Geni Pictur has optned Emmett Monterey’s memoir about growg up gay and disabled 1980s London for TV adaptatn.
Contents:
- MELBOURNE GAY SHOPS
- MICHAEL HURLEYASPECTS OF GAY AND LBIAN LIFE SEVENTI MELBOURNE
- EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS MELBOURNE
- GAY MELBOURNE (MELBOURNE, VICTORIA)
MELBOURNE GAY SHOPS
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MICHAEL HURLEYASPECTS OF GAY AND LBIAN LIFE SEVENTI MELBOURNE
Image source, John Jenner/Atralian Lbian and Gay ArchivImage ptn, Wayne Harrison and L McDonald opened their first shop 1982"People have a sense of ownership when they e here, " says L McDonald. "Wayne and I -found The Bookshop bee we travelled to New York and we noticed that gay books were beg advertised all of the gay prs and we thought: 'No-one's dog that at home. '"So we ntacted St Mart's Prs [ New York] and we bought a uple of books volume, shipped them back to Atralia and advertised them Campaign [a gay Atralian newspaper at the time].
EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS MELBOURNE
From that, we formed two book clubs - the Gay Book Club and the Lbian Book Club - and we did a lot of mail orr.
GAY MELBOURNE (MELBOURNE, VICTORIA)
"Through the 1980s, The Bookshop worked wh the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, sellg tickets to the para om s upstairs office, and wh Aids Council of New South Wal (ACON), promotg fundraisg events and ralli. "Pl, " remembers Wilks, " the 1960s and 70s, you had to bribe police if you were gog to n an out, gay bs the muny.