To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
Because they wanted to find out if they were
Please log in to add to collections.
The Fruit Machine

Because they wantedto find out if they were - there was always this myththat the reason...

Because they wanted
to find out if they were - there was always this myth
that the reason that lesbians and gays
can't be in the military was because they were
susceptible to blackmail

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:06.999
Because they wanted to find out if they were -
00:00:06.071 --> 00:00:08.908
there was always this myth that the reason
00:00:08.974 --> 00:00:10.091
that lesbians and gays can't be in the military
00:00:10.976 --> 00:00:14.058
was because they were susceptible to blackmail.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:37
Uploaded
Jun 23, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
SandBay Entertainment

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

Movie Summary

Some softened by age and sadness, others loud and angry, the voices of the survivors of Canada’s public service homosexual purge are now united, and determined. They are torqued by decades of silence, years of being ignored. They demand justice, and they want to be heard. Theirs is a story of betrayal that is both national and deeply personal. Men and women who dedicated their lives to public service, some signing oaths of allegiance and servitude; casualties of a political tapestry woven in the fibers of acute security measures that somehow became normalized.
This was their main reasoning. - The Fruit Machine 00:04
This was their main reasoning.
And yet, I had more men come onto me in the military, - The Fruit Machine 00:10
And yet, I had more men come onto me in the military,
So, I mean, I was more harassed, with you know, married men, - The Fruit Machine 00:13
So, I mean, I was more harassed, with you know, married men,
- You'd have to understand the types of questions, - The Fruit Machine 00:35
- You'd have to understand the types of questions,
- Back in the 70s they used to punch us like this, - The Fruit Machine 00:08
- Back in the 70s they used to punch us like this,
Your feet were not perfect, so they would go like this - The Fruit Machine 00:08
Your feet were not perfect, so they would go like this
Or they would hit your leg with their pace stick - The Fruit Machine 00:09
Or they would hit your leg with their pace stick
So this guy pointed at me for two and half hours, - The Fruit Machine 00:09
So this guy pointed at me for two and half hours,
I am almost an MP, so, I've learned all those techniques. - The Fruit Machine 00:07
I am almost an MP, so, I've learned all those technique...
- "You can't do this to me." - The Fruit Machine 00:04
- "You can't do this to me."
It still isn't today. "You can't do this to me." - The Fruit Machine 00:14
It still isn't today. "You can't do this to m...
- And I remember telling them in one of the interviews, - The Fruit Machine 00:18
- And I remember telling them in one of the interviews,
They did everything against the law when you think about it - The Fruit Machine 00:08
They did everything against the law when you think about it
- I think what people need to remember - The Fruit Machine 00:08
- I think what people need to remember
They were very young people. They were a long way from home. - The Fruit Machine 00:06
They were very young people. They were a long way from home.
- And when you feel they know - I remember - The Fruit Machine 00:06
- And when you feel they know - I remember
I'm telling them, I am gay." - The Fruit Machine 00:09
I'm telling them, I am gay."
But right then I thought the consequences will be nothing. - The Fruit Machine 00:04
But right then I thought the consequences will be nothing.
I'm a good soldier, I do everything the way - The Fruit Machine 00:06
I'm a good soldier, I do everything the way
So, I gave up, I told them the truth, - The Fruit Machine 00:07
So, I gave up, I told them the truth,