Hark the Herald Fairies Shout: Gay Liberation Quire interview
2010
Hark the Herald Fairies Shout: Gay Liberation Quire interview
2010
- NFSA ID4W0MYP83
- TypeRadio
- MediumAudio
- FormSpecial (a one off program for TV or Radio), Spoken word
- GenresLGBTQI
- Year2010
An interview with members of the Gay Liberation Quire broadcast as part of Gaywave's Stonewall Special in 1981.
The clip features the Quire's songs 'Hark the Herald Fairies Shout' and 'God Help You Merry Dykes and Poofs'.
The Quire had their debut performance, singing satirical versions of Christmas carols and other popular songs, at Belmore Park as 1,000 people assembled for the Stonewall March on 27 June 1981.
Image of Neil Fitzgerald and Phil Stevenson at the launch of Hormones or Jeans, the Gay Liberation Quire EP, 1983. Photograph by Paul van Reyk from the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives (www.alga.org.au).
Notes by Beth Taylor
An interview with members of the Gay Liberation Quire broadcast as part of Gaywave's Stonewall Special in 1981.
The clip features the Quire's songs 'Hark the Herald Fairies Shout' and 'God Help You Merry Dykes and Poofs'.
The Quire had their debut performance, singing satirical versions of Christmas carols and other popular songs, at Belmore Park as 1,000 people assembled for the Stonewall March on 27 June 1981.
Image of Neil Fitzgerald and Phil Stevenson at the launch of Hormones or Jeans, the Gay Liberation Quire EP, 1983. Photograph by Paul van Reyk from the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives (www.alga.org.au).
Notes by Beth Taylor
- NFSA ID4W0MYP83
- TypeRadio
- MediumAudio
- FormSpecial (a one off program for TV or Radio), Spoken word
- GenresLGBTQI
- Year2010
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