• Title
  Item 1: Peter Webster interview by Patricia Curthoys
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  14 November 2022
• Type of material
  Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories
• Reference code
  9671037
• Physical Description
  2 audio files (1 hr., 35 min.) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
  
• Scope and Content
  Peter Webster spoke in detail about his early life and his transition from being a teenager to an adult. The interview includes details of, and interesting reflections on, his encounters with a psychiatrist his parents sent him to after he ‘came out’ to them. He talked about how social networks operated at the time and the importance of the introduction of early anti-discrimination legislation.
  
  Webster also discussed his involvement in the movement to decriminalise male homosexuality in New South Wales in 1983, including attending many rallies outside the New South Wales Parliament, in Macquarie Street. The interview also includes considerable discussion about Metropolitan Community Church Sydney and its critical involvement in establishing and maintaining key HIV/AIDS care organisations.
• Language
  English
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Recorded at Homebush West, New South Wales on 14 November 2022
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Webster, Peter
  
• Subject
  Webster, Peter--Interviews.
  Gay men--New South Wales--Sydney.
  Gay people--Legal status, laws, etc--New South Wales.
  Gay rights--New South Wales.
  Coming out (Sexual orientation)--New South Wales.
  AIDS (Disease).
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20553210

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