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LARF festival

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LARF festival

This poster advertises the Lesbian Activities and Recreational Festival (LARF) of 1992. A range of physical activities were on offer, including windsurfing, archery and softball. The heading – 'wanna have a larf?' – and the cheerful illustration suggests that having a good time was the event's main purpose.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-C-LESBIAN-1992-01

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Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Alison J. Laurie, Lesbian lives – Lesbian political struggles, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/30288/larf-festival (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Alison J. Laurie, published 31 May 2011.