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Interview: Dr Graham Willet x Wandi Cao
Dr Graham Willett is a teacher and researcher in the history of gay and lesbian political activism in Australia and an honorary fellow at the University of Melbourne. He is a long-term committee member of the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives.
Publication:
Living out loud: a history of gay and lesbian activism in Australia, St Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 2000.
EXHIBITION
Amplifed, Redefned: Protest for Change
Curated by Wandi Cao, Amelia Saward and Ella Shi
DATES: 26 APRIL — 11 MAY 2018
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W(Wandi): 1980s was a relatively quiet age for the queer movements, especially on campus. You mentioned about the queer activists were busy against AIDS. Were there other reasons attributing to the less active queer community on campus?
Dr. Willet: One of the things about the movement of the 1970s is how successful it was. This did two things — for many it removed the impetus to stay involved. Having achieved a particular reform that they were interested in or…
