Gay Sydney: A History

ISBN-13: 9781742234830 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 368 str.

Garry Wotherspoon

Opis

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.