Friederike Voit: Auckland’s Queer Spaces, 1950s – mid 1980s

Each year Auckland Libraries works with scholars from the Auckland History Initiative (AHI), a research collaboration at the University of Auckland. In this series we present research projects from the 2023 Summer Scholars exploring aspects of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland's history. https://ahi.auckland.ac.nz/ Auckland has always had a vibrant and resilient queer community. Friederike Voit approaches the history of these communities through the spaces they occupied, tracing shifts in both public and private spheres from the 1950s until Homosexual Law Reform in 1986. Friederike Voit’s research was supported by an Auckland Library Heritage Trust John Stacpoole Scholarship. To find out more about the work of the Auckland Library Heritage Trust, visit the library website here. https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/auckland-library-heritage-trust.asp Recorded on 22 February 2023 as part of our Heritage Talks series. Image: Unknown photographer, in “House Antics,” Dyke News, no. 45, February 29, 1984. From: Auckland Lesbian Archives. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, NZMS 1184.