Homophobia as Party Politics

2010/01/01 by Shirleene Robinson · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Philippine History and Culture #Gender Politics and Representation #African studies and sociopolitical issues

paper · doi:10.1017/s1321816600005249

openalex publication_date 2010/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

In 1987, years of frustration with Queensland's sexually repressive culture compelled a homosexual man named Cliff Williams to write to the national gay magazine OutRage. Williams outlined a number of the difficulties he faced being gay in Queensland and ended his letter with the exclamation, 'To hell with homophobic Queensland!' This exclamation captures many ofthe tensions in Queensland in the 1970s and 1980s. While these decades were a time of immense political change for gay and lesbian Australians, Queensland's political culture was particularly resistant to the gay and lesbian rights movement.

Citations

• Making the Modern Australian Homosexual Male: Queensland’s Criminal Justice System and Homosexual Offences, 1860-1954

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• LGBTQ rights in Queensland [wikipedia]

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