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Wed 2 Aug 2017

  • Corrections did not receive complaint of grope
    Corrections say they have no record of ex Rimutaka inmate Jade Follett making any complaints regarding strip searches when she was a prisoner but will investigate the allegations of groping if a complaint is received...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Pellgate?
    Just at the time when the Australian Christian Right needs him the most, Catholic Cardinal George Pell stands accused himself of child sexual abuse...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The Controversy of Strip Searching
    Once again this year, trans prisoner rights have come into the spotlight, most recently a young woman and ex-inmate revealed that she had been groped on more than one occasion during a strip search...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 2 Aug 2016

  • Craig considering another run at mayoralty
    Anti-gay ex Conservative Party leader Colin Craig is now considering another tilt at the Auckland mayoralty...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Suspicious package delays Brighton Pride
    UK: Brighton Pride was delayed and rerouted after police found a suspicious package on the seafront...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • TPPA: A bad deal for people with HIV?
    Since the eighties and the fall of Muldoon, political orthodoxy has generally held that free trade is good for the New Zealand economy, dismantling unfair subsidies and protectionist tariff barriers- but is the forthcoming Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) going to make life more difficult for people living with HIV/AIDS? At present, Medsafe and Pharmac regulate the purchase and distribution of pharmaceuticals and medical devices between them...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 2 Aug 2015

  • Beyer fears glbti gains could be stalled
    Georgina Beyer Mana Party candidate Georgina Beyer is urging glbti people to "get out and vote" at the general election to help head off what she sees as a threat to human rights gains...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Mitcham just pips Daley in sync platform
    A delighted Matthew Mitcham has won his first Commonwealth gold...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Ugandan Pride to follow crucial ruling
    Gay rights campaigners celebrate the ruling...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 2 Aug 2014

  • Canada slams "hateful" Russian laws
    John Baird Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has condemned Russia’s anti-gay laws as "hateful", as New Zealand remains silent on the issue...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Funding needed for crucial data to be shared
    File Photo Auckland University’s Youth 2012 research team is looking for funding to allow it to create a full report into the state of life for same-sex attracted youth once more, and for trans youth for the first time...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Study: One per cent of NZ students are trans
    One per cent of New Zealand students have reported they are trans, after a question on gender identity was included in an important Auckland University survey for the first time...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 2 Aug 2013

  • Craig sticks to gay is a choice mantra in debate
    In an online debate, Conservative Party leader and self-appointed anti marriage equality crusader Colin Craig has avoided actually answering most of the questions put to him, stated being gay is a choice, and that equality doesn’t mean being treated the same...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Marriage Equality: Looking into the Abyss?
    As my forte is critical analysis of the Christian Right, I thought I'd have a good hard look at what opposition we're likely to face against marriage equality...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Marriage Equality: Looking into the Abyss?
    As my forte is critical analysis of the Christian Right, I thought I'd have a good hard look at what opposition we're likely to face against marriage equality...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Oxford introduces trans-friendly dress code
    Oxford University has rewritten its dress code so students taking exams or attending formal occasions will no longer have to wear ceremonial clothing that is specific to their gender...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • South African archer draws attention to hate
    Karen Hultzer South African archer Karen Hultzer has released a powerful statement confirming she is a lesbian, and highlighting the discrimination against black lesbians in her home country, following her participation in the London Olympics...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Train release statement on site's use of song
    Train have released a strong statement in favour of equality US band Train has expressed its sadness as the use of its song Marry Me on a New Zealand website against Marriage Equality, saying everyone should be able to find love and make it last forever...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wall's marriage bill tipped to pass first reading
    Radio New Zealand believes Louisa Wall’s marriage equality bill will have enough support to pass its first reading...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 2 Aug 2012

