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Contents:
- GAY PARAS BANNED MOSW FOR 100 YEARS
- NOT THE ONN: MOSW BANS GAY PRI FOR NEXT 100 YEARS
- THE BT LGBTQ BARS AND CLUBS AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND ROW OF SHOPS, RTRANTS AND BARS, AUCKLAND | © CLDE KLODIEN / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO JOE COAT 23 JUNE 2021 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT AUCKLAND HAS, BY QUE A DISTANCE, THE MOST EXTENSIVE AND ECLECTIC LGBTQ SCENE ALL OF NEW ZEALAND. THE BIGGT CY THE UNTRY IS HOME TO MYRIAD BARS, CLUBS, BARET VENU AND EVENTS TERG TO THE LGBTQ MUNY. DELVE TO OUR GUI AND CHECK OUT CULTURE TRIP’S TOP CHOIC FOR LGBTQ BARS AND CLUBS NEW ZEALAND’S BIG SMOKE. VIEW ALL TRIPS FAY BAR AND CLUB BAR, NIGHTCLUB, OCEANIAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT A LEGENDARY FIXTURE OF AUCKLAND’S LGBTQ CLUB SCENE AND FELY ONE OF THE MOST INIC BARS ON K’ROAD, FAY BAR IS PARTICULARLY KNOWN FOR S FUN, CLIVE AND OCSNALLY NGHTY NATURE. ALONG WH A BUMPG NIGHTCLUB CROWD, KARAOKE NIGHTS ARE A REGULAR SPECIALY. FROM DRAG QUEENS TO DANCG QUEENS, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST ENTERTAG AND POPULAR LGBTQ SPOTS THE CY. GAR STATN CAFE, RTRANT, OCEANIAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT SERVG WOOD-FIRED PIZZA WEDNDAY TO SUNDAY WH A FUN WE LIST AND NZ CRAFT BEER – THOUGH THEIR WEEKEND BNCH IS ALSO WORTH PULLG YOURSELF OUT OF BED FOR – GAR STATN HAS BEEN FLYG THE RABOW FLAG FOR A WHILE NOW. NOT ONLY IS THIS A GREAT PLACE TO PICK UP A TASTY BREAKFAST, BNCH OR LUNCH, BUT YOU N GRAB DNER ON THE WEEKENDS AND THEN TAKE ONE OF THEIR SHOWS THEIR AWOME MUNY THEATRE. THE EAGLE BAR BAR, LGBTQ BAR, OCEANIAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © MONSTER VALLEY LERALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD OM FAY BAR AND CLUB IS ANOTHER ONE OF K’ROAD’S EXCELLENT LGBTQ VENU. THE EAGLE BAR IS MORE LOW-KEY THAN S ENERGETIC, SOMEWHAT CRAZY NEIGHBOUR, BUT THAT’S NOT TO SAY ’S ANY LS FUN OR APPEALG. IN FACT, THE EAGLE BAR IS A GREAT PLACE TO START YOUR NIGHT BEFORE HEADG OVER THE ROAD AND REALLY LETTG YOUR HAIR DOWN. A GREAT PLACE FOR CKTAILS AND NVERSATNS, YOU N EVEN CHOOSE YOUR OWN MIC ON THE JEBOX. EPIC MOROCCO FROM ANCIENT CI TO THE SAHARA, EMBRACE CULTURAL RICH AND ENCHANTG LANDSP NORTH AI. VIEW TRIP GOOD TIM BAR BAR, LGBTQ BAR, OCEANIAN, THAI SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT ONE OF AUCKLAND’S – AND K’ROAD’S, OF URSE – NEWT LGBTQ BARS, GOOD TIM, IS A PLACE WHERE ALL SORTS OF FOLK E TOGETHER THE PURSU OF A GREAT NIGHT OUT. WHETHER YOU’RE A LOL, TRAVELLER, QUEER OR STRAIGHT, THIS BAR WON’T DISAPPOT. THEY HAVE SOME EXCELLENT CKTAILS FOR YOU TO SIP ON AS WELL AS SOME YUMMY THAI FGER-FOOD. IF YOU’RE ON K’ROAD THEN MAKE SURE YOU SWG BY GOOD TIM TO SAMPLE ONE OF THEIR TOP-CLASS MARGARAS. CALUZZI BAR & CABARET BAR, RTRANT, OCEANIAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF CALUZZI CABARET CALUZZI IS NEW ZEALAND’S ORIGAL DRAG BARET BAR & RTRANT, AND HAS WON AWARDS TO BACK UP S REPUTATN ON THE LGBTQ SCENE. EXPECT A FUN, OVER-THE-TOP NIGHT OUT WH EXUBERANT STUM, ENTERTAMENT AND SOME GREAT FOOD, TOO. IF YOU FANCY DOG SOMETHG A LTLE DIFFERENT ON YOUR WEEKEND OUT THEN CALUZZI IS WELL WORTH CHECKG OUT. THE FACT THAT YOU N ENJOY A GREAT DNER WHILE TAKG A UNIQUE SHOW EXPLAS WHY THIS JOT HAS BEEN SO POPULAR FOR SO LONG. