In June 1983 – two years after the first case of AIDS was reported in the USA – I found myself on holiday in San Francisco. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision to visit a friend over there. (Indeed, so spur-of-the-moment … Continue reading →
Australian politician Don Dunstan was a controversial figure for most of his life. His progressive social and economic policies grated with the ingrained conservatism of his home state South Australia. His behaviour – including turning up to Parliament in pink … Continue reading →
The Sydney Gay Rights Embassy was part of a law reform campaign that was given additional impetus following repeated police raids on gay venues during 1983. On 6th September, protestors set up a caravan – replete with various banners – … Continue reading →
In 1982 the San Francisco Order of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence produced what was to become a landmark document in the emerging AIDS crisis. Play Fair was probably the first safer sex material written by and for gay men. … Continue reading →
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (SPI) were first unleashed on the world at the end of 1979 in San Francisco (where else?). The four founding members were known as Sister Vicious Power Hungry Bitch (or, more commonly, Vicious PHB), Reverend … Continue reading →