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A Guide to Gay and Lesbian Writing in Australia
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMichael Hurley
Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1996.“With over 1000 detailed entries, this essential reference shows the vibrancy, strength and diversity of gay and lesbian writing and culture in Australia.” (back cover) This copy inscribed by the author to gay Jewish socialist Mannie de Saxe, and with an invitation to the Sydney book launch inside an Allen & Unwin envelope addressed to Saxe and his partner, Kendall Lovett.
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Homosexuality: Myths and Realities
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGary Simes; Craig Johnston
Sydney: Gay Rights Lobby, 1982.General information booklet to introduce the reader to homosexuality and dispel myths prevalent in early 1980s Australia.
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Garcon: A Collection of Male Nudes for Adults Only
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGreg Fenton; Peter Wright
Sydney: Christopher Wilde Productions, No date.Rare Australian gay erotica. A collection of male nudes: photographs by Greg Fenton, drawings by Peter Wright. Publisher’s catalogue request form laid in.
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Male Maze [No. 1] & 2
AU$500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMankind Publications
Sydney: Mankind Publications, No date.2 issues of short running Australian homoerotic tabloid Male Maze, a spin-off of the slightly glossier Mankind. Features W. H. Auden’s poem, A Day for a Lay, Gay News From Afar, articles: Smile! You’re Growing Older, The First Closet Queen, Sex Change, and Three Way Heaven, alongside numerous male nudes, and mail order advertisements for books, photographs, and gay gear from Mankind.
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Working Hot
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMary Fallon
Melbourne: Sybylla Co-Operative Press & Publications Ltd, 1993.An experimental novel about dykes in Sydney.
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The Night of Your Life: Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGerry North
Sydney: Rural and City Media Services, 1992.Photobook history of the protest march to the Pride event. The deluxe hardcover edition with the limited edition stamp designed by Brian Kent.
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Did You Meet Any Malagas? A Homosexual History of Australia’s Tropical Capital
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDino Hodge
Darwin: Little Gem Publications, 1993.Conversations with thirteen gay men from the Northern Territory, including a priest, a hustler, the owner of a wine bar, a political activist, and the first Territorian diagnosed with AIDS. This copy with numerous gift inscriptions to a gay policeman.
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A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGraham Willett; Angela Bailey; Timothy W. Jones; Sarah Rood
Melbourne: Australian Queer Archives and Heritage Victoria, 2021.“A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects was commissioned by Heritage Victoria to highlight the rich, diverse and unique history of queer communities in Victoria and to demonstrate how these communities are reflected in the places, objects and landscapes that surround us. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, asexual, sistergirl and brotherboy (LGBTIQ+) people are, and always have been, an integral part of Victorian social, political and cultural life. However, the experiences and voices of queer communities have not commonly been included in the historical record and, consequently, queer heritage has remained largely invisible. This report identifies 100 places, objects and collections that have specific and unique meaning to Victorias contemporary queer communities. Identifying and exploring the meaning of these places, objects and collections to members of the LGBTIQ+ communities who have suggested them adds depth and richness to Victorias history and heritage. It also makes visible the stories and experiences of communities that have, until recently, been ignored and at times actively persecuted.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Archer Magazine 19: The Pleasure Issue
AU$19.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAmy Middleton; Roz Bellamy
Melbourne: Archer Magazine, 2023.A magazine about sex, gender and identity. The Pleasure Issue. Contributors include: Joan Nestle, Katia Ariel, Erin Riley, Caitlin McGregor, Lauren French, Vex Ashley, Hini Hanara, Bebe Oliver, Patrice Capogreco, Euphemia Russell, Jessamyn Stanley, Pro Dommes Alani and Danielle, and an image editorial by Hailey Moroney.