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. SPQR BAR, RTRANT, ITALIAN, ATRALIAN, FN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT QUTSENTIALLY AUCKLAND, WH LIC FOOD AN UPSLE-YET-SUAL ENVIRONMENT, SPQR THE HEART OF PONSONBY IS POPULAR FOR S SUN-DRENCHED OUTDOOR SEATG, AS WELL A PRIME SPOT TO START A NIGHT OUT WH NOVATIVE CKTAILS. ALTHOUGH SPQR IS NOT AN OUT AND OUT GAY BAR, IS EXTREMELY POPULAR AMONG THE LGBTQ CROWD, AND THE RIPPED TORSO ON THE SIGN IS SOMEWHAT OF A GIVEAWAY. IF YOU’RE TO GREAT FOOD AND FANTASTIC WE THEN YOU SHOULD FELY SWG BY SPQR. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
- 50 YEARS OF GAY LIBERATN AOTEAROA
- GAY PRI
- NEW ZEALAND GAY TRAVEL
GAY PARAS BANNED MOSW FOR 100 YEARS
Explore our 2023 Global Gay Pri Calendar for the LGBTQ+ muny featurg a listg of 200+ gay pri paras and celebratns around the world. * auckland gay pride *
That year also marked the first time the NBA had a float participatg the New York Cy Pri Para wh NBA missner Adam Silver, WNBA print Lisa Borrs and former NBA player Jason Colls, who me out as gay after retirg 2014, were onboard.
NOT THE ONN: MOSW BANS GAY PRI FOR NEXT 100 YEARS
Mosw's top urt upholds a ban on gay pri march the Rsian pal for the next 100 years. * auckland gay pride *
In 2001, the Chigo Cubs held an earlier versn of Pri Night lled “Gay Days. Although the Rangers do not hold Pri Night, the anizatn shows support for the LGBTQ muny as platum sponsors for the North Amerin Gay Amatr Athletic Alliance’s Gay Softball World Seri. Jaelene Daniels, a North Carola Courage fenr om the NWSL, is no stranger to outwardly homophobic behavr, but this took full form when she refed to play alongsi her teammat durg the Courage’s Pri Night while cg her Christian beliefs.
The LGBTQ+ rights movement has ma tremendo stris over the past few s and much of the progrs visibily is thanks part to gay pri paras and march that have taken place ci around the world. The global landspe for LGBTQ+ rights, protectns and acceptance vari tremendoly by lotn, wh some statns attractg lns of visors to their events like Madrid Gay Pri, Sao Plo Gay Pri or San Francis Gay Pri, while more than 70 other untri have laws that allow discrimatn or persecutn of LGBTQ+ people. What is Gay Pri or LGBTQ+ Pri?
Gay Pri or rather LGBTQ+ pri events (ed to be more clive), cludg pri paras and ftivals were started major urban centers to improve the visibily, acceptance and legal protectns for LGBTQ+ people livg those muni. A Brief History of Gay Pri.
