Pride in Defence : the Australian military & LGBTI service since 1945 / Noah Riseman & Shirleene Robinson
- Bib ID:
- 8551148
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Riseman, Noah J, author
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- National edeposit: Available online
- Description:
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- Melbourne : Melbourne University Publishing, 2020
- Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Publishing, 2020
- 1 online resource.
- File Characteristics:
- text file EPUB 985KB
- ISBN:
- 9780522876758 (EPUB)
- Summary:
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LGBTI people have served in the Australian military since its very beginnings, yet Australian Defence Force histories have been very slow to recognise this. Pride in Defence confronts that silence. It charts the changing policies and practices of the ADF, illuminating the experiences of LGBTI members in what was often a hostile institution. Drawing on over 140 interviews and previously unexamined documents, Pride in Defence features accounts of secret romances, police surveillance and traumatic discharges. At its centre are the courageous LGBTI members who served their country in the face of systemic prejudice. In doing so, they showed the power of diversity and challenged the ADF to make it a far stronger institution.
- Full contents:
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- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Hidden gay and bisexual men, 1944-73
- 2. The women's services, 1950-85
- 3. The heightened ban years, 1974-92
- 4. Challenging the ban
- 5. An era of openness? 1993-2005
- 6. Transgender and intersex service
- 7. A new ADF?
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
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- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Awards:
- The Ernest Scott Prize for History, shortlised 2021.
- Subject:
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- Australia. Army -- Gays
- Australia. Australian Army -- Gays
- Gay military personnel -- Australia
- Gay rights -- Australia
- Gays -- Australia -- History
- Sexual minorities -- Australia
- Australia -- Armed Forces -- History
- Australian
- lesbian/gay/bisexual,transgender/transsexual plus studies (Australia)
- Warfare & defence (Australia)
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Robinson, Shirleene, 1977-, author
- Copyright Information:
- Text © Noah Riseman and Shirleene Robinson, 2020
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
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- Publication date:
- 2020
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