Homophobia - New Zealand

Date: [1980-1989]

From: Watkins, Gareth, 1972-: PrideNZ collection

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: MS-Papers-12747-01

Description: Printed ephemera from the 1980s collected by Gareth Watkins for PrideNZ. Comprises: - Newspaper clipping from 'The Southland Times', 1 July 1981, featuring a public notice from Norman Jones, MP Invercargill - New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) purpose and programmes infographic, circa 1986 - Photocopy of a collage of infographics on the subject of AIDS Title taken from label in original enclosure. Arrangement: Delivered to the Library in a plastic sleeve labelled "1980s inc. Norman Jones MP Anti homosexual law reform" inside file box one. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 3 pieces of ephemera.. Processing information: Material removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in archival enclosure for conservation and storage purposes. Plastic sleeve not retained by Library.

Date: [2000-2009]

From: Watkins, Gareth, 1972-: PrideNZ collection

By: New Zealand AIDS Foundation; New Zealand. Ministry of Health

Reference: MS-Papers-12747-03

Description: Printed ephemera from the 2000s collected by Gareth Watkins for PrideNZ. Comprises: - New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) testing and counselling information card - '...and then he kissed me...' NZAF fold-out informational comic strip - Ten assorted photographic postcards from getiton.co.nz and NZAF - 'Flatout Pride' Community Radio Hamilton information card - 'Takataapui' NZAF fold-out booklet - 'Bullfighter's Guide' NZAF booklet - 'Preventing HIV infection' Ministry of Health brochure, October 2005 - 'HIV+ Men's Retreat 2007' brochure - 'UNI Q's queer guide to Wellington' brochure, circa 2006 - Three orders of service for Daniel Fielding (19 October 2005), Jonathan Spencer Dennis (29 January 2002), and Roderick Bruce MacLeod-Morrison (30 November 2002) - 'Gay activist discovered fulfilment in remission' newspaper article, about Daniel Edmund Fielding, circa 2005 - 'The Awhina Centre has moved' flyer, 2008 - Sister Paula Antoinette Bretkelly funeral programme, 3 September 2008 - 'Homophobia is prejudice or discrimination against gay or Takatāpui people. Who are you hurting? He aha te utu?' campaign information Title taken from label in original enclosure. Arrangement: Delivered to the Library in a plastic sleeve labelled "2000s inc. a couple of DVDs" inside file box one. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 26 pieces of ephemera.. Transfers: 'Pacific Voices' disc removed from original enclosure is at Library reference OHDVD-0324.. Processing information: Material removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in archival enclosure for conservation and storage purposes. Plastic sleeve not retained by Library.

Date: 14 September 1985

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1985/4285-F

Description: Politician Peter Tait and businessman Keith Hay, carrying boxes into Parliament containing the petition against homosexual law reform. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 24th of September 1985. Peter Tait and Keith Hay were both involved in setting up the Coalition of Concerned Citizens to fight homosexual law reform. The coalition organised a petition against the proposed legislation. In spite of being billed the biggest petition in New Zealand's history, it failed to prevent the law change in 1986. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negatives, 35mm

Date: 24 May 1985

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Giblin, Ross, active 1980s-2000s

Reference: EP/1985/2382-F

Description: March of some 2500 supporters of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill were preceded down Willis Street by an unidentified ant-homosexual campaigner. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Ross Giblin 24 May 1985. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising three images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1974-1985

From: Women's National Abortion Action Campaign : Records

Reference: fMS-Papers-12787-3

Description: Folder contains newspaper extracts and clippings relating to the Women's National Abortion Action Campaign. Subjects includes the Homosexual Law Reform Bill 1985 and pro-choice abortion campaigns. Title supplied by Library. Hei whakamōhio: He whakaahua o ngā kōiwi tangata i roto i tēnei kōpaki. Please be aware this folder contains images of human remains. Arrangement: Arrived at Library enclosed in a plastic folder labelled "WONAAC submissions, history & misc [miscellaneous papers]", within a file box labelled "WONAAC". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: Separated from MS-Papers-12787-18.. Processing information: Plastic folder not retained. Separated for reasons of preservation and storage.

Date: 1980 - 1989

Reference: Eph-B-GAY-Anti-1980s

Description: Includes material from the 1980s published by the Campaign to Oppose Homosexual Law Reform Bill; includes blank petition forms with the words of the New Zealand National Anthem on the verso, and one flier produced by the Anglican Chinese Mission Bible Class study Group (1985) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photocopies and mimeographs, sizes up to 330 mm.

