The title of this recording is "Kāpiti Gay PrideNZ 2020 retrospective". It is described as: Kāpiti Gay host Tony Reed Tony Reed talks to PrideNZ founder Gareth Watkins about some of the significant people and events recorded in 2020 by PrideNZ. It was recorded in Coast Access Radio on the 20th February 2021. This is a recording of a broadcast and features the voices of Ayesha Verrall, Christine Macfarlane, Craig Gainsborough, Gareth Watkins, Grant Robertson, Ian Johnstone, Jacinda Ardern, Max Currie, Patsy Reddy, Tabby Besley, Tony Reed and Troy Mihaka. Their names are spelt correctly, but may appear incorrectly spelt later in the document. The duration of the recording is 28 minutes, but this may not reflect the actual length of the broadcast. A list of correctly spelt content keywords and tags can be found at the end of this document. A brief description of the recording is: Kāpiti Gay host Tony Reed Tony Reed talks to PrideNZ founder Gareth Watkins about some of the significant people and events recorded in 2020 by PrideNZ. The content in the recording covers the decades 1960s through to the 2020s. A brief summary of the recording is: The retrospective programme is a 28-minute radio broadcast recorded on 20 February 2021, aired on Coast Access Radio and other community stations across New Zealand. Hosted by Tony Reed, the episode features Gareth Watkins, founder of PrideNZ, as they reflect on pivotal developments in Aotearoa’s rainbow communities during the challenging and transformative year of 2020. The conversation begins with Watkins highlighting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel and public events, which greatly shaped the experiences of rainbow communities across the country. Despite these limitations, 2020 marked a number of significant milestones. Watkins points to the inaugural nationwide Schools Pride Week, which was successfully held with participation from over 100 schools. Led by InsideOUT Kōaro and its managing director Tabby Besley, the initiative saw a wide range of celebratory and educational activities, from pride parades and cake decoration competitions to teacher workshops and allyship sessions. One of the most notable political achievements of 2020 was the increased representation of rainbow-identifying Members of Parliament. New Zealand, at the time, held the highest proportion of openly rainbow MPs in the world. Among them was Dr Ayesha Verrall, who shared insights into her personal journey and professional dedication to public health and inclusive medical education. Verrall's candid remarks at an election forum underscored the generational shifts in visibility and acceptance. The episode also reflects on advocacy in the realm of blood donation policies. Troy Mihaka, a candidate for the Integrity New Zealand party, spearheaded a petition calling for reform of blood donation regulations, which had long discriminated against gay and bisexual men. His efforts contributed to a change in policy by the New Zealand Blood Service, reducing the deferral period from 12 months to three, a significant step towards equity. The programme revisits the historical legacy of broadcasting around rainbow issues through an interview with veteran broadcaster Ian Johnstone. Johnstone recalls producing a groundbreaking 1967 documentary on homosexuality for New Zealand television. This project was filmed covertly due to prevailing social and legal risks, yet its subjects demonstrated remarkable confidence and self-assurance, defying the expected narratives of shame and secrecy. Representation in the arts is also celebrated in the retrospective. Director Max Currie and producer Craig Gainsborough discuss the film Rūrangi, which portrays a transgender activist returning to their rural hometown. The film’s authentic storytelling, shaped by co-writer Cole Meyers’ lived experiences, resonated strongly with audiences, particularly with parents of gender-diverse youth. The creators observed an emotional response from viewers, further underlining the importance of visibility in media. The conversation addresses the ongoing struggle against conversion therapy. Christine Macfarlane, president of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors, discusses the harmful impacts of both formal and informal conversion practices. The Association formally prohibits counsellors from engaging in such therapy and emphasises supporting individuals to embrace their identities. A petition launched by the Green Party to ban conversion therapy legislatively indicates the growing public demand for comprehensive legal protection. The retrospective is framed by messages of support from national leaders. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Minister of Finance Grant Robertson appeared in a virtual international pride event, reaffirming the government’s commitment to equality and specifically acknowledging the challenges faced by transgender individuals. Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy also made history by speaking at Wellington’s International Pride Parade, recognising the enduring fight for inclusion and the vital importance of expression and celebration. In closing, the programme illustrates a year of resilience, progress, and unity within Aotearoa’s rainbow communities. Through political representation, cultural visibility, youth engagement, and legal advocacy, 2020 emerges as a watershed moment in New Zealand’s ongoing journey toward full equality and acceptance. The full transcription of the recording begins:  Hello. My name is Tony Reed. Welcome to GAYA radio program for L-G-B-T-I people and their friends on Coast Access Radio 1 0 4 0. 7 FM Radio, Southland Access Radio, Taranaki Plains fm, Christ Church and Radio Kidnappers in Hawke's Bay. Today we uh, uh, we have the start of what is now officially an annual event. Uh, Gareth Watkins has. This would be his third visit. And he runs, uh, an online, um, thing called Pride nz. Uh, and he does a lot of interviews and, and, and downloads there. And he's come all the way up to WI the furthest he's been in a year. He tells me with his husband Roger. Um, and, uh, to present the exciting events of 2020. So, um. Without any more ado, I'll pass over to, to Gareth. Oh, Kiara. Tony and, uh, Kiara, uh, listeners. Um, it's great to be, uh, back here. Uh, and as, uh, as Tony says, this is the furthest we've traveled outside Wellington, um, in the past year, um, just because of the, uh, the COVID-19, uh, situation. And it has been a, an amazing. Uh, year, A surreal year. I never thought I was gonna be in the middle of a, a global pandemic, but, um, I'm sure no one else did either. Um, but it also, in terms of, uh, rainbow lives in New Zealand, I mean there have been some, um, changing regulations that have, have affected rainbow communities, um, and also changing attitudes. Uh, there's been the, um, first. Ever, uh, nationwide New Zealand School Pride Week, uh, which has been, um, amazing. Uh, we've had the Governor General speak at the Pride Parade in 2020, um, and a and a, a really, uh, huge year for Rainbow members of Parliament. Um, I think it, New Zealand now holds the title of the most, uh, rainbow people in Parliament based on percentage. So out of 120 mps we've now got. 10, uh, people that outwardly, uh, um, openly identify as rainbow, which is, uh, really stunning. Actually, we've got 12, 10%. Oh, sorry. 12. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. So there's uh, what, there's four green mps and, and I think 10 labor mps. Yeah. So really, really, um, quite, quite a watershed moment. One of those, uh, now mps, uh, Isha Vel, uh, who is a doctor in Wellington, um, she was a candidate back in July, 2020, and, uh, was really, uh, I was. Very, um, appreciative of being able to record that election forum, uh, which was at Eva Beaver in Wellington. Uh, and, and this is, uh, just some of, uh, what Asha said on that occasion. I possibly was one of the last people to come out before the internet. And if you, um, came out since then just to explain what it was like, there was a letter writing to a PO box. To get the, um, address of a place in Wellington, in Invercargill where my dad had to drive me two hours in the car. And I met this man Colin, underneath the margarine sex sculpture at Valentine's. Um, so totally a, a different world. So, um, from there I went to university, met the love of my life, Alice, at, at university. We're in a civil union partnership and we have a 7-year-old girl and thank you. Yeah. Something I take for, for granted at all. And, um, I became an infectious diseases specialist. And in that role I had the privilege of looking after some members of the rainbow community. That's a part of that job as well. Uh, and it's been amazing to see the changes that have happened in that space during my life. And another part of my job that I'm really proud of is that I teach medical students about how to treat our community with dignity and respect. Um. So, uh, I'm very happy to and proud to be standing for labor because of the inclusive society that labor stands for. Thank you very much, and thank you to the organizers for having us together today. And that's first time labor. Uh, list mp, Asia Veal, and what a meteoric rise for. Um, Asia. Uh, she's now the Minister for Food Safety. The Minister for Seniors and Associate Minister for Health Research Science and in Novation. Also at that same event, uh, was a candidate for the Integrity New Zealand party, Troy Mihaka. Now, Troy didn't get into Parliament this time, but Troy also spearheaded last year a petition to change, um, the blood donation regulations in New Zealand. And part of his, uh, petition, uh, was basically saying, uh, quote, currently, any man who has sex with men is required to wait for 12 months before donating blood. This includes oral sex and whether a condom is used or not. This archaic regulation unfairly targets the BT Plus community and is an outdated hangover of the 1980s HIV epidemic, where testing was not as rigorous