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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 Victoria’s 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 Victoria’s 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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Street Seen: A History of Oxford Street
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartClive Faro; Garry Wotherspoon
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000. -
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 people’s 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)
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Paris Nights: Sydney, Oxford St, Mid 80’s Sex, Drugs & Clubbing
AU$25.00 Read MoreAdd to cartD. M. Crawford
Sydney: D M Crawford, 2020.A semi-biographical story of sex, drugs, and clubbing in Sydney, Oxford Street, mid-80’s. “Mark was a closeted suburban boy from Wollongong, hiding his sexuality within his surroundings. The enticing allure of Oxford Street nightlife beckoned and in particular a legendary nightclub called Patchs. A semi-biographical account of a young man’s journey and self-discovery which leads to a chance encounter as he hooks up with an older guy called Matt Paris, who’s been around the traps and harboured a secret past. They form a complicated friendship and bond as they embark on a shared weekend life together. Both men were from vastly different backgrounds, experiencing the highs and lows of gay life on Oxford Street in the mid to late ’80s of sex, drugs and clubbing. Oxford Street was called Sydney’s ‘Gay Golden Mile’. A beehive of social activities gathered on this strip that glittered with life and a party atmosphere catering for everyone’s tastes and fantasies. The DJ’s in these establishments were the Gods of the dance floor, playing an accompanying soundtrack to your life. This was Mark’s story and experience!” (publisher’s blurb)
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Archer Magazine 15: Friendship
AU$17.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBridget Caldwell-Bright; Maddee Clark
Melbourne: Archer Magazine, 2020.“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. This issue is a beautiful and heartwarming collection of stories from lockdown and a variety of creative and chosen family and friendship setups.”
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Archer Magazine 14: The Growing Up Issue
AU$17.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLucy Watson
Melbourne: Archer Magazine, 2020.“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. This special edition of Archer Magazine ([the] biggest yet) features a series of articles on growing and discovering, to help us all find our way, regardless of our age.”
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Archer Magazine 13: The First Nations Issue
AU$17.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBridget Caldwell-Bright; Maddee Clark
Melbourne: Archer Magazine, 2020.“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. This issue features words by Andrew Farrell, Indiah Money, Kai Clancy, Laniyuk, Rose Chalks, SJ Norman, Timmah Ball, Tre Turner, William Cooper; and images by Moorina Bonini, William Cooper, Ebony Daniels, Edwina Green, Morgan Hickinbotham, Jacinta Keefe, Hailey Harper Moroney, SJ Norman, Bodie Strain, Pierra Van Sparkes, and Toz Withall.”
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The Boy in the Yellow Dress
AU$25.00 Read MoreAdd to cartVictor Marsh
Melbourne: Clouds of Magellan Press, 2014.“Perth in the 1950s. After being caught wearing his mother’s yellow dress, young Victor had to hide any tendency towards gender inappropriate behaviour. But his interest in dancing and theatre (and mooning over Rudolph Nureyev on the telly) were bound to make the facade collapse at some point. Emerging sexuality and the sense of not being ‘at home’ in his body, let alone the world, ran alongside a search for meaning that brought him eventually to a spiritual awakening under the young guru Maharaji… Part family tragedy, part existential comedy, The Boy in the Yellow Dress is a warts-and-all account of exile and the subsequent journey homewards that is less about finding a respectable place in the world than an intimate connection with the ultimate source of being.” (from blurb)
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Bent Street 3: Australian LGBTIQA+ Arts, Writing & Ideas
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartTiffany Jones
Melbourne: Clouds of Magellan Press, 2019.“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)