  • Air NZ floats LiLo vid
    Air New Zealand has taken its publicity machine to new heights with a  video featuring an 'exclusive interview' the love him or hate him puppet Rico has carried out with trouble-magnet and bisexual starlet Lindsay Lohan...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Air NZ floats LiLo vid
    Air New Zealand has taken its publicity machine to new heights with a  video featuring an 'exclusive interview' the love him or hate him puppet Rico has carried out with trouble-magnet and bisexual starlet Lindsay Lohan...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • DHB releases trans healthcare guide
    A good practice guide for transgender health has been released...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Miley inks her support for gay marriage
    The tattoo Miley Cyrus has hit back at critics of a new tattoo she has which shows she believes in equal rights for all...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZAF opens arms to gay/bi Christchurch men
    The New Zealand AIDS Foundation is working against a potential post-disaster surge in STIs and HIV amongst gay and bisexual men in Christchurch, by providing free testing and counselling services in the quake-hit city...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The Republican Presidential race
    In an earlier article, I profiled three religious conservative US Republican presidential contenders...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 2 Aug 2011

  • "I refuse to be anti-gay" - Anne Rice
    Novelist Anne Rice has 'quit' Christianity for, among other things, its attitude towards homosexuality...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Blips?
    Microparties are one of the side-effects of MMP as an electoral system, due to one of its quirks...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Carter "unwell", placed on leave
    Chris Carter at Friday night's Gaba auction Embattled gay Labour MP Chris Carter is unwell and has been placed on leave for two months...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • No date available for delayed HIV report release
    More than three months after its initially planned release date the much-awaited HIV Service Review has yet to see the light of day, with the Ministry of Health now studiously avoiding committing itself on when the report will be finally opened to public scrutiny...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • No date available for delayed HIV report release
    More than three months after its initially planned release date the much-awaited HIV Service Review has yet to see the light of day, with the Ministry of Health now studiously avoiding committing itself on when the report will be finally opened to public scrutiny...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Richard O'Brien set to retire in NZ
    Richard O'Brien Rocky Horror creator Richard O'Brien appears to be a step closer to his dream of retiring in New Zealand...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Something to glow about
    Sheridan Smith There is a shadow looming over the heads of queer student groups in the form of a bill which would make student union membership voluntary...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Something to glow about
    Sheridan Smith There is a shadow looming over the heads of queer student groups in the form of a bill which would make student union membership voluntary...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Teen in court over police officer's death
    Denis Phillips 10...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 2 Aug 2010

  • Israeli leaders condemn massacre of gays
    Israel's Prime Minister has condemned yesterday's massacre in which a masked gunman opened fire inside a gay and lesbian youth center in Tel Aviv, killing two people and wounding at least ten...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • No marriage, no CUs for Aussie gays
    Australia's Labour government has agreed to a review of relationship recognition for same-sex couples, but conceded no ground on marriage or federal civil unions...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 2 Aug 2009

  • Charles Chauvel: NZ gets serious with school bullies
    Labour MP Charles Chauvel Last month, Labour MP Chris Carter launched a range of initiatives aimed at making schools safer for students, and to ensure that schools have anti-bullying programmes in place...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay row "exposes Anglicans to ridicule"
    The Anglican Communion is ridiculed as 'the Gay Church' and is losing members over its endless debate on homosexuality, say bishops meeting in Canterbury this week...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Louisa Wall set for lesbian business meet
    Labour's Maori lesbian MP is scheduled to speak about experiences in Parliament at the next meeting of the Auckland Lesbian Business Association...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 2 Aug 2008

  • 'Gross indecency' at Singapore Gay Pride
    Singapore's weeklong LGBT Pride celebrations have begun, but police have closed a photo exhibition of gays and lesbians -- citing laws around 'gross indecency'...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Announcing Mr. Gay Hamilton 2007
    Miss Gloriousole - the resident drag queen hostess at Hamilton gay nightclub Venom - has announced she's now on the lookout for contestants for their Mr...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Art Auction will raise funds to fight AIDS
    Dozens of leading artists have donated their works to a Grand Art Auction on Auckland's North Shore, which will raise funds for the NZ AIDS Foundation, the Burnett Centre and Body Positive's local fight against HIV/AIDS...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Sydney's Sleaze Ball: 'Zirkus' this Sept
    The year's Sleaze Ball in Sydney is named 'Zircus' and promoters promise "a dark, sexy and gothic tale of circus, lust and whimsy" on Saturday 29th September...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • UniQ Otago plans Dunedin's Pride Week
    Dunedin Pride Week returns on 8th–16th September, and UniQ Otago says it's going to be huge, diverse, entertaining and informative...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 2 Aug 2007