THE BT LGBTQ BARS AND CLUBS AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND ROW OF SHOPS, RTRANTS AND BARS, AUCKLAND | © CLDE KLODIEN / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO JOE COAT 23 JUNE 2021 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT AUCKLAND HAS, BY QUE A DISTANCE, THE MOST EXTENSIVE AND ECLECTIC LGBTQ SCENE ALL OF NEW ZEALAND. THE BIGGT CY THE UNTRY IS HOME TO MYRIAD BARS, CLUBS, BARET VENU AND EVENTS TERG TO THE LGBTQ MUNY. DELVE TO OUR GUI AND CHECK OUT CULTURE TRIP’S TOP CHOIC FOR LGBTQ BARS AND CLUBS NEW ZEALAND’S BIG SMOKE. VIEW ALL TRIPS FAY BAR AND CLUB BAR, NIGHTCLUB, OCEANIAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT A LEGENDARY FIXTURE OF AUCKLAND’S LGBTQ CLUB SCENE AND FELY ONE OF THE MOST INIC BARS ON K’ROAD, FAY BAR IS PARTICULARLY KNOWN FOR S FUN, CLIVE AND OCSNALLY NGHTY NATURE. ALONG WH A BUMPG NIGHTCLUB CROWD, KARAOKE NIGHTS ARE A REGULAR SPECIALY. FROM DRAG QUEENS TO DANCG QUEENS, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST ENTERTAG AND POPULAR LGBTQ SPOTS THE CY. GAR STATN CAFE, RTRANT, OCEANIAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT SERVG WOOD-FIRED PIZZA WEDNDAY TO SUNDAY WH A FUN WE LIST AND NZ CRAFT BEER – THOUGH THEIR WEEKEND BNCH IS ALSO WORTH PULLG YOURSELF OUT OF BED FOR – GAR STATN HAS BEEN FLYG THE RABOW FLAG FOR A WHILE NOW. NOT ONLY IS THIS A GREAT PLACE TO PICK UP A TASTY BREAKFAST, BNCH OR LUNCH, BUT YOU N GRAB DNER ON THE WEEKENDS AND THEN TAKE ONE OF THEIR SHOWS THEIR AWOME MUNY THEATRE. THE EAGLE BAR BAR, LGBTQ BAR, OCEANIAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © MONSTER VALLEY LERALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD OM FAY BAR AND CLUB IS ANOTHER ONE OF K’ROAD’S EXCELLENT LGBTQ VENU. THE EAGLE BAR IS MORE LOW-KEY THAN S ENERGETIC, SOMEWHAT CRAZY NEIGHBOUR, BUT THAT’S NOT TO SAY ’S ANY LS FUN OR APPEALG. IN FACT, THE EAGLE BAR IS A GREAT PLACE TO START YOUR NIGHT BEFORE HEADG OVER THE ROAD AND REALLY LETTG YOUR HAIR DOWN. A GREAT PLACE FOR CKTAILS AND NVERSATNS, YOU N EVEN CHOOSE YOUR OWN MIC ON THE JEBOX. EPIC MOROCCO FROM ANCIENT CI TO THE SAHARA, EMBRACE CULTURAL RICH AND ENCHANTG LANDSP NORTH AI. VIEW TRIP GOOD TIM BAR BAR, LGBTQ BAR, OCEANIAN, THAI SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT ONE OF AUCKLAND’S – AND K’ROAD’S, OF URSE – NEWT LGBTQ BARS, GOOD TIM, IS A PLACE WHERE ALL SORTS OF FOLK E TOGETHER THE PURSU OF A GREAT NIGHT OUT. WHETHER YOU’RE A LOL, TRAVELLER, QUEER OR STRAIGHT, THIS BAR WON’T DISAPPOT. THEY HAVE SOME EXCELLENT CKTAILS FOR YOU TO SIP ON AS WELL AS SOME YUMMY THAI FGER-FOOD. IF YOU’RE ON K’ROAD THEN MAKE SURE YOU SWG BY GOOD TIM TO SAMPLE ONE OF THEIR TOP-CLASS MARGARAS. CALUZZI BAR & CABARET BAR, RTRANT, OCEANIAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF CALUZZI CABARET CALUZZI IS NEW ZEALAND’S ORIGAL DRAG BARET BAR & RTRANT, AND HAS WON AWARDS TO BACK UP S REPUTATN ON THE LGBTQ SCENE. EXPECT A FUN, OVER-THE-TOP NIGHT OUT WH EXUBERANT STUM, ENTERTAMENT AND SOME GREAT FOOD, TOO. IF YOU FANCY DOG SOMETHG A LTLE DIFFERENT ON YOUR WEEKEND OUT THEN CALUZZI IS WELL WORTH CHECKG OUT. THE FACT THAT YOU N ENJOY A GREAT DNER WHILE TAKG A UNIQUE SHOW EXPLAS WHY THIS JOT HAS BEEN SO POPULAR FOR SO LONG. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. SPQR BAR, RTRANT, ITALIAN, ATRALIAN, FN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT QUTSENTIALLY AUCKLAND, WH LIC FOOD AN UPSLE-YET-SUAL ENVIRONMENT, SPQR THE HEART OF PONSONBY IS POPULAR FOR S SUN-DRENCHED OUTDOOR SEATG, AS WELL A PRIME SPOT TO START A NIGHT OUT WH NOVATIVE CKTAILS. ALTHOUGH SPQR IS NOT AN OUT AND OUT GAY BAR, IS EXTREMELY POPULAR AMONG THE LGBTQ CROWD, AND THE RIPPED TORSO ON THE SIGN IS SOMEWHAT OF A GIVEAWAY. IF YOU’RE TO GREAT FOOD AND FANTASTIC WE THEN YOU SHOULD FELY SWG BY SPQR. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