Date: 2013

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0026673

Description: One citizen in a park and reading a newspaper remarks to another 'They're saying those ratbags did what they did because they were afraid of being called gay!' The other replies 'Whatever happened to a fear of being called the accused?' On 13 November 2013 a psychologist, Neville Robertson, from the University of Waikato, said that some boys grow up in a culture where it is important to show they're macho, and don't want to risk being seen as effeminate or gay. Such motives could outweigh a fear of breaking the law, as could have happened with the Roast Busters. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Whangarei report (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024710

Description: Depicts pairs of girls and boys lining up to be married as same sex couples by a small boy wearing a 'Marriage celebrant' t-shirt and standng on an apple box. The price list and money box is nearby. A little girl tells him that 'Some clergy are taking a hard line on performing gay marriages, I dont' think they'll go for your little enterprise'. A priest is frowning as he looks around the corner of a school building at them. Refers to division amongst churches over passing of the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act 2013 legalising same sex marriage (Stuff 14 March 2013). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0024705

Description: Depicts spoof of Tui Beer advertising hoarding. Text reads 'Our intention with the current billboard "Dad's new husband seems nice" was to highlight the uncertainty experienced when someone's parent remarries' 'Yeah right'. Refers to criticism of the Tui billboard as homophobic. DB Breweries stated their intention was to highlight common a situation when a parent remarries and allude to the recent passing of the Marriage Amendment Bill legalising same sex marriage (NZ Herald 29 April 2013). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

By: New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0030055

Description: Depicts a male truck driver offering a leg up to a female truck driver. he presumes that the truck decorated with flowers belongs to her, but instead it belongs to the large male truck driver standing next to them. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 17 February 2018

From: Orchard, Samuel, 1984- : Digital comics created for the Rooster Tails website

Reference: DCDL-0040113

Description: Three part comic pertaining to pride festivals in Auckland and Christchurch. Part one depicts the excitement leading up to Auckland Pride and ends with his partner congratulating him on "surviving this late capitalist nightmare!" Part two depicts the artist and his partner reacting to criticism of organisations such as InsideOut and Rainbow Youth, his partner getting accosted over the dress they were wearing, and social media reactions to a photograph of a parade float posted by the artist. In part three, the artist addresses an event at Christchurch Pride that was for cis men exclusively. Originally published at www.roostertailscomic.com. Title taken from file name. Quantity: 3 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 29 April 2018

From: Orchard, Samuel, 1984- : Digital comics created for the Rooster Tails website

Reference: DCDL-0039743

Description: Four panel comic in which the artists partner asked if he had heard about Brian Tamaki. The artist assumes they are referring to homophobic remarks made by Tamaki and Israel Folau. His partner informs him that Tamaki was burnt in a trash fire. The following two panels they stand in silence, before the artist quips "Well, sometimes comics just write themselves." Originally published at www.roostertailscomic.com. Title taken from file name. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 20 June 2022

From: Cook, Emma Louise, 1978-: Cartoons

By: Cook, Emma Louise, 1978-; Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0042662

Description: Digital cartoon by Emma Cook on political and social issues in New Zealand and internationally. Cartoon depicts three panels. The first panel heading says 'Just ignore them… they say…' with a picture of a burned building and the caption 'Rainbow Youth centre burned down in suspicious fire'. The second panel heading says 'Just be yourself... they say' with an image of a person yelling "kill the gays" at some students from Bethlehem college. The caption says 'School launches investigation after alleged threats made to LGBTQIA+ community'. The third panel heading says 'Just live your best life... they say...' with the image of a defaced pink church known as 'Gloria of Greymouth', with the caption 'An act of Hate: Pink church vandalised with homophobic and anti-semitic slurs'. Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 28 October 2016

From: Out and about: Lesbian social life in the 1980s oral history project

By: Castina, Ineke, active 2016

Reference: OHInt-1390-02

Description: Interview with Ineke Castina by Nadia Gush, recorded on 28 October 2016. Topics covered in the interview include: Lesbian Links dances; Homosexual Law Reform Bill; Rape Crisis; protests; lesbian identity; women's rights; the 1979 United Women's Convention; and homophobia. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 Interview(s). 1 digital sound recording(s). 1 Electronic document(s). Search dates: 28/10/2016

Date: 26 October 2016

From: Out and about: Lesbian social life in the 1980s oral history project

By: Cursey, Moira, active 2003-2016

Reference: OHInt-1390-01

Description: Interview with Moira Cursey by Nadia Gush, recorded on 26 October 2016. Topics covered in the interview include: founding of Lesbian Links and the organisation's activities; the Homosexual Law Reform Bill; lesbian visibility; homophobia; leisure activities in the 1980s; feminism; and service to the community. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 Interview(s). 1 digital sound recording(s). 1 Electronic document(s). Search dates: 26/10/2016

Date: 10 February 2012

From: Australian and New Zealand influences on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities oral history project

By: Anderson, Thomas Neil Menteith, 1962-

Reference: OHInt-1504-09

Description: Interview with Neil Anderson by Alison Laurie recorded on 10 February 2012. Topics covered in the interview include: family background; growing up in Wellington; education; sexual violence and bullying; own sexualitiy; homophobia; night clubs; 1981 Springbok Tour; religion; political activities while at Victoria University of Wellington; coming out; employment; working at gay bath house; Homosexual Law Reform; discrimination; European overseas experience (OE); living in London, England; first job at Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt; AIDS; regular visits to Australia; Queer Planet; legislation; moving to Australia in 2000; relationships; racism; Carmen Rupe; Sydney; gyms; media; and internet. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 Interview(s). 1 digital sound recording(s). 1 Electronic document(s) digital abstract.. 1 printed abstract(s) includes recording agreement form.. Search dates: 10/02/2012