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The Fruit Machine

This is the attempt by the government to determine and find the technology,or a set of...

This is the attempt by the government to determine and find the technology,
or a set of tests, that would scientifically and
objectively be able to determine who was gay or lesbian,
and if you are identified as being gay or lesbian, you would
be either refused employment or purged from your job

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- This is the attempt
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by the government to determine
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and find the technology, or a set of tests,
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that would scientifically and objectively be able to determine
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who was gay or lesbian, and if you are identified as
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being gay or lesbian, you would be either refused employment
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or purged from your job.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
48
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:15
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.
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
That it was no longer legitimate to get rid of LGBT people - The Fruit Machine 00:09
That it was no longer legitimate to get rid of LGBT people
- At that point, umm, there was a push - The Fruit Machine 00:14
- At that point, umm, there was a push
I just grew up with this, I want to be a peacekeeper. - The Fruit Machine 00:05
I just grew up with this, I want to be a peacekeeper.
I want to be like my uncle in the Second World War, - The Fruit Machine 00:06
I want to be like my uncle in the Second World War,
I just want to help my country, defend my country, - The Fruit Machine 00:08
I just want to help my country, defend my country,
- First of all, they want to train you - The Fruit Machine 00:13
- First of all, they want to train you
I cannot say that it was a piece of cake or easy, easy. - The Fruit Machine 00:07
I cannot say that it was a piece of cake or easy, easy.