• Title
  Item 1: Narelle Phipps interview by Roslyn Burge
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  5 January 2023
• Type of material
  Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories
• Reference code
  9671048
• Physical Description
  2 audio files (2 hr., 37 min.) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
  
• Scope and Content
  Narelle Phipps recounts her upbringing in Drummoyne, the birth of her daughter and son, and moving to Eastwood. She described her reaction to some of her son’s behaviours as a little boy, prompting her to wonder if he was gay, her response to those innate questions; her reaction to Neil attending Mardi Gras; emotional collapse on learning he was gay; the importance of family and acceptance of her son's identity.
  
  Phipps discusses her discovery and involvement in Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), the work and role of PFLAG, participating in Mardi Gras, invitation to address groups about PFLAG work, submissions by PFLAG, conferences held in Wagga Wagga, Bathurst and Sydney, PFLAG kits and meetings, participation in Fair Day, and the value of recognition of PFLAG by the Department of Education.
  
  Phipps reflects on the work and achievements of PFLAG towards the understanding of homosexuality and success of the same sex vote, the consolidation of the archives and future of the organisation. She discusses her interview for New Idea, the response of her mother-in-law; and her son's attitude to his parents work in PFLAG.
• Language
  English
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Reproduction Restricted:
  Approval for reproduction required: Requires permission from interviewee upon each request
  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 5 January 2023
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Phipps, Narelle
  
• Subject
  Phipps, Narelle--Interviews.
  Parents of gay people--New South Wales.
  LGBT activism--New South Wales.
  Gay activists--New South Wales.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20604811

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