Big Gay Out is the name a LGBT festival in New Zealand. The longer-running Big Gay Out is a non-profit LGBT fair day in Auckland, New Zealand. The Big Gay Out has been running since 2000 and is usually organised and run by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation. In this fair Mr Gay New Zealand World is also chosen.
Line-ups and attendees
Hero Festival Big gay out 2003
An estimated of 8000 - 10,000 were in attendance at the 16 February 2003 Big Gay Out.
Ansell Big gay out 2004
An estimated of 10,000 were in attendance at the 8 February 2004 Big Gay Out.
Hero Festival Big gay out 2006
Acts on stage at the 13 February 2006 Big Gay Out included bands and solo artists, dance performers:
Beenie Man was supposed to be one of many performers at the 2010 Big Gay Out, but he was pulled from the lineup in 2009 due controversial, anti-gay lyrics, including "I'm dreaming of a new Jamaica, come to execute all the gays." Despite Beenie Man's efforts to stay in the lineup, Big Day Out management decided that it would be best for the festival if his performance was removed. An estimate of 12,000 people attended the 14 February 2010 Big Gay Out.
Get It On! Big gay out 2011
The 13 February 2011 Big Gay Out had performances spanning from 12:00pm until 7:00pm, including:
An estimate of over 14,000 people attended the 11 February 2012 Big Gay Out. In 2012, the 2012 Queen of Vinegar Hill, Sam Shaw attended the Big Gay Out with his life partner Dion Williams to promote the camp at the end of the year.
Get It On! Big gay out 2013
The 10 February 2013 Big Gay Out had performances spanning from 12:00pm until 7:00pm, including:
An estimate of 12,000 - 15,000 people attended the 8 February 2015. 20,000 condoms were distributed to the attendees and 209 people were tested for HIV.
Love Your Condom Big gay out 2016
The 15 February 2016 Big Gay Out had performances spanning from 12:00pm until 7:00pm, including:
Prime Minister John Key made his annual appearance at the 2016 Big Gay Out, but was booed off stage by anti-Trans Pacific Partnership protesters. Despite the group of roughly 30 protesters, John Key received positive feedback for his attendance at the festival. An estimate of 10,000 people attended the 14 February 2016 Big Gay Out.
Ending HIV Big gay out 2017
The 12 February 2017 Big Gay Out had performances spanning from 12:00pm until 7:00pm, including:
The 9 February 2020 Big Gay Out had performances spanning from 12:00pm until 7:00pm, including:
Mika Haka
Courtney Act
Fortunes
Alae
Lizzie Marvelly
Randa
Hugo Grrrl
Medulla Oblongata
Kita Mean & Anita Wigl'it
Trinity Ice
Health promotion
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation's ' program uses the Big Gay Out festival as an avenue to promote safe sex and develop condom culture in New Zealand. A survey administered during the 2012 Big Gay Out festival determined that those who stayed longer were more knowledgeable and positive toward condom culture and felt that the Get it on! message was an empowering one. Survey participants also said the program "helped to educate men about safe sex" and "helped them feel good about having safe sex." In 2014, Get It On! was dropped and LYC was adopted as the main message. Love Your Condom is New Zealand Aids Foundation’s social marketing programme for gay and bisexual men. It addresses a complex mix of attitudinal, behavioural and social change amongst a community that can be difficult to define and reach. The LYC Social Marketing team talks about the programme’s history, the challenges they face and what keeps them loving what they do. In 2017, New Zealand Aids Foundation dropped Love Your Condom and created a new campaign called Ending HIV. It has a goal of ending new HIV transmission in New Zealand by 2025. The campaign highlight key points including:
Playing safe. Which means safe sex with the use of condoms and taking PrEP.
Testing Often. Most HIV transmissions happen with people who don't know they have HIV and have unprotected sex. Testing often will diagnose people with HIV and get them onto treatment which will help stop spreading HIV.
Treat Early. Treating early not only protects personal health, but it also reduces the chance of transmitting HIV to another person.
Ending HIV Stigma.''' Stigma refers to prejudice and discrimination towards people living with HIV, their friends, partners and whānau. Even though HIV stigma was at its peak during the early days of the AIDS epidemic, many people living with HIV still experience prejudice on a daily basis.
