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Fri 4 Aug 2017

  • "Here come the gays! Come on my face!"
    Brendan Barraclough Brendan Barraclough, based in Cambridge, is a gay man who works in the Waikato equestrian sector providing body treatment therapy to horses which ranges from working on aches and pains to trimming hooves...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Carmen traffic light to be unveiled next week
    A traffic light in honour of Carmen Rupe, is being unveiled on Cuba Street on Monday...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • In/Operational?
    After reading Sarah's excellent article on No Pride in Prison's concerns over strip searches, I decided to have a look at the Department of Corrections' Prison Standard Operations Manual...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Pride car launched in UK to deter hate crime
    To show support for the LGBTI community, Police in Norfolk and Suffolk in the UK have launched a rainbow coloured patrol car...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Story of gay WW2 soldier up for intl. recognition
    The short film telling the story of a gay New Zealand World War Two solider is in the running to be named Project of the Month on the leading independent film site, IndieWire...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 4 Aug 2016

  • Games resignations over lack of confidence?
    Ashley Barratt says the Outgames can still go ahead The Board of Auckland’s Asia Pacific Outgames is believed to have resigned en masse due to a lack of confidence in the Executive Committee to deliver...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 4 Aug 2015

  • AIDS 2014 delegates seek Aus asylum
    A number of delegates to Melbourne’s World AIDS conference are now seeking asylum in Australia...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Aucklanders: Your pics are needed!
    Auckland Council is in need of photos from various rainbow communities in Auckland, to assist with the illustration of a strategic framework the result of several "not your usual" hui held throughout Auckland last year...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Making HIV notifiable won't impact privacy
    Shaun Robinson says the proposed law is very clear about confidentiality...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Making HIV notifiable won't impact privacy
    Shaun Robinson says the proposed law is very clear about confidentiality...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Nepal wants to recriminalize gay sex
    Nepal has drafted a new law that would recriminalize gay sex...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 4 Aug 2014

  • A Mr Gay World snapshot
    Mr Gay NZ Chris Olwage is stretching the competition in Antwerp! The competitors have been busy so far - check out some of our favourite pics from the competition!     GayNZ...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 4 Aug 2013

  • "Aroha" from NZAF as Strickland mourned
    Mama Tere died yesterday from a suspected heart attack The New Zealand AIDS Foundation is sending "thoughts and aroha" to all those mourning one of its Life Members, "Mama" Tere Strickland, who died in Auckland yesterday...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • "Homosexuality isn't a choice Colin," Wall explains
    Conservative Party leader Colin Craig has been given a schooling from Louisa Wall after claiming gay people are more likely to have been abused as children and being gay is a choice...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Meet: Randa
    Auckland rapper and alternative beatmaker Randa tells us all about himself to mark his show at the August Edition of queer women's night Proud Mary, where he is on the bill alongside The Larnach Monster and Alion...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Strickland to lie at Otara's Whaiora Marae
    Mama Tere Strickland will be laying at the Whaiora Marae in Otara from 5PM, as her family discusses whether she will be buried in Manukau or Kaikohe...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Tasmanian Premier makes marriage vow
    Lara Giddings Tasmania's premier Lara Giddings has pledged to enact laws allowing same-sex couples to marry...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 4 Aug 2012

  • Adoption laws not a priority for Power
    Justice Minister Simon Power says updating adoption laws is not a priority...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Charges laid over missing AUT funds
    A 53-year-old man has been charged with false accounting and using a document, following a complaint of misappropriation of Auckland University of Technology funds...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Kirkpatrick to plead guilty to AUT fraud
    Jonathan Kirkpatrick The former partner of ex-Labour MP Tim Barnett has indicated he will plead guilty to $666,000 of fraud from Auckland University of Technology...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Kylie: Your top 5
    Event Cinemas are showing Kylie's 2011 Aphrodite Les Folies tour in 3D (check out www...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Voluntary student membership Bill could pass
    As Labour makes last gasp attempts at filibustering, ACT's Heather Roy may leave behind a legacy of voluntary student union membership after all...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 4 Aug 2011

