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Contents:

• GAY MELBOURNE
• GAY NEWS
• GAY MELBOURNE · CY GUI
• GAYMEDIAHISTORY
• SERIGAY COMMUNY NEWS MELBOURNE
• GAY REAL ESTATE NEWS - MELBOURNE, FLORIDA
• GAY PARIS

GAY MELBOURNE

The Atralian Lbian and Gay Archiv llectn is the biggt reposory of historil materials about lbian and gay experience Atralia. Tap datg back to mid 1950s, rad broadsts, nferenc, speech at public meetgs and monstratns, terviews on all typ of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr issu … if has been said and rerd, there is a chance we might have .

Number 96, televisn seri (Atralia, 1972-1977) – Atralia’s first supersoap, and the first to feature a gay character; we hold 5 episos as a sample of the seri. The 2010 edn of our annotated list of edorials Atralian newspapers related to homosexualy (pdf, 79 KB) spans the years 1913 to 1991.

For example, the papers of Ken Sclair (1927-2005) clu over 300 articl arisg om his work, as prit and rearcher, on the Catholic Church and homosexualy, on pastoral re by the Catholic Church for people wh HIV/AIDS, and on HIV/AIDS general. The papers of Ian Goller (1943-1993) clu about 250 articl relatg to his work as a rearcher and tor the muny rponse to HIV/AIDS Atralia, through the Victorian AIDS Actn Commtee (later Victorian AIDS Council / Gay Men’s Health Center) and the Victorian Health Department. Highlights clu the rerds of Society Five (Melbourne’s first gay rights anisatn), the Natnal Homosexual Conferenc of the 1970s and 1980s, and the Homosexual Law Reform Coaln (1975-80).

GAY NEWS

Our lbian and gay guis and directori (listg, pdf) chart the growth and diversy of Atralian GLBTI muny groups, bs and travel om the 1970s to the prent day. Peoplg the Empty Mirror: The Prospects for Lbian and Gay Aborigal History by Wendy Dunn/Holland and others, 1994 (pdf, 4. > Gay Atralia Gay MelbourneMelbourne - cultural pal of Atralia and home to a fun and iendly gay scene that's spread out across the cy.

Check out the bt gay dance clubs and parti Melbourne · HotelsGreat-value hotels Melbourne for gay travelers. Melbourne Gay Dance ClubsFd the bt gay nightclubs and dance parti A Travel Gay Approved HotelLotnCheck InCheck OutGutsSearchAbout MelbourneHomosexual activyLegalMay 1, 1997Same-sex marriageLegalDecember 9, 2017LGBT discrimatnIllegal some ntextsDecember 6, 1986Equal age of nsentEqualSeptember 16, 2016Learn MoreTrendg Hotels MelbourneVibe Savoy Hotel MelbourneArt Seri - The CullenBt Wtern PLUS Travel InnArt Seri - The Blackman (Closed)Featured VenuBARBA Party★★★★★★★★★★Party for beard homos, iends and Laird★★★★★★★★★★Atralia's longt-nng exclively gay bar/ PEEL★★★★★★★★★★Gayer than ever sce the change door policy.

The origal edorial llective clud Denis Lemon (edor), Mart Corbett - who later was an active member of ACT UP, David Seligman, a founr member of the London Gay Swchboard llective, Ian Dunn of the Sttish Mori Group, Glenys Parry (natnal chair of CHE), Si J Pcher, and Doug Pollard, who later went on to lnch the weekly gay newspaper, Gay Week (he is now a prenter on Joy Melbourne 94. 9FM, Atralia's first full-time GLBTI rad statn, and was for a time edor of Melbourne Star, the cy's fortnightly gay newspaper). Amongst Gay News's early "Special Friends" were Graham Chapman of Monty Python's Flyg Circ, his partner David Sherlock, and Antony Grey, secretary of the UK Homosexual Law Reform Society om 1962 to 1970.

