Gay Sydney, 9781742234830
Paperback
A century of secret lives, social change, and Sydney’s gay history.

Gay Sydney

a history

$32.29

  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    29 February 2016

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Summary

Gay Sydney: A Century of Love, Loss, and Liberation

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…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781742234830
ISBN-10:1742234836
Author:Garry Wotherspoon
Publisher:NewSouth Publishing
Imprint:NewSouth Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:29 February 2016
Weight:511g
Dimensions:231mm x 152mm x 30mm
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Critics Review

‘The original and the best.’ DAVID MARR

About The Author

Garry Wotherspoon

Garry Wotherspoon is a historian, former Sydney University, Australia, academic and a former NSW History Fellow. His books include Being Different: Nine gay men remember. He co-authored, with Clive Faro, Street Seen: A history of Oxford Street.

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