Is New Zealand a Gay Friendly Travel Dtatn? | New Zealand Awas

Contents:

• GAY NEW ZEALAND TRAVEL GUI
• STORY: GAY MEN’S LIV
• GAY MEN’S LIV
• GAY AUCKLAND 2023
• NEW ZEALAND GAY TRAVEL
• IS NEW ZEALAND A GAY FRIENDLY TRAVEL DTATN?
• GAY CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND | THE ESSENTIAL LGBT TRAVEL GUI!
• UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS
• GAY CHRISTCHURCH
• AUCKLAND GAY BARS & CLUBS
• GAY MAN REFLECTS ON 'SRY' LIFE BEFORE NEW ZEALAND'S HOMOSEXUAL LAW REFORM
• GEMMAH’S TRANSGENR STORY: FROM CARMEN AND SEX WORK TO THE BIG GAY OUT

GAY NEW ZEALAND TRAVEL GUI

There's no gayborhood per se, but you'll fd the most mixed venu along Courtenay Place and Cuba Street the hip Te Aro district at the cy center.

New Zealand tied for 10th on the 2020 Spartac Gay Travel Inx, which monors the safety of LGBTQ+ people every untry.

It’s always tertg to know more about the untry so we’ve prepared this gui to LGBT rights New Zealand so gay travellers are rmed before they go. 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.

STORY: GAY MEN’S LIV

Throughout the 60s and 70s gay liberatn groups formed and gathered strength – a talysg event this was when an amic was refed a visor’s perm to the USA bee she was homosexual. In 2018 the Government passed a bill allowg men nvicted of homosexual offens before crimalisatn to have their rerds wiped and there was also an official apology. The Human Rights Act 1993 meant that any discrimatn on the basis of sexualy (and genr inty) was illegal and many ernment agenci have gay-iendly polici.

New Zealanrs are overall very acceptg of the LGBT muny – generally, anti-LGBT polil parti are unsuccsful, for example, and there are many openly gay people all walks of life. 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. There is no need to self-censor or worry about perceptns; gay visors n enjoy all that this untry has to offer eedom.

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Generally, New Zealand will never be a place for lots of public displays of affectn, somethg which both gay and straight travellers should be aware of.

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.

Not to mentn the Wter Pri/Gay Ski Week September, an queer romp the snow or the semi-regular Theta / Proponda gay party seri.

GAY AUCKLAND 2023

Those planng a trip to New Zealand won’t be surprised to hear that such a gay-iendly untry there’s basilly no such thg as a gay uniendly hotel. From budget hostels to chic boutiqu to glampg to geo outdoor lodg, there’ plenty to choose om and gay travellers should know that they are wele almost everywhere.

Given the posive stance on LGBT rights New Zealand, gay people are extremely unlikely to be the closet so there are lots of opportuni to meet people.

NEW ZEALAND GAY TRAVEL

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.

New Zealand is socially a progrsive untry where lbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenrs are not only tegrated but wele members of society. We do warn you, however, the bar scene and muny is que small, so New Zealand is by no means a statn to go exclively for s gay scene.

In 1999, she beme the world’s first transgenr member of Parliament Discrimatn on the basis of sexual orientatn and genr inty/exprsn has been illegal sce 1993 LGB members have been allowed to serve the ary openly sce 1993 Openly gay and lbian policians have been servg sce 1993, wh Rabow Labour, a branch of the Labour Party, beg formed 1997 to reprent LGBTQ people. © Unsplash The Gay Scene Auckland Offerg the most eclectic LGBTQ scene New Zealand, Auckland is a mt-go for gay and lbian travellers lookg to meet like-md people.

IS NEW ZEALAND A GAY FRIENDLY TRAVEL DTATN?

LGBTQ and Gay Bars Auckland The Eagle Bar, 259 Karangahape Road Good Tim Bar, 146 Karangahape Road Caluzzi Bar & Cabaret, 461 Karangahape Road Fay Bar & Club, 270 Karangahape Road For more about Auckland’s bars and clubs, see The Gui to Auckland Nightlife.

© The Gay Scene Wellgton New Zealand’s pal might have a small gay scene when to bars and clubs, but what lacks quanty mak up for qualy. While the cy centre has two exclive gay bars, venu like The Frge Bar (36-32 Allen Street) and Hawthorn Lounge (2/82 Tory Street) are popular LGBTQ hangouts rporatg edy and luxury. LGBTQ and Gay Bars Wellgton Stty & Mal’s (S&M’s), 176 Cuba Street Ivy Bar & Cabaret, 49 Cuba Street For more about Wellgton’s bars and clubs, see The Gui to Wellgton Nightlife.

© Nancy Zhou - ChristchurchNZ The Gay Scene Christchurch Aga, Christchurch is an example of a small LBGQT scene a New Zealand cy.

GAY CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND | THE ESSENTIAL LGBT TRAVEL GUI!

Regardls, the South Island’s latt cy has plenty of gay-iendly bars and clubs wh a diverse vibe, cludg The Dirty Land (131 Victoria Street) and Boo Radley’s Food & Liquor (1/98 Victoria Street).

