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Collecting, [Mardi Gras Logo] Badge Collection[Mardi Gras Logo] Negative preserving Lyn Cooper wearing an ‘I am a lesbian’ t-shirt, International Women’s Day, Adelaide, 1974, Jill Matthews Collection (Photo: unidentified photographer)Lyn Cooper wearing an ‘I am a lesbian’ t-shirt, International Women’s Day, Adelaide, 1974, Jill Matthews Collection (Photo: unidentified photographer) and Love is a Many Gendered Thing (n.d.) 4-35-5 Badge CollectionLove is a Many Gendered Thing (n.d.) 4-35-5 Negative celebrating Ally - everyone's included badge, courtesy Graham Willett collectionAlly – everyone’s included badge, courtesy Graham Willett collection Australia’s histories Gay rights now (c.1980s) Badge Collection, 6-56-02Gay rights now (c.1980s) Badge Collection, 6-56-02 since 1978.

Gay Pride Week march, Adelaide, 15 September 1973, Jill Matthews Collection (Photo: Jill Matthews)

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No end to the way / Neville Jackson (London : Corgi, 1967)

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NGV_AQuA 2023
NGV x AQUA: PRIDE MONTH

AQuA is excited to announce the 'NGV x AQuA: Pride Month' series, which presents talks, discussions and workshops in National Gallery of Victoria's Community Hall at NGV Australia every Sunday in June - presented as part of the Melbourne Now exhibition.

TheAirisElectric_Christopher Street Liberation Day, New York, c.late 1970s.9
The Air is Electric – David McDiarmid in America exhibition

The Air is Electric is the first dedicated exhibition of iconic Australian queer artist David McDiarmid’s photographs from his first trip to America in 1977. Bondi Pavilion Gallery 12 February - 26 March 2023 As part of Sydney WorldPride 2023 and supported by Waverley Council

photo of AQuA's stall at Oz Kink Fest 2022
21 December 2022
See you at Midsumma 2023