May
13

Out of the Closets, Into the Streets Screens at Cinema Nova, Carlton

Wind & Sky’s film Out of the Closets, Into the Streets will be screening at the Nova Cinema in Carlton on the 23rd May 2021 as part of a delayed in-cinema program of the 2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival.

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Jun
15

‘Out of the Closets’ at Revelation Film Festival

6 June 2018

We’re incredibly proud to announce that ‘Out of the Closets, Into the Streets’ is part of the 2018 Perth Revelation Film Festival. ‘Out of the Closets’ will be screening with the feature film ‘Queerama’ at the Luna Leederville Cinema on July 10, 12 and 16 2018.

Tickets

Tuesday 10 July 2018 9pm

Thursday 12 July 2018 8:45pm

Monday 16 July 2018 6:30pm

Where

Luna Cinema Leederville 155 Oxford Street, Leederville 6007. Phone (08) 9444 4056. Email luna@lunapalace.com.au Web: www.lunapalace.com.au

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Oct
18

Ballarat Writers Festival: Queer Wars, an Interview with Dennis Altman

In a session not to be missed at the Ballarat Writers Festival, Lucinda Horrocks interviews the Australian academic and novelist Dennis Altman AM, one of the world’s most influential writers on sexuality and politics.

In this session Dennis will talk about LGBT rights in a global era, the gay civil rights movement and democracy, and will look back on the era of 1970s gay liberation and the publication of his first influential work Homosexual: Oppression & Liberation.

Where: Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka, 102 Stawell Street South, Ballarat, Victoria, 3350.

When: Sunday 22nd October, 2:30pm-3:30pm.

Tickets: Festival Day Pass $50/$45/$40 | Festival Weekend Pass $80/$75/$70

Bookings: http://www.ballaratwritersfestival.com/2017-festival/tickets/

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Sep
26

Out of the Closets: Story of Melbourne’s Gay Liberation now online

By: Lucinda Horrocks, updated 29 November 2016.

A new digital exhibition using archival images, audio and documentary film recounts Melbourne’s gay liberation.

In 1970s Melbourne a group of students made a stand for gay pride at a time when homosexuality was criminalised and discrimination and abuse was widespread. A new digital exhibition Out of the Closets, Into the Streets explores the moment gay and lesbian people found their voice through the Gay Liberation Movement.

Exhibition link: http://www.cv.vic.gov.au/stories/a-diverse-state/out-of-the-closets-into-the-streets/

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