Robin Duff(Apr 2013)

In this podcast Robin talks about many of the activist groups he was involved with in the 1970s, being the first openly gay man in New Zealand to stand for Parliament, and the beginnings of the National Gay Rights Coalition which grew into a membership of 65,000 people.

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Important Dates

20 Oct 1976 - National Gay Rights Coalition is formed
20 Oct 2011 - Around 200 people march on parliament campaigning for gay marriage and adoption.
21 Oct 1985 - Testing of all donated blood for AIDS antibodies begins.
21 Oct 1995 - Georgina Beyer is elected Mayor of Carterton.
22 Oct 1984 - Churches in New Zealand attempt to block the BBC television series Jesus the Evidence.
26 Oct 1984 - Media report that health professionals meet in Wellington to discuss AIDS
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