Exhibition: 'Out of the closets, into the streets: histories of Melbourne Gay Liberation'

Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 18:00 to Sunday, February 8, 2015 - 18:00

Thursday, January 15 - Sunday, February 8

'Out of the closets, into the streets: histories of Melbourne gay liberation pictures the very beginning of the gay liberation movement in Melbourne, through photographs, archival material, film footage, objects and personal mementos.
The exhibition opening will present your first opportunity to see this exhibition, along with some food, drinks and some obligatory brief speeches. The free exhibition will be open till 8 February at 6pm.
"This embodied politics couldn't stop in the streets: that is, the public arena as conventionally understood. 'Being there' politically also applied to households, classrooms, sexual relations, workplaces and the natural environment." – Raewyn Connell, Ours is in colour: the new left of the 1960s.
Times: Mon-Thu 8am-8pm, Fri 8am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm.
City Library, 253-265 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3000
For further information see Midsumma: https://midsumma.org.au/event/out-of-the-closets