Lesbian Wellington

See the big pages of What's on for lesbians and for the broader Rainbow communities in Wellington for information about what's on. Plus the links page for many more groups.

Lesbian events and groups	Rainbow events and groups
Badminton Tākatapui Wāhine night Coming out meetup Creatives & Coffee Kāpiti dining Kāpiti drinks & dinner Lesbian Overland & Café Club LILAC library LILAC Book Group Outdoors / travel Polari-Fantabulosa! Social media groups	CampGround Rainbow Comedy Dancing classes Gay bars Glamaphones choir Living in colour: Hutt Valley Pride event LGBTI history walks Rainbow Dragon Club - board games Rainbow Wellington board games Rainbow Wellington social mixers Social media groups Social sporty groups Wellington Rainbow Youth Choir Wellington Wanderers

NZ International Film Festival for lesbians

It's coming and the opening movie looks delicious ...

Big Girls Don't Cry: Premiering at Sundance earlier this year, Paloma Schneideman's coming-of-age coming-out debut launches the festival with a tender portrait of 14-year-old Sid, as she tentatively traverses insecurity, identity and desire during the summer of 2006.
Wednesday 12 Aug 7pm, Embassy
Thursday 13 Aug 4pm, Light House Cuba
Wednesday 26 Aug Roxy Cinema

Duh sold out ... but Big Girls will be back in cinemas in October.

Farewell to Jools Topp at the Auckland celebration

A special celebration honouring the life of Dame Jools Topp was held on Friday 19 June 2026. The event brought together whānau, friends, fellow artists, fans and members of the wider community to laugh, cry, sing, remember, and celebrate a truly one-of-a-kind woman who gave so much joy and courage to Aotearoa and the world. Available to stream on youtube or RNZ

Leonie's email list

This is a service for distributing your notices to the lesbian community. To join the list, email leonies.email.list@lesbian.net.nz. If you were once on the email list but have not received any messages for a long while you may need to rejoin - email Leonie.

Once you are on the list, you can send email notices to the same address for distribution. Any notice that will help or inform us as lesbians is sent out.

When sending in a notice please include any relevant contact info in the content of the message or at the end - your email address in your message's header will be stripped out before the notice is distributed.
Political notices and attachments are not sent out.
And please keep your message simple - strip out earlier email messages to save Leonie having to do it!

Armstrong & Arthur Charitable Trust for Lesbians

The Armstrong and Arthur Charitable Trust for Lesbians was established in 2001 by the late Bea Arthur for the benefit of lesbian community groups in the Wellington region. The Trust is named to recognise and remember the 57 year relationship of Bea and her partner the late Bette Armstrong. The Trustees invite applications for funding assistance, as grants, for projects and activities that will benefit all or part of the lesbian communities in the Wellington region. Visit the Trust website www.armstrong-arthur-trust.nz for information about how to apply for grants, and how to donate or make bequests to the Trust.

Application forms and guidelines are available from the Trust's website.

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