and precise as testing. Now. And so nowadays, um, for HIV testing, um, within three or four weeks of a, of a particular, um, incident, you can get a, um, a really accurate test for HIV. So the idea that you actually had to wait for 12 months before donating, um, was as, um, a choices in the petition, quite archaic. Um, but here's, uh, Troy in June, 2020, um, talking about the petition. Well, my goal is to change the regulation to make sure that gay men are and bisexual men are able to donate blood within New Zealand to change the regulation, to actually match the science. If we can test for a virus within three months, then there's no need for a 12 month stand down period. We're also trying to make sure that people recognize that gay men. In a monogamous relationship have almost zero chance of picking up this virus. You can't get a virus if the virus isn't within one of the two of you already. So gay men in a monogamous relationship shouldn't be treated any different to straight people In a monogamous relationship, gay men shouldn't be treated different to straight people ever. So what's your own experience about, you know, donating blood here in New Zealand? Yeah, so the first time I tried to donate blood was when I was 16 years old. I was in high school. Um, I was at a Catholic school down in Dunedin and we had a blood drive. The blood service came up, tried to encourage a lot of people to donate blood for the first time, and I thought, yes, absolutely. I want to participate in society and do something good. I went down to the blood service with a bunch of my classmates and it was there that they hand you the list of all of the restrictions, and one of them is men who have sex with other men. The age of 16. I wasn't ready to admit to myself that that was a thing that I was doing and going to continue doing throughout the rest of my life, let alone admit it in a room full of all of my classmates. So I faked a cold in order to get out of it. And when you were first wanting to give blood. At the age of 16, what year was this? Uh, that would've been the year 2000. Okay. So we are, we are quite away from things like homosexual law reform and even things like the Human Rights Act, which came in in 1993. That's right. So homosexual law reform came in in 1986 when I was two. And it's hard to believe that actually that happened in my lifetime, that in the time that I've been alive, it's been both illegal to be gay and now legal to be gay. But we've only just been given the right to marry and we still have to fight for some specific rights such as this. So in December, 2020, uh, the New Zealand Blood Service actually relaxed their restrictions on blood donation. And that was, um, in part because of, uh, Troy's actions with this petition. And so the period for deferral for gay men was reduced from 12 months to three months, um, which is quite a big, big change. And the same change also applies to, uh, sex workers who, who wanted to, uh, donate blood as well. Well, speaking of, um, fighting for rights, um, I was really privileged earlier in, uh, January this year, 2021 to interview veteran broadcaster Ian Johnson, and he, I. Uh, along with a team, did a program in 1967. So, uh, I mean, is that is 50 ish years? Yeah. Um, over 50 years now. Over 50 years on homosexuality and homosexual law reform, and that would've probably been the first time in New Zealand. Particularly on New Zealand television, that there was an in-depth program, um, broadcast looking at homosexuality in New Zealand. And it was first broadcast on the 27th of April, 1967. And as Eden was saying in the interview that, uh, it kind of followed from the momentum coming from the United Kingdom around, um, changes to laws around homosexual acts, uh, around the Wolf and Dun, uh, report, which was, was. 1957, Tony. It was Wolf was 57 and and 67 was the, uh, was the Reform Act in Britain. Okay. And so then that would've prompted, um, Ian and his team to look at homosexuality in New Zealand. And in this clip, um, Ian recalls filming that program in 1967. We hired, I think two or three vans that were unlabeled, didn't have NZBC all over them, what have you. We found. Mostly Barry's house, but not always. Sometimes we went to other places and we went, uh, after dark and we didn't go at the same time. You know, we'd kind of go, oh, we'd do a. Somewhere on a Monday night and somewhere else on a Wednesday night, and just in case, because people, I don't know who knew whether the police or agents of who look for suspicious things might be in touch with what we were doing. But it sounds like you as a team had real concerns. This wasn't just kind of in someone's mind. I mean, you obviously had real concerns that people would be found out. Yeah. Yeah, but, and also in a way, you know, technically we were breaking the law. Was there anything in those interviews that surprised you? I think most of all. Was a pleasant surprise, which was a surprise at their self-confidence within them. Um, you know, the kind