Queer Nation meets a sporty lesbian with nimble fingers. Lorraine Butler talks about her identity, involvement with Deaf sports especially basketball. She is the President of the New Zealand Deaf Basketball Association, hoping that the New Zealand team will attend the Deaf World International Basketball Championship Open, with selection at the New Zealand Deaf Games in Christchurch 1992. Lorraine also talks about her involvement in performing and access, emphasising that Deaf people are really no different from hearing people.
Deaf Diversity – Queer Nation
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Queer Nation meets a sporty lesbian with nimble fingers. Lorraine talks about her identity, involvement with Deaf sports, performing and access, emphasising that Deaf people are really no different from hearing people.
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1971
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NZ Deaf News: 1972 (Vol. 9, No. 1)
1978
video – Taonga source: Deaf Society of Canterbury
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1999
video – Taonga source: Rodney Roberts
Wellington Deaf Basketball Club 50th Anniversary
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1987
video – Taonga source: Television New Zealand Archive
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1973
publication – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf News
NZ Deaf News: 1973 (Vol. 10, No. 2)
1997
publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
NFD Communicate: Spring 1997
1968
publication – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf News
NZ Deaf News: Summer 1968 (Vol. 5, No. 2)
1984
article – Taonga source: The Auckland Star
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