Auckland City Delegation
A delegation from the Auckland lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities addressed the Auckland City Council last week. The delegation was seeking the establishment of a liaison committee between the communities and the city council. The delegation was listened to by the city councillors with the Mayor moving an extension of speaking time.
The Mayor at the end of the two speeches thanked the delegation and moved that the submission be reviewed by the Recreation committee for reporting back to council.
This outcome was as expected and now it is a matter of seeing what the Recreation Committee decides. The actual outcome could take three months.
Male Call reaches 1000 callers
Within the first two weeks Male Call, the NZAF Men Who have Sex with Men survey, has received over 1,000 calls. NZAF are pleased with the response to date but would remind people to make sure that all Men Who have sex with Men should call so as to get a comprehensive result. The phone number within New Zealand is 0800-996969 and more information on the survey can be found on the web at http://nz.com/NZ/Queer/NZAF/MaleCall/
FOGG (NZ) created
FOGG(NZ) = Federation Of Gay Games (New Zealand) was established last week. It serves as a liason committee to the (International) Federation Of Gay Games committee and a national umbrella organization for events in NZ. Its mission encourages the development and the promotion of "all" gay/lesbian/bisexual related sport/fitness/leisure activities in New Zealand. FOGG(NZ)'s main objective is to field a full contingency of participants to the 1-8 August 1998 Gay Games in Amsterdam. More information on FOGG(NZ) can be found on the web at http://nz.com/NZ/Queer/FOGG/.
HERO 97 dates announced
The annual HERO party, festival and parade dates have been announced. Scott Johnston adviced that the 1997 HERO Festival will go from 7 to 22 February 1997 with the Parade and Party on 22 February 1997.
Gay TV and Radio
Television
Express Report every Monday 10.00pm on ATV, Capital City, Coast to Coast, Southern and CTV. and repeated on TV One, Saturday 12.15am
Shortland St, TV2, Monday to Friday 7pm.
Pets Win Prizes, TV2, Saturday 6.30pm.
Radio
Regular gay and lesbian shows
Auckland - G & T Show, 810AM Access Radio, Thursday 7 to 8am
Auckland - This Way Out, 810AM Access Radio, Saturday 11:40am
Auckland - In The Pink, 95BFM Student Radio, Sunday 8 to 9pm
Auckland - Girls Own Show, 95BFM Student Radio, Sunday 7 to 8pm
Hamilton - Different Strokes, Contact 89FM, Sunday 6 to 8pm
Wellington - Gay BC, 783AM Access Radio, Gay BC, Saturdays 11:15 - 12:15
Wellington - Reading Lesbian Writers, 783AM Access Radio,Saturdays, 1.00 - 1.15
Wellington - Lesbian Radio Programme, 783AM Access Radio,Sundays, 10 - 11 am
Wellington - Boy Trouble, 89FM Student Radio, Sunday 6-7pm
Top of the South - Dyke FM, 99.4FM Fresh FM, Sunday 10am
Top of the South - Gaytime FM, 99.4FM Fresh FM, Sunday 11am
Christchurch - RDU 98.3FM Student Radio, has no specific queer show but does have queer news, play queer artists and all the rest as part of their daily programme.
Christchurch - Outwaves, Plains, 96.9FM , Monday 8pm
Christchurch - Lesbians on Air, Plains 96.9FM Monday 9.30 - 10pm (note 9-9.30pm from 18th March)
Dunedin -Dykes on Mikes, 91FM Radio One, Tuesday 8pm
Dunedin -Tea with the Boys, 91FM Radio One, Sundays 9-10pm
For more information on the above shows check out http://nz.com/NZ/Queer/media/radio.html
Reviews
The 13th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Service at St Matthews in the City, Auckland, was attended by over 400 people. David Curry, spokesperson for the National Union of People living with AIDS, spoke of the need for people to be aware of how they can easily discriminate against people who are HIV. The Gay and Lesbian Singers (GALS) sang three very appropriate songs, along with the calling of names of the 34 people who have died in Auckland in the past year from AIDS related conditions.
Events - Upcoming
Male Call till 16 June - Phone 0800-99-6969 a 40 minute phone survey for all men who have sex with men in New Zealand.
Auckland Community Church - Every Sunday 8pm
Auckland Gay Bowling Association - Every Sunday 5pm
Team Auckland Runners - Every Sunday 10am
Team Auckland Swimmers - Every Tuesday and Thursday 8pm, Saturday 10am
Wellington Doods Dance - 25 May 1996
Wellington Lesbian Overland and Cafe Club - 26 May 1996
Wellington Lesbian Mountain Bike Riders - 19 May 1996
Wellington Out Takes Queer Film Festival - 10 to 22 May 1996
Wellington Lesbian Library (LILAC) - Every Wednesday 6-8pm, Saturdays noon - 3pm
Nelson Spectrum - Every Thursday 7.30pm
Dunedin lesbian indoor cricket team - Every Sunday
Dunedin Queerspace - Every Thursday
Dunedin Beyond the Closet - 13 May 1996
More details on the above events can be found on the web at http://nz.com/NZ/Queer/calendar/1996/ (This has now been revamped into localities and hopefully will be up to date by the end of the week.)
Events - Previews
None.
Gay Switchboards and information lines
AIDS Hotline - Auckland +64-9-3580099 Toll free 0800-802-437 24 Hours
Whangarei Gay Help - +64-9-437-7620, Tuesday and Thursday 7 to 9.30pm
Auckland Gayline - +64-9-303-3584 10am to 10pm weekdays, 2pm to 10pm weekends.
Hamilton Gayline - +64-7-854-9631, Wednesday 8 to 10pm
Rotorua Gayline - +64-7-348-3598, Tuesday 7 to 9pm
Napier Gayline - +64-6-835-7482, 5pm to 8am.
Palmerston North - +64-6-358-5378 24 hour answerservice.
Wellington Switchboard - +64-4-385-0674, 7.30pm to 10pm
Wellington Lesbian Line - +64-4-389-8082 Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 7.30 to 10pm.
Greymouth/Reefton Gayline - +64-3-768-4366, Wednesday to Friday 6 to 9pm.
Westport Gayline - +64-3-789-6027, Friday 7-8.30pm
Hokitika Gayline - +64-3-755-6270, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 7-10pm
Christchurch Gayline - +64-3-379-4796 Mondays 8-9pm, Saturday 7.30 to 10pm
Christchurch Gay Information line - +64-3-379-3990 24 hour recorded service.
Dunedin Gayline - +64-3-477-2077 24 hour recorded service. Answered on
Wednesday 5.30 to 7.30pm, Friday 7.30 to 10.30pm
Dunedin Lesbian Line - +64-3-477-2077 24 hour recorded service. Answered
on Tuesday 5.30 to 7.30pm
If you haven't had a look at the groups page (http://nz.com/NZ/Queer/groups.html for a while you will now see that we are now rapidly approaching 40 groups with a web presence.
And for something completely different you might want to look at these pages: Gyrating, Vibrating & Rocking all Night Long!: Women's Voices in Music. http://www.bgsu.edu/~asavage/music.htm A resource page for academics, practitioners and enthusiasts who feel an investment in women's music.
And The Adventures of Cyborg Krys http://ernie.bgsu.edu/~alan/SF/fem/intro.html A page that creatively combines science fiction with feminist theory.
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