http://www.qna.net.nz/ Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender New Zealand News en-us http://pinkpagesnet.com/Img/qra3.gif http://www.qna.net.nz/ 34 39 Queer News Aotearoa QNAhttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QNA/~3/NLlKzpq-GYw/1-bloodservicesaysdonorrulesensuresafety The New Zealand Blood Service is defending donor rules after claims by a gay community that they are "unnecessary and unfair".<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QNA?a=NLlKzpq-GYw:Myd67iZub8E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QNA?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QNA/~4/NLlKzpq-GYw" height="1" width="1"/> http://qna.net.nz/index.php/health/1-bloodservicesaysdonorrulesensuresafety http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QNA/~3/FyjOcA6pnJ4/2-condomsplanhitbyhivaids-secrecy A Northland support network is considering dishing out free condoms at travellers' hostels and other places people meet - and sleep - together.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QNA?a=FyjOcA6pnJ4:VBFk6TknI0Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/QNA?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QNA/~4/FyjOcA6pnJ4" height="1" width="1"/> http://qna.net.nz/index.php/health/2-condomsplanhitbyhivaids-secrecy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QNA/~3/FhNLbHd6lN4/987.html John Key has been getting into the groove at Auckland's Big Gay Out at Coyle Park in Pt Chevalier. It wasn't the Prime Minister's first visit to the event so the flair and frivolity did not come as a shock.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/QNA?a=w4QqelFr"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/QNA?d=41" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QNA/~4/FhNLbHd6lN4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.qna.net.nz/news/987.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QNA/~3/qYDwHRf3WCM/988.html The Big Gay Out 09 will reflect the diversity of New Zealand's rainbow communities in the entertainment and events taking place this Sunday, 8 February from 12.00 till 7.30pm, in Coyle Park Pt Chevalier, Auckland.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/QNA?a=hb0U4sDC"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/QNA?d=41" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QNA/~4/qYDwHRf3WCM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.qna.net.nz/news/988.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QNA/~3/gyMURzM6_zA/985.html The Australian Government is demanding a New Zealand surrogate mother pay child support for the baby she had for two gay Queensland men, amid accusations she abandoned it.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/QNA?a=t9izLZqD"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/QNA?d=41" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QNA/~4/gyMURzM6_zA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.qna.net.nz/news/985.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QNA/~3/PP0wEFwzmPU/984.html An Auckland woman soon to give birth to a surrogate baby for two gay Australian men is excited to help a loving couple become parents, regardless of their gender.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/QNA?a=noxDksqt"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/QNA?d=41" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QNA/~4/PP0wEFwzmPU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.qna.net.nz/news/984.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QNA/~3/CJKtfJt_sow/983.html Green MP Kevin Hague said he rejected the concept of a "higher power" or of religious faith underpinning the fate of humankind.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/QNA?a=yTrrdgrr"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/QNA?d=41" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QNA/~4/CJKtfJt_sow" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.qna.net.nz/news/983.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QNA/~3/pzHiTnbm-0E/982.html Grant Robertson says he swelled with a combination of pride and "sausage rolls from the school canteen" when he saw David Lange on television arguing against nuclear weapons in the Oxford Union debate in 1985<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/QNA?a=txHB5FYY"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/QNA?d=41" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QNA/~4/pzHiTnbm-0E" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.qna.net.nz/news/982.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QNA/~3/JqxzCuy1hWg/981.html They met when playing together in New Zealand's first gay rugby team the Krazy Knights and today the happy couple will tie the knot in a public display of love.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/QNA?a=S8qRKFUY"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/QNA?d=41" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QNA/~4/JqxzCuy1hWg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.qna.net.nz/news/981.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QNA/~3/irlIZ3TxBvE/980.html The white supremacist convicted of killing a Korean backpacker near Westport is appealing against his 21-year non-parole imprisonment term.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/QNA?a=DWq8eFxz"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/QNA?d=41" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QNA/~4/irlIZ3TxBvE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.qna.net.nz/news/980.html