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Queer our Schools – 6 October

Queer our Schools – 6 October

The Queer Avengers is launching its “Queer our Schools” campaign on 6 October with a march from the Ministry of Education at 45-47 Pipitea St, Thorndon, Wellington. The march will go to Midland Park on Lambton Quay for speeches and entertainment. Queer Avengers youth-focused campaign is the first of three campaigns. Queer Avengers demands shouldn’t […]

National Coming Out Day – 11 October

National Coming Out Day – 11 October

Tuesday, 11 October is National Coming Out Day. The Rainbow community of the Waikato invites people to come together on this day to come out, discuss, and celebrate. Support those LGBT poeple who are coming out for the first time and celebrate our pride as we each continue to come out. There will also be […]

Remembrance Day – 1 October

Remembrance Day – 1 October

On 1st October, LegaliseLove will pay tribute to victims of homophobia all around the world. From 11am until 4pm at Cuba Mall in Wellington, we will be asking passers-by to take time out of their day to write a short message of support against homophobia, or leave an outline of their hand, on the fabric […]

Dzi Croquettes – Reel Brazil Film Festival – September to October

Dzi Croquettes – Reel Brazil Film Festival – September to October

This year Dzi Croquettes, a documentary on the Brazilian infamous dance troupe from the 1960’s will be shown at Reel Brazil. Loved and admired by luminaries such as Mick Jagger, Jeanne Moreau, Omar Sharif, Maurice Béjart, Josephine Baker and Liza Minnelli, Dzi Croquettes was an infamous Brazilian dance-theatre troupe that revolutionized the nation’s gay rights […]

NZ Premier of the award-winning ‘Gen Silent’ – 20 October

Number 8 Films marks the International Day Of Older Persons with the NZ premiere of ‘Gen Silent’, preceded by an encore screening of our film ‘The Colonel’s Outing’. This award-winning doco follows the stories and struggles of elders in Boston’s LGBT community: Married activists Sheri and Lois are determined to stay independent as long as […]

Life in the Margins: Otherness in New Zealand: LATE at the Museum Thursday 6 October

Life in the Margins: Otherness in New Zealand: LATE at the Museum Thursday 6 October

New Zealanders’ attitudes towards difference and conformity are up for debate at Auckland Museum’s last LATE in the 2011 series. Who is being marginalised in today’s society and how much more open are New Zealanders now than they were half a decade ago? Curated by Public Address founder and Media7 host Russell Brown, October’s LATE […]

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