Queer In The World: a bold LGBT travel hub, enrichg journeys wh gay-iendly stays, nightlife & events while nnectg the rabow fay through pop culture. * auckland gay pride *
In June of 1969, a group of LGBTQ+ people New York Cy rted followg a police raid of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar loted on Christopher Street Greenwich Village. This seri of events was a turng pot for the LGBTQ+ muny and marks one of the most signifint events leadg to the morn gay rights movement. As the years went on, addnal ci North Ameri and Europe began to hold their own public monstratns or pri day, eventually leadg to what we know today as a gay pri para, march, celebratn or ftival.
Most gay pri paras and events also occur durg a peak season of the year when the weather most ial, yet another reason to book your trip durg the event. Whether travelg alone, wh iends or fay, visg durg a gay pri event n be a fun way to experience a new statn and IGLTA n help you fd LGBTQ-iendly bs almost any lotn to help make you trip memorable, safe and excg. We have published this lendar to rm the LGBTQ+ muny of important gay pri events and paras globally to offer a plete source for planng your travel.
We provi ee rourc and rmatn for LGBTQ+ travelers cludg this list of global gay pri events.
50 YEARS OF GAY LIBERATN AOTEAROA
Gui to Basement, Gay Club Auckland - ratg, atmosphere, workg hours, addrs, map, directns and nearby LGBTQ+ iendly venu. * auckland gay pride *
2023 & 2024 Internatnal Gay Pri Events. Individuals who intify themselv as gay, bisexual, asexual, pansexual, lbian, tersex, transgenr, and qutng are all ved to celebrate and participate durg the seri of events led up for the entire ftival.
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“Let’s Start Gay Liberatn! Lbian and Māori rights activist Ngahuia Te Awekotu talysed gay liberatn Aotearoa.
GAY PRI
Gay Pri, annual celebratn, ually June the Uned Stat and sometim at other tim other untri, of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) inty. Gay Pri memorat the Stonewall rts New York Cy of June 28, 1969. * auckland gay pride *
In March 1972 she was nomated to study abroad the Uned Stat, planng to rearch Amerin gay liberatn and Red Power. Infuriated, she gave a rog speech to stunts at the Universy of Auckland, challengg them to be open about their homosexualy: “who out there is crazy enough to jo me – and let’s start gay liberatn!
At a meetg Te Awekotu’s flat shortly afterward, Aotearoa’s first gay liberatn group was found.
Te Awekotu’s msage reverberated throughout the untry; her subsequent viss to Wellgton and Christchurch rultg gay liberatn groups immediately beg tablished by the universi both ci. ‘Gay Day’ was Aotearoa’s first pri, kickg the movement off wh a “public and provotive” start. [5] In 1993, he would go on to bee New Zealand’s first out gay member of Parliament.
NEW ZEALAND GAY TRAVEL
By the mid-1970s several gay liberatnist groups had formed.
Unlike earlier gay anisatns, liberatnists did not foc specifilly on law reform, stead seekg to “liberate their own kd every way possible”. Dpe such differenc between groups wh the broar movement, by 1977 the Natnal Gay Rights Coaln (NGRC) had formed, wh an alliance of 35 member groups and an affiliated membership of over 70, 000 dividuals. [9] They phed for liberatn through a variety of protts and workshops; one NGRC pamphlet even advisg that activists should make a hab of phong to rad statns wh song requts that were obvly om one gay lover to another.