By Graham Willett
From legislation reform to Lesbian intercourse Wars, from younger Gays to gray Gays, through demos, drag, and dancing--for 40 years, Australian lesbians, homosexual males, and their associates have struggled to alter the way in which homosexuals are handled and thought of. this can be the 1st full-length account of this striking flow and the 1st to try a countrywide standpoint.
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Sorting through the letters, Ware remembers, he and Poll ‘picked out the ones from people who looked as though they had some understanding of what the whole thing was about . . And we invited them to a party at Christabel Poll’s place. 23 This group encompassed the Delmont group as well as new arrivals including David Widdup, Peter Bonsall-Boone, Peter de Waal and Ian Black. The barbecue/ discussion agreed on the need for a public meeting, which was duly held on 6 February 1971. 24 Garry Wotherspoon, who (anonymously) reported the meeting for the Bulletin, describes an informal but businesslike event, chaired by Ian Black, at which John Ware and Christabel Poll talked about the issues and the group.
Au 43 152 × 230 Out In Perth, as in many other states, establishing and maintaining clubrooms provided a focus for activism and a point of contact for homosexual men and women. the universities in Newcastle, Adelaide and Queensland . . The campus groups were important. They had access to meeting rooms, printing and postage allowances and space in the student newspapers. au 44 152 × 230 CAMPing Out to audiences—students—among whom habits of political activism were very strong. They brought members together on a regular basis, which allowed strong bonds of trust to develop and political positions to be argued out and developed.
But the group was more than just these branches. au 43 152 × 230 Out In Perth, as in many other states, establishing and maintaining clubrooms provided a focus for activism and a point of contact for homosexual men and women. the universities in Newcastle, Adelaide and Queensland . . The campus groups were important. They had access to meeting rooms, printing and postage allowances and space in the student newspapers. au 44 152 × 230 CAMPing Out to audiences—students—among whom habits of political activism were very strong.