Haven’t we come far
Sigh – NZ of the early 80’s – what a nation of small minded bigots we were, when the cops could actually throw you in prison for gay – isn’t it good that we’ve moved on from such provincial mindsets? Well except for Rotorua and Tauranga I spose.
I loved this story in the paper today about Carmen returning to Parliament, 32 years after being hauled before a select committee for alleging some MPs were closet homosexuals -
Dressed as always in drag she told reporters about the tough time she had had over her sexuality back in the 1950s to 1970s. Carmen had to front up to a parliamentary select committee after saying during a television interview that she knew one homosexual and a few bisexuals were in Parliament, It was about the time Labour MP Colin Moyle's private activities came under the spotlight. Mr Moyle resigned from Parliament in 1977 after Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon accused him of having been picked up by the police for homosexual activities.
When Mr Moyle denied the allegations, Sir Robert offered to table the relevant police file. Accused of using police and the Security Intelligence Service to his political opponent's disadvantage, Sir Robert was called to appear before the committee. "Mr Muldoon was called up ... and he said 'well, if I have to go Carmen's got to go', so that's how I got here." Apart from having to apologise and withdraw her remarks, that was the end of the matter for Carmen, but she has no regrets.
She said it was a tough time to be out of the closet - but that didn't stop her and she prides herself on being the first openly gay Maori and drag entertainer back in the 1950s. "It was very, very hard those days because the straight and square people beat you up, and punch you, and give you a hiding, so you have to be a good runner
NZ Herald
posted by Bomber @ 10:38 am
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18 Comments:
Isn't Georgina Buyer looking hot!?!
mark stop fishing for an argument
is it true that luke is actually bombers son and bomber is a georgina beyer??
hrmm i myself dont know anon, could you research that for me, and for the public here who are dieing to know if in fact you can make a funny or not?
sorry mark, that stallones mother comment just wasn't sounding serious.
topic at hand:
its good to see that we are progreesing in the acceptance of all people in this world in our communitys and parliament.
although i don't think we'll ever be able to accept morons like you anon, our world is already fucked up as it is because of people like you. your the last thing we need as a community and as a people.
can i hear an amen!
aww like youre such a troubled wee cherub out for the good of all man when really you have no idea about anything but highschool and rushing home to cuddle up to your buddy bombers ample gut..perhaps you should have some life experience before you tell all your 'wise' views.
Fuck off Anon 12.22pm
Lukes got as much right to comment here as anyone else.
Yes He appears to be a sycophantic arse licker where Boomer is concerned but I'm sure he will grow out of it.
Oh and 'life experience' is a relative term.
AB
oh yes anon1 your a prime example of an adult.
thank you for your "wise" words. maybe you should also develeop some wisdom before you post or have i mistaken this to be a blog for the public?
AB, cheers but i dont need your defense. Im obviously fine if anon1 keeps coming with the same jokes of age, bomber etc etc
to all:
funny how the only thing you got on me is my age (which has to be accepted by now) and that i agree with majority of bombers posts...
why do you need to use personal attacks? cant you just reply to my posts and keep it about the topic instead of trying to make it a battle of wits and smart comments?
The problem Luke is like you say -
'i agree with majority of bombers posts...'
and...
well...
I hate to break it to you...
but....
well...
Boomer hasn't got a fucken clue about alot of things in the real world Luke. Not a fucken clue.
IF he was seriously addressing these issues instead of using them to shore up his own one eyed view of the world people might not be so silly here. But he doesn't act like that. I comment on alot of kiwi political blogs and this is the only one where I am openly hostile to the main poster.
Boomer invites hostility towards himself here by posting ridiculous,and often childish, attitudes to current events that appear to have very little relation to reality.
The main thing is to not take it all to seriously. At the end of the day you turn your puter off and go deal with the real people in your life and all this stuff don't mean shit.
AB
I am so turned on looking at that photo
You do tend to waffle an awful lot AB.....
Just stick to the topic on hand....
I am turned on too! If only they were younger, like 17...
yeh anon.
oh ha ha petey!!
"IF he was seriously addressing these issues instead of using them to shore up his own one eyed view of the world people might not be so silly here. But he doesn't act like that. I comment on alot of kiwi political blogs and this is the only one where I am openly hostile to the main poster.
Boomer invites hostility towards himself here by posting ridiculous,and often childish, attitudes to current events that appear to have very little relation to reality.
The main thing is to not take it all to seriously. At the end of the day you turn your puter off and go deal with the real people in your life and all this stuff don't mean shit."
AB is correct with these two paragraphs.
Luke.
Petey?
Petey?? Do you mean petty?
Seriously, if you think being illiterate on a talkboard is clever, or ironic, then you are sadly mistaken.
no anon i was referring to the guy who made a snide about me, his name is: petey davis
read above.
If you can't read that doesn't make me dumb:)
I wasn't talking about you, Luke. I was reminiscing over a hunky boy I saw in L.A.
Luke - you should listen to these wise people who shit on Bomber anonymously, after all Bomber is expressing an opinion they don't like and is apparently so frightening to their desperate sense of reality he has to be vilified.
"I post on lots of blogs but this is the only one I get hostile on' - since when did the National Front and redwatch count? What an arse comment to make, maybe those sites are wank echo chambers AB - what a pointless point - don't waste too much energy on these types Luke, they sound like sad little people a bit frightened of a different perspective
grin - reaper shhh, you will rile them all up again!
haha but you have to make something outta these folk reaper. they are there to have fun with because they are blinded in one eye duh. if you cant see outta both sides then you ought to get a kick in the bum.
funny how they all abuse bomber and "leftys" about how this blog is stupid and is one sided biast etc etc but yet have to comment on all topics with a view to one side and have no respect for anyone else.
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