22 Feb 2024

I Was There When: Homosexuality was decriminalised

From Nights, 9:15 pm on 22 February 2024

Every Thursday here on Nights, we speak to someone who was there when history was made in New Zealand.

Bill Logan was part of the push to decriminalise homosexuality back in 1986. 

Back then he was a member of the Gay Task Force, but just a few years ago, he also lobbied to expunge the convictions for homosexuality under that old law.

He joins Emile Donovan to reflect on the progress that's been made in LGBTQIA+ rights, and what still needs to be done.

Supporters of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill protest a petition opposing it, outside Parliament on 24 September, 1985.

Supporters of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill protest a petition opposing it, outside Parliament on 24 September, 1985. Photo: Greg King / The Dominion Post Collection / Alexander Turnbull Library