item details
NameAge of Consent poster
ProductionNew Zealand University Students' Association; publisher; 1985; New Zealand
Gay Task Force; publisher; 1985; New Zealand
Gay Task Force; publisher; 1985; New Zealand
Classificationposters
Materialspaper, ink
Materials Summaryphotolithograph on paper
Techniquesphotolithography
DimensionsOverall: 301mm (width), 424mm (height)
Registration NumberGH025207
Credit lineGift of Lesbian and Gay Archives of New Zealand, 2017
Overview
This poster supported Homosexual Law Reform campaigners during 1985-86 who called for the age of consent to be the same as for heterosexuals: 16 years.
Ultimately, the Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986 decriminalised sexual relations between men aged 16 and over.