Sexy Gay Sex in the University Archives In-Person / Online
In 1980, the police vice squad stormed the university campus and seized over 200 copies of Salient magazine as it featured a cartoon depicting gay sex. Whilst it's not all sexy gay sex, the university has a rich and diverse queer history worth celebrating. This talk will explore a few of those stories using the university's heritage and archive collections.
About the speaker: Emma Cullen (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha, she/they) is the Heritage and Archives Collections Adviser in Te Pātaka Kōrero - The Library at Te Herenga Waka. Emma is completing a Master's in Museum and Heritage Studies part-time and has done a short research project on queer history at Te Herenga Waka.
About the chair: Rebekah Galbraith (they/she) is a researcher and writer based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. They hold a PhD in English Literature from Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington. Their essay "Good Luck, Babe!" was commended in the 2024 Landfall Essay Competition and will appear in the forthcoming anthology, Strong Words 4: The Best of the Landfall Essay Competition (Otago University Press, 2025).
This seminar is part of a regular monthly series organised by the Rainbow Research Network. For more information or to get involved, contact rainbowresearch@vuw.ac.nz.
- Date:
- Wednesday 9 July 2025
- Time:
- 12:00 - 13:00
- Time Zone:
- Auckland (change)
- Location:
- AM103
- Campus:
- Kelburn Campus
- Audience:
- Alumni Community group Post-Graduates Researchers Teaching staff Undergraduates