Gay & Proud Too – More Images and Events from the Archives of the Auckland Pride Centre 1987-2004

An exhibition of photographs from the Archives of the Auckland Pride Centre – Auckland’s Inclusive LGBTT Community Centre.
Initially started as a Gay Men's Health initiative called the Isherwood Trust in the aftermath of Gay Law Reform - The Pride Centre, as it came to be known, grew into a Community Organisation striving to serve the needs of the Auckland Queer community.

The Centre was located in a succession of locations, Federal Street, Wolfe Street, then on Ponsonby Road and Wyndham Street before arriving in Karangahape Road in 2000. As well as providing an alcohol & drug free social venue for several LGBTT community groups, an information service and lending library, it organised a wide range of LGBT events: Film Nights, Literary & Poetry Evenings, Art Exhibitions, and many public events such as Monthly Tea Dances, the Annual Coming Out Day Parade and the Auckland Gay Mardi Gras held at the Sheraton Hotel in 1990.

During the 1990s it played a significant role in promoting queer issues and questioning local Politicians on their stance towards LGBTT issues during Central and Local Elections.