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Transgender Australia: A History Since 1910
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartNoah Riseman
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2023.“The first book on Australian trans history exploring the lives and impacts of trans and gender-diverse Australians. Trans and gender diverse people have always been present in Australian life, whether they’ve lived quiet lives in the country, performed in cabaret shows, worked on the streets or run for parliament. But over the last century there have been remarkable changes in how they have identified and expressed themselves. Transgender Australia is the first book to chart the changing social, medical, legal and lived experiences of trans and gender diverse people in Australia since 1910. Drawing on over a hundred oral history interviews and previously unexamined documents and media reports, it highlights how trans people have tried to live authentically while navigating a society that often treated them like outcasts.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Always Remember: 40 Years – 40 Objects and Images from the AIDS Epidemic, 1981-2021
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGeoff Allshorn
Melbourne: Clouds of Magellan Press, 2021.“A brief history of AIDS in Australia, expressed through forty objects and images – newspaper clippings, books, films, TV, music, memorials, activism and art. Not to mention badges and milk cartons. Allshorn tenderly recalls his own experiences and struggles. More broadly, Allshorn probes the meanings behind the many silences, exclusions and (mis)representation, while at the same time celebrating the heroic work of many ‘heroes of the epidemic’.” (publisher’s blurb)
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A White Genocidal Assimilationist Bitch Speaks
AU$25.00 Read MoreAdd to cartKathleen Mary Fallon
[Sydney]: Polar Bear Press, 2023.“This second publication in the Queensland School Reader series continues Fallon’s reconciliation dialogues telling intimate stories of her forty years as the lesbian foster mother of a Torres Strait Islander with disabilities. This was during the lesophobic decades when the boy would have been immediately removed from her care if the Authorities had discovered her lesbianism. Her stories are angry, tragic, darkly humorous, sometimes just plain snarky and gossipy. Ranging geographically from Brisbane to Sydney to London and ranging temporally over those forty year they are personally, politically, socially and culturally informative and candid snap shots of those times. There is an urgency about these stories and they need to be told.” (author’s blurb)
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Archer Magazine 8: The Spaces Issue
AU$17.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAmy Middleton
Melbourne: Archer Magazine, 2017.Archer Magazine is an award-winning print publication about sexuality, gender and identity. It is published twice-yearly in Melbourne, Australia, with a focus on lesser-heard voices and the uniqueness of our experiences.
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Archer Magazine 5: The Culture Issue
AU$17.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAmy Middleton
Melbourne: Archer Magazine, 2016.Archer Magazine is an award-winning print publication about sexuality, gender and identity. It is published twice-yearly in Melbourne, Australia, with a focus on lesser-heard voices and the uniqueness of our experiences.
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A Private Life: Fragments, Memories, Friends
AU$6.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMichael Kirby
Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2011.Autobiography of openly gay former Justice of the High Court of Australia, Michael Kirby (1939-).
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Archer Magazine 17: Home Issue
AU$17.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAmy Middleton; Roz Bellamy
Melbourne: Archer Magazine, 2021.A magazine about sex, gender and identity. The Home issue: Safety and self-care, queer mob, migrancy and belonging, housing and homelessness, chosen family, stripping and sex work, Q&A with Melissa Febos. Features articles on the theme of home, which can be a place, space, concept or feeling. The issue explores the many factors that influence our connection to home, such as relationships, family structures, race, culture, identity, class, poverty and homelessness, and includes a photo-essay about Black queer peoples connection to land and community, and a migrant writer experiencing pressures to assimilate.
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Soft Borders, Hard Edges (Bent Street 5.1: Australian LGBTIQA+ Arts, Writing & Ideas)
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSam Elkin; Yves Rees; Tiffany Jones
Melbourne: Clouds of Magellan Press, 2021.A special edition focusing on the trans and gender diverse community. “Bent Street is an annual publication that gathers essays, fiction, poetry, artwork, reflections, letters, blog posts, interviews, performance writing and rants to bring you ‘The Year in Queer’.” (from blurb)
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Love from a Distance: Intimacy and Technology in the Time of COVID-19 (Bent Street 4.1: Australian LGBTIQA+ Arts, Writing & Ideas)
AU$25.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJennifer Power; Henry Von Doussa; Timothy W. Jones; Tiffany Jones
Melbourne: Clouds of Magellan Press, 2020.“Bent Street is an annual publication that gathers essays, fiction, poetry, artwork, reflections, letters, blog posts, interviews, performance writing and rants to bring you ‘The Year in Queer’.” (from blurb)
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Archer Magazine 16: Disabilities Issue
AU$17.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAmy Middleton; Roz Bellamy
Melbourne: Archer Magazine, 2021.A magazine about sex, gender and identity. Disabilities issue: Kink + Mental Health, Neurodivergence, Queer + Disabled, Deafness, Medical Racism, Disorder + Diagnosis, Sex Work, Lockdowns, Parenting + Bipolar, Institutional Abuse, Q&A with Elvin Lam.
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Caught in the Act: A Memoir
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartShane Jenek AKA Courtney Act
Sydney: Pantera Press, 2021.“Boy, girl, artist, advocate. Courtney is more than the sum of her parts. Meet Shane Jenek: Raised in the Brisbane suburbs by loving parents, Shane realises from a young age that he’s not like all the other boys. He finds his tribe at a performing arts agency, where he discovers his passion for song, dance and performance. Shane makes a promise to himself- to find a bigger stage. Meet Courtney Act: Born in Sydney around the turn of the millennium, Courtney makes her name in the gay bars of Oxford Street and then on Australian Idol. Over ten years later, she makes star turns on RuPaul’s Drag Race and Celebrity Big Brother UK, bringing her unique take on drag and gender to the world. Behind this rise to national and global fame is a story of searching for and finding oneself. Told with Courtney’s trademark candour and wit, Caught in the Act is about our journey towards understanding gender, sexuality and identity. It’s an often hilarious and at times heartbreaking memoir from a beloved drag and entertainment icon. Most of all, it’s a bloody good time. (publisher’s blurb)