GAY MELBOURNE · CY GUI

Although sentially a newspaper, reportg alike on discrimatn and polil and social advanc, also mpaigned for further law reform, cludg pary wh the heterosexual age of nsent of sixteen, agast the hostily of the church which treated homosexualy as a s, and the medil profsn which treated homosexualy as a pathology. It mpaigned for equal rights employment (notably the ntroversial area of the teachg profsn) and the tras unn movement at a time when left polics the Uned Kgdom was still historilly fluenced by s Nonnformist roots s hostily to homosexualy. Keh How later published the encyclopaedic reference, Broadstg It, ostensibly alg wh homosexualy film, rad and TV om 1923 to 1993 but amountg to a cultural review of Brish homosexualy the twentieth century.

Two of the paper's news staff, Michael Mason and Graham McKerrow, later found the London weekly newspaper Capal Gay which was lnched June 1981. Gay News challenged the thori om the outset by publishg personal ntact ads, fiance of the law — early edns this sectn was always headled "Love knoweth no laws. In 1974, Gay News was charged wh obsceny, havg published an issue wh a ver photograph of two men kissg.

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↑ Rictor Norton explas how, as a staffer on Gay News, he may have been rponsible for the cisn to publish the poem that led to the trial.

MelbourneCultural pal of Atralia, and repeatedly voted as one of the word’s most liveable ci, Melbourne has an edgy, ol urban feel that will feel faiar to visors om Europe, wh a changeable climate to s pact Central Bs District (CBD), major arts astcture, annual ftivals, imprsive sportg facili, sprawlg suburbs and s own seasi neighbourhood and harbour, together wh great shoppg, ol and funky rtrant and bar scene, and the most diverse and happeng gay scene Atralia, Melbourne really do have somethg for SceneThe Melbourne gay scene is liberally spread around the cy, and divis roughly north and south of the Yarra river, wh very ltle the way of gay venu, other than Gay Snas  the CBD.

SERIGAY COMMUNY NEWS MELBOURNE

The cy hosts year-round LGBT events, wh the biggt beg the summer Northsi gay scene is arty, pennt and alternative, and has most of the cy’s leather and sex-on-se venu. The ma gay-orientated districts this part of town are Abbotsford, Collgwood, Fzroy, Northte, Bnswick and Carlton. Southsi has a higher gay male populatn, wh numero Gay Bars, Gay Dance Clubs and fashn outlets to serve them, wh a ma foc around Chapel Street, one of Melbourne’s major shoppg and trendy rtrant areas.

The gay fluence spreads around the districts of Wdsor, Prahran, South Yarra, Richmond and South Melbourne, cludg St time to get to know both North and Southsi - both areas have a whole lot of attractns for gay visors. Far are based on the cy zon - Zone 1 beg the ner cy and Zone 2 the middle and outer to Stay MelbourneThe most popular areas for gay visors are cy centre (CBD), St Kilda and South Yarra/Prahran.

GAY REAL ESTATE NEWS - MELBOURNE, FLORIDA

Our list of selected hotels Melbourne for gay travelers n be found the Gay Melbourne Hotels to See & DoCentral:Feratn Square is the bt startg pot and good orientatn pot for tourg the CBD. Southsi:Chapel Street South Yarra & Prahran - for signer shoppg and fé culture and to disver the heart of the Southsi gay scene (also nearby Commercial Road). Fzroy and Collgwood are the trendy suburbs north of the CBD, full of ol f, rtrants, and pennt fashn labels, and the centre of another vibrant gay scene of the river Yarra flows through the cy wh plenty of riversi walks, joggg and cycle to VisThe summer season (December - Febary) attracts the most visors, though beware Melbourne’s reputatn for severe and abpt weather chang, which n liver all four seasons of weather one day, so e prepared.

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Be sure to experience one of the cy’s many annual gay events durg your stay - you will have plenty to choose om:The highlight of Melbourne’s gay lendar is, whout a doubt, the Midsumma Ftival - a gay ftival wh a huge variety of events that ns for three weeks om mid January throughout the cy. Chillout is an Autumn gay ral ftival, takg place nearby Daylford and Hepburn Sprgs over four days early March.

It screens over 150 films 11 days, and is one of the top 5 gay film ftivals the the wter HiBearNatn, held every June, featurg the unique Mr Atralasia Bear Competn as the highlight of a whole week of events attractg bears, cubs and their admirers om the world over to Melbourne. Roundg up the annual Melbourne gay ftival le up is AWOL (A Week of Leather) held every Augt/September time, at The Laird, wh the highlight beg the Co Black Party.