Gay Sydney : a history
Wotherspoon, Garry2016
Book
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.
Main title:
Gay Sydney : a history / Garry Wotherspoon.
Author:
Wotherspoon, Garry, author
Work:
Imprint:
Sydney, NSW NewSouth Publishing, 2016.©2016
Collation:
ix, 362 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781742234830
Dewey class:
306.7662
Language:
English
Subject:
Index terms:
Australian
BRN:
305671