TY - JOUR
T1 - Twenty-First Century LGBTI Activism in Australia: The Limits of Equality,
AU - Baird, Barbara
PY - 2018/11/25
Y1 - 2018/11/25
N2 - This article begins a history of twenty-first century LGBTI activism in Australia. It writes a history of the marriage equality campaign in Australia, which began in 2004 and achieved success in 2017, alongside a history of the LGBTI activism that supports asylum seekers, in particular those who seek asylum because of persecution on the basis of their sexuality. When juxtaposed to the narrative of the achievement of marriage equality, the account of the activism to support asylum seekers, a small and marginal part of the broader LGBTI movement, adds new insight into the political and discursive limits of the marriage equality movement. The article contributes to the historical literature about LGBTI politics in three ways. It writes a narrative of a little known strand of LGBTI politics, it grounds critical analysis of LGBTI politics in a historical narrative and it adds complexity to a history of the marriage equality campaign.
AB - This article begins a history of twenty-first century LGBTI activism in Australia. It writes a history of the marriage equality campaign in Australia, which began in 2004 and achieved success in 2017, alongside a history of the LGBTI activism that supports asylum seekers, in particular those who seek asylum because of persecution on the basis of their sexuality. When juxtaposed to the narrative of the achievement of marriage equality, the account of the activism to support asylum seekers, a small and marginal part of the broader LGBTI movement, adds new insight into the political and discursive limits of the marriage equality movement. The article contributes to the historical literature about LGBTI politics in three ways. It writes a narrative of a little known strand of LGBTI politics, it grounds critical analysis of LGBTI politics in a historical narrative and it adds complexity to a history of the marriage equality campaign.
KW - marriager equality
KW - LGBTI
KW - politics
KW - Australia
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/DP170100502
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85057255739&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1031461X.2018.1519836
DO - 10.1080/1031461X.2018.1519836
M3 - Article
SN - 1031-461X
VL - 49
SP - 475
EP - 492
JO - Australian Historical Studies
JF - Australian Historical Studies
IS - 4
ER -