LGBTQIA+ community

Explore the stories and history of LGBTQIA+ communities in Queensland, including their diversity and the journey to marriage equality in 2017.

Collections

National Day of Action rally in Brisbane, 2011

A time in Queensland's history when people came together to recognise LGBTQIA+ community acceptance and rights.

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Badges and memorabilia promoting the right to live a LGBTIQ+ lifestyle

Shayne Wilde collection 1980-2010

Multiple boxes of T-shirts, poster collection and printed ephemera.

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Ephemera

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer communities ephemera collection.

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Pride colours displayed by patrons attending the fetival

Exhibition and festivals

Ephemera linking to the Brisbane Pride Festival (aka Lesbian and Gay Pride Festival.)

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Brisbane Marriage Equality Rally protesters in Queens Gardens, Brisbane, Queensland, 10 September 2017

LGBT thought and culture

A database hosting books, periodicals, memoirs, biographies, poetry, letters, works of fiction.

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The Anti-discrimination Act (1991) had an impact on all Queenslanders.

25 Years of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991

Seven digital stories describing the impact of the Anti-Discrimination Act (1991) in Queensland.

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Demonstrators return to Queen's Park after march for Marriage Equality Rally in Brisbane, 2011

LGBT Lives: oral histories 2011

Gay and lesbian people actively changing the political and social conditions for LGBTQIA+ culture.

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Rainbow Research Fellowship

The Rainbow Research Fellowship supports research, exploration, and creation of new knowledge about Queensland’s LGBTQIA+ histories and communities using the John Oxley Library and State Library collections and resources.

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Dr Heather Anderson, 2024 Rainbow Research Fellow.