ONLINE EVENT: Pride in Defence Book Launch

Join us for an online discussion with Noah Riseman, Shirleene Robinson and Hendri Yulius to launch Pride in Defence: The Australian Military & LGBTI Service Since 1945.

LGBTI People have served in the Australian military since its very beginnings, yet Australian Defence Force histories have been very slow to recognise this. Pride in Defence confronts that silence. It charts changing policies and practices of the ADF, illuminating the experiences of LGBTI members in what was often a hostile institution. 

This is a free, online event in partnership with The Bookshop Darlinghurst. Click here for more information and to register.

Dr Noah Riseman is Professor of History at Australian Catholic University, where he specialises in Australian histories of sexuality, gender and race. He is the author or co-author of five other books, including the recent publications Indigenous Peoples and the Second World War: The Politics, Experiences and Legacies of War in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand (2019) and Serving in Silence? Australian LGBT Servicemen and Women (2018)

Dr Shirleene Robinson is Senior Curator of Oral History at the National Library of Australia and Honorary Associate Professor of Modern History at Macquarie University. Her most recent authored or co-authored books include Gay and Lesbian, Then and Now: Australian Stories from a Social Revolution (2016) and Yes Yes Yes: Australia's Journey to Marriage Equality (2018). 

Hendri Yulius is an Indonesian author that writes gender, sexuality, and cultural politics. His most recent publications are Intimate Assemblages: The Politics of Queer Identities and Sexualities in Indonesia (2020), and a poetry collection, Stonewall Tak Mampir di Atlantis (2020).  He is currently working for sustainability reporting, sustainable development, and diversity and inclusion at workplace.