Serving in Silence?: Australian LGBT Servicemen and Women - Softcover

Noah Riseman (author), Shirleene Robinson (author) & Graham Willett (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1742235859 ISBN 13: 9781742235851

Publisher: NewSouth Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

For the first time, Serving in Silence? reveals the integral role played by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender men and women in Australia's military after the Second World War. Their powerful personal stories, recounted with searing honesty, illustrate the changing face of the Australian Defence Force, the pivotal role of military service in the lives of many LGBT Australians, and how they have served their country with distinction.

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About the Author

Associate Professor Noah Riseman specialises in the histories of marginalised people in the Australian military, particularly Indigenous and LGBTI people. He is the co-author of Defending Country: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Military Service since 1945 and author of Defending Whose Country? Indigenous Soldiers in the Pacific War. For the past four years he has been coordinating this Australian Research Council Discovery project documenting the history of LGBTI military service.

Associate Professor Shirleene Robinson has published extensively on aspects of LGBTIQ history. She is also the President of Sydney’s Pride History Group. Her most recent publication is Gay and Lesbian, Then and Now: Stories from a Social Revolution (with Robert Reynolds).

Dr Graham Willett is a recovering academic who has spent over 30 years teaching, researching and writing about the history of queer Australia. He is the author of Living Out Loud, a history of the Australian lesbian and gay movement since 1969.

Edition details

• Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1742235859
• ISBN 13: 9781742235851
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304