This Eyewitness News report captures a protest by the Gay Solidarity Group outside the American Consulate in Sydney on 25 September 1981. The demonstrators were responding to the detainment and deportation of Canadian citizen Phillip Fotheringham from the USA due to his sexuality, echoing a similar incident the previous year involving an Australian citizen at Honolulu Airport. The story features an interview with David Fagan of the Gay Solidarity Group and a performance by the Gay Liberation Quire, highlighting early activism for international LGBTQIA+ solidarity. It’s a snapshot of issues that mattered to the gay community in 1981 – and how mainstream media chose to portray them.