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A mug shot of Neville McQuade (aged 18) and Lewis Stanley Keith (aged 19), taken at North Sydney Police Station in June 1942. Sydney Living Museums

March 4, 2021

Friday essay: hidden in plain sight — Australian queer men and women before gay liberation

Peter McNeil, University of Technology Sydney

From the “goo goo” boys mocked for their love of theatre to cross-dressing troops and “trouser women”, Australia has a rich queer history.

Emile Durkheim who taught at Sorbonne University is considered a founder of modern sociology.

November 12, 2018

Pioneering sociologist foresaw our current chaos 100 years ago

Galen Watts, Queen's University, Ontario

Emile Durkheim helped to lay the foundations of sociological thought and theory. He spoke of our current condition as being influenced by social structures and institutions.

Has Pride been coopted? This year’s Pride parade spectators have been asked to wear black in honour of the victims of serial killers. A drag queen at the Toronto 2016 gay pride parade. Shutterstock

June 19, 2018

Is queer culture losing its radical roots?

Sky Gilbert, University of Guelph

Spectators at Toronto’s Pride parade this year are being asked to wear black to honour victims of serial killers. While it’s right to mourn, it’s not the biggest issue facing gay communities today.

Short shorts are big news in men’s fashion – and for that, we can thank the rising profile of gay liberation movements. EPA/Caroline Blumberg

February 25, 2015

Men’s shorts are getting shorter and should be worn with pride

Myles Russell Cook, Swinburne University of Technology

Men of all demographics seem to be wearing shorter and shorter hem lines. To what can we attribute this change?

A violent clash last year at Sydney’s Mardi Gras raised old questions about the complex relationship between police and LGBTQI communities. AAP/Toby Mann

February 28, 2014

Police violence against Mardi Gras revellers reminds us of an intolerant history

Denton Callander, UNSW Sydney

Hundreds of thousands of people will be drawn to Sydney’s Mardi Gras festival this weekend. This world-famous event celebrates gay, bisexual, transgendered, queer, intersex (LGBTQI) and other sexually…

He has a point, you know. Anthony Devlin/PA

August 12, 2013

Academics should stand with Fry against anti-gay Russia

Christopher Wiley, University of Surrey

Stephen Fry’s viral open letter calling for “an absolute ban” on the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi over Russia’s controversial new anti-homosexuality laws was a clarion call for activists. But it should…

In his new book, activist and author Dennis Altman takes a look at how far the global gay liberation movement has come since events such as the Stonewall riots in New York. New York Daily News

August 7, 2013

The End of the Homosexual?

Marcus O'Donnell, University of Wollongong

In a recent speech celebrating 30 years of the Victorian AIDS Council, Adam Carr, one of its founders who went onto pursue a PhD in history, made the point that: …not many people get to make history in…

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