• Title
  Item 1: Denie Pentecost interview by Holly Zwalf
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  6 December 2023
• Type of material
  Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories
• Reference code
  9680454
• Physical Description
  3 audio files (3 hr., 21 min.) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
  
• Scope and Content
  In this interview, Pentecost discusses growing up a 'tomboy' in Mt Druitt, playing soccer as a child, and the obstacles facing girls in sports in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s. She discusses her traumatic coming-out story and subsequent homelessness, her romantic relationships with coaches and other football players, and finally finding community through her team and at art school.
  
  She reflects on the prevalence of lesbian women in soccer, the difference between men’s and women’s team coaches, and the changing attitudes to women’s sports. She discusses the naming of 'the Matildas', their overseas tours and the excitement of qualifying for the first ever officially named FIFA Women’s World Cup in 1995, and the lack of media attention or public support in response to the team’s success. She also recalls the extraordinary experience of playing in front of big crowds when overseas and talks about the Matildas’ 1999 nude fundraising calendar and the issues raised regarding the sexualisation of women’s sports.
  
  The first Matilda to march in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, she describes designing parade outfits and costumes and attending the popular Harbour Parties. She talks about her life post-Matildas, her career in Kundalini Yoga, her work in the film industry, and taking her short film ‘Sexy Thing’ to the Cannes Film Festival in 2006.
• 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 Forbes Street Studios, Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, on 6 December 2023.
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Pentecost, Denie, 1970-
  
• Subject
  Pentecost, Denie, 1970---Interviews.
  Lesbians--New South Wales.
  Women soccer players--Australia.
  Coming out (Sexual orientation)--New South Wales.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20856385

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