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The Fruit Machine

I was very insecureand it was very hard to make friendsin the 50s when you were gay. - In...

I was very insecure
and it was very hard to make friends
in the 50s when you were gay. - In our day, like, if we clustered
more than three or four of us, we'd always
look over your shoulder

Full Transcript

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- I was very insecure and it was very hard
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to make friends in the 50s when you were gay.
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- In our day, like,
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if we clustered more than three or four of us,
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we'd always look over your shoulder.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:14
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.
- You had to learn how to behave - The Fruit Machine 00:18
- You had to learn how to behave
I had a friend that worked for the Parole Board - The Fruit Machine 00:08
I had a friend that worked for the Parole Board
He said "We can't go to the Honey Dew, - The Fruit Machine 00:05
He said "We can't go to the Honey Dew,
I can't go here, I might be seen - The Fruit Machine 00:29
I can't go here, I might be seen
So, you kind of develop, not a paranoia, but a fear. - The Fruit Machine 00:17
So, you kind of develop, not a paranoia, but a fear.
- I remember this girl saying, - The Fruit Machine 00:22
- I remember this girl saying,
- This is the attempt - The Fruit Machine 00:19
- This is the attempt
So, from 62 actually, until 67-68, the Canadian government, - The Fruit Machine 00:13
So, from 62 actually, until 67-68, the Canadian government,
- Bob Wake, he designed the tests. - The Fruit Machine 00:06
- Bob Wake, he designed the tests.
- Dr. Wake was in the psychology department - The Fruit Machine 00:14
- Dr. Wake was in the psychology department
First of all he was sent to the States for, I think, - The Fruit Machine 00:30
First of all he was sent to the States for, I think,
- It was a whole series of tests - were part of - The Fruit Machine 00:18
- It was a whole series of tests - were part of
- But of course, it never really worked, - The Fruit Machine 00:23
- But of course, it never really worked,
- It strikes me as utterly ridiculous too, - The Fruit Machine 00:09
- It strikes me as utterly ridiculous too,
- It got to have a reputation, "The Fruit Machine" - The Fruit Machine 00:12
- It got to have a reputation, "The Fruit Machine"
And he had a very wry, sort of a quirky sense of humour - The Fruit Machine 00:20
And he had a very wry, sort of a quirky sense of humour
- I mean "The Fruit Machine," to me is kind of - The Fruit Machine 00:14
- I mean "The Fruit Machine," to me is kind of
[People chanting in a demonstration] - The Fruit Machine 00:06
[People chanting in a demonstration]
- Take this thing on homosexuality, - The Fruit Machine 00:20
- Take this thing on homosexuality,
- I believe that the purge actually increased - The Fruit Machine 00:17
- I believe that the purge actually increased