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Interview with members of the Nelson Gay Welfare Group (26 June 1979) to mark Gay Pride Week 1979
Unique ID | 1127797451-51 | ||||||||||||||||||
Speakers | Martin Bond, Philip Hull | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Interview with members of the Nelson Gay Welfare Group to mark Gay Pride Week. Martin Bond and Philip Hull, with interviewer Phil Henry on Radio 2ZN Nelson (26 June 1979) |
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01:15 | This is Gay Pride week.. it has grown in international status.. Nelson Gay Welfare Group |
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01:40 | Philip - thirty regular members in the group.. support group.. one of the main problems affecting gays is that we’ve grown up in a heterosexual world.. |
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02:30 | Martin – come up against prejudices.. we have people keeping on an eye on the press.. |
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03:25 | Philip – a quarter of the group are women.. |
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04:00 | Martin – we live in a heterosexual world.. they assume that this is the only valid sexual option.. for homosexuals, every single life situation involves a certain conflict.. conscious prejudice.. |
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05:10 | Philip – ignorance of heterosexuals.. most of us are hidden.. isolation.. for two-thousand years we’ve been cut off from each other.. it’s only be in the last ten years.. |
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06:00 | Martin – it is possible for homosexuals to hide.. suppress themselves.. sexuality is a very basic thing.. when we declare ourselves people feel uncomfortable.. |
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07:20 | Philip – gay teachers.. the gay student needs a role model.. as children we didn’t have anyone to look up to.. |
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08:00 | Martin – coming out.. it is essential.. necessary to overcome one’s own self-oppression.. unexpected positive response from people.. |
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09:00 | It’s the result of a growing awareness.. the more people that known I’m gay the more liberated I feel.. we need the support of our peers.. |
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10:20 | Philip – times have changed.. |
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10:40 | Our group has only been going for two months.. research on homosexuality.. Kinsey.. 1 in 10 people are basically homosexual.. In a Nelson Street.. 10 people in a street of 25 houses are likely to be gay |
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