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Contents:
- GAY ALAI GUI | AN LGBTQIA+ GUI TO ALAI
- ALAI GAY AND LBIAN SCENE
- GAY LAW REFORM: ALAI MARKS 40 YEARS SCE CRIMALISATN OF HOMOSEXUALY SOUTH ATRALIA
- GUI TO GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS ALAI ATRALIA (2023 UPDATED)
- THE ULTIMATE LGBTQ GUI TO ATRALIA COURTY SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS PHOTOGRAPHER JEFEY FENG MONIQUE LA TERRA 30 JULY 2018 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT DPE THE ERNMENT’S PROTRACTED NEGOTIATNS TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, ATRALIA IS A UNTRY WH A LARGELY OPEN-MD POPULATN. CI LIKE SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE ARE PECIALLY WELG TO THE LGBTQ MUNY, WH FTIVALS SUCH AS MARDI GRAS AND MIDSUMMA ATTRACTG TOURISTS OM ALL OVER THE WORLD. HERE IS YOUR GUI TO MAKG THE MOST OF ATRALIA’S LGBTQ SCENE. VIEW ALL TRIPS BT CI SYDNEY TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP ECUADOR CROATIA EGYPT BALI ICELAND TURKEY SOUTH AI MEXI GREECE INDIA MOROC JAPAN SPA THAILAND THE LGBTQ PAL OF ATRALIA, SYDNEY IS ONE OF THE MOST WELG AND GAY-IENDLY TRAVEL STATNS THE WORLD WH A SUBSTANTIAL PK TOURISM SCENE, PECIALLY DURG MARDI GRAS WHEN THE WHOLE CY SPARKL. PROUDLY OSTENTAT, THE CY BOASTS MANY GAY AND GAY-IENDLY BARS AND CLUBS CLUDG SLY FOX ON A WEDNDAY NIGHT, ARQ, STONEWALL HOTEL, PALMS ON OXFORD AND THE IMPERIAL HOTEL. FOR GREAT SHOPPG HEAD TO OXFORD ST DARLGHURST AND FOR A BEACH-TIME BAKE VIS NORTH BONDI. SYDNEY OPERA HOE | © PATTYJANSEN/PIXABAY MELBOURNE MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP OOZG WH SOPHISTITED, EUROPEAN CHARM, MELBOURNE IS A SMOPOLAN CY WH A STRONG QUEER PRENCE. KNOWN AS THE CULTURAL PAL OF ATRALIA, MELBOURNE’S LGBTQ MUNY ARE PASSNATE THEATRE-GOERS AND ARE PROMENT WH THE ARTS MUNY. POPULAR NIGHTLIFE HNTS CLU SIRCU, THE GH HOTEL, POOF DOOF, THE LAIRD HOTEL AND THE PEEL HOTEL. IN ADDN TO MELBOURNE, DAYLFORD ALSO HAS A LARGE GAY MUNY AND EVERY MARCH HOSTS ATRALIA’S LARGT UNTRY QUEER FTIVAL: CHILLOUT FTIVAL. THIS YEAR THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED PLANS TO TABLISH ATRALIA’S FIRST PRI CENTRE MELBOURNE WHICH WILL SHOWSE QUEER ART AND HISTORY, OFFER SUPPORT SERVIC AND PROVI MUNY SPAC. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. MELBOURNE | © NICHOLASPETRIDIS/WIKICOMMONS BRISBANE WH SCENIC ASTL AND IDYLLIC BEACH, QUEENSLAND IS A SLICE OF PARADISE. THE ‘BRISVEGAS’ NER-CY SUBURBS OF FORTU VALLEY AND SPRG HILL HAVE A LIVELY NIGHTLIFE SCENE WH THE BEAT MEGACLUB, THE WICKHAM, AND THE SPORTSMAN HOTEL. FURTHER NORTH, CAIRNS, NOOSA HEADS AND THE GREAT BARRIER REEF ARE POPULAR TRAVEL PLAYGROUNDS FOR THE GAY AND LBIAN MUNY – HOWEVER, YOU MAY FD REGNS THE UNTRYSI TO BE LS ACCEPTG. BRISBANE | © DAMDA/PIXABAY FTIVALS MIDSUMMA FTIVAL, MELBOURNE, JANUARY – FEBARY HELD ANNUALLY SCE 1988, MELBOURNE’S FOREMOST LGBTQIA+ ARTS AND CULTURE FTIVAL FEATUR OVER 100 EVENTS CLUDG THE MIDSUMMA CARNIVAL ALEXANDRA GARNS, WHICH ATTRACTS APPROXIMATELY 120,000 PEOPLE; THE INIC MIDSUMMA PRI MARCH ST KILDA; AND MIDSUMMA HORIZON, A PARTY FEATURG LIVE-PERFORMANCE, PROJECTN, VISUAL ART AND MIC. SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS, SYDNEY, FEBARY – MARCH CELEBRATG THEIR 40TH ANNIVERSARY 2018, THE SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS IS ATRALIA’S LARGT LGBTQ CELEBRATN. THE FTIVAL CLUS THE WORLD-FAMO MARDI GRAS PARA, MARDI GRAS PARTY, COMEDY FTIVAL, FILM FTIVAL, POOL