Thanks to funding from the National Heritage Digitization Strategy (NHDS), we are happy to announce that over 5,400 photographs from the BC
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ONE NATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN ARCHIVES: LEARNING FROM LIVED AND LIVING HISTORY
The ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the University of Southern California Libraries is in fact the biggest collection of LGBTQ mate
Read more…Merry queermas: A History of LGBTIQ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects and more
Hi All
I thought people might be interested in this Heritage Victoria project: https://engage.vic.gov.au/history-lgbtiq-victoria Are there any objects in your collections that should be included? Get in touch!
Also, my apparently annual round up of G
Read more…ALGA name change consultation
As you may know the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives (ALGA) has started a name change consultation process as announced at our 2018 AGM. As part of this process we are inviting members and supporters to share their views and suggestions.
In late Ju
Read more…Events in Melbourne and Berlin
Hi All
The LGBTQ ALMS program has just been released, there is quite strong Australian representation, and the program looks amazing: https://queeralmsberlin2019.de/ in case anyone can be tempted by a somewhat impromptu trip to Berlin...
Closer to ho
Read more…Happy new queer from Melbourne, Berlin and WA
QUEER - 17th Australia’s Homosexual Histories Conference
This annual Conference brings together members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer+ communities, academics, researchers, students, community members and arts workers to explore and discuss histories of LGBTIQ+ life, politic
Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives - Annual Report 2016-17 now online!
The Archives' Annual Report adopted at our Annual General Meeting last week is now online, see: http://alga.org.au/files/Annual-report-2017.pdf.
If you are not a member, consider joining and donating to help support the collection, preservation and ce
Read more…Reason in Revolt - source documents on LGBTI radicalism now online!
A wealth of source documents of Australian LGBTI activism from the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives are now available online. From CAMP to ACT UP, Gay Liberation to Queers Against Corporate Exploitation, the Reason in Revolt website now provides a
Read more…CALL OUT - Collecting the marriage equality movement
The Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives has been actively collecting and preserving material relating to the marriage equality movement since its inception, but with campaigning ramping up we need your help to ensure we preserve the breadth of the mo
Collecting same-sex marriage survey material for the National Library of Australian
Read more…As we all await the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey (also known as the same-sex marriage survey) would you please keep a sharp eye out for any printed material produced to either influence a yes or a no vote?The National Library would love to
Design competition forthcoming for Australia’s first Pride Centre
Design competition forthcoming for Australia’s first Pride Centre
A competition will be held for the design of a community centre for LGBTI people, with details to be announced in t
GOVERNMENT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR AUSTRALIA’S LESBIAN AND GAY ARCHIVES
GOVERNMENT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR AUSTRALIA’S LESBIAN AND GAY ARCHIVES
The grant will allow the Archives to digitise the outtakes from a classic documentary about the lead up to Sydney's first Mardi Gras.
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Freedom to Marry archives offer insight into a modern civil rights movement
Same-sex marriage has evolved from a far-fetched notion to established law in the United States over the past four decades. At the
Globalink Research Internship at The Transgender Archives
Apply now for a Globalink Research Internship at The Transgender Archives at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.
The Transgender Archives Undergraduate Research fellowship is a 12-week research opportunity for an outstanding unde
Read more…Expunged or amended or deleted records
From 1 September 2015, Victoria will have a new scheme to expunge historical convictions for homosexual activity that would not be a criminal offence today.
The changes to the Sentencing Act 1991 recognise that homosexual sex betw
Homosexual convictions to be expunged by Tasmanian Government
Homosexual convictions to be expunged by Tasmanian Government
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Corporate volunteering at the Archives
Corporate volunteering at the Archives
Volunteers from the ANZ's GIVE program (Giving, Investing, Volunteering and providing Emergency support) spent the day at the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives on Friday 21 August working on sorting our extensi
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