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Outlines: Lesbian and Gay Liberation in the 1970s
November 2002 - March 2003
National Library Gallery, 58-78
Molesworth Street, Wellington
The Outlines exhibition was curated by Linda Evans - one of the LAGANZ curators. This page is a record of the exhibition and related events. Curators and trustees of LAGANZ are exploring options for reproducing some of the material from the exhibition on this website.
Related Events
| Thu 13 Feb 2003 | Pride Divide - Documentary |
| Fri 14 Feb 2003 | Guided Tour |
| Sat 15 & Sun 16 Feb 2003 | Outlines Conference: Lesbian and Gay History in Aotearoa |
| Thu 6 Mar 2003 | Press Statements - Discussion |
| Thu 13 Mar 2003 | Guided Tour |
| See also Outlines Conference: Lesbian and Gay History in Aotearoa |
Outlines: Lesbian and Gay Liberation in the 1970s
15 November 2002 to 16 March 2003, National
Library Gallery
Free admission
Open: Mon - Fri 10am - 5pm; Sat 9am - 4.30pm; Sun 1pm - 4.30pm
Outlines: lesbian and gay liberation in the 1970s will feature material
from the collections of LAGANZ, the Lesbian and Gay Archives of New
Zealand. The exhibition will show the background from which the activist
groups arose, beginning in 1972. Social networks had existed around the
country for many years and organisations such as the Dorian Society were
set up in the 1960s. Agitation for legal change led to the emergence of
the Homosexual Law Reform Society in 1967.
The late 1960s and early 1970s was a period of intense political activism in New Zealand and other parts of the world. Gay liberation groups started in the United States in 1969 and lesbians and gay men here gradually began to look at different ways of bringing about changes in New Zealand. The catalyst for forming the first group in Auckland was the denial of a visa to Ngahuia Volkerling (now Ngahuia Te Awekotuku) to visit the United States on a student leadership grant to study, among other things, gay liberation.
Outlines will feature material produced by lesbian and gay groups and individuals, including posters, pamphlets, newsletters, magazines and other publications as well as photographs, letters and manuscripts from the period. Sound and video recordings will be a special feature of the show.
The exhibition will explore the activism, ideas, debates and images of the time, and convey the vitality and creativity of the lesbian and gay liberation movement of the 1970s.
Witches, Faggots, Dykes and Poofters
Thursday 30 January, National Library Auditorium,
12.10pm
Free admission
(Dirs: Digby Duncan/One in Seven Collective, Australia, 1979, 45mins, col, video)
A film documenting lesbian and gay responses to the police attack on the 1978 Mardi Gras celebrating International Gay Solidarity Day in Sydney.
Pride Divide
Thursday 13 February, National Library
Auditorium, 5.30pm
Free admission
(Dir: Paris Poirier, Horizon Unlimited, USA, 1997, 57 mins, col, video)
An intriguing and entertaining documentary that looks at the complex
conflicts between gay men and lesbians from a new perspective. In a series
of wonderfully intercut interviews, Pride Divide examines the variations
on the gender gap permeating gay and lesbian life in the United States
since the inception of the homophile movement in the 1940s, exploring the
schisms and the intermittent unity that have resulted from this uneasy
partnership. The film was shot across the United States, with more than
100 people sharing their non-heterosexual perspectives on the evolution of
gender.
Press Statements
Thursday 6 March, Auditorium, 12.10pm
Free admission
A discussion about lesbian and gay liberation, the community media that was created during the 1970s, and the mass media coverage of the time. (Participants to be advised.)
Guided Tour
Friday 14 February, Gallery, 5.45pm
Free admission
An extra guided tour of Outlines: Lesbian and Gay Liberation in the 1970s by Linda Evans, exhibition curator, has been scheduled to coincide with the opening of the Outlines Conference the following day. This guided tour is open to everyone, not just to conference participants.
Guided Tour
Thursday 13 March, Gallery, 12.10pm
Free admission
Guided tour of Outlines: Lesbian and Gay Liberation in the 1970s by Linda Evans, exhibition curator.
Last updated: 17/8/2003
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NEW ZEALAND
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