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The Fruit Machine

I was a teenager, I was a kid. - And at that moment,I cracked, I cried,I was shaking like...

I was a teenager, I was a kid. - And at that moment,
I cracked, I cried,
I was shaking like this, I couldn't believe
my life was over

Full Transcript

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I was a teenager, I was a kid.
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- And at that moment, I cracked,
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I cried, I was shaking like this,
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I couldn't believe my life was over.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:53
Uploaded
Jun 23, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
SandBay Entertainment

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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.
I cried so much, that the medics said - The Fruit Machine 00:26
I cried so much, that the medics said
But we ended up in St-Joseph Hospital, in psychiatry. - The Fruit Machine 00:06
But we ended up in St-Joseph Hospital, in psychiatry.
- The next thing they did was ask me - The Fruit Machine 00:06
- The next thing they did was ask me
And I thought, hmm... - The Fruit Machine 00:04
And I thought, hmm...
And he goes "We're not here to discuss treatment, - The Fruit Machine 00:26
And he goes "We're not here to discuss treatment,
- All I remember is getting a shot, - The Fruit Machine 00:07
- All I remember is getting a shot,
The first time took maybe 30-some days - The Fruit Machine 00:07
The first time took maybe 30-some days
Five electroshock treatments were given to me. - The Fruit Machine 00:07
Five electroshock treatments were given to me.
Five of them have been documented on the medical file. - The Fruit Machine 00:07
Five of them have been documented on the medical file.
- So, I stayed in psychiatry and days went by - The Fruit Machine 00:26
- So, I stayed in psychiatry and days went by
So, I put my uniform back, sign all the paper, and walked out. - The Fruit Machine 00:06
So, I put my uniform back, sign all the paper, and walked ou...
- I still have the letter saying - The Fruit Machine 00:18
- I still have the letter saying
- 1989 I was released honourably by the military, - The Fruit Machine 00:19
- 1989 I was released honourably by the military,
- The release orderly room was busy and so, - The Fruit Machine 00:09
- The release orderly room was busy and so,
- While I was being investigated, - The Fruit Machine 00:20
- While I was being investigated,
He says "You're being promoted, congratulations!" - The Fruit Machine 00:05
He says "You're being promoted, congratulations!&q...
But picked up the promotion - The Fruit Machine 00:11
But picked up the promotion
- So we get to headquarters - The Fruit Machine 00:23
- So we get to headquarters
So, it felt like, like, - The Fruit Machine 00:06
So, it felt like, like,
Being paraded like this from office to office to do "my out", - The Fruit Machine 00:07
Being paraded like this from office to office to do "my...