of picture that, that people had read about to the extent they'd read about anyway, was people were ashamed and seeking ways out and looking for treatment, which might. Or is there a way or why have I been, you know, made to under to live this way and, uh, for regret and anguish? Well, there wasn't any anguish. You know, nobody was bemoaning what they'd had to do. They were just talking about the reality of living that. So they were over any kind of, um, they'd been through an awful lot themselves working out. What they were doing and why, and that strength came through and that was wonderful. And so I, and it surprised me. Veteran broadcaster Ian Johnston, and it was such a pleasure to interview him and hear him talking about people back in the 1960s and, and the strength that they had. Well, a new film, uh, that was released this. Year, um, also had a lot of strength around and behind it, um, the film. And it followed the transgender activist Kaz Davis returning home to a, a, a rural kind of politic, politically divided, um, community. I was able to speak to Craig Gainsborough, the producer, and Max Curry, who was the, um, co-producer and director after the Wellington Premier. In August, uh, 2020, and, and here they are. I mean, opportunities like this don't come around every day for marginalized communities. Um, I mean, this started like four years ago. We're talking and this, this story came across, you know, my desk and, um, just kind of realized that it was an incredible opportunity for the community to, to, uh, have a voice and, and really. Authentically represent themselves. I got a real sense that it, it just seems so authentic, the characters, the setting, the script. Um, so I mean that, that came about through, um, Cole Myers, uh, and Cole is the writer, uh, along with Oliver Page and um, also co-producer on it. And Cole is an incredible trans activist and really brought with him. His personal experiences and, and also I guess what he's always wanted to see on screen. Recently, there's been a number of parents that have gotten in contact and I've, I've been, I've become more aware of. You know, the, I think the enormous hope and joy and pride and fear that can come with being the parent of, um, a gender diverse child. And there's so, you know, since our word premiere, it's only been a couple of days ago, but yeah, parents have been like beating the path to our door. And I think just in those conversations, there's been some really, uh, beautiful comments, especially coming out. I mean, uh, I think, you know, one, um, parent who was here in particular. Was, you know, I could see was, was crying. Um, and yeah, so in some ways the most touching comments has been, uh, no words at all. Yeah. In that clip, um, director Max Curry, um, really touched on some of the difficulties, um, faced by, uh, some of our community. Well, uh, a really, um, another positive thing that happened in 2020 was the New Zealand Association of Counselors formalizing their policy on rainbow conversion therapy, and I spoke to Christine McFarland, and Christine is the president of the New Zealand Association of Counselors. And I spoke to her in, uh, August, 2020 in New Zealand. Historically, has conversion therapy been an issue? I think it's something that's hidden. I think that what, what we could call conversion therapy is maybe families and people pushing, wanting, um, shutting down young people's. Own sense of self in choosing their sexual and gender identity. So they may not call it, um, conversion therapy, but it's certainly happening in a social context or a family context. Are you able to give some examples of how conversion therapy works? So, so in that sense, in a, in what I would call a non-formal sense, I was having a conversation with a family member only last week around a young person. Who would be in their mid-teens, um, wanting to to be a male gender identity, born with female gender, and my family member, um, said that, that they shouldn't be taking any kinds of medication to, to, or hormone um, therapy because they wouldn't know what they want at that age. So this idea of young people not having the knowledge of who they are and older people making that choice for them or shutting down pathways and, and that happens a lot in, in New Zealand. What are the impacts of conversion therapy? A massive mental health problems, um, suicidality, loss of identity and loss of a sense of who. And where somebody fits that I'm okay. That sense of I'm okay. I'm an okay person. I'm allowed to be who I am. So whenever there's anything around identity and sense of being that's being damaged or shut down or not allowed, it increases anxiety, depression, self-harming, suicidality. Um, general sense of UNH unhappiness and, and it can lead to drug and alcohol addiction, um, destructive relationships. It's, it's just ongoing massive impact. What happens then when an individual comes to a counselor and says, I want to change. So it's not necessarily being driven from an