Condoms for all shapes and sizes - 31st December 2001
Pharmac, the Government drug-buying agency, has discovered that size really does matter - so does dryness, breakage and a close fit.
Read the full story - NZ Herald
Read the story here also - The Dominion

HIV testing for pregnant women set to increase - 28th December 2001
More pregnant women look set to be tested for the virus that causes Aids as babies continue to be infected with HIV.
Read the full story - NZ Herald
Read the story here also - Evening Post

Condom concern for FPA over holidays - 26th December 2001
The Family Planning Association wants pharmacists to make it easier for customers to buy condoms over the holidays, particularly as the likelihood of one-off sexual encounters increases during the festive season.
Read the full story - NZ Herald
Read the story here also - Otago Daily Times

Survey Finds Harrassment Of Queer Students Common - 18th December 2001
40% of queer students said that they had experienced harassment on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity whilst at university, according to a survey released today by the New Zealand University Students' Association (NZUSA).
Read the full story - Press Release: New Zealand University Student's Association

Gay Pride? Gay Shame! - 17th December 2001
"Last week's reported cumulative $200 million bill for long-term jobless is nothing," says Lindsay Mitchell, Petitioner for a Parliamentary Review of the DPB.
Read the full story - Press Release: Campaigners for the Abolition of the DPB

Main Hero Parade Cancelled - 17th December 2001
Auckland's Hero Festival organisers have cancelled this summer's main parade because of a lack of sponsorship.
Read the full story - TV3 News

Soldier's pensions no cause to be gay - 14th December 2001
New war pensions legislation will discriminate against old soldiers in gay relationships, Attorney-General Margaret Wilson has told Parliament.
Read the full story - The Dominion

Lesbian Couples Reject Equality - 12th December 2001
"It is a little known fact that the benefit laws which apply to heterosexual couples do not apply to same sex couples," says Lindsay Mitchell, Petitioner for a Parliamentary Review of the DPB.
Read the full story - Press Release: Campaigners for the Abolition of the DPB

Designers rearrange classics for charity - 6th December 2001
Deconstructed . . . the Levi's denim jacket which Dunedin designer Nic Blanchet customised for a charity auction.
Read the full story - Otago Daily Times

Complacency over sex stuns health workers - 3rd December 2001
Sexual health workers are dismayed that 17 years after the first New Zealander died of Aids a survey has found that many people are still not protecting themselves.
Read the full story - NZ Herald

Condoms popular - 3rd December 2001
`People love something that's free and useful': Danny `Condom Man' Still roams the Octagon, handing out condoms to passers-by, during a performance last night to mark World Aids Day.
Read the full story - Otago Daily Times

Humour and sorrow in the life of 'Georgie Girl' - 1st December 2001
An intimate documentary about the life of Georgina Beyer features footage of the Labour MP performing an exotic dance in the mid-1980s.
Read the full story - NZ Herald

Censorship is no easy matter - 1st December 2001
Any second now - if you dare to keep reading - the notorious c-word will come up. So brace yourself, because even in a world of laissez-faire morality the c-word still quickens pulses.
Read the full story - NZ Herald

A dying wish - 26th November 2001
Colleen Winn has HIV. She wants other women to think about HIV and Aids and to make sure they don't end up like her.
Read the full story - Manawatu Evening Standard

Of faith, hope and sexuality - 24th November 2001
Margaret Mayman is reluctant to put labels on anyone, let alone herself, but if pushed would probably call herself a mother, a gay woman, a scholar, a feminist and an ordained minister.
Read the full story - NZ Herald

Gay minister wins vote - 21st November 2001
The Wellington Presbytery last night approved the decision to invite lesbian minister Dr Margaret Mayman to lead the congregation at St Andrew's on the Terrace.
Read the full story - The Evening Post

Letter to the Editor - Navy wages war on discrimination - 21st November 2001
I am astonished that your Management feature, "Navy wages war on discrimination", has yielded not even one published dissenting view.
Read the full story - NZ Herald

Letter to the Editor - Video ruling blow to powers, says censor - 21st November 2001
Bill Hastings claims that the two videos that warn of the dangers of allowing a militant minority to determine sexual health policy for everyone are anti-homosexual.
Read the full story - NZ Herald

They're gay, but not that gay - 20th November 2001
The first episode in the new season of Will and Grace is called: An Old Fashioned Piano Party.
Read the full story - NZ Herald

Sex motive ruled out in Fiji murders - 18th November 2001
The prosecutor in the murder trial of New Zealanders Gregory Scrivener and his partner, Fiji Red Cross director John Scott, has ruled out a sexual motive.
Read the full story - Sunday Star Times

The transforming of Helen - 17th November 2001
...Soon the ordinary clunky style was back, allowing her enemies to push the rumour that she was a lesbian hiding behind a sham marriage.
Read the full story - NZ Herald

Writer treasures freedom - 15th November 2001
While plenty of Auckland columnist Gordon McLauchlan's opinions may have been slashed by editors, he has avoided the fate of many Russian, Turkish or Chinese writers - jail or murder.
Read the full story - Otago Daily Times

Navy wages war on discrimination - 14th November 2001
Changing workplace culture is no easy exercise.
Read the full story - NZ Herald

Nod for minister - 12th November 2001
Most parishioners at St Andrew's Presbyterian church in Wellington want a gay Christchurch reverend to become their next minister.
Read the full story - The Press
Read the story here also - NZ Herald

Homeless gay, transsexaul teens resort to 'survival sex' - 12th November 2001
Gay and transsexual teenagers thrown out of their homes for their sexuality are dropping out of school and taking up sex work to survive because social welfare is failing to provide for them.
Read the full story - The Evening Post

Church to vote on minister - 10th November 2001
Members of an inner-city Wellington Presbyterian church will vote on whether to appoint a lesbian minister tomorrow. Read the full story - The Dominion

Gay video ruling puts censor's role 'in doubt' - 10th November 2001
A landmark Court of Appeal decision quashing a ban on two anti-homosexuality videos has cast doubt on the censor's ability to classify material as objectionable, Chief Censor Bill Hastings says.
Read the full story - The Dominion
Read the story here also - NZ Herald

Jim Anderton in row over homophobe allegations - 9th November 2001
Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton is embroiled in a dispute involving a gay magazine, Customs and allegations of criminal behaviour, threats, blackmail and discrimination against homosexuals.
Read the full story - National Business Review

Parishioner exposed gay city minister - 2nd November 2001
It took just one disgruntled Wellington parishioner to throw lesbian Christchurch minister Margaret Mayman into the spotlight.
Read the full story - The Press

Radical human rights changes - 1st November 2001
Advocates of same sex marriages could have a new weapon under radical changes planned for the Human Rights Act.
Read the full story - TV One News

Money woes put Hero parade in doubt - 1st November 2001
This summer's Hero Parade has stalled after the Hero Charitable Trust revealed a $142,000 debt to a public meeting last night.
Read the full story - NZ Herald

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