As we know from painful experience, there were a number of inappropriate responses to HIV/AIDS in the 80s. Arguably, some of these can be explained away by the novelty and the ferocity of this new disease: in other words people … Continue reading →
Despite becoming one of the most celebrated homosexuals on both sides of the Atlantic, Quentin Crisp was no advocate of LGBT rights. Quite the opposite: he built an entire image as the self-hating outcast. Like a naughty child he sought … Continue reading →
Australia’s ‘Reverend’ Fred Nile has built a career out of homophobic opportunism. He is the man to whom the media could turn whenever they needed a ‘controversial’ sound-byte on topics such as decriminalisation, HIV/AIDS and anti-discrimination. For several years he … Continue reading →
For the uninitiated, ‘Norman Gunston’ is a character created by Australian actor and comedian Garry McDonald. Gunston made his first television appearance in the early 70s, on Australia’s ‘Aunty Jack Show’ (the eponymous ‘Aunty Jack’ being a large gravel-voiced, bearded … Continue reading →
In 1980, Paul Cameron left his role as lecturer at the University of Nebraska to take up private practice as a psychologist. He became increasingly obsessed with homosexuality and, by 1982, was chair of the Committee to Oppose Special Rights … Continue reading →