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Contents:

• GAY MAN BEATEN UP VIC HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK CENTRAL AUCKLAND
• AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD’S FIRST GAY GBY MATCH
• LGBTQ AUCKLANRS STAGE PROTT OUTSI GAY BARS FAY AND G.A.Y, ACCE MANAGEMENT OF TRANSPHOBIC BEHAVUR
• RHYTHMIC GROOV PR - GAY SPRG BEATS
• THE BEST AUCKLAND GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS AUCKLAND
• AUCKLAND GAY BARS REJECT PROTTERS' ADNAMG ACCATNS
• GAY AUCKLAND 2023
• GAY DATG NEW ZEALAND

GAY MAN BEATEN UP VIC HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK CENTRAL AUCKLAND

The largt gay nightclub Auckland has been a go-to club for over-the-top dance parti sce the early 2000s. H the dance floor, support the gay agenda or tch a view of the actn om the platform off the ma floor. The Eagle is iendly, chilled-out gay bar on the famo ‘K’ Road, where you n pick your own mic on the jebox.

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD’S FIRST GAY GBY MATCH

Vis the famo Eagle Bar Auckland for a gay bar experience like no other. AdvertisementRay Garder, also known as drag queen Kourtney Khaos, was left unnsc and lyg a pool of his own blood followg a vic homophobic attack Freemans Bay. Police are currently vtigatg a homophobic attack near Auckland Girls Grammar Freemans Bay which occurred the early hours of Saturday morng.

Ray Garder was out wh his partner Tyler Vodanovich-Trott when a group of men a vehicle started yellg homophobic abe at the pair as they walked down a “dark” si street Freemans Bay. The abe clud the slurs “faggots” and “homos.

LGBTQ AUCKLANRS STAGE PROTT OUTSI GAY BARS FAY AND G.A.Y, ACCE MANAGEMENT OF TRANSPHOBIC BEHAVUR

This was the world’s first ter-gay gby match. The hosts were the Krazy Knights, ntag gay men om all walks of life - a traee lawyer, a unsellor and the future Mister of Sport.

This is the story of how that team me to be, and s match agast another gay team om Ponsonby, told by those who were there. In early 1998, Dean Knight forms a gay men’s gby team.

I was dog my OE London at the end of 1996 and while I was there, I had a great time playg for a lol gay gby team. HARP HARDING - KNIGHTS HOOKER: A iend mentned there was a gay gby team beg put together so I gave Dean a ll. I thought would be great to meet other gay men, too.

RHYTHMIC GROOV PR - GAY SPRG BEATS

JEREMY: I thought was a ol ia and a step forward for the gay muny. ALAN: The time was right for a group to unter some of the narrativ and stereotyp about beg LGBT, and particular for gay men about sport.

Those who hadn’t played gby before were exced about tryg a safe environment where they weren’t gog to be judged, but rather celebrated for beg gay. DEAN: The Eveng Post was quickly onto and ran a big story lled “Play and be Gay”, which led to recg a few more. I also thk they might have been a b worried about losg to a team of gays.

THE BEST AUCKLAND GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS AUCKLAND

I put up a few posters bars and nightclubs Auckland sayg I wanted to put a lol gay team together and got a few people terted. BRYAN WILLIAMS - FORMER ALL BLACK: We were pretty supportive of the fact gay gby players wanted to play for Ponsonby.

No one really knew I was gay until then. Up here Auckland there were only jt whispers about there beg a gay gby team. The publicy was about beg able to say y, we’re gay, but we also want to be part of somethg that’s very much a part of our untry’s culture.

JEREMY: There was a good crowd and a good group of people om the gay and lbian muny. It was also a real sense of achievement that, simply, New Zealand was a place where two gay gby teams uld have a match. The lol gay bar Bojangl put on a special party for .

AUCKLAND GAY BARS REJECT PROTTERS' ADNAMG ACCATNS

JAMES: Afterwards, there were notic about the game a lot of gay magaz. DEAN: The next year, both teams marched together the annual gay and lbian Hero Para Auckland.

So for me, marchg the para and beg surround by all of the drsed-up gay guys and dyk on bik ma me feel a part of the gay muny.

GAY AUCKLAND 2023

Our team end up gog to the Gay Gam Sydney 2002, which was a massive thg for . HARP: We me fourth at the Gay Gam.

As wh any group of predomantly homosexual men there were some pretty big egos and bigger personali, but was a great bunch and a good team. The Falns are still gog as New Zealand’s gay gby team.

GRANT: I wasn’t out when I was playg gby before the Knights, but I did fd the drsg room uld be homophobic and was one of the thgs that was really disuragg. On the field, homophobia and trash talk happened.

GAY DATG NEW ZEALAND

HARP: My teammat at my last club all knew I was gay but jt wasn’t really talked about. But 20 years ago was pretty groundbreakg to have a gay team. ALAN: At the time, people thought we would never have a gay All Black.