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. The people, plac and memori are brought to life through his gentle rellectns of the begngs of the Sydney Mardi Gras, the AIDS crisis and the mastreamg…
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
* 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. In the seventi there was a gay polil group nsistg of gay men and lbians lled CAMP Inc.
GAY SYDNEY: A MEMOIR
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.
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.
SYDNEY WORLDPRI REVIEW: GAY SYDNEY – A MEMOIR (SEYMOUR CENTRE, SYDNEY) ★★★
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.
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. 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. Gay Sydney: A Memoir.
SYDNEY WORLDPRI: 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.
GAY SYDNEY: A MEMOIR
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. 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. Gay Sydney: A Memoir eloquently reflects on the past to image the way forward.
“MY LIFE IS QUE GAY.” A QUEER MEMOIR READG LIST
The Gay Liberatn movement was jt begng…. Set 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 forward.
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. In regard to gay experience this cy, William Yang is the perfect posn to make history: he was there, and he took betiful pictur.
OPEN LETTER FROM WILLIAM YANG ABOUT HIS MELT SHOW GAY SYDNEY A MEMOIR
In Gay Sydney: A Memoir, wh his stunng photographs and his gentle wise voice, Yang creat a story that is both eply movg and eply spirg.
Wh personal anecdote and eye wns thory, Yang speaks of events om 1969, when he first me to Sydney, to the prent day: the birth of Mardi Gras, the flowerg of the Darlghurst “gay ghetto”, the crimalisatn of homosexualy, the tragedy of the AIDS epimic, the succs of the marriage equaly movement…. Gay Sydney: A Memoir by William Yang. Tags: Gay Sydney A Memoir, Seymour Centre.
It jt so happened to be the se that my life is que gay, and th, the procs of wrg about , I end up wh a very gay book. Her recent appearanc at IKEA Concert Roulette, Sunrp Stadium, Mardi Gras, Big Gay Day, and Pri Ftival have prepared her for her role and performance Young Rock Season 2 which has jt aired on HBO.
WILLIAM YANG: GAY SYDNEY A MEMOIR
Self-scribed as the Asian emprs of the gay streets of Sydney, Dyan Tai has emerged om the stag of the lol baret scene and now evolved to an electronic artist. Burstg onto the scene late 2018 wh his but sgle She, and acpanied performance at Sydney’s most popular queer event, Heaps Gay, LAVRENCE has bee one of Atralia’s most excg risg artists, quickly tablishg a reputatn for meticuloly choreographed and powerful live performanc.