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The Fruit Machine

I still have the letter saying he diagnosed homosexuality and thereforeI could not be...

I still have the letter saying he diagnosed homosexuality and therefore
I could not be rehabilitated. That my release
under CFAO 19-20, was fully...
how do you call that?

Full Transcript

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- I still have the letter saying
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he diagnosed homosexuality and
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therefore I could not be rehabilitated.
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That my release under CFAO 19-20,
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was fully... how do you call that?
Duration
18 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:50:51
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.
- 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...
So, once it was done, I had to stop at the MP station - The Fruit Machine 00:10
So, once it was done, I had to stop at the MP station
I started crying so much, and I have to give to - The Fruit Machine 00:14
I started crying so much, and I have to give to
And the gate opened and I was a civilian. - The Fruit Machine 00:05
And the gate opened and I was a civilian.
- This for me, that moment in my life, - The Fruit Machine 00:16
- This for me, that moment in my life,
I was so like, the floor opened under your feet, - The Fruit Machine 00:10
I was so like, the floor opened under your feet,
Like in my head and my self-esteem - The Fruit Machine 00:07
Like in my head and my self-esteem
- I knew that there were rapes that went on, - The Fruit Machine 00:11
- I knew that there were rapes that went on,
And letting the boys be boys. And that was acceptable. - The Fruit Machine 00:05
And letting the boys be boys. And that was acceptable.
- I went to the mess hall to meet some friends - The Fruit Machine 00:08
- I went to the mess hall to meet some friends
And some young Corporal put a drug in my glass and drugged me, - The Fruit Machine 00:18
And some young Corporal put a drug in my glass and drugged m...
I woke up in his apartment the next day - The Fruit Machine 00:06
I woke up in his apartment the next day
And he told me why I was there and why he had raped me - The Fruit Machine 00:18
And he told me why I was there and why he had raped me