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Woman with megaphone during march at Marriage Equality Rally in Brisbane, 2011
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LGBTIQA+ collections

Discover ephemera, photographs, posters, costumes and other items that celebrate the diversity of LGBTIQA+ communities in Queensland. Watch, listen and read the stories of people coming out, struggling with prejudice and learning to embrace life.

Digital collections

Two drag performers on stage under bright lights.
Welcome to Queen's Land collection
Photographs and video, taken between 2022 and 2024, documenting Brisbane's drag and queer performance scene.
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A group of adults and children wearing rainbow t-shirts standing together in front of a red car.
Pride solidarity convoy
A collection of images and a video recording of the Pride Solidarity Convoy held in Coomera.
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Rainbow outfit on a mannequin.
Robert Cosgrove collection 1976-2006
Discover LGBTIQA+ history through the lens of ephemera and the costumes that belonged to Robert Cosgrove.
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Brisbane Marriage Equality Rally protesters in Queens Gardens, Brisbane, Queensland, 10 September 2017
Brisbane Marriage Equality Rally
Explore photographs and footage showing the 2017 rally in response to the postal ballot on marriage equality.
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Three women standing together in a park holding a rainbow flag with crowd in background
LGBT Lives: oral histories 2011
Listen to a series of interviews recording the history of LGBTIQA+ culture in Brisbane.
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Black and white photograph of a young man speaking into a microphone. Other young people are looking towards him from behind.
Greg Weir oral history
Greg Weir discusses his involvement in civil liberties movements and campaigns for gay law reform.
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Digital stories

Physical collections

Gay pride badges and flags from the Shayne Wilde collection
Shayne Wilde collection 1980-2010
Explore ephemera relating to gay and lesbian rights and other activism in Brisbane mostly during the 1990s.
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LGBT objects featured in the collection 29397 Equal Love Brisbane Memorabilia 2012 – 2014 [Accession number 29397].
Equal Love Brisbane collection
Discover t-shirts, badges, posters, and memorabilia from Equal Love Brisbane’s marriage equality campaign, including rally materials and large display pieces.
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Photo of various ephemera items including brochures, pamphlets and programs.
Ephemera collection
This collection contains documents of LGBTIQ+ everyday life, generally covering publications of fewer than ten pages.
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Rainbow Research Fellowship

The Rainbow Research Fellowship supports research, exploration, and creation of new knowledge about Queensland’s LGBTIQA+ histories and communities using the John Oxley Library and State Library collections and resources.
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2026 Rainbow Research Fellow, Monika O'Hanlon with fellowship donor Lynette Valentine and Brenda Parkes.