Gay Liberation Taranaki – Special Notice to All Members (c. 1976)

Organisation: Gay Liberation Taranaki

Header Title: Gay Liberation

Document Title: Special Notice to All Members

Date: c. 1976 (exact day/month not printed on this page)

Location: New Plymouth, Taranaki, Aotearoa New Zealand

Postal Address: P.O. Box 676, New Plymouth

Item Type: Internal organisational notice / restructuring discussion paper cover note

Signatory:Les – Secretary/Treasurer

Related Organisation Mentioned:Campaign for Homosexual Equality (CHE), Christchurch

This document is an internal special notice circulated to members of Gay Liberation Taranaki, flagging a major organisational crossroads and proposing structural reform of the group.

Key points:

• Members are enclosed a paper from Campaign for Homosexual Equality (Christchurch), used as a guide for possible restructuring of the Taranaki group.

• At the previous meeting, there was significant debate about the future of the organisation and agreement that the whole structure of the group should be reformed.

• Members are urged to attend the next meeting to discuss the proposed changes, framed as critical to the future and continued growth of the movement in Taranaki.

• There is explicit concern about changing the group’s name, with the author arguing this would be unwise due to:

  • Hard-won community recognition

  • Practical challenges with newspapers accepting advertisements

  • Risk of renewed resistance and visibility barriers

• The tone emphasises strategic pragmatism—balancing radical identity with the realities of public hostility and media gatekeeping.