People
This section contains recordings that are about individual experiences and life stories.
Roy Ayling and Norman Gibson
Miriam Saphira talks about her father Norman and his relationship with Roy. The two men met as...
Tags: 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, homosexual, lesbian...
Published: February 2016
Ruth Busch
Ruth talks about her early years in the Bronx, growing up in a Holocaust surviving family, coming out...
Tags: abuse, activism, adoption, ageing, children, civil rights...
Published: February 2013
Ryan Kennedy
Ryan talks about growing up and transitioning from female to male...
Tags: coming out, gender identity, profile, sexuality, transgender, wellington...
Published: April 2010
Sam Orchard
Sam talks about growing up, comics and creativity...
Tags: arts, comics, coming out, creativity, difference, family...
Published: February 2013
Scott Johnston
Scott talks about coming out in the 1980s and being one of the creators of the Hero parade...
Tags: arts, christianity, coming out, community, dance, death...
Published: May 2013
Stephen Denekamp
Stephen talks depression and coming out...
Tags: 1990s, coming out, depression, family, gay, transcript online...
Published: May 2010
Steve McVey
Steve talks about his photography and latest project Lost...
Tags: arts, boarding school, bullying, coming out, creativity, diversity...
Published: March 2014
Stuart Douce
Stuart talks about some of the issues with being a gay teacher at a single-sex secondary school...
Tags: 2000s, education, employment, school, single sex schools, transcript online...
Published: October 2010
Tony Smith
Tony talks about being married with children and then coming out in his 50s...
Tags: ageing, arts, children, church, coming out, creativity...
Published: October 2013
Torfrida and Ali
Torfrida and Ali talk about the lesbian scene in Canterbury in the 1980s and their personal journeys...
Tags: activism, ageing, butch, climate change, community, dance...
Published: November 2013
Welby Ings
Welby talks about growing up, his involvement in homosexual law reform, the early days of HIV AIDS in...
Tags: 1980s, abuse, activism, arts, assimilation, gay...
Published: September 2012