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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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Tonight Gay Ski Week NZ was cancelled – some two days before it was due to start – as the organising company was placed in liquidation. Citing various reasons for the liquidation in an email Mike Sanford states as follows: Over the past few months I have been actively seeking funding and support to ensure [...]
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The Queenstown Mountain Scene newspaper on Thursdaay reported that Gay Ski Week may be cancelled. The newspaper reported: Queenstown’s Gay Ski Week faces cancellation as its organiser wrestles with a $25,000 “cashflow head-ache”. Sydney-based Mike Sanford says changing the event’s dates to July 23-31 to avoid clashing with the Rugby World Cup has “killed things [...]
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New Zealand’s sexual and gender diverse communities are today celebrating the launch of a new website showcasing the 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames Human Rights Conference, twenty-five years to the day after the Homosexual Law Reform Bill was passed by New Zealand’s parliament. Information from speakers and workshops that involved people from New Zealand and Australia, the [...]
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After a highly successful session with international HIV expert Dr Charles Farthing, The New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) INSIGHTS public seminar series returns with its next installment. Dr Jason Myers (NZAF Policy Analyst) will be sharing the stories of gay men living with HIV in Auckland as explored through his multimethod PhD research. Jason graduated [...]
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A local short film being described internationally as “the best film about men in love out of New Zealand since Lord of the Rings” is having its Kiwi premiere at the Rialto Cinemas in Newmarket, Auckland next month on Thursday July 14 as part of its Film Talk series, supported by the Screen Directors Guild [...]
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The NZAF are running a series of seminars around the country focusing on the sexual health of marginalised groups within the Māori and Pacific communities and looking at some of the key issues affecting takatāpui and mahu, vakasalewalewa, palopa, fa’afafine, akava’ine, fakaleiti, and fakafifine (MVPFAFF). Issues to be explored include the impact of HIV and [...]
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Insufficient submissions have led organisers to postpone a planned writing retreat for gay male writers in July. Men who love men and want to write about it were invited to apply for a week-long retreat at Autumn Farm in Takaka organised by Men Scribbling Men (MSM). But playwright Ronald Trifero Nelson said, in the end, [...]
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In celebration of Amnesty International’s 50th anniversary, some of New Zealand’s best known street artists are uniting to support the organisation’s street art exhibition and auction this Thursday to raise awareness about freedom of expression. The exhibition, The Art of Freedom: Taking it back to the streets, will showcase pieces that have been donated by [...]
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Another report from the Queer the Night march in Wellington – This time from The Hand Mirror blog They also had links to some videos below:
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