Media ID 0161-AB |
Gay Pride – Ten Years On (1983), news item about protests when Michael Fowler visits San Francisco (13 July 1981 or 1983?) and Men’s Liberation and Censorship on Television
Unique ID | 1126778261-16 | ||||||||||||||||||
Speakers | Brett Sheppard, Chris Masters, Kevin Green, Michael Fowler, Patricia Bartlett, Peter Nowland, Peter Wall, Victoria Quade, Yoka Neumann, unidentified speakers | ||||||||||||||||||
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Comments | Phil notes the Michael Fowler news story is from 1981.. however the next news item about flautist Marya Martin is possibly talking about 1983?? | ||||||||||||||||||
Disclaimer | This summary gives general themes as to the content of this recording. It is not a verbatim transcript. Always refer back to the original audio. This is a working document and any amendments/corrections are welcome. |
| Close Up (1983) - Gay Pride 10 years on, what’s really changed? Introduced by Carol de Colville (Television New Zealand) |
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01:06 | Close Up theme music |
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01:20 | Gay Pride 10 years on |
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02:15 | Quick montage of speakers .. We’re back in the dark ages as far as homosexual law is concerned.. |
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02:45 | Playing straight.. coming out of the closet .. Hollywood movie “Making Love”.. Christians.. some Ministers prepared to bless homosexual unions.. |
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04:20 | Patricia Bartlett – acts of the homosexual spread venereal disease.. disorientation .. flit from partner to partner.. |
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04:50 | Gay drop-in-centre in Wellington.. |
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05:00 | Opinion survey’s show that homosexuality should be treated equally.. Gay Rights Coalition for Gay Pride Week.. coming out at home.. |
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06:00 | Mother finds it hard to understand that I was married, now living the life as a lesbian.. I can’t kiss in the street |
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06:50 | Out magazine.. |
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07:10 | Brett Sheppard – image of gay men now - masculine type of person.. denim, short hair, moustache, very well dressed.. the common limp wrist stereotype may be 1% of the homosexual community.. |
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08:00 | Gay commercial scene in Auckland.. Auckland Saunas.. three raids on Saunas since 1978.. |
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09:00 | Sheppard - Auckland the gay capital.. |
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09:30 | Cabaret.. gay partners crowding the dance floor.. big spenders, disposable income.. |
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10:35 | Sheppard - the gay community has an exceptional spending power.. |
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11:00 | Inner City Tavern – owned by two lesbians.. |
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11:38 | Chris Masters – Gay Switchboard.. counselling.. |
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12:00 | Kevin Green – lost a job due to being a homosexual.. told that gay relationships are temporary things.. Human Rights Act doesn’t cover this form of discrimination.. |
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13:15 | Victoria Quade – I worry about getting a job.. terrified if someone sees me on this |
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14:25 | Yoka Neumann – lesbian mothers .. children with lesbian parents.. |
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15:30 | Patricia Bartlett – that’s a contradiction – if they were lesbian they wouldn’t be able to be a mother.. |
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15:50 | 5 – 14 year prison term for homosexual acts |
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16:00 | Homosexual Law Reform |
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16:50 | The principal of equality.. age of consent.. |
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17:17 | Patricia Bartlett – we have laws against murder, rape and robbery.. if these were removed I’m sure these would greatly increase.. and if we’re going to legalise homosexual acts.. |
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17:47 | Gay social clubs.. |
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18:00 | There should be no distinction between heterosexuality and homosexuality.. |
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18:17 | Bartlett – the young are confused now about normal sex.. |
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| News (National Programme) |
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19:00 | The shooting of a pet corgi dog in Dunedin.. regional news.. |
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| News item on Wellington / San Francisco sister city relationship, with an interview with Mayor of Wellington, Michel Fowler (13 July 1981 or 1983?) as he faces protestors in San Francisco |
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20:20 | Picketing Michael Fowler in San Francisco |
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20:35 | Michel Fowler – The reason for these protests is that The Wellington Council did not allow lesbians to advertise on Council buses.. I’ve got a lot of friends who are gay.. The Council wouldn’t encourage deviations from the norm.. “Fowler Go Home”.. |
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23:30 | Flutist Marya Martin returns to New Zealand.. |
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25:20 | Police warn people who want to protest against the Springbok tour |
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26:10 | Hunger Strike at Addington Prison enters its fifth day |
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27:00 | Rioting in UK .. an orgy of destruction.. it wasn’t a race riot.. |
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28:00 | Price control is back on apples .. looking now at bread |
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29:00 | Weather forecast |
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30:00 | Morning report theme finishes |
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30:40 | Springbok tour protest in Auckland |
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| Close Up - Men’s Liberation (Television New Zealand) |
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32:00 | Close Up theme |
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33:30 | Men’s Movement.. it’s sad that most men can’t get close to men in our society.. |
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34:30 | They’re friends but more than friends.. Men’s Liberation.. a pint in the pub with the boys.. they believe that most men don’t get down to the nitty gritty.. |
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35:20 | A men’s group gets together for a meal.. numbers are hard to assess.. want to dump the stereotypes.. |
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35:40 | males are hoodwinked into being a strong male.. males are sensitive, warm, open human beings.. |
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36:30 | Traditional male attitudes.. |
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37:00 | I enjoy doing lots of average-guy things.. rugby league fan.. my motorbike.. |
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38:00 | Suspicion of homosexuality. .. there is one man who is gay.. |
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39:00 | Once a week they meet at each other’s house.. I feel comfortable holding this hand, but your hand is shaking.. Bruce Davis confronting his fears.. I wanted to be comfortable touching men.. |
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41:20 | I felt really good afterwards.. happy, relaxed.. trust.. |
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42:00 | Gentleness and trust.. getting closer.. Tony Clarke is a married man in the group.. |
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42:20 | Clarke – I’m confronting a lot of things.. |
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43:00 | Pauline – Tony’s got a lot more energy.. it’s brought us together.. |
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44:20 | I’m challenging the competitiveness in males.. men are afraid to express themselves.. like touching men.. I really like you.. you’re a good friend.. |
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| Close Up - Censorship on Television (Television New Zealand), introduced by Alison Parr |
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45:30 | Montage of voice clips |
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46:40 | bound by rules they didn’t make .. five television censors.. good taste and decency.. |
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47:40 | Peter Fabian – Brideshead Revisited controversy.. that scene comes well into the feature.. sex scene.. time of broadcast.. |
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50:40 | Excessive sex and nudity .. 47 scenes were cut last year because of sex.. |
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51:30 | Patricia Bartlett – violence and sex on television.. many letters of concern.. you see it before you know it’s going to be on.. being reduced to peeping-toms. |
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52:30 | John Terris – what Pat Bartlett is saying is important.. censors are inclined to get overly concerned.. |
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53:20 | BBC productions.. swearing.. 96 cuts made for offensive language.. |
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54:30 | BBC production “Sailor” – swearing.. |
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55:00 | Chips – violence .. 151 cuts for violence were made last year.. |
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55:30 | link from showing violence with increasing crime.. we’ll have to have at least 40 or 50 years to establish links |
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57:00 | All international tapes are screened by censors |
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57:20 | Offensive words on television.. |
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58:50 | Television Soaps.. they never show flesh.. but they come close to promoting promiscuity.. |
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59:40 | Alan Martin - we’re aware of the pressure groups.. |
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60:00 | Patricia Bartlett – we get nowhere by writing to the Director General.. it’s a family medium.. |
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61:30 | Commonsense decisions |
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62:20 | John Mortimer |
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