Sunday, February 05, 2012
   
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Big Gay Out

The Big Gay Out, held this year on Sunday 10 February, is the flagship event of the month-long Hero Festival, which celebrates the diversity of Auckland’s GLBTT communities. Charles attended, with Prime Minister Helen Clark, as the Convenor of Labour’s Rainbow Caucus

The Big Gay Out has come to be known as Auckland’s annual fair day for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, takataapui and transgender communities.

The event, which regularly attracts crowds in excess of 10,000, is organised and sponsored by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation and Marquis Condoms as a vehicle for raising HIV awareness, encouraging safe sex for gay and bisexual men, and building strong communities.

Following a short HIV/AIDS memorial service at noon which included the New Zealand Quilt Project, a huge variety of entertainment was on offer, from kapa haka groups, Toa to drag divas, Buckwheat and Cindy of Samoa and a range of NZ singer/songwriters.

Charles is pictured with fellow Labour MPs (from left to right) the Hon David Cunliffe, Tim Barnett, the Hon Judith Tizard, the Hon Maryan Street, the Prime Minister and the Hon Chris Carter as he makes a few remarks to introduce the Prime Minister to the crowd.
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