Aspects of Gay and Lbian Life Seventi Melbourne - No 87 May 2011 - La Trobe Journal

Contents:

• THE ATRALIAN LBIAN AND GAY ARCHIV (ALGA)
• THE ATRALIAN LBIAN AND GAY ARCHIV
• MICHAEL HURLEYASPECTS OF GAY AND LBIAN LIFE SEVENTI MELBOURNE
• THE BT GAY BARS MELBOURNE
• GAY AND LBIAN ARCHIV
• GAY/LBIAN ACTIVISM

THE ATRALIAN LBIAN AND GAY ARCHIV (ALGA)

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.

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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).

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. This new publitn om the Atralian Lbian and Gay Archiv is an eye-openg and immensely readable troductn to Melbourne’s queer scen, both private and public. If you would like to read more about Victoria’s queer histori, try Queen Cy of the South: gay and lbian Melbourne, a special issue of the Library’s La Trobe Journal which n be read onle, or the book Livg out loud: a history of gay and lbian activism Atralia.

MICHAEL HURLEYASPECTS OF GAY AND LBIAN LIFE SEVENTI MELBOURNE

Forbidn love, bold passns: an exhibn of lbian stori 1900s to 1990s (1996), a tourg exhibn curated by History Inverted and the Atralian Lbian and Gay Archiv.

Gay tim are here aga (2013), State Library of South Atralia, celebratg the 40th anniversary of the 1973 Alai Gay Pri Week, veloped wh the State Library of South Atralia and the South Atralian Gay and Lbian Archiv. From the earlit days, men who loved men, and women who loved women – sodom and spsters, mps and gays and lbians, queers of all kds – have ma the cy their own, givg a vibrant history.

”(2) Lot's Wife broadsheet, published by Monash Uni, supplement 2nd Augt 1976; article tled ‘Manifto of the Socialist Homosexuals’ pos the qutn, how do homosexualy relate to sexism? There are many gay lobby groups at this time; for example, Gay Tra Unn Group, Gay Task Force, Gay Solidary Group, UNSW Gay Soc, NSW Teacher and Stunt Group and so on. There is discsn about the role and purpose of CAMP as a lobby group and the need to avoid alienatg good public opn believed to be achieved by the gay liberatn movement.

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In Alai there was a Gay Liberatn book service, Doctor Dunstan Revolutn Bookshop (140 Kg William Rd Hy Park 5061) 3 March 1979, reports that Queensland, Greg Weir is fightg for the right to teach. The (then) Victorian Premier Dick Hamer (Liberal Party 1972-1981) sis wh anti-gay reactnary muny groups phg to ban the book and shore up the Catholic vote. Reactnary lobby groups, such as the Commtee to Raise Edutnal Standards, petn the Mister to ban the book and ph for gay teachers to be Newsletter No.

Amics, says that the law is nsistent - femal are outsi crimalisatn on the basis of sexualy and gays are easy victims of theft, vlence, and blackmail. Rumed as a blog 2103 and then hard py 2014 to prent om Monash and Melbourne Uni produce this 1992 Issue jotly and clus an terview wh Barbara Falk (Historian and Director for the Centre of Higher Edutn) who talks about her experience of amia, class and of women’s rourc (on the back page): Lbian Le, Gay and Lbian Swchboard, Lbian Collective on mp, Sexual Asslt Le, Women’s Culture, Gallery, Bookshop, Women’s Health, Legal, Sexual Vlence and Inct, Counsellg Servic and so 's Punch issue 2015 is available onle and ntas an article reflectg on femist histori and femist activism durg the 1980s. 15)Adverts for social events: UM Gay Society - Gay Dance featurg the Millnair 18 June 1976, Trophy Hall, Berepaire Centre, Melbourne Universy st $ of gay groups and anisatns (p.

Society 5 also had a library and did legal work and operated a phone Teachers Group formed after 1st Natnal Homosexual Conference 1975 (rights of gay teachers and social events), Women’s Group Sprgvale (PO Box addrs).

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16, July 1976Campaign agast sexism nducted on mp by UM Women’s Lib GAYSOC – Gay Dance featur Dragon, Brother Sunshe Light Show and Tim McKew, Friday 30 July. GAYSOC is a member of Homosexual Law Reform Coaln, which is actively seekg full legal equaly for lbians and male homosexuals … This is a suatn that mt change” article on GAYSOC (p.

Also advertis the bate between Fred Nile (Ftival of Light) and Lex Watson (spokperson Gay Rights Movement) DANCE Trophy Hall, Melbourne Universy 14 Sept 1979, Boys Next Door. Articl clu a piece on the role of the Church relatn to homos – Gay Christian Collective found Melbourne late 1979 by men and women, a workg group on theologil the 5th Natnal Homo Conference, Sep 1979, the Melbourne Young Gays was formed tend to support those unr 25 yrs of age (and they have a film society) article by Terry Stok (p. He argu bars are more than an alternative liftyle bee ( his experience) Victoria to behave homosexually is to ‘urt the urts’, batterg, abe and unemployment.

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Wh gay muny divis, as some see law reform as primary means to liberatn om opprsn; for others ’s one step to far reachg ends; some see as a distractn om the real dynamics of sexist opprsn. PERCY GRAINGER MUSEUMPortras of Percy Grager by three (possibly) gay men the permanent llectn (on display) Meyer, 3 photographsBaron Adolf Edward Sigismund Meyer (1868-1949), Vogue photographer and gay man (Adolf married a lbian).

Atralian ex-pat artist, Bunny was a gifted mician (piano) and went to sgg gathergs at Grager’s rooms, Kgs Road, is likely that Bunny met Grager soon after arrivg London through his acquatance wh Nellie Melba and her circle (both men at home ‘gay Paris’). Jacqu-Ee Blanche, large oil on nvas portra, 1906Blanche was succsful Parisian born pater specialised society portras (unsure if Blanche was homosexual); the mician’s lover Lilh Lowry troduced Blanche to Percy.