PARTY AND THE FAY-IENDLY FAIR DAY, WHICH ATTRACTS ROUGHLY 70,000 PEOPLE. COURTY SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS PHOTOGRAPHER JEFEY FENG BRISBANE PRI FTIVAL, SEPTEMBER BRISBANE’S MONTH-LONG PRI FTIVAL IS THE THIRD LARGT ATRALIA DRAWG 10,000 PEOPLE. THE FTIVAL KICKS OFF WH THE LNCH (A MASSIVE PARTY) FOLLOWED BY DOZENS OF EVENTS CLUDG THE UNIFYG PRI RALLY AND PRI MARCH AND FAIR DAY AT NEW FARM PARK. FEAST FTIVAL, ALAI, NOVEMBER ALAI PREMIER LGBTQ QUEER ARTS AND CULTURAL FTIVAL CELEBRAT THE ARTISTIC ENAVOURS OF THE MUNY WH EVENTS SHOWSG LOL AND TERNATNAL ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS. EVENTS CLU THE OPENG NIGHT STREET PARTY, PRI MARCH, THEATRE AND CABARET SHOWS AND PIIC THE PARK. PRIFT, PERTH, OCTOBER – NOVEMBER WHAT BEGAN AS A MUNY MOVEMENT PROTTG DISCRIMATORY LAWS AGAST THE GAY AND LBIAN MUNY HAS SCE GROWN TO PRIFT, A FTIVALTHAT CLUS PERTH PRI FAIRDAY AND THE PERTH PRI PARA. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
- LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG COUNSELLORS ALAI, SA
- GAY ALAI (ALAI, SOUTH ATRALIA)
- ALAI UNED MIDFIELR JOSH CAVALLO BE FIRST CURRENT A-LEAGUE MEN PLAYER TO PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE HE'S GAY
- THE SECRET HISTORY OF ATRALIA'S GAY DIGGERS
GAY ALAI GUI | AN LGBTQIA+ GUI TO ALAI
Atralia has bee a very unbiased untry and Alai is a great place for gay and lbian visors to spend some time. It is worth notg that South Atralia was actually the first state the whole untry... * adelaide australia gay life *
Atralia has bee a very unbiased untry and Alai is a great place for gay and lbian visors to spend some time. It is worth notg that South Atralia was actually the first state the whole untry to legalise gay sex, which dit the forward-thkg non-discrimatory attu of this state. There are several LGBT venu and gay iendly bars to be found Alai, where typilly drag shows and karaoke tend to form the bulk of the entertament on offer.
Wh regular gay and lbian events on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, cludg live mic, dancers and lourful drag shows, where dience participatn is somethg of a requise. LGBT Gay and Lbian Events clu:Stonewall Celebratn - held June, this event featur a number of lectur and exhibns at var venu across Alai.
ALAI GAY AND LBIAN SCENE
The drowng of a man Alai's River Torrens helped fe Atralia's first gay law reforms, passed 40 years ago this September. * adelaide australia gay life *
The gay muny of Alai celebrat this three-week annual cultural ftival wh food and we, culture, dancg, films, talks, walks, theatre and baret acts galore. The drowng of a man Alai's River Torrens helped fe Atralia's first gay law reforms, passed 40 years ago this Dunn had been Alai jt six weeks when a group of men threw him to the River Torrens May 41-year-old uld not swim and quickly Dunn had only jt started lecturg Alai, teachg Roman law.
"He wasn't some sort of toe rag, street person, he was a universy law lecturer, " long-time gay activist Will Sergeant said.
"In 1975, Don Dunstan's Labor ernment beme the first ernment Atralia to crimalise male historic legislatn was the first the English-speakg world to have a non-discrimatory age of nsent, the same for heterosexuals and the flamboyant lawyer turned Labor lear was not the first MP to troduce a gay law reform bill to an Atralian distctn fell to Murray a few weeks after Dr Dunn's ath he had anised a private members bill seekg gay law reform.
GAY LAW REFORM: ALAI MARKS 40 YEARS SCE CRIMALISATN OF HOMOSEXUALY SOUTH ATRALIA
"I was black. I was gay. I was livg bloody Alai!" * adelaide australia gay life *
(ABC News)Author Tim Reev said the remarkable thg was Mr Hill was a member of the Opposn Liberal Country League SA's ultra nservative Upper Hill's son, former Howard ernment mister Robert Hill, remembered his father's lleagu were not particularly imprsed by the Mr Hill was far more ncerned wh the jtic faced by gay men.
"He was que fluenced by one of the [psychology] profsors at Alai Universy who explaed to him that this ia that you uld change homosexual behavur through behavural therapy was also terrible thg, " Robert Hill said. Activists ph for change AtraliaIt was not jt policians and amics phg for activist groups like CAMP, the Campaign Agast Moral Persecutn, and Gay Liberatn were formg throughout Atralia. Gay liberatn badg llected by activist Will Sergeant will go on display alongsi other memorabilia for the 40th anniversary of gay law reform South Atralia.
"It was jt as I was cidg I am gay and that I had better do somethg about that that [Dr Dunn's ath] happened, " Mr Sergeant said. "So was awful to thk that that is what uld happen to homosexual people who were jt tryg to meet others.
GUI TO GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS ALAI ATRALIA (2023 UPDATED)
Enjoy charmg boutique hotels, steps om downtown of Alai & LGBTQ bars & pubs at our selectn of Gay Friendly Hotels Alai, Atralia * adelaide australia gay life *
My boss me up to me and said, 'wele to the human race' badg Mr Sergeant wore to those early ralli form part of a display memoratg the 40th anniversary of gay law reform. "I remember the day gay law reform was passed, I was workg as an acuntant at Tip Top Bakeri, " he said.
There’d be the evable lows ed by this difference – thgs like the time I was at one of my primary school danc and some of the girls refed to hold my hand to dance bee they didn’t want to touch my black one of my nt’s equatg beg gay to paedophilia and sayg she wouldn’t want her kids to be around my boyiend at the equally there were the highs – like the extra attentn I’d get om people who would marvel at or want to touch my Jackson 5 spired Ao. Source: SuppliedWhen I was around 14 or 15 I really me to accept that I was gay but I still ntued to qutn a b: “I’m black, and black guys aren’t gay”.
I remember slippg to Alai’s only gay bar at a young age and feelg exced but also so disappoted beg the only non-whe person the room. I’d flip between one extreme to the other wh ternal dialogu my head: om “you’re gay so you should be to Kylie Mogue like every other Alai gay” to “you’re black so you should be to rap mic and drs like a gangster” (as that sadly was my only reference pot for black people at the time). First person of lour, first black guy born Atralia (the shocked fac some people would have when I would start speakg wh an ‘Atralian’ accent), the first gay guy.
THE ULTIMATE LGBTQ GUI TO ATRALIA COURTY SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS PHOTOGRAPHER JEFEY FENG MONIQUE LA TERRA 30 JULY 2018 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT DPE THE ERNMENT’S PROTRACTED NEGOTIATNS TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, ATRALIA IS A UNTRY WH A LARGELY OPEN-MD POPULATN. CI LIKE SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE ARE PECIALLY WELG TO THE LGBTQ MUNY, WH FTIVALS SUCH AS MARDI GRAS AND MIDSUMMA ATTRACTG TOURISTS OM ALL OVER THE WORLD. HERE IS YOUR GUI TO MAKG THE MOST OF ATRALIA’S LGBTQ SCENE. VIEW ALL TRIPS BT CI SYDNEY TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP ECUADOR CROATIA EGYPT BALI ICELAND TURKEY SOUTH AI MEXI GREECE INDIA MOROC JAPAN SPA THAILAND THE LGBTQ PAL OF ATRALIA, SYDNEY IS ONE OF THE MOST WELG AND GAY-IENDLY TRAVEL STATNS THE WORLD WH A SUBSTANTIAL PK TOURISM SCENE, PECIALLY DURG MARDI GRAS WHEN THE WHOLE CY SPARKL. PROUDLY OSTENTAT, THE CY BOASTS MANY GAY AND GAY-IENDLY BARS AND CLUBS CLUDG SLY FOX ON A WEDNDAY NIGHT, ARQ, STONEWALL HOTEL, PALMS ON OXFORD AND THE IMPERIAL HOTEL. FOR GREAT SHOPPG HEAD TO OXFORD ST DARLGHURST AND FOR A BEACH-TIME BAKE VIS NORTH BONDI. SYDNEY OPERA HOE | © PATTYJANSEN/PIXABAY MELBOURNE MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP OOZG WH SOPHISTITED, EUROPEAN CHARM, MELBOURNE IS A SMOPOLAN CY WH A STRONG QUEER PRENCE. KNOWN AS THE CULTURAL PAL OF ATRALIA, MELBOURNE’S LGBTQ MUNY ARE PASSNATE THEATRE-GOERS AND ARE PROMENT WH THE ARTS MUNY. POPULAR NIGHTLIFE HNTS CLU SIRCU, THE GH HOTEL, POOF DOOF, THE LAIRD HOTEL AND THE PEEL HOTEL. IN ADDN TO MELBOURNE, DAYLFORD ALSO HAS A LARGE GAY MUNY AND EVERY MARCH HOSTS ATRALIA’S LARGT UNTRY QUEER FTIVAL: CHILLOUT FTIVAL. THIS YEAR THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED PLANS TO TABLISH ATRALIA’S FIRST PRI CENTRE MELBOURNE WHICH WILL SHOWSE QUEER ART AND HISTORY, OFFER SUPPORT SERVIC AND PROVI MUNY SPAC. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. MELBOURNE | © NICHOLASPETRIDIS/WIKICOMMONS BRISBANE WH SCENIC ASTL AND IDYLLIC BEACH, QUEENSLAND IS A SLICE OF PARADISE. THE ‘BRISVEGAS’ NER-CY SUBURBS OF FORTU VALLEY AND SPRG HILL HAVE A LIVELY NIGHTLIFE SCENE WH THE BEAT MEGACLUB, THE WICKHAM, AND THE SPORTSMAN HOTEL. FURTHER NORTH, CAIRNS, NOOSA HEADS AND THE GREAT BARRIER REEF ARE POPULAR TRAVEL PLAYGROUNDS FOR THE GAY AND LBIAN MUNY – HOWEVER, YOU MAY FD REGNS THE UNTRYSI TO BE LS ACCEPTG. BRISBANE | © DAMDA/PIXABAY FTIVALS MIDSUMMA FTIVAL, MELBOURNE, JANUARY – FEBARY HELD ANNUALLY SCE 1988, MELBOURNE’S FOREMOST LGBTQIA+ ARTS AND CULTURE FTIVAL FEATUR OVER 100 EVENTS CLUDG THE MIDSUMMA CARNIVAL ALEXANDRA GARNS, WHICH ATTRACTS APPROXIMATELY 120,000 PEOPLE; THE INIC MIDSUMMA PRI MARCH ST KILDA; AND MIDSUMMA HORIZON, A PARTY FEATURG LIVE-PERFORMANCE, PROJECTN, VISUAL ART AND MIC. SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS, SYDNEY, FEBARY – MARCH CELEBRATG THEIR 40TH ANNIVERSARY 2018, THE SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS IS ATRALIA’S LARGT LGBTQ CELEBRATN. THE FTIVAL CLUS THE WORLD-FAMO MARDI GRAS PARA, MARDI GRAS PARTY, COMEDY FTIVAL, FILM FTIVAL, POOL PARTY AND THE FAY-IENDLY FAIR DAY, WHICH ATTRACTS ROUGHLY 70,000 PEOPLE. COURTY SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS PHOTOGRAPHER JEFEY FENG BRISBANE PRI FTIVAL, SEPTEMBER BRISBANE’S MONTH-LONG PRI FTIVAL IS THE THIRD LARGT ATRALIA DRAWG 10,000 PEOPLE. THE FTIVAL KICKS OFF WH THE LNCH (A MASSIVE PARTY) FOLLOWED BY DOZENS OF EVENTS CLUDG THE UNIFYG PRI RALLY AND PRI MARCH AND FAIR DAY AT NEW FARM PARK. FEAST FTIVAL, ALAI, NOVEMBER ALAI PREMIER LGBTQ QUEER ARTS AND CULTURAL FTIVAL CELEBRAT THE ARTISTIC ENAVOURS OF THE MUNY WH EVENTS SHOWSG LOL AND TERNATNAL ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS. EVENTS CLU THE OPENG NIGHT STREET PARTY, PRI MARCH, THEATRE AND CABARET SHOWS AND PIIC THE PARK. PRIFT, PERTH, OCTOBER – NOVEMBER WHAT BEGAN AS A MUNY MOVEMENT PROTTG DISCRIMATORY LAWS AGAST THE GAY AND LBIAN MUNY HAS SCE GROWN TO PRIFT, A FTIVALTHAT CLUS PERTH PRI FAIRDAY AND THE PERTH PRI PARA. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
Alai is the pal and most populo cy of the Atralian state of South Atralia, and is the fifth largt cy Atralia, wh a populatn of over 1.1 ln. Each year has a spired Pri March and diverse LGBT Feast Ftival (photos #24-34) that clus artistic performanc (photos #29-30) and semars-- cludg one by transgenr people (photo #33). Read the gay Atralia story * adelaide australia gay life *
Perhaps ’s the regn’s Alai –like weather and progrsive vibe, or s diverse yet well-tegrated populatn (you won’t fd a ncentrated “gayborhood” like Sydney’s Darlghurst and Oxford Street here); Melbourne and Alai Atralia are about as LGBT–iendly as they e. In a 2013 Pew Rearch poll, 79% of Atralians agreed that homosexualy should be accepted by society, makg the fifth most supportive untry the survey behd Spa (88%), Germany (87%), Canada and the Czech Republic (both 80%).
LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG COUNSELLORS ALAI, SA
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The Executive Kg Pl is 118$/room per night wh breakfast clud – if g on a honeymoon this is the perfect choice for gay upl.
Where to book onle – Hotel Grand Chancellor Alai – Gay Friendly Hotels Alai – you n fd the bt hotels als Alai durg Alai Ftival which is celebrated wh much enthiasm Alai on or and see more reviews on TripAdvisor. The Deluxe Queen Corner Room is 116$/room per night wh breakfast clud – if g on a honeymoon this is the perfect choice for gay upl.
Where to book onle – ibis Alai – Gay Friendly Hotels Alai – you n fd the bt hotels als Alai durg Alai Ftival which is celebrated wh much enthiasm Alai on or and see more reviews on TripAdvisor. The Luxury Kg Room is 176$/room per night wh breakfast clud – if g on a honeymoon this is the perfect choice for gay upl. Where to book onle – Mayfair Hotel – Gay Friendly Hotels Alai – you n fd the bt hotels als Alai durg Alai Ftival which is celebrated wh much enthiasm Alai on or and see more reviews on TripAdvisor.
GAY ALAI (ALAI, SOUTH ATRALIA)
Two s ago, such support would have been beyond the imaggs of all but the most wildly optimistic gay or lbian person. The pace at which social attus towards gay and lbian Atralians have evolved over the past two s has been dizzyg. Atralian Lbian and Gay Life Stori, a natnal oral history project currently unrway, seeks to explore this transformatn further.
Different generatns of gay and lbian dividuals will provi sight to what has been like to live a gay or lbian life Atralia om the 1940s to the prent, when attus have shifted so remarkably.
ALAI UNED MIDFIELR JOSH CAVALLO BE FIRST CURRENT A-LEAGUE MEN PLAYER TO PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE HE'S GAY
The project will terview five different generatns of “ordary” gay men and lbians providg ep sight to how dividuals negotiate social change their timate liv. This project is the first prehensive natnwi oral history project unrtaken wh a diverse range of members of Atralia’s lbian and gay populatn. First, will bolster and diversify the Natnal Library of Atralia’s digal llectn by providg up to 300 hours of lbian and gay oral histori.
More broadly, the project will vtigate how lbian and gay dividuals have navigated a perd of extraordary social change, and the impact of this transformatn on lbian and gay liv and cultural narrativ. Rearchers on this project acknowledge the important gay and lbian oral histori that have prevly been nducted by other rearchers, cludg the ongog efforts of the Atralian Lbian and Gay Archiv Melbourne. Furthermore, the bulk of existg oral histori have foced on activists wh the gay and lbian muny, rather than “ordary” Atralians.
Interviews for the Atralian Lbian and Gay Life Stori project are beg nducted wh participants born between 1930 and 1994 who self-intify as same-sex attracted.
THE SECRET HISTORY OF ATRALIA'S GAY DIGGERS
rponnts born before 1940, who reached sexual matury at a time when male-to-male homosexualy was illegal and was aggrsively policed.
those born after 1985, many of whom feel they live a “post gay” era where ias about the meang of gay and lbian inty are shiftg.
Atralian Lbian and Gay Life Stori is an Atralian first and will make an important addn to the Natnal Library’s llectn.