks convicted, sentenced John Banks Anti-gay equality politician and broadcaster John Banks has this morning been convicted of knowingly filing a false electoral return and will have to undertake community detention and community work as punishment... Links: GayNZ.com
Breaking: Uganda's anti-gay law scrapped The Ugandan Constitutional Court has ruled the nation's anti-gay law is null and void on the ground it was passed in parliament without the necessary quorum of lawmakers... Links: GayNZ.com
From the RW Forum: Labour's Maryan Street This week’s Rainbow Wellington pre-election gathering will be one of the few lgbti-focused forums before the election, so we’re taking a close look at what the candidates had to say... Links: GayNZ.com
Hauiti among highest spending MPs Claudette Hauiti talking to media at Parliament Departing National MP Claudette Hauiti is facing fresh criticism over revelations she ranks among the highest spending MPs in Parliament over the last quarter... Links: GayNZ.com
Kiwi gold medalist a "superstar" - partner New Zealand cyclist Linda Villumsen is in a relationship with retired English cyclist Emma Trott, who has proudly congratulated her partner on her Commonwealth Games gold medal... Links: GayNZ.com
MPs help launch Rainbow Tick in capital Michael Stevens with Louisa Wall and Kevin Hague The Rainbow Tick programme has been launched in Wellington... Links: GayNZ.com
Rainbow Taranaki is "coming out" tonight Taranaki’s lgbti youth support group is being launched tonight... Links: GayNZ.com
Fri 1 Aug 2014
Extra screening of Liberace flick in Auckland An extra Auckland screening of Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra has been announced... Links: GayNZ.com
Get ready for Kings! People of Tauranga and beyond! The queer night out you have been waiting for is on its way! Kings will be held on the first Saturday of every month, beginning this Saturday with a right royal launch... Links: GayNZ.com
The Invisible Man? Oh look, it's Colin Craig... Links: GayNZ.com
Trans Auckland rapper Randa gets BDO slot Randa Auckland rapper and beat-maker Randa has been announced as one of the acts who will be part of the returning Big Day Out in Auckland... Links: GayNZ.com
Wellington conference to look beyond marriage ***image1***The Queer Avengers will host a weekend of discussion and action on gender and sexual diversity in October... Links: GayNZ.com
Thu 1 Aug 2013
Gays "push poo or use dildos" ranter tells MPs Green MP Jan Logie has shared one of the stranger emails MPs have received among correspondence on the marriage equality debate, which describes gay men and lesbians as "sexual deviants and dropouts who don't have the mental capacity to be normal"
"We've been getting lots of letters about the marriage equality bill... Links: GayNZ.com
Good morning's new agony aunts Buffy and Bimbo will be answering questions on anything and everything to do with etiquette in a new segment on Good Morning, which begins this Friday... Links: GayNZ.com
Good morning's new agony aunts Buffy and Bimbo will be answering questions on anything and everything to do with etiquette in a new segment on Good Morning, which begins this Friday... Links: GayNZ.com
Gore Vidal dies in Hollywood, aged 86 Novelist, essayist and playwright Gore Vidal has died in his home in the Hollywood Hills, of complications from pneumonia, aged 86... Links: GayNZ.com
Maori TV poll shows strong backing for equality A poll by Maori Television’s Native Affairs programme found strong support for marriage equality... Links: GayNZ.com
US: Baker refuses to make cake for gay couple A Colorado bakery which is refusing to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple has been inundated with outraged emails and protestors with signs such as “let the gays eat cake”... Links: GayNZ.com
Wed 1 Aug 2012
Aotearoa Rainbow Alliance out of the blocks The Aotearoa Rainbow Alliance is encouraging people to learn about what it's doing, spread the word and get involved in the process of getting the umbrella body for glbt groups running at full speed... Links: GayNZ.com
Mrs Tamaki believes lesbians 'hurt by men' The first lady of Destiny Church Hannah Tamaki says there's nothing wrong with women who love women: except that their sexuality comes down to being badly treated by men... Links: GayNZ.com
Mon 1 Aug 2011
Chris Carter: Your views GayNZ... Links: GayNZ.com
Chris Carter: Your views GayNZ... Links: GayNZ.com
Gok Wan comes out for Hikoi on Heels TV stylist Gok Wan mingled with the crowd attending Hikoi on Heels at Auckland's Family Bar last night... Links: GayNZ.com
Gok Wan comes out for Hikoi on Heels TV stylist Gok Wan mingled with the crowd attending Hikoi on Heels at Auckland's Family Bar last night... Links: GayNZ.com
Teen charged with murdering police officer 3... Links: GayNZ.com
Victim believed to have frequented gay venues Denis Phillips 6... Links: GayNZ.com
Sun 1 Aug 2010
"No" to 'Sir Witi,' "yes" to 'Dame Deirdre' Gay author Witi Ihimaera is amongst those who have rejected taking up the title of "Sir" following the government's reintroduction of traditional titular honours... Links: GayNZ.com
Albania moves towards gay marriage One of the most conservative countries in Eastern Europe has taken a significant step towards embracing same sex marriage... Links: GayNZ.com
