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Shirleene Robinson

Yes Yes Yes: Australia’s journey to marriage equality by Alex Greenwich and Shirleene Robinson & Going Postal edited by Quinn Eades and Son Vivienne

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Stephen A. Russell reviews 'Yes Yes Yes: Australia’s journey to marriage equality' by Alex Greenwich and Shirleene Robinson and 'Going Postal: More than ‘yes’ or ‘no’, one year on' edited by Quinn Eades and Son Vivienne

Glitter canons erupted at colourful gatherings across the country on 15 November 2017 as the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed that 61.6 per cent of participants had voted yes in the marriage equality plebiscite. Yes Yes Yes: Australia’s journey to marriage equality, published on the anniversary of that historic day ...

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Let’s Talk about Sex: Histories of Sexuality in Australia from Federation to the Pill by Lisa Featherstone

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June 2012, no. 342
Shirleene Robinson reviews 'Let’s Talk about Sex: Histories of Sexuality in Australia from Federation to the Pill' by Lisa Featherstone

In Australia’s past, sex has been theorised, pathologised, even criminalised, but comparatively little has been written about the topic. One of the more exciting developments in Australian historiography over the past fifteen years has been the inclusion of gay and lesbian narratives. These perspectives have broadened understandings of Australia’s past and have shown how reading original historical sources against the grain can provide evidence about the intimate lives of Australians.

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