The Secret Histories of Queer Melbourne

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 18/05/2011 - 6:55pm
Date and Time: 
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 -
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
Melbourne, The New International Bookshop. Trades Hall 54 Victoria Street, Carlton South

The long awaited book The Secret Histories of Queer Melbourne grew out of the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives' famous history walks. It features a dozen authors, 100 illustrations and 51 episodes from Melbourne's very queer history, including the lady squatters, homo bushrangers, the Tasty Raid, ASIO, kiss-ins, Myer windows, the floral clock, radicalesbians … and much, much more. This event will feature co-editor Graham Willett and other contributors discussing the book and swapping stories from its creation.

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Geography: 
Melbourne
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Comments

Submitted by Don (not verified) on Thu, 19/05/2011 - 7:10pm

I wonder if the book includes the stats on AIDs on how 84% of people who have HIV/AIDs in Australia are male homosexuals but then again you don't want the truth to get in the way of a good story.
wake up you dick heads!

Submitted by Cecil (not verified) on Fri, 20/05/2011 - 8:54pm

Hey you deleted a comment that said 84% of people who have HIV/AIDs in Australia are male homosexuals I checked this out and it is true.
You should make this known to people not delete the truth, censorship is bad don"t stoop to the same tactic as Murdoch media or the governments of the world do, the truth will set you free.
The book should include this fact to show people what can happen if you go down this path in life.
A man that sticks his penis in another mans bum must have mental issues or is it only me that see's this as disgusting?

Submitted by Brian (not verified) on Sat, 21/05/2011 - 3:03pm

Cecil well said, but you know people won't like you for telling the truth.

Submitted by Tom.B (not verified) on Fri, 16/09/2011 - 11:26am

Cecil, thank you for your misplaced and non-contextualised statistics and illogical conclusions. By misplaced I mean that clearly this book is not about current HIV/AIDS rates in Australia, perhaps you didn’t read the blurb. By non-contextualised statistics and illogical conclusions I mean that there are a number of factors that the figure you quote can be attributed to. First of all the current statistics are that there are, 63% of Australians living with HIV were men who have sex with men, whether they are homosexual or bisexual, the remainder are women and injecting drug users. Not 85%. Of course there are a range of risk taking behaviors that can lead to an individual contracting HIV, the statistics are also likely skewed due to the significantly higher level of awareness and testing for HIV among gay men etc.