Day: February 22, 2022

Judy Virago feels proud as she highlights the important work of her trans whanau all over Aotearoa. Most LGBTQIA+ folk born this side of 2000 grew up being told that “It Gets Better”. I’m a firm believer that even when things don’t get better, we get better at responding to difficulties. Pride was born from […]

Historian Gareth Watkins examines significant February dates in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Queer History. 23 February 1924 The NZ Truth newspaper published a story about the growth of degeneracy and sex crime. Under the headline “Sterilisation Proposed” the newspaper reported the increase of sex crimes from 1919 to 1922.  Included in the figures was an increase […]

Rainbow Awakening has set up a daily dinner gathering on K Road in memory of loved ones lost to AIDS-related illnesses. “It began with a small group of gay men who got together to talk about loved ones they had lost to AIDS. We felt that some of the chief underlying causes were – lack […]