Category: New Zealand
Stephan Ferris, aka porn star Blue Bailey, has had his formal complaint to the Press Council dismissed. Gayexpress ran a story written by news editor Levi Joule on 29 April entitled “NZAF Denounce Visiting Bareback Porn Star”. All seven principles which formed the complaint were not upheld. Richard Todd, director of the company which publishes […]
A raft of constitutional changes are being proposed for the GABA AGM. GABA will vote for the first time in 13 years on a raft of changes to its constitution. Among the changes, is a proposal to allow couples individual voting rights, the name change of ‘gay business people’ to ‘LGBTI people’ and the removal […]
The Federated Farmers National President has dismissed a claim by the Australian Minister for agriculture that same sex marriage would hurt Australia’s trade with Asia. The New Zealand Federated Farmers President William Rolleston has dismissed the recent claim by Australian politician Barnaby Joyce that legalising same sex marriage would negatively impact on trade with Asia, […]
The Gay Auckland Business Association’s annual general meeting will be held this Wednesday. The Annual General Meeting of the Gay Auckland Business Association will be held at The Oak Room, Drake Street, Auckland on Wednesday 8 July 2015 at 6pm. The meeting will elect a new executive as well as vote on proposed changes to […]
Kiwi speed skater Blake Skjellerup has wed his partner in a beach ceremony in Hawaii. New Zealand speed skater Blake Skjellerup has married Saul Carrasco at a beach ceremony in Hawaii. The kiwi Olympian met Carrasco, a designer via Instagram last year. The couple told Queerty.com that they chose Hawaii as their wedding location “for its […]
Those looking to carry on the party after being required to leave licensed venues at 4am now have a place to dance until the sun rises. TAP Aka The After Party is a new ‘dry bar’ which will serve non alcoholic drinks between 12 – 8am. Located at 268 K road, the bar is a […]
Episode one of The 30 Project has been released today ahead of NZAF’s 30th anniversary celebration tonight at Auckland Museum. The episode begins in 1984, with the first New Zealander known to have HIV/AIDS – a man infected in San Francisco who returned home to New Plymouth to die. The New Zealand AIDS Foundation grew […]
“Legal equality needs to result in health equality for GLB New Zealanders, and that begins with census, being counted,” a leading medical researcher says. The Gay Men’s Sexual Health (GMSH) research group, which is based at the University of Auckland has repeated calls to include sexual orientation in the 2018 census and has requested those […]