Wild Books Collective

11/04/2019

One of the heroes of underpass installation R>I>P> Gordon Doak

Remembering gay activist and builder Gordon Doak (22-8-1931 -12-4-2015), who died in 2015.

Gordon Doak was a well-known figure in the formative years of the gay liberation movement in Melbourne. He came out in a spectacular way in 1973, jogging with a banner from the Western Suburbs to the Gay Pride Week demonstration in the city; the banner read: 'I am proud of my homosexuality. Please change the repress[ive laws] against homosexuals and let us live in peace'. For more on Gordon read Gary Jaynes' obituary: https://bit.ly/2G6uZp1.

Image: I am Proud, Gay Pride Week 1973. Courtesy Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive

17/06/2018

Lignite performance piece Altona 2017

11/02/2018

An artists’ collective researching le***an and gay pioneers from Melbourne’s …

11/02/2018

Hmm ...artist reflecting on her art.
Susan Miller at Joel Gallery today.

11/02/2018

An artist is present! Come down to Joel Gallery and see the show and have a chat. I’m here until 3pm

04/02/2018

Some views of our show Other, on at Louis Joel Arts and Community Centre Altona, until 15 February.

10/11/2017

Some views of the final hang. Next stop for this body of work, inc. interim pieces, will be Louis Joel in Altona for Midsumma 2018

07/11/2017

Still working in preparation for the closing party... https://www.facebook.com/events/340898493047411/?ti=icl

29/10/2017

We're still on the lookout for the 'Sunshine gay girl'. Her story in her words as published in the Sunshine Advocate in 1980.

15/10/2017

In our research for our show 'other:queer stories past and present' we came across this newspaper clipping from the Sunshine Advocate in 1980. The paper writes "In an effort to give two sides to the "gay controversy", The Advocate this week publishes the young girl's story, along with a reader's letter condemning the fostering of homosexual activity through publicity and public acceptance."

The more things change, the more they stay the same...

Watch this space for the story of a Sunshine "Gay" girl.


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