Gay Sydney
A History
Nonfiction, History, Australia & Oceania, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Gay Studies
| Author: | Garry Wotherspoon | ISBN: | 9781742242316 |
| Publisher: | University of New South Wales Press | Publication: | June 10, 2016 |
| Imprint: | New South | Language: | English |
| Author: | Garry Wotherspoon |
| ISBN: | 9781742242316 |
| Publisher: | University of New South Wales Press |
| Publication: | June 10, 2016 |
| Imprint: | New South |
| Language: | English |
Garry Wotherspoon's Gay Sydney: A History is an updated version of his 1991 classic, City of the Plain: History of a Gay Sub-culture, written in the midst of the AIDS crisis. In this vivid book Wotherspoon traces the shifts that have occurred since then, including majority support for marriage equality and anti-discrimination legislation. He also ponders the parallel evaporation of a distinctly gay sensibility and the disappearance of once-packed gay bars that have now become cafes and gyms. This book also tells the story of gay Sydney across a century, looking at secret, underground gay life, the never-ending debates about sex in society and the role of social movements in the '60 and '70s in effecting social change.
Garry Wotherspoon's Gay Sydney: A History is an updated version of his 1991 classic, City of the Plain: History of a Gay Sub-culture, written in the midst of the AIDS crisis. In this vivid book Wotherspoon traces the shifts that have occurred since then, including majority support for marriage equality and anti-discrimination legislation. He also ponders the parallel evaporation of a distinctly gay sensibility and the disappearance of once-packed gay bars that have now become cafes and gyms. This book also tells the story of gay Sydney across a century, looking at secret, underground gay life, the never-ending debates about sex in society and the role of social movements in the '60 and '70s in effecting social change.
