Hamilton Candlelight Memorial Sunday 16 May, 5pm, Metropolis Café, 211 Victoria St
This year's Candlelight Memorial takes place on Sunday, 16 May. There are formal gatherings in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Invercargill to remember friends, family and whānau who have died. Please join us – members of Hamilton Pride Inc. - at Metropolis Café, Victoria Street at 5pm this Sunday as we mark this important occasion, honour the lost and raise awareness about HIV. All welcome.
Agender Waikato hosts National Agender Conference - Everyone is welcome
The National Agender Conference will take place at Le Grand Hotel in Hamilton from June the 4th to the 6th 2010. Agender Waikato put together a . Check out the conference website. Agender NZ welcomes all transgender people and their supporters.
Bi the Way: an award wining documentary - Wednesday January 27th 2010 at the Waikato Museum at 7pm
The BiGroup for the Waikato and the Bay of Plenty, Hamilton Pride and the Waikato Museum invite you to a screening of the award wining documentary Bi the Way at the Waikato Museum. "Journeying through the sexual landscape of America, Bi the way investigates the latest scientific reports and social opinions on bisexuality while following fice members of the emerging "whatever generation" - teens and twenty-somethings who are ushering in a whole new sexual revolution". Contains sex scenes and nudity. After the screening Hamilton Pride and the BiGroup invite you cordially to Metropolis Cafe for socialising. Some nibbles provided. Everyone pays for his/her own expenses.
Summer Film Festival at the Waikato Museum - January 20th, 22nd and 27th at 7pm
This year the Waikato Museum orgnised a Summer Film Festival with movies on Transgender, Intersex and Bisexual topics. All movies are for free but a donation is appreciated. On the 20th of January Sarah and Cindy from Agender Waikato will tell us their story in a cinematic way. Hamilton Pride and the BiGroup for the Waikato and the Bay of Plenty are co-organising and co-hosting the movie "Bi the Way" on the 27th of January at 7pm. For More information follow this link.
The YWCA, INA (Maori, Indigenous and South Pacific) HIV/AIDS Foundation and Hamilton Pride invite you to break the silence about HIV/AIDS and open up your heart to all those people in our community living with HIV/AIDS on World AIDS Day, Thursday December 1st. We sincerely invite you to the following two events:
Community Training Workshop: 10am - 12noon at the Hub at Wintec: Join us for an inspiring HIV/AIDS community workshop facilitated by local experts and individuals living with HIV.
Art form the Heart Project: 12noon - 2pm at Garden Place: Participate in the Art from the Heart project, a public art performance commemorating World AIDS Day. So grab your lunch and colleagues and come to Garden Place.
For more information, download (and help distributing) our flyer.
International Day of Transgender Remembrance
The LGBTTI community all over the world remembers and honours those who died from anti-transgender violence on the 20th of November. Even today, the deaths of those based on anti-transgender hatred or prejudice are largely ignored. Hamilton, the city with a statue of Riff-Raff in its CDB, will join in the world-wide commemoration this year again. There will be a gathering at the Riff-Raff statue, on our main street, Victoria Street, on the 20th of November 2009 from 7.30pm onwards. Agender Waikato and Hamilton Pride invite you to join us and make a stand against voilence and discrimination.
Hamilton Pride Inc - Official Festival Report
Lynda Johnston compiled the official report for Pride 09 and presented it our SGM where the committee accpeted it. If you are interested in the report, you can download it here. Thanks to Lynda for all her work.
Hamilton Pride Inc - SGM election results
The office holders for 2010 were elected at Hamilton Pride Inc's Special General Meeting (SGM) at Link House on the 28th of October. For 2010 the executive committee remains unchanged. Lynda Johnston and Geoff Ru'aine are co-Chairs, Stefan Mutter is Secretary and Luke Van Helden and Brad Arthur are co-Treasurers.
Hamilton Pride Inc - SGM (Special General Meeting)
Hamilton Pride Inc will have a Special General Meeting (SGM) at Link House, 2 Dawson St, on the 28th of October from 6.30pm to 7pm in order to amend our constitution and elect offices for 2010. Details will be sent out to all members. For more information contact us.
Hamilton Pride 09 - our new fabulous festival brochure
Tristan from Shine Nightclub designed a fabulous festival brochure for us. Check it out here.
Hamilton Pride 09 - official press release
In early spring there will be a colourful and fabulous week long Pride festival in the Waikato! Hamilton Pride will stick to its mission “together celebrating and supporting the diversity of Hamilton's Rainbow community”. In talking about what she liked most about the 2008 Hamilton Pride Festival, Lynda Johnston, co-chair of Hamilton Pride Inc. mentioned, “I loved the way our diverse communities came together to celebrate and support each other for the week.” ... Read more here.
