Tag: Rainbow History
Historian Gareth Watkins explores past May dates that have had a profound effect on Aotearoa’s rainbow communities.
17 May 1915
In Auckland, Leslie Lander pleaded guilty to committing an unnatural act (buggery) and was sentenced to life imprisonment plus 10 years imprisonment for indecent assault. The 24-year-old had earlier been the...
Historian Gareth Watkins presents YOUR ex’s annual rainbow history quiz. Test your knowledge now! (Answers at the bottom.)
1 - James Mustapic, the winner of this year’s Celebrity Treasure Island, donated the $100,000 grand prize to what nationwide transgender organisation?
2 - In what year did the national census first collect...
