NZ is set bee the 13th untry the world to legalise same-sex marriage. Scroll through our teractive timele above to see NZ's history of rights for gay people.
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- TIMELE: GAY RIGHTS NEW ZEALAND
- NEW ZEALAND GAY UPL HOLD FIRST WEDDGS
- THE PERCEPTNS OF NEW ZEALAND LAWYERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS ABOUT CHILDREN BEG ADOPTED BY GAY COUPL AND LBIAN COUPL
- MPS ATTEND PROTT AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
TIMELE: GAY RIGHTS NEW ZEALAND
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Labour Party MP Gea Beyer hugged by then Prime Mister Helen Clark after her main speech to Zealand has bee the 13th untry the world to legalise same-sex bated the biggt change to gay and transgenr rights sce homosexual law reform 25 years ago, wh a historic vote on the third readg of the Marriage Amendment Bill.
Current statSce Feb 1, 1994Illegal some ntexts Unr sectn 21 of the Human Rights Act 1993, discrimatn agast "heterosexual, homosexual, lbian, or bisexual orientatns" is prohibed, wh no other sexual orientatns beg protected. Photo / Mark MchellParliament has jt passed a law legalisg gay marriage, 77 vot to 44, amid loud shows of jubilatn om the floor and the claratn of the vote was followed by a held a nscience vote on the private member's bill sponsored by gay Labour MP Louisa bill will take effect mid Augt and 27 years after New Zealand crimalised homosexualy. ‘Comg out’ was credibly challengg for most gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr people, and the risk of discrimatn was very the sixti and seventi, gay activists and groups like the Homosexual Law Reform Society beme more visible and vol llg for equal rights and acceptance, and many New Zealanrs joed them 1985, Fran Wil, a junr MP, sponsored the Homosexual Law Reform Bill.
NEW ZEALAND GAY UPL HOLD FIRST WEDDGS
LGBT Rights New Zealand: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * gay marriage in nz *
It was long overdue, but was the first step towards tly equal rights for 1993, the Human Rights Act ma discrimatn based on sexual orientatn illegal, and by the end of the twentieth century, New Zealanrs had voted openly gay policians, and the world’s first openly transgenr member of parliament, Gea the early 00s, we turned our attentn to marriage equaly. There are a full range of laws supportg the gay muny place New Zealand – same-sex sexual activy has been legal sce 1986, there are extensive discrimatn protectns and was the 13th untry the world to legalise gay marriage. When relig settlers brought Christiany to the islands they also brought the notn that homosexualy was a s and subsequently New Zealand adopted Brish law, crimalisg same-sex sexual activy.
THE PERCEPTNS OF NEW ZEALAND LAWYERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS ABOUT CHILDREN BEG ADOPTED BY GAY COUPL AND LBIAN COUPL
Parliament has passed a law legalisg gay marriage, 77 vot to 44, amid loud shows of jubilatn om the floor and gallery. * gay marriage in nz *
It’s worth notg that gay or straight, New Zealand is not a party statn – if gay travellers are prrisg back-to-back partyg and sndalo nights out then Bangkok, Berl or Mykonos might be better statns. Before gettg to specifics, ’s worth remdg potential gay travellers that there are lots of small, isolated towns and villag sttered about the unspoiled landspe of the untry which might have ls progrsive views.
MPS ATTEND PROTT AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
New Zealand's first gay weddgs are takg place after the untry beme the 14th the world to legalise same-sex marriage. * gay marriage in nz *
The suatn for members of the queer muny is better than the vast majory of other untri the world, so gay travellers should travel there to support the stance on LGBT rights New Zealand.
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Hundreds of jubilant gay-rights advot celebrated outsi parliament after the bill was passed, llg a tone for watchg om the public gallery and some lawmakers immediately broke to song, sgg the New Zealand love song "Pokarekare Ana", AP news agency opn polls have suggted that about two-thirds of New Zealanrs support the reform, although others polls suggt the public are more divid.
'Natnal MP Norman Jon addrsg a public meetg 1985 LAGANZ 0080-B, Peter Nowland CollectnOpponents were supported by anisatns such as the Salvatn Army and by well-known overseas mpaigners agast homosexualy – the Reverend Lou Sheldon and John Swan particular.
To brg about change the law, the gay movement need a parliamentary champn. It found one Labour MP Fran Wil. * gay marriage in nz *
Their arguments often rted on moral and relig grounds: that homosexualy was 'unnatural' and that the Bible nmned people argued that the law would lead to more homosexualy and eventually to the llapse of the fay un.
Global trends creasgly appear to be legimizg same-genr relatnships, yet ternatnal rearch shows that spe statutory rights to marry—and by extensn, adopt children—same-genr upl ntue to experience difficulti when tryg to adopt. Primary among the barriers are the persistent heteronormative beliefs, which strongly unrp the unfound myths about parentg abili of same-genr upl. Such biased beliefs are perpetuated by some adoptn profsnals who oppose placg children wh lbian or gay upl. In 2013, New Zealand passed the Marriage Equaly Act, makg possible for same-genr upl to legally marry—and by extensn, adopt. This provid an opportuny to vtigate the perceptns of New Zealand profsnals about children beg placed wh same-genr upl, a untry often perceived to be more tolerant of LGBT people. New Zealand social workers and lawyers (an unr-studied group)—the profsns most likely volved adoptn—were reced via profsnal bodi. Bee studyg perceptns and beliefs on socially sensive topics are highly sceptible to social sirabily, we signed an stment utilizg multiple methods to asss and rroborate participants’ views about placg children for adoptn wh upl of the same genr. Admistered onle and anonymoly, the survey clud mographic qutns, evaluatn of negative-meang and posive-meang statements, and ed a sc... * gay marriage in nz *
Homosexualy and paedophilia – sex wh children – were sometim regard as the same of those opposed to the legislatn also raised the spectre of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). 'Bigot Bters rally at Wellgton Town Hall LAGANZ 0503-BGroups such as the New Zealand Homosexual Law Reform Society, the Gay Task Force, Heterosexuals Unaaid of Gays (HUG), the Lbian Coaln and the Campaign for Homosexual Equaly tried to unter their opponents many ways.