"For the people to publicly make a statement that they were gay or lbian was this enormo risk for them — they uld have lost everythg."
Contents:
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER (LGBTQ+) PROGRAM
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
"It's a S" picts the AIDS crisis durg the 1980s, a time when solidary between the lbian and gay muni exceed differenc. * gay lesbian solidarity *
While Jill Baxter’s support is disrpected and nied by Gregory’s homophobic fay, who end up burng all of his thgs after he di – as if he never existed – she ntu anizg and advotg for many other patients. Whether be uplg up throughout history to avoid homophobic spicn, as seen on the TV show Ratched, or bathg each other’s sk when the rt of society won’t even shake your hand, ’s sential such loyalty ntu the face of new homophobic ncerns.
prottg outsi Catholic Theologil College Melbourne on vis of "Courage" founr Father John Harvey and psychologist Dr Peter Rugeair, who claim to be able to 'cure' homosexual Catholics, Feb 2003 (Photo by Barry McKay)LESBIAN AND GAY SOLIDARITYFormerly Gay Solidary Group (Established 1978) PO Box 1675Prton South Vic 3072Atralia e-mail: josken_at_josken_ CURRENT LESBIAN AND GAY SOLIDARITY NEWSLETTERARCHIVE OF PREVIOUS NEWSLETTERS. Communy members will get together on September 24 to regnise the achievements of Ken Davis, who took up the fight for gay liberatn at the age of 15 and remas passnate about seeg those bat extend worldwi.
I thk the basic agenda for gay rights is achieved and the areas we want to make progrs , terms of some sort of emancipatory social project, are about bigger qutns. IN DEPTH CONCERNS: Homophobia Part 4a - LESBIAN AND GAY SOLIDARITY MULTIMEDIA PAGE Homophobia Part 4b - UWS Fom: "Islam & Homosexualy" - relig attacks by fundamentalist Islam Sydney.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER (LGBTQ+) PROGRAM
* gay lesbian solidarity *
As GSG we were the anisers of the first Lbian and Gay Mardi Gras which was preced by a gay rights street march through Sydney on the morng of Saturday, 24 June 1978, followed by an open lbian and gay Fom the afternoon and that night at 10pm the mardi gras para. The Sydney events were to serve a double purpose - to highlight the Stonewall gay rights events the Uned Stat and to draw attentn to our own discrimatory laws, vlence agast and mands for equaly and an end to police harassment. What happened at the night para - the btal arrts of 53 lbians and gays - shocked not only Sydney but the world via televisn and newspaper pictur of the police vlence.
That change has been slow and hard fought and still has a long way to go spe the appearance the prent Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras giv which cintally was origally a mid-wter para and only later changed to mid-summer. We have reprentativ of LGS attend the Anti-Discrimatn Board's lbian and gay nsultatns which date back to 1982 (for the latt ADB newsletter see: Equal Time Autumn 2008 edn). While was still active Sydney we were at the bi-monthly meetgs of Inter~Sectn - a aln enavourg to improve lol ernment agency servic for sexual mori (lbian, gay and transgenr people).
Our members have been volved groups such as Communy Support Network (CSN/ACON), Gay Wav (a weekly gay and lbian rad program on 2SER-FM)(closed down abptly by management of 2SER-FM early 2005 after more than 25 years of servg the gay, lbian and transgenr muni) and the Orr of Perpetual Indulgence (Gay Male Nuns and Lbian Monks - a very polil actn group and open to lbians, gays and others). ALGA is now 28 years old, and at s send history nference, held at Melbourne Universy on 19 and 20 November 1999, they announced the troductn of their web se: Atralian Lbian and Gay Archiv We urge you to e the ALGA webse and also to bee members of the Archiv, as they pend very much on membership fe for their ntued operatn.
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Program promot the employment, advancement and retentn of persons wh differg sexual orientatn, genr inty, and genr exprsn the USDA workforce. The LGBTQ+ Program serv as a rource to assist managers intifyg and rolvg employment, retentn, and work environment issu affectg LGBTQ+ employe at USDA. LGBTQ Pri Month * gay lesbian solidarity *
LGS members have, over the years, provid many piec of archival material pertag to lbian and gay issu to the Archiv, and, although they have rtricted premis for public e at this stage, they are always pleased to assist rearchers wh their enquiri at any time.
LGS is now buildg up an archive of posters, flyers, banners and other relevant ems of gay and lbian activist historil tert Atralia sce the 1970s.