item details
NameAdvertising card, 'Devotion'
ProductionSprung! Productions; publisher; 1992; New Zealand
Classificationadvertising cards, fliers
Materialscardboard, ink
Techniquesprinting
DimensionsOverall: 102mm (width), 146mm (height)
Registration NumberCA000999/001/0004
Credit lineGift of Elizabeth O'Loughlin, 2011
Overview
This card advertised the second annual Devotion dance party to be held in Wellington. It took place on 21 November 1992 in Shed 26.
Devotion was one of New Zealand's biggest LGBTQI+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex) community events of the 1990s. Along with the Hero Festival in Auckland, the dance parties, parades, film festivals and associated activities drew huge crowds. They were vibrant and safe places to publicly express identity and sexuality, and were welcoming to all.
The 1990s saw a blossoming of gay and lesbian pride, following on from Homosexual Law Reform in 1986. The Devotion and Hero festivals were some of the more public expressions of change in New Zealand society.