external force, but this person wants that, that say they're not happy being gay. Yep. So for New Zealand Councilors Association, we have a policy that says we cannot do that. So that our, our conversion policy says that, that that is not acceptable. So the way. We would work with someone would be to talk about what, what's driving that want to change and, and look at how can we support you in, in being who you are in this world now. And just the other day at the Big Gay out in Auckland, uh, the Green Party launched a petition calling on Parliament to quote, urgently prioritize banning conversion therapy. So I think, um, this year, 2021 is going, this is gonna be one of those topics that will, will, uh, keep, uh, coming up. And Tony, you, you were just saying to me before about how. Um, conversion therapy, uh, the, the ban on conversion therapy has happened in the Australia Yeah. Victoria in, in particular? Yes. Mm-hmm. Uh, because they have included re the religious conversion therapy, which is more of a difficult one to legislate on. Hmm. Well, supporting people being who they are is a really, uh, strong theme picked up by, uh, inside Out. And Inside Out is a, uh, nationwide organization that is, uh, there to make at a safer place for rainbow, uh, young people, um, around the country. And this year, well actually last year in, uh, 2020, uh, inside Out ran the first ever National School's Pride Week, and it ran in August, 2020. And over a hundred schools took part, which is really, um, astounding. Um, and, and fantastic. And here's, uh, Tabby Besley, uh, the manager, direct managing director of Inside Out. Yeah, we've had such a positive response from schools. Uh, it's been awesome at over 100. Have signed up from, right, from an early childhood institute to several kind of tertiary, um, institutions. Um, mostly secondary schools, a handful of kind of primary and intermediates as well. And yeah, people have just been, yeah, really keen. We ran out of, we sent 10,000 kind of rainbow stickers out across the country and, um, ran out, um, very quickly. So yeah, it's been really cool as well to just kind of see some of the activities that people have been doing, um, coming up on social media. Um. There's pride parades in schools, um, kind of pride markets and schools, a lot of baked sales. Um, one I particularly loved we saw last night was at girls College. They did, they got all their school houses involved to do a baking or like a cake decoration competition themed around pride and the cakes look very impressive, um, on their Facebook page when you wants to check it out. Um, so yeah, that was a cool one. Lots of, um, face painting cahoots, which is like a, a quiz where you can. Yeah, ask questions I think people can answer on their phones. And we put one up around, um, identifying different pride flags on our website as a resource that people can use. Um, people have been using it as an opportunity to kind of educate within their school, so doing workshops with teachers or, um. One school today was doing an allyship workshop for students on how to be better allies to, um, rainbow communities. Uh, one really cool has been Tower College. Every day they've been uploading, um, little Instagram videos on called their pride guide. And so they've covered things like rainbow history, rainbow representation in the media, pronouns and kind of different topics. They're doing just a few minutes each day and that's going out to their school community. So this sounds completely different to when I went to school all those decades ago. Um, has anything surprised you because it just sounds so kind of like open and inclusive. I don't think it has surprised me, but I can imagine it would surprise a lot of people who aren't as kind of caught up in the day-to-day of like how things have been changing and, and part of that, 'cause I think for me, we working really actively with schools across this time, I guess it feels like a more gradual thing, whereas I guess for people that aren't as aware of. Kind of those changes or what, or what's going on or connected with those schools or young people? I can imagine it must be like, oh wow, there's suddenly all this like, um, yeah, pride and celebration and I guess for me it's more that it's taken, you know, it's taken a lot of work to get to that. Place. Um, but we have seen some, yeah, quite a few, like faith-based schools taking part, which is always, you know, a really kind of signifies the times of change. Um, uh, live in intermediate was one of my favorites, and they've been actually doing really cool things. They did like a, um, a pride disco and a like a lunchtime concert and things, so yeah. Well, arguably a lot of these positive developments for rainbow communities really do benefit from, uh, support from the top. And in this country, I'm thinking of, uh, our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ern, and also the, um, minister of Finance Grant Robertson. I. And in late June 2nd, 2020, um, with Covid ranging