LGBTQ and Gay Bars Christchurch Cz, 77 Victoria Street © WellgtonNZ Pri Ftivals Of urse, a highlight of New Zealand’s even lendars is the LGBTQ ftivals. Auckland Pri Ftival – Febary Big Gay Out, Auckland – Febary Wellgton Internatnal Pri Para – late Febary to early March Wter Pri, Queenstown – late Augt to early September Christchurch Pri – November Haton Pri – September For more events, head over to New Zealand Events Calendar: What’s Gog On? In the early 21st century gay men were more visible, cludg gay male MPs powerful posns each of the ma polil parti.

In 1993 beme illegal to discrimate agast gay people, and 2005 civil unns were troduced, allowg same-sex upl to have legally regnised unns siar to marriage. From the late 1960s the gay liberatn movement fought agast prejudice and enuraged gays and lbians to ‘e out’ (be open about their sexualy). Society was not always so open – until recently many aspects of gay life New Zealand were hidn, and the early 21st century some gay men still ncealed their sexualy.

UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS

Still, most gay men nducted their sexual relatnships out of reach of the law, unls they approached an unwillg partner who subsequently laid a plat.

It was possible to assemble a social work of sympathetic folk – for stance, the homosexual wrer Jam Courage went mpg wh iends Peel Fort, Canterbury.

The news media beme terted the new homosexual ‘sects’ and ‘circl’, reflectg the works’ creasg size and the growg visibily of bars equented by gay men: the Waemata Auckland, the Royal Oak Wellgton and the Brish Hotel Lyttelton. This was primarily a social group, but 1963 the society’s new legal submtee – the Wolfenn Associatn – argued that male homosexualy should be crimalised. 2 In the 1960s, also, the police creased their efforts to pursue homosexual offenc – cludg by entrapment of men havg sex public toilets.

GAY CHRISTCHURCH

Male same-sex activy was still illegal durg the 1970s, and a young Graham Unrhill – later a gay activist – watched a gay rights prott march Auckland wh some trepidatn: ‘A small, brave group of people dared to march down Queen Street loudly mandg “gay rights”. Meanwhile, the Uned Stat, the gay liberatn movement emerged after the Stonewall rts of gay and transgenred people New York Cy 1969.

Drawg spiratn om US black civil rights and femist activism, the gay liberatn movement sought new eedoms for gay men and lbians. Acrdg to this approach, homophobia (dislike of homosexualy) and social thorarianism were the problem, and ‘g out’ was a solutn.

AUCKLAND GAY BARS & CLUBS

The lerature of the movement – which brought together gay male and lbian activism – was sexually explic and openly advoted a gay life; different thors promoted gay marriage, mun and non-monogamy. Venu where men uld have gay sex emerged durg the 1970s, succsors to the hotels and public baths appropriated for homoerotic earlier s. Begng the US om the early 1980s, a number of gay men beme ill wh fevers, weight loss, pnmonia, sk lns and unual ncers.

Author Peter Wells remembered how the arrival of HIV/AIDS created a public backlash towards the gay muny: ‘Every time you picked up the paper there was a new b of news about how you uld tch . Dpe the chang, the early 21st century some gay people ntued to face hostily and discrimatn schools, workplac and elsewhere.

Although this applied to all forms of provotn, impacted on gay victims sce some killers had claimed their male victim proposned them sexually and ed them to lose ntrol, allowg them to be nvicted on the lser charge of manslghter. Māori Televisn’s Takatāpui was reportedly the world’s first gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr programme on an digeno work. The annual Big Gay Out Auckland’s Coyle Park, wh performers, dancg, food stalls, and ocsnal handbag-throwg ntt, is one of the most high-profile gay social events.

GAY MAN REFLECTS ON 'SRY' LIFE BEFORE NEW ZEALAND'S HOMOSEXUAL LAW REFORM

In the 21st century the larger ci had many anised leisure optns for their gay and lbian cizens, cludg film ftivals, sports teams, garng and trampg groups. Networks of iends remaed vally important and gay men socialised together a whole range of private and public spac. The social workg se Bro Onle was set up 2008 to provi a fom for takatāpui tāne (gay and bisexual Māori men) to teract wh others around the untry.

The ter also transformed the ways gay men explored their inti, accsed rmatn, met one another and kept touch, New Zealand and overseas.

GEMMAH’S TRANSGENR STORY: FROM CARMEN AND SEX WORK TO THE BIG GAY OUT

While gay men of European and Māori scent now fd easier to exprs their sexualy, those om some ethnic mori are ls able to do so. However, the fluence of nservative views agast homosexualy Pacific church muni n make difficult for gay men to e out.

Sce 2005 the biennial Love Life Fono (nference) has provid support and explored issu of mon ncern to Pacific gay and transgenr muni. In the 2010s there was no reliable timate of New Zealand’s gay, lbian and bisexual populatn – official statistics on sexual orientatn were not llected for privacy reasons. Gay and lbian rearchers have lobbied for the cln of a sexual orientatn qutn the five-yearly cens, to ga more specific rmatn about gay New Zealanrs.

The most tailed survey of New Zealand’s gay, lbian and bisexual populatn was the 2004 Lavenr Islands project unrtaken by Massey Universy rearchers. Nearly 2, 300 gay, lbian and bisexual rponnts answered qutns about their experienc of same-sex relatnships and sexual inti.