  • Different strokes: Two very different approaches to GLBT TV
    For a while there tonight (Tues) it was Takataapui versus Kiwifruit! How's that for complementary programming? And irony of ironies Takataapui was looking at the lgbt presence in the kiwi media, including television, so they gave Kiwifruit a mention...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • History: Dante and the Sodomites
    Dante's Inferno Amongst Dante scholars, the depiction of four Florentine 'sodomites' in that masterpiece of fourteenth century Italian poetry has always aroused curiousity and debate...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Out Games: 18-medal haul for Kiwis
    Kiwi athletes have struck gold, silver and bronze in an impressive 18-medal haul at the inaugural Out Games, which are being staged this week in Montreal, Canada...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Take Me Out: A comedy with balls, brain and heart
    Shane Bosher and his Silo Theatre team have hit an audience-thrilling home run with Take Me Out...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Time for NZAF Board to hear community voices
    However you see the issues raised by the wide-ranging consultation document, we urge you to get involved and make your voice heard RIGHT NOW! We should start by admitting that this is somewhat past the time for the gay media's voice to be heard on the subject of the review of the constitution of the NZ AIDS Foundation...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 2 Aug 2006

  • (Lacking) Vision
    On 1 August, the NZ Herald carried a shallow article about Vision New Zealand...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Herne Bay House: Is the end in sight?
    For a decade and a half, Auckland's Herne Bay House has offered nursing and medical care specifically tailored to people with AIDS...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Masks and Shadows
    MASKS AND SHADOWS by Mike Riddell (Flamingo: Auckland, 2000) When a fundamentalist minister sexually abuses a six-year old girl, his crime is discovered and he is sent to prison...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Syphilis cases rise amongst NZ men
    Auckland Sexual Health Service has announced an alarming 53 per cent increase in cases of Syphilis since 2003...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Triangle TV increases coverage
    On the seventh anniversary of it's inaugral broadcast yesterday, Auckland's community television station, Triangle Television, also commenced broadcasting from BCL's Pinehill site on the North Shore...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 2 Aug 2005

  • Auckland Pride Centre
    What on earth is going on at the Auckland Pride Centre? Since leaving their K' Rd offices in May because there wasn't enough money to cover the rent, Auckland Pride have been ensconced in the Anzac Ave offices of Auckland's Gay and Lesbian Welfare, a larger organization which performs most of the functions of Auckland Pride...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Life on the fringes: living as a fundamentalist Christian
    As US fundies target NZ Jim Peron recounts his awakening to the hypocrisy and moral rot at the heart of the US extreme religious right...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Maxim and Maggie... together at last!
    The Maxim Institute has a rather sparse "resource" page on civil unions on its website...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Timaru's limits of tolerance
    Debate is raging in local media about the level of discrimination against gays in Timaru after the arrest of five men at the Port Loop Road toilets for offensive behaviour...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 2 Aug 2004

  • Childrens testimonies will be published
    CYFS has failed to halt the publication of childrens' testimonies from the Peter Ellis case in newspapers nationwide tomorrow...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 2 Aug 2002

  • Facts About STI's
    Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are infections passed from one person to another during sex...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • From Anonymous Sex to Intimate Closeness
    Every man's body is like a power generator of creative energy and intense passion...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • How to Have a Lucid Wet Dream
    Early on in my single life, I discovered that I could have the man of my dreams in my bed every single night...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Influenza
    Influenza makes you feel awful...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The Sexiest Part of Sleeping Together
    When men talk about “going to bed” with someone or “sleeping together,” they invariably mean having sex...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • What the Bible Says About Homosexuality
    In biblical times, same-gender sexual interactions could take many forms...
    Links: GayNZ.com

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