Peter Sumner Memorial on Monday
Peter Sumner a former Army man, LGBTI rights advocate and long time pillar of the Wellington gay community died this week aged 84. Sumner was a former Lieutenant Colonel who played an important role in the fight for Homosexual Law Reforms in 1984/85. Bill Logan told gaynz.com that recalled discussions Sumner had with reform opponent […]
Help Blake Skjellerup Skate For Gold
The GABA Charitable Trust has opened a special Bank Account to help speed skater Blake Skjellerup, NZ’s only out and proud Olympian Athlete, raise funding for training for his bid for Gold in 2014. Blake has been skating for 15 years, competing at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and 8 World Championships. Blake Skjellerup […]
25th Anniversary Of Homosexual Law Reform
“This day will be remembered as a sad and sickening day for New Zealand”, was John Banks’ response in Parliament to the passing of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill on the 9th July 1986. To mark the 25th anniversary of Law Reform, PrideNZ.com is making available online dramatic audio and photographs from the period. The […]
Out & Around: Stories of a Not-So-Straight Journey
Out & Around traveling through 16 different countries over one year on a trip around the world. We have a project called Out & Around: Stories of a Not-So-Straight Journey (www.outandaround.com). The project’s mission is to strengthen our LGBT community by sharing their experience of world travel as a lesbian couple while meeting queer individuals […]
Twins on the way for Anika Moa
The Herald on Sunday has reported that Anika Moa and her Australian wife Angela Fyfe are “thrilled because Fyfe is pregnant with twins.” Read the full Herald story here. Anika Moa is part of the line up at the Big Gay Out on 13th February in Auckland.
Lessons learnt from contemporary moral panics – Auckland May 18
Moral and sex panics have been employed on a national scale to undermine sexual, gender and reproductive rights according to an American authority on sexuality. Professor Gilbert Herdt from San Francisco State University will give a public lecture at The University of Auckland this month on the lessons learnt around moral and sexual panic from […]
Kiwi Olympian comes out
New Zealand short track speed skater Blake Skjellerup, who competed in the Vancouver Olympics, has come out as gay in an interview with writer Lee Suckling in DNA Skjellerup says that he walked around Vancouver during the Games hand in hand with his boyfriend and also visited PRIDE House, the gay meeting place at Whistler. […]
Topp Twins Honoured
Lynda and Jools Topp received honorary Masters of Art (Music) degrees from Wintec last week recognising their many years of performance. “(The Waikato) is our home town of course, so it’s pretty exciting,” Jools said to the Waikato Times. Read More: Topps tops in ‘university of life’ – Waikato Times Topp Twins Facebook
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