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GAY RIGHTS
Social and polil groups for homosexuals New Zealand began wh the Dorian Society the 1960s. The early 1970s saw the growth of the morn femist and gay Zealanrs took their cu om events the USA. In June 1969 gay patrons of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar New York, risted a police raid.
The Gay Liberatn Front emerged to mand change laws and early 1972, Gay Liberatn groups sprang up Auckland, Wellgton and Christchurch after the amic Ngahuia Te Awekotu was nied a perm to vis the USA on the grounds that she was homosexual. A Natnal Gay Rights Coaln was found the late 1970s but disband 1983. Chang the airThe mpaign for homosexual law reform began earnt the mid-1970s.
Member of Parliament Venn Young troduced a Crim Amendment Bill 1974 to legalise private 'homosexual acts' between nsentg adults. His bill – not passed to law – followed the Brish mol, wh a proposed age of nsent of 21 (later rced to 20) age of nsent was a major issue for the gay movement. The New Zealand Homosexual Law Reform Society and gay liberatn groups ma submissns on the bill.