Rainbow Wellington

About

Rainbow Wellington is a group representing the interests of, and organising social functions and activities for LGBTTQIPPNS+ and related people in Wellington.

Story

Rainbow Wellington is a group (previously operating under the name GAP) representing the interests of and organising social activities for lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and related queer groups in the Wellington region. We have about a hundred and fifty core members, individual, corporate and business, and a wider contact list of several further hundred glbti people. We publish at least one electronic newsletter a month.

Our regular programme of social events includes twice monthly pub nights at gay or gay friendly venues, which are also often our corporate members. We have a couple of dinners, one at Christmas, and one around mid year which has more recently also served to mark the anniversary of Stonewall. Other regular events include visits to galleries, at least one regional vineyard trip a year, and a very popular Lambda night at Wellington's leading bookshop, Unity Books, where our members of a literary bent review some of the Lambda winners and other notable glbti titles published during the previous twelve months.

From time to time we arrange special one off events, sometimes in company with others. Notably in the last few years these have included the twentieth anniversary of decriminalisation, and a night in honour of Sir Ian McKellen.

We take up issues of general interest to the glbti community such as human rights and privacy issues associated with insurance, and to do with the opportunity currently denied to donate blood, and we issue statements on public issues as these might arise from time to time.

Rainbow Wellington has recently passed the planning and operation of Wellington's annual Gay and Lesbian Fair back to the community. We continue to support Out Wellington Inc., the new and independent committee charged with organising Out in the Square - Wellington's Gay and Lesbian Fair 2008. Out Wellington Inc. are members of the local GLBTIF community who are fully committed to making Out in the Square a highly visible and successful fair for the whole community! To offer Out Wellington Inc. your support, visit www.outinthesquare.co.nz.

We are an incorporated society and meet formally annually to meet the legal requirements of that status by electing officers, presenting accounts and so forth, and we have a Board which is elected bi-annually (no pun intended) and which meets monthly.