Category: New Zealand
From the founders of GrammarPride, their new platform, Voicing Pride, has just been launched. In a similar vein to their original site, Joel Bateman and Henry Yuen are “providing an inclusive space that gives a voice to the unheard members of LGBTQ+ [sic] communities across all New Zealand secondary schools”. GrammarPride was initially started up […]
Hosts Billy Farnell and Russell Green are pleased to announce that their cocktail and piano bar is to reopen in February at 335 Karangahape Road, the site of the old Legends Bar. Wayne Clark says he looked at many possible venues but this one suited “really well”. It offers more space and a good dance […]
In the New Year 2017 Honours list, former Wellington mayor and Labour MP Fran Wilde has been named as a member of the Dames Companion of The New Zealand Order of Merit. Recognised “for services to the State and the community”, this comes as we remember the Homosexual Law Reform’s 30th anniversary, which Wilde introduced […]
Expression, InsideOUT’s art competition for teens, is over and the winners are out. All three categories – art, film and writing – yielded some excellent entries. The point of the competition was to encourage the production of LGBT+ content. As Tabby Besley, National Coordinator for InsideOUT, says, “we were aware that in some schools young […]
Pictured: Mr Gay New Zealand 2016, Bernard Lee Starting on 19 December, the Mr Gay New Zealand competition begins, with pre-registrations already online on their website. The finals will be held next year in the Ending HIV Big Gay Out. The title will go to the man who shows the best public speaking, community outreach, engagement, […]
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation is asking for members of the public to join it in marching for action on HIV at the Auckland Pride Parade. The key is always to maintain awareness so that the rate of HIV transmission can drop to zero. Everyone is welcome in joining one of the biggest LGBT+ events […]
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) is sad to see Nick Laing, its General Manager Operations, resign after five years of service. He joined in 2012, but already had experience with the organisation through his time at the Auckland Sexual Health Service. Laing says that “it is with sadness and excitement that I have decided […]
In a somewhat-unprecedented move, Bill English has come out, as it were, in a press conference to say that he is in support of same-sex marriage now. Telling reporters, he said “I’d probably vote differently now on the gay marriage issue, I don’t think that gay marriage is a threat to anyone else’s marriage”. This […]