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Craig Johnston
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Sydney Gaze: the Making of Gay Liberation by Craig
Johnston
Oxford
street. Radicalism. Mardi Gras. Law reform. Identity. Coalitionism.
AIDS. Dance parties. Discrimination. Clones. Foucault. Queer.
Drugs. Marx. Labor. Friendship. Activism.
a Sydney gaze, the making of gay liberation brings together
37 of Craig Johnston’s writings on social and political issues
involving gay men and lesbians.
From a gay
lib protest on May Day in 1973 to the economic impact assessment
of the Mardi Gras in 1998.
"Craig Johnston has
been (and is) one of this country's most important gay activists
... it is his contribution to the theory and practice of gay
politics, represented here by thirty-seven articles written over
twenty-five years, that makes this book essential reading for
anyone interested in gay activism. Or indeed, in Australian
society." -- Graham Willett, Arena Magazine, August 1999
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Biography
Craig Johnston is a social policy analyst.
He conducts his own social policy consultancy, and has worked for
the ACT government and a number of NSW state government agencies,
including the Department of Community Services, Department of
Housing, Department of Fair Trading and Aging and Disability
Department. He also works extensively with nonprofit
nongovernment organizations including the NSW Council of Social
Service, UnitingCare NSW.ACT and the Public Interest Advocacy
Center.
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Fields of Study
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Gay
political/social movements |
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Contemporary
'Celtic' folk music |
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Published Works
A Sydney Gaze, The Making of Gay Liberation
(Schiltron Press, Sydney, 1999).
Queer City: Gay and Lesbian Politics in
Sydney - coedited with Paul van Reyk (Pluto Press, Sydney,
2001).
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Current Projects
Impacts of generational change on the gay
movements.
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