around the world, uh, there were a lot of, um, international pride events that just couldn't take place physically. So they, they ended up online in a virtual space and taking part in those celebrations. Last year, uh, were Jacinda and Grant, and this is the message they gave the world. With everything happening around the globe right now, it's more important than ever that we work hard to continue to support our communities through these uncertain times. In February this year, thousands of Kiwis came together to celebrate pride in cities and towns across the country and Grant and I attended the big gay out one of New Zealand's largest BT I plus events. And look at those events. We've spoken a lot about the hard one progress for BT I plus communities here in New Zealand. But there's also a lot more work to do, and I think here, particularly of our trans community and the support that we need to provide in terms of making sure there's genuine equality, not only in law, but also in the services that are provided. Also, continuing to work on laws around things like surrogacy as well. So we know we've gotta keep working to improve the lives of our plus communities, and particularly to support young people here in New Zealand to be able to live their lives to the, the freest possible extent with our support. In New Zealand, we will always strive to be an inclusive, vibrant, exciting place where everyone can grow up feeling that they're included. Let's all recommit to keep doing the work that's required and make sure that we show that international solidarity so everyone can celebrate who they are, no matter where in the world they live to. Then have a great pride everyone. And leading from the top didn't stop at the Prime Minister. Here we have, uh, the Governor General Dame Patsy Reddy speaking at Wellington's International Pride Parade in 2020. And that parade actually happened on the 7th of March, and that's less than two weeks before all of New Zealand's borders closed. And we were. We're preparing for the first nationwide covid lockdown. So it just seems kind of surreal really having this large event, 10 tens of thousands of people, and then suddenly being locked down two weeks later. But here is, um, Dame Patsy, um, at the, uh, Wellington International Pride Parade for the first time. Now, this is my first time at the Wellington International Pride Parade in an official capacity, and as the Queen's representative. I'm delighted to see so many other queens represented, so congratulations to all the members. Of the LGBTQI plus community who've shown their pride today. Now I was promised lots of glitter, sparkle, rainbows, love, and light, and you have certainly delivered and more. It's been a fabulous turnout. I don't know. I reckon it's at least 50,000. What do you think must be maybe more? Yeah. What I love about this, the Wellington Pride Parade is a statement of positivity and visibility. To have the freedom to hold a parade like this is very precious. We all love a bit of tinsel and glitter, but some of us, uh, more than others, judging by some of the people I've seen today, but behind all this glitz, there is a serious message, one of acceptance of inclusivity. And very importantly, freedom of expression. Now, there've been some hard battles fought by the rainbow community, homosexual law reform, and same sex marriage to name just two. And these battles were successful because of the dedication and commitment to a community determined to stand up for its rights to live and love freely. But the work, but the work to build a world completely free of discrimination and bigotry still continues. And that's a challenge for all of us because together we are a nation. And that's, uh, Dame Patsy Reddy, governor General of New Zealand at her first international, uh, pride parade in her official capacity. And, and what a way wind, um, a look back at 20 20, 20 21. Um, it has been such a bizarre year, um, full of its ups and downs. Uh, yeah. So Tony, thank you so much for inviting me to, to share these clips with you. And thank you very much for coming all the way up to Wcan. I such a long trip, uh, to actually present the program in the studio, which is always easier, uh, um, for, uh, for everybody. So thank you very much again, and see you next year. You can hear this program again next Tuesday at 8:00 PM It is also available on our website at dub dub dub dot coast access radio. org. Do NZ or just Google Coast Access Radio Kaga. This is Tony Reed for GAY. On Coast Access Radio and other access stations around New Zealand. This program is made with assistance from New Zealand on air, for radio broadcast, and through the Access Media NZ website. Thank you New Zealand on air. The full transcription of the recording ends. A list of keywords/tags describing the recording follow. These tags contain the correct spellings of names and places which may have been incorrectly spelt earlier in the document. 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