9673112
- TitleItem 1: Norrie interview by Darby Carr, 15 December 2022
- Level of descriptionitem
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15 December 2022 - Type of material
- Reference code9673112
- Physical Description2 audio files (2 hr., 31 min.) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
- Scope and ContentNorrie discusses family life in Scotland and her family's migration to Perth, Western Australia. Norrie discusses homosexuality and what ‘gay’ meant to them as a young person and mainstream attitudes towards it when they were growing up.
Norrie discusses the power of imagination and its use as a survival tool, playing dress-ups, a love of comics and books; their first crush at school and first-time dancing. They discuss their involvement in the LGBTQI+ community at the University of Western Australia, becoming involved in the Gay Liberation group, the Student Guild, the University Dramatic Society, writing for the student newspaper, and moving into their first share house. Norrie discusses their first romantic relationship, going to the gay bar Connections, their first-time dressing as a woman and the impact of appearing in public as a woman for the first time.
Norrie also reflects on transitioning, gender reassignment surgery, prevalent attitudes of the medical profession in the 1980s, the pressure to have surgery and the impact of these events on sexuality and health, including the realisation they experienced of the treatment of woman in society. - Copying ConditionsIn 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, Woolloomoloo, New South Wales, on 15 December 2022 - Creator/Author/Artist
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