  • Ambach appeal adjourned - full court report
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    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Ambach appeal adjourned - full court report
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  • Ambach's appeal hearing starts this afternoon
    Ferdinand Ambach - NZ Herald 11...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gaga says she was born to make gay vids
    Lady Gaga Lady Gaga says God put her on Earth to make gay videos...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • “I am not homophobic or aggressive" - Ambach
    3...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 4 Aug 2010

  • "Our Sophie" vs that horny old fag
    The unsuccessful use of the provocation defence greatly moved the public and politicians yet a successful case against a gay-killer remained invisible...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 4 Aug 2009

  • Express editor and team made redundant
    The staffing of long-running Auckland-based LGBT magazine Express is in flux as sources close to the publication advise that the entire editorial team has been made redundant...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Kick up your heels for Dorothy's Sister
    Look out, Doreen! It's been a full-on year of high camp at Ponsonby's fruitiest destination, so it's time to celebrate a first birthday with three nights of fabulosity… Party #1 – Friday 8 August 2008 Dress like Doreen Night! We're all jealous of Dorothy's Sister hostess Doreen and her effortless glamour – but who knew it was so easy to steal her look? GayNZ...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Record profit for Sydney Mardi Gras
    Sydney's Mardi Gras will announce a stunning profit of almost AUS$500,000 from event over the last year and a range of community donations at its upcoming Annual General Meeting...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 4 Aug 2008

  • "Shut down the internet" - Sir Elton John
    Sir Elton John -- always ready with a shocking statement -- has done it again, telling the UK's Sun newspaper he'd like the entire internet closed down for a trial period...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Barebacking and the Ghettoised Gay
    Quite by coincidence, I was reading a book about medieval and Enlightenment eraJewish ghettos in Eastern Europe recently...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary...
    The New Zealand Catholic Bishops have been lumbered with an $8000 bill after unsuccessfully taking their case against C4's "Bloody Mary" episode to the High Court and losing...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Moments of Gay Movie Magic
    When a recent GayNZ...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 4 Aug 2007

  • Dunedin Pride set to
    This year's Dunedin Pride Week kicks off on Saturday 26 August, promising a jam-packed schedule of fun, discussion and performance...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Out Games: medals keep flowing for Kiwis
    Kiwi athletes continue to add to their impressive haul at this year's Out Games in Montreal, Canada...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 4 Aug 2006

  • Big growth for Chch Out Takes Festival
    The Out Takes gay and lesbian film festival has had another successful year, particularly in Christchurch, where an expanded programme and new venue saw a 35...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Flesh fire still being investigated
    The cause of a fire which devastated Auckland gay nightclub Flesh just before New Year's has still not been determined, although the blaze continues to be investigated by Auckland Central police...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Synergy Queer Dance Party
    A dance party with an entry fee under twenty bucks? Outside of a blue light disco (do they still have those?), it's not likely you'll find one, particularly one specifically targeted at gays and lesbians, but the organiser of this weekend's Synergy Party in Auckland, John Christie, has managed to do it...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 4 Aug 2005

  • Dunne still gay-bashing to no effect
    United Future leader Peter Dunne is continuing his anti-gay 'pink think' rhetoric, despite the ideology doing nothing to lift his Christian-tinged party in the polls...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Hero Fest's a goer but parade is looking doubtful
    A newly-formulated Trust will soon take over Auckland's Hero Festival, but confusion over negotiations with AK05 means the much put-off Hero parade stands only a 50/50 chance of going ahead next February...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Irreversible revisited
    In June last year, I reviewed a film which I described as "the most brutally homophobic film ever released" and "provocative, dehumaning trash"...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Murder accused's transsexual secrets
    The man accused of murdering David McNee worked as a rent boy and had been in an eight-month relationship with a transsexual...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Name suppression lifted in Hunt case
    Police want to know more about the teenager accused of murdering 55-year-old stamp collector Robert Hunt in a frenzied stabbing attack at his home earlier this month...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 4 Aug 2004

  • Jury knew about testimonies, says Goff
    Justice Minister Phil Goff said last night that the jury was aware of the existence of "bizarre and fanciful" childrens' testimonies in the Peter Ellis case, even though the trial judge ruled against playing excerpts of those particular tapes...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Website for Ellis transcripts
    Publisher Barry Colman is setting up a website this week which will make available transcripts of all of the childrens' testimonies from the Peter Ellis case...
    Links: GayNZ.com

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