Hamilton Pride Inc - AGM
Hamilton Pride Inc held its AGM on the 4th of April 2009. We were looking back on a successful year for Hamilton Pride thanks to tremendous efforts by all its members. Special thanks to last year's executive committee: Lynda Johnston as Chair, Luke van Helden as Secretary and Duncan Matthews as Treasurer. This year Lynda will continue her role as Chair, supported by Geoff Ruaine as Co-Chair, Stefan Mutter as Secretary, Brad Arthur as Treasurer and Luke as Co-Treasurer.
Out At Work - New Social Group
Out at Work is a new social group intended for all LGBTT people who are at work and are looking for some fun and accepting social group. The first meeting will be at 10 Boundary Rd on Thursday, 26th of March 2009 at 5.30pm. For more information, do not hesitate to e-mail us
New website for Gay Link Waikato and the Lesbian Social Group
Gay Link Waikato and the Lesbian Social Group have new websites that inform about the respective group and upcoming meetings and events. In addition you can find their events listed in the LGBTTI calendar for events in Hamilton and the Waikato. To access their site click on one of the following links: Gay Link Waikato or Lesbian Social Group
Launch of a Choir for Lesbian and Gay Singers
A group of singers within our Hamilton community is currently setting up a choir for Lesbian and Gay singers in Hamilton and the Waikato. They are looking for members. The inaugural meeting will be on Wednesday March 4 from 7.15pm to 8.45pm. If you are interested send an e-mail to Hamilton Pride for more details. We will forward your e-mail to the choir's organisers.
AGM Hamilton Pride Inc
The AGM for Hamilton Pride Inc will be held on April the 4th 2009 in the conference room at the Methodist Centre, 62 London Street from 12pm onwards.
Hamilton Pride 09 - Dates announced
The dates for Hamilton Pride 09 have been finalised. This year's Pride Week will take place from September 12 to September 20. As in previous years we are working hard for and looking forward to a week filled with a diversity of events to celebrate and support our LGBTTI community. If you want to create your own Pride event, have ideas to share with the community or want to be a volunteer, don't hesitate to e-mail us.
Bus to the Big Gay Out
On February the 8th 2009, a busload of Hamiltonians headed up for the Big Gay Out at Point Chevalier, Auckland. The fabulous hosts Miss Fucshia Fucada and Miss Barb Wyred spared no pains walking up and down the aisle to entertain and get the Hamilton Pride Bus crowd best prepared for a fun day at the Big Gay Out.
Memorial for Noeline Snow
It is with regret that we inform you of the death of Noeline Snow.
Noeline was found in her house on Thursday morning in Fielding. It appears at his point that she committed suicide.
In keeping with her wish for no funeral, Hamilton Pride will be holding a memorial for Noeline on Thursday, 6.30pm in the conference center at the Methodist Church on London street in Hamilton CBD. All are welcome. Please bring a plate for a shared supper afterwards.
We hope to see you all there to celebrate the life of this wonderful person.
Frankton Markets Aids Awareness Cancelled
We regret to inform you the event planned for AIDS awareness at Frankton Markets this Saturday the 29th November has been cancelled. The Frankton Market management team have changed their minds about having us there after much protest and pressure from certain sections of the market. So don’t look out for the big fire truck now because we won’t be there. We will however still be having the Red Ribbon Party at Shine nightclub on Saturday night from 10pm onwards. The fire truck will be parked outside Shine!
International Day of Transgender Remembrance: The LGBTTI community all over the world remembers and honours those who died from anti-transgender violence on the 20th of November. Even today, the deaths of those based on anti-transgender hatred or prejudice are largely ignored. Hamilton, the city with a statue of Riff-Raff in its CDB, will join in the world-wide commemoration this year for the first time. There will be a quiet gathering at the Riff-Raff statue, on our main street, Victoria Street, on the 20th of November 2008 from 8.30pm onwards. For four years the Riff-Raff statue is a visible part of Hamilton City. And in this way, the organiser Lisa Stone wants to create visibility for anti-transgender violence and genderbashing and honour all transgender people that were killed in violent attacks. Lisa Stone is a researcher on transgender issues and organises this Remembrance gathering with support from Agender Waikato and Hamilton Pride. She hopes that this year's Remembrance Day will become a recurrent event in Hamilton's LGBTTI community. For further information, please feel free to e-mail her. People are encouraged to bring flowers and/or a candle.
Photos from Pride Week 2008 are now online! Click here!
Got some that haven't yet made it to the site? Please e-mail them to us!
Fantastic News! (September 2008) Hamilton Pride is now incorporated! A big thank you to everyone who made this possible!
Hamilton Pride Inc.
