Gay Sydney: A History

By Garry Wotherspoon

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 the disappearance of once-packed gay bars that have now become cafes and gyms.

This book also tells the story of gay Sydney across a century, looking at secret, underground gay life, the never-ending debates about sex in society and the role of social movements in the '60 and '70s in effecting social change.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1742234836
• ISBN13: 9781742234830
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Newsouth Pub.
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"