Gay and Lesbian Websites

Last Updated: 19 July 2011

Useful information sites

A Google map showing Gay & Gay-Friendly shops, businesses and venues in the inner Wellington area Map showing Gay & Gay-Friendly Businesses and Venues

Gayline Wellington (A good general overview of Gay and Lesbian Wellington) http://www.gayline.gen.nz/index.html

Lesbian Wellington http://wellington.lesbian.net.nz/

Curious (a resource for young people to share feelings and experiences about sexuality and gender identity) http://curious.org.nz/

The law and sexual orientation / Gender Indentity.
Legal issues concerning gender identity / sexual orientation, a resource from the Coalition of Community Law Services Aotearoa Inc.
http://www.communitylaw.org.nz/fileadmin/documents/About_Us_27Aug08V2.pdf

School's Out on Demand http://www.gayline.gen.nz/interviews.htm

NZ Dating (Free contacts in all parts of New Zealand) http://www.nzdating.com/

Gaynz.com (Gay and Lesbian news and information updated daily) http://www.gaynz.com/

Gaytravelnet.com (Wellington Venues Page) http://www.gaytravelnet.com/nz/WellingtonVenues.html

Gaytravelnet.com (New Zealand & International Venues, Clubs, Accommodation, Events & Travel Advice) http://www.gaytravelnet.com/

OhMojo Gay Dating website http://ohmojo.com/

Some New Zealand sites

Wellington

Gay Wellington (Wellington Gay Welfare Group) http://www.gaywellington.org/

Wellington Lesbians http://wellington.lesbian.net.nz/

Rainbow Wellington - Wellington Business, Professional and Social Association http://www.rainbowwellington.org.nz/

Tertiary Students - uniQ Victoria http://uniq.wellington.net.nz/ (email uniq@vuwsa.org.nz)

Wellington Gay Men's Chorus http://www.homophones-wellington.net/

Galaxies (Christian) http://www.galaxies.org.nz/

Wellington Rainbow Gardening Group http://www.rainbowgardeners.net/

Wellington Bisexual Women's Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wellington_Bisexual_Womens_Group/

Gay Dating in Wellington http://wellington.gumtree.co.nz/wellington/wellington-gay_3576_1.html

Escorts (NZ-wide advertising by sex professionals and venues) http://www.sexinnz.co.nz/wellother.htm

NZ Regions

Nelson http://www.ts.co.nz/~kevin/

Palmerston North http://www.malgraclubq.org.nz/

Wellington Lesbians http://wellington.lesbian.net.nz/

Wellington http://www.gayline.gen.nz/

AIDS information and safer sex

New Zealand AIDS Foundation http://www.nzaf.org.nz/

Absolutely Positively Positive (Take the digital HIV test!) http://www.app.org.nz/

Body Positive (HIV and Aids support site) http://www.bodypositive.org.nz/

Ministry of Health Aids information http://www.moh.govt.nz/aids

Gay and Lesbian Medical Association: Ten things gay men should discuss with their healthcare provider http://www.glma.org/news/releases/n02071710gaythings.shtml

Books

http://www.pinkpagesnet.com/newzealand/News_and_Media/

Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (first out gay man) http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/celebration2000/

Gay literature http://www.gayliterature.com/

Bookstore: A Different Light http://www.adlbooks.com/

http://www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Fiction_Literature/Gay/

Chat sites

http://www.nzdating.com/

http://www.gaydar.com.au/

http://www.gay.com/

http://gaydar.co.uk/

Gay Culture

Happy Clapping Homos (Wellington's very own gay dating site) http://www.happyclappinghomos.com/

http://gaynz.net.nz/

http://www.gaynz.com/

Out Takes (NZ gay/lesbian film festival) http://www.outtakes.org.nz/

http://www.spidergay.com/

Queer Resources Directory: important material on health, youth, religion, history, politics, culture http://www.qrd.org/qrd/

Film http://www.aboutgaymovies.info/

An encyclopaedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender & queer culture http://www.glbtq.com/

General gay news & entertainment http://www.365gay.com

General gay news & entertainment http://www.advocate.com/

NZ National Library http://webdirectory.natlib.govt.nz/dir/en/nz/community-and-social-studies/gay-lesbian-and-transgendered/

Hunkhunters (Gay adult links, some require membership/payment) http://www.hunkhunter.com/advance.html

Lesbian Culture

Lesbian dating and social website. NZ and international. Free for first month and then reduced to limited profile status unless membership is paid. Popular with Wellington lesbos and has a chat feature and forums.
http://pinksofa.co.nz/

Lesbian and bisexual women in entertainment and the media. Magazine style website includes video and podcasts as well as articles about media featuring lesbian storylines etc. Also has lots of stories about prominent successful gay women.
http://www.afterellen.com/

“News, politics, entertainment and girl-on-girl culture”. A young, hip, sexy website with lots of gender diversity and awesome dykes. Articles and features include witty and thoughtful analysis of complex issues from lesbian safe sex to gay and lesbian politics to transguys. USA focus.
http://www.autostraddle.com/

Great local website, updates extremely regularly. Has good info about events and groups for lesbians in the greater Wellington area. Also features an extensive list of links to other great lesbian sites. Not the prettiest page, but information is RELIABLE.
http://www.wellington.lesbian.net.nz/

Wellington’s lesbian library. Library has books, magazines, tapes, CDs, DVDs, all available for lending to dykes in the Wellington area. Has searchable online catalogue, and some full-text works available though their site.
http://lilac.lesbian.net.nz/index.htm

The Armstrong & Arthur Charitable Trust for Lesbians. This trust financially supports a number of lesbian community activities in the Wellington region.
http://www.lesbiantrust.org.nz/

Article about safe sex for lesbians. Has a good amount of humour as well as sensible realistic information for the sex-savvy woman.
http://www.autostraddle.com/safe-sex-for-lesbians-45382/

Blog by a lesbian ‘dad’. Award winning US website. Discusses a lot of the issues around lesbian parenting and a few political musings.
http://www.lesbiandad.net/

NSFW. Blog of a kinky queer butch lesbian top. Much discussion of lesbian sex: including sex toys, erotic writing, butch/femme, kink, roleplays and fetishism, gender play, feminism, etc.
http://www.sugarbutch.net/

Real life stories written by lesbians from around the world. Has a wide range of topics and in-depth articles
http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/