NZHistory.net.nz, New Zealand history online - homosexuals /taxonomy/term/671/0 en Homosexual law reform in New Zealand /culture/homosexual-law-reform/homosexual-law-reform <h2>20 years out!</h2> <div class="mini-pic-right"> <p> <a href="/node/2182"></a> </p> <p class="caption"> <a href="/?q=node/2182">Homosexual law reform poster</a> </p> Homosexual law reform gay rights homosexuals law reform protest Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 2198 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz Setting the scene - homosexual law reform /culture/homosexual-law-reform/setting-the-scene <h2> Background to reform</h2> <p> There is a long history of opposition to sexual activity between men and an equally long history of legislation that criminalised this activity. New Zealand took its cue from English social and legal traditions. </p> Homosexual law reform gay rights homosexuals law reform protest Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 2197 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz Birth of the gay movement - homosexual law reform /culture/homosexual-law-reform/birth-of-the-gay-movement <h2>The birth of New Zealand's gay movement</h2> <div class="mini-pic-right"> <a href="/?q=node/2200"></a> <p class="caption"> <a href="/?q=node/2200">Stonewall Inn</a> </p> </div> <p> Social and political groups for homosexuals in New Zealand began with the Dorian Society in the 1960s. By the next decade, sexual and social liberation was in the air. The early 1970s saw the growth of the modern feminist and gay movements. </p> Homosexual law reform crime gay rights homosexuals law reform protest Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 2199 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz Reforming the law - homosexual law reform /culture/homosexual-law-reform/reforming-the-law <h2> The Homosexual Law Reform Bill </h2> <div class="mini-pic-right"> <a href="/?q=node/2182"></a> <p class="caption"> <a href="/?q=node/2182">'Support the bill' poster</a> </p> </div> <p> To bring about change in the law, the gay movement needed a parliamentary champion. It found one in Member of Parliament Fran Wilde. She consulted with gay groups to develop a private members bill, the Homosexual Law Reform Bill, which she introduced to the House of Representatives on 8 March 1985. </p> Homosexual law reform crime gay rights homosexuals law reform protest Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 2176 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz Support homosexual law reform poster /media/photo/support-the-bill-poster <img src="/files/images/homo-006.mini.jpg" alt="Media file" /> /media/photo/support-the-bill-poster#comments Homosexual law reform gay rights homosexuals poster photos Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 2182 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz Criminal Code against homosexuals, 1893 /media/photo/criminal-code-1893 <img src="/files/images/homo-009.mini.jpg" alt="Media file" /> /media/photo/criminal-code-1893#comments Homosexual law reform crime gay rights homosexuals photos Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 2210 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz Stonewall Inn, New York /media/photo/stonewall-inn <img src="/files/images/homo-007.mini.jpg" alt="Media file" /> /media/photo/stonewall-inn#comments Homosexual law reform gay rights homosexuals new york photos Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 2200 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz Venn Young - homosexual law reform in New Zealand /media/photo/venn-young <img src="/files/images/homo-010.mini.jpg" alt="Media file" /> /media/photo/venn-young#comments Homosexual law reform crime gay rights homosexuals venn young photos Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 2211 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz Norman Jones speaking against homosexual law reform /media/photo/norman-jones-speaking <img src="/files/images/homo-002.mini.jpg" alt="Media file" /> /media/photo/norman-jones-speaking#comments Homosexual law reform gay rights homosexuals norman jones photos Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 2177 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz Arsonists spray 'FAG' at Lesbian and Gay Archives /media/photo/homosexual-law-reform-fag-graffiti <img src="/files/images/homo-005.mini.jpg" alt="Media file" /> /media/photo/homosexual-law-reform-fag-graffiti#comments Homosexual law reform gay rights homosexuals protest photos Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 2181 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz