Open Letter From William Yang About His MELT Show Gay Sydney A Memoir

Contents:

• GAY SYDNEY: A MEMOIR
• GAY SYDNEY: A MEMOIR
• SYDNEY WORLDPRI REVIEW: GAY SYDNEY – A MEMOIR (SEYMOUR CENTRE, SYDNEY) ★★★
• SYDNEY WORLDPRI: GAY SYDNEY: A MEMOIR
• GAY SYDNEY: A MEMOIR
• “MY LIFE IS QUE GAY.” A QUEER MEMOIR READG LIST
• OPEN LETTER FROM WILLIAM YANG ABOUT HIS MELT SHOW GAY SYDNEY A MEMOIR
• WILLIAM YANG: GAY SYDNEY A MEMOIR

GAY SYDNEY: A MEMOIR

The Gay Liberatn movement was jt begng…Internatnally renowned performance artist, and one of Atralia’s greatt storytellers, William Yang is an inic chronicler of our time. His work, although tensely personal, speaks a universal William as he explor the heady and turbulent scen of 1970s Sydney, the vibrant history of Mardi Gras, and the ever-evolvg GLBTIQ agast his own stunng imag and wh evotive, hntg mic created and played live by Meanj/Brisbane poser, Timothy Fairls, Gay Sydney: A Memoir eloquently reflects on the past to image the way ’s work has remaed artistilly vibrant, impactful and relevant through five s of creatn. Gay Sydney: A Memoir is the apotheosis of all that me before, tenr, exuberant, polil – a portra of the tim that shaped a life well lived.

As we look forward to celebratg Sydney WorldPri at the Seymour, ternatnally renowned performance artist and photographer, William Yang, reflects on g out as a gay man Atralia the early seventi, and his experience of key moments Sydney's Queer history. You n learn more about William's life and work his show, Gay Sydney: A Memoir, playg at the Seymour as part of Sydney WorldPri.

I had a gay iend here whom I knew as a stunt Brisbane and he troduced me to a group of olr gay men, and they took me to gay plac like The Purple Onn Kensgton and Capriccs Oxford Street.

GAY SYDNEY: A MEMOIR

In the seventi there was a gay polil group nsistg of gay men and lbians lled CAMP Inc. I went to a film lled Word Is Out at the Paris Theatre— was a documentary film about Gay Liberatn the USA. It nfirmed Gay Liberatn was a worldwi event, at least English-speakg untri, and we were not alone.

He had wrten a book lled Homosexual: Opprsn and Liberatn, which had been released several untri.

At the film I saw a long haired mcular young man who I’d seen ridg a bike down Oxford Street and I thought, “OMG he’s gay. David did gay-intified works, and as such he was a huge fluence for me.

SYDNEY WORLDPRI REVIEW: GAY SYDNEY – A MEMOIR (SEYMOUR CENTRE, SYDNEY) ★★★

The Mardi Gras went on televisn 1994, and I thk that was the biggt reason for people changg their mds about the gay and lbian movement. AIDS took a heavy toll on our muny although some way brought gay men and lbians together. William YangWrer and director, Gay Sydney: A Memoir.

Gay Sydney: A Memoir plays 19 - 23 Febary. His voice is adpan and ’s Karate Klub Kensgton was Yang’s favoure place when he arrived om Queensland as a young stunt and found a gay tribe beyond his wilst more than 50 years, Yang has chronicled Sydney’s subcultur and pecially s queer culture, to bee one of the most astute observers of his i and story and that of queer Sydney have long been tertwed.

SYDNEY WORLDPRI: GAY SYDNEY: A MEMOIR

William Yang has transformed the slishow/monologue to an art The show spans half a century, begng when Yang land Sydney 1969, the same year as the Stonewall he was a habué of Oxford Street’s Capriccs and Patch – mentn of which ronated wh olr dience members – gay venu that existed when homosexualy was a crime.

GAY SYDNEY: A MEMOIR

William Yang has brought his very personal rellectns of Sydney’s gay scene to life through his imag, and now his one-man show as part of Sydney WorldPri 2023.

“MY LIFE IS QUE GAY.” A QUEER MEMOIR READG LIST

Gay Sydney: A Memoir.

OPEN LETTER FROM WILLIAM YANG ABOUT HIS MELT SHOW GAY SYDNEY A MEMOIR

Wh a betiful mil acpaniment by Timothy Fairls, Yang opens up about his own sexual awakeng, racism, and racial fetish wh the gay muny; Sydney’s hidn sex parti, the world of long shuttered snas, and drag bars. Sharply revealg photographs of parti the “gay ghetto” of Darlghurst the 70s, naked men olickg the pool of Ken’s Karate Klub (a gay sna) the 80s, and the evolutn of Mardi Gras om a “cheap and cheerful” muny event and prott, to the mega budget, rporate era. Yang is ank and hont about his glee at disverg the multiplicy of gay and lbian life, the reclamatn of the word “queer” the 90s, and the new wave of genr diversy and fluidy.

WILLIAM YANG: GAY SYDNEY A MEMOIR

For those wh a love of queer history, personal stori and classic photography Gay Sydney: A Memoir will she. Gay Sydney: A Memoir ns at Seymour Centre, Sydney om Feb 19th – 23rd as part of Sydney WorldPri 2023. Prented by the Seymour Centre associatn wh Sydney WorldPri, Gay Sydney: A Memoir is a new show that explor the vibrant history of Mardi Gras and the heady and turbulent scen of 1970s Sydney and beyond.