GLBT counseling service in financial strife The financial situation is increasingly bleak for the nation's primary glbt counseling and support organisation which is now appealing to its members to donate what money they can spare to help cover day to day running expenses... Links: GayNZ.com
US troops accused of aiding gay executions United States soldiers have aided in the execution of gay Iraqis according to two unnamed gay Iraqi refugees speaking during an American Human Rights Campaign fundraising event... Links: GayNZ.com
Sat 1 Aug 2009
Foreskins inside out Guys – are you cut or uncut? And does it really matter? Mark Farnworth does some research... Links: GayNZ.com
Foreskins inside out Guys – are you cut or uncut? And does it really matter? Mark Farnworth does some research... Links: GayNZ.com
Hide bemused by Peters' 'closet gay' slur NZ First leader and Foreign Affairs minister Winston Peters has played the gay slur card against Act leader Rodney Hide, suggesting that Hide is a closeted gay who uses the public company of women friends to disguise the fact... Links: GayNZ.com
Melbourne man guilty of HIV-spread parties A 49-year-old Melbourne man has been convicted of knowingly spreading HIV to other men at orgies he called 'conversion' parties... Links: GayNZ.com
New rapid syphilis test available from today From today, a new rapid syphilis test service being piloted at Auckland's Burnett Centre will assist in the early detection of syphilis... Links: GayNZ.com
Fri 1 Aug 2008
AKL gallery: Gender-blend nudes and leather Auckland's Morgan Street Gallery's latest exhibitions include a collection of cliché-busting photoshopped nudes and an exploration of leather art... Links: GayNZ.com
Buddhism: Traversing the Mountain Path Buddhism is now the second largest organised faith in New Zealand behind Christianity... Links: GayNZ.com
Gay couple will join Desperate Housewives According to Desperate Housewives' openly-gay creator, Wisteria Lane is ready for a resident gay couple... Links: GayNZ.com
History: The Problem with William... William Wilberforce At their AGM, the Society for the Promotion of Community Standards enthused about nineteenth century British antislavery campaigner, William Wilberforce (1759-1833)... Links: GayNZ.com
RENT comes to a Hamilton stage soon The award-winning rock musical RENT is on its way to Hamilton's Riverlea Theatre stage for a three-week season... Links: GayNZ.com
TV doco to tell Kiwi stories of gays and God 'Don't tell me Jesus loves me until you are ready to love me too' will be a television documentary exploring the relationship between Christian faith and coming out... Links: GayNZ.com
Wed 1 Aug 2007
2007 HERO Festival dates announced Preparations for the next HERO Festival, to be held in Auckland next summer, are well underway... Links: GayNZ.com
Full of Sound and Fury... Meaning of Marriage: Jean Bethke Elshtain and Robert George (ed) Spence, 2006... Links: GayNZ.com
Little Zealand? New Zealand, New Zealand, New Zealand... Links: GayNZ.com
GLBT mental health crisis "unsurprising" It's unsurprising that gay and lesbian youth in New Zealand show a higher risk of mental illness, say GLBT community and welfare groups... Links: GayNZ.com
Liquidation sale at Peron bookstore After being refused re-entry to the country by the Immigration Service following allegations that he was once an advocate of paedophile material, gay US immigrant Jim Peron is to have a liquidation sale at his Auckland bookstore Aristotle's... Links: GayNZ.com
Mental health worse in gays The latest release from Otago University's long-running Christchurch Health and Development Study continues to show a strong link between sexual orientation and mental health problems... Links: GayNZ.com
NZ couple's Fiji killer released already The man who slashed to death a gay New Zealand couple in Fiji in 2001 has been discreetly freed from a psychiatric hospital there... Links: GayNZ.com
Mon 1 Aug 2005
Return of the Drag Kings Enough of the drag queens, bring on the drag kings – Wellington's favourite "sons" are back from Australia to tour their new show Return of the Drag Kings in the capital city... Links: GayNZ.com
Sun 1 Aug 2004
Chief Censor Bill Hastings Of course being openly gay attracts more than its share of battles, but I view these battles as opportunities to demonstrate in public that intolerance, fundamentalism and bigotry will never win in the long run... Links: GayNZ.com
Dunne in the Dark Ages United Future leader Peter Dunne's comments this week that the government is trying to change the way people think by supporting civil union legislation has been rubbished by the executive director of the Institute for Liberal Values... Links: GayNZ.com
Fri 1 Aug 2003
Gay cop: Turning scandal into success From being outed in a "Gay Cop Internet Scandal" to being congratulated by the Prime Minister as an out gay police officer, Auckland Senior Sergeant Mark Richards is at the forefront of changing police attitudes to gays and gays in the force... Links: GayNZ.com
Thu 1 Aug 2002
Injecting a bit of masculinity into sex Now, it was one of those Internet encounters that you have when you are bored... Links: GayNZ.com
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