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Have a Gay Day! The 60th anniversary of Wellington’s Dorian Society

Sixty years ago, on 27 May 1962, a group of sixteen men met at a house on The Terrace in central Wellington to discuss forming what would become New Zealand’s first documented homosexual organisation – the Dorian Society. Gareth Watkins shares more of the story of some of the peopleRead more

2022-05-20
By: Gareth Watkins
On